yeah, the ice is fine, but who knows where the fish are? i have been measuring 10" clear ice (under about 10" snow) everywhere i put a hole this past week and a half. have only had one tip up, no fish caught. i have been fishing the deepest areas, 25'+ as well as the drop offs, and higher up in the water column and still nothing. tried dawn, dusk, daytime, nothing. i am using medium shiners on the tip ups and jigging w/ a variety of small jigs tipped with wax worms on my rod.
on sunday, i was out from before dawn to around noon and caught nothing. there were 8 or 10 russians on the ice that morning as well that i spoke with, who had also caught nothing. in fact, all year, the only guy i have talked to on the ice who had caught anything had only had 2 perch and a pickerel.
