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I like 8 -15 fow for first ice pike and the first rock point off a sandy bay . Good ol sucker minnow a foot to two feet off bottom and watch for the flags to pop . TD
That makes seance MN_burbot, pike can see well above them, due to there eye positioning. I usually like to find a weed line in 10-15 feet of water and place my lines along the weed edge if I can. If I am fishing with other I also place one bait above the weed and one on the sandy/gravely flats. If I have my camera with me I like to fish areas that I see minnows or other baitfish in.TBF I think that might be a good first ice spot, if it collects a lot of baitfish and has a weed edge it should be prime. Once the ice traffic inceases in that area they will drop deeper.WW