Big gills in Valpo arent easy to come by. The best is usually early ice. When its questionable whether you should be on the 1-2 " . Then it takes alittle more work and search to find them. Im sure its no secret that access to the Valpo lakes has been cut dramatically over the years. So with less water to fish, everyone ends up on the same few bodies of water and its that much more tougher to get on em. Those are pressured waters.