Last weekend, I drove north looking for good ice.
Ice was good (~6"), but there was 2" of slush on top. Luckily, I thought to bring my slush boots (Baffin Titan rubber boots) - otherwise it would have been miserable...I'm sure there are other good rubber boots....that's just what I have.
Key thing for this trip (other than good boots) was finding isolated patches of fairly thick, standing, mostly green weeds. That seemed to be what the fish were relating to. I checked a bunch of other holes that looked like the surface of the moon: barren + lifeless. Some holes had weeds that more mostly dead or lying down....and those weren't as good either. Got some decent underwater video, too! Can see exactly what's going on down there....green vs. dead weeds, bugs scouting around & fish, too.
Check it out if you have some time...
