I generally fish off the Embden boat launch in 3-5' of water. There's been some very nice togue taken all winter in the shallows by the launch but according to what everyone has told me it comes out to about 1&1/2 flags for every 6-8 hours . Same as last year . The locals call it "Empty Ebden" but there are plenty of fish in there according to the regional biologist , stocking report & Kevin , who lives at the hatchery who visits the ice on a regular basis . Caught the largest, fattest salmon myself in Feb. Last year ,i got my share of togue, all in the shallows but this year , not so good for me, although there were more people this year all around the launch & i saw some nice fish come out . Never fished Hancock . Incidently, the biologist told me there are very big fish in Embden . Good luck
