New lake!

[CdnSlayer]

Okay guys im going to be fishing a lake tomorrow that is only 20 feet at the deepest spot with a 10ft flat that goes to a 3 ft flat with some 12-15 holes where would you guys start on this lake and i dont have any pics or topo map of it because its not popular! Thanks guys

[Paul D.]

What type of lake? Weed, gravel, muck/ marl, clear, stained?

[CdnSlayer]

stained, muck with very very sparse weeds in deep water! lots in 2-3ft

[Paul D.]

Short  to match your description:

Early ice check the shallow weeds near pockets, depressions, and channels. As that bite slows, move to the weed edges near the deep water and continually check the basin area which is where you will  most likely end up by mid season.  In that type of lake , we sometimes find a weed bite all winter, but it is always in pockets of weed  near deeper water, and the bite location is strongly influenced by the time of day.

Contrary to what you may read, or hear present um with some meat when fishing shallow all season.

[CdnSlayer]

so like 5fow is good? Anything over 5-6fow has ZERO weeds!

[Swift]

Acreage, other predators, forage, feeder creeks, springs, oxygen, cover other than weeds................. .......Often a Google Earth photo will show much more than any map may, irregularities, pockets, a sunken whatever. Just hope the photo wasn't taken during the winter

[addicted to ice fishing]

Short  to match your description:

Early ice check the shallow weeds near pockets, depressions, and channels. As that bite slows, move to the weed edges near the deep water and continually check the basin area which is where you will  most likely end up by mid season.  In that type of lake , we sometimes find a weed bite all winter, but it is always in pockets of weed  near deeper water, and the bite location is strongly influenced by the time of day.

Contrary to what you may read, or hear present um with some meat when fishing shallow all season.

Also don't be afraid to drill a lot of holes and be wiiling to be mobile. You may have to hole hop to stay on the fish once you find the.  Good Luck!

[CdnSlayer]

well so far found......1 thats it thats all....i cant find a spot in this lake any deeper then 14ft...its a big flat with a 2ft hump in  the middle of it...i also know of a 10ft flat that has a hump that come up to 3ft where i catch them in the spring time.....where o where may the crappies be where o where can they be?! lol Cheers boys  But ini need some helppp!

[Paul D.]

Make swiss cheese outta  the ice and keep moving. Basin, weed edges , and weed. Try right inside/ outside the weedline right at dusk. Try to find a distinct structure, hump, point, step edge, inside corner, ect and work around it.
The good news is that if you are NOT getting one here and one there, they are schooled up and when ya find um it will be lock and load. Keep lking and learning the water body and keep us posted.

[CdnSlayer]

So are these fish just traveling around looking for food?! There is a creek that comes in but its only 2-6ft deep? Im gonna go out Saturday maybe! See how things go!