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I haven't posted anything in ages, so here's a report from yesterday. I hit chambers yesterday with a friend and caught quite a few average-sized lakers, and we lost some above average sized fish at the hole. The ice is ~ 35" thick and we barely punched through at my hand augers last extension.
We were fishing in 43 FOW, and the lakers were right on the bottom, or cruising through between 30-40 ft. Several fish were caught off of the fishfinder by adjusting the lure depth with the fish depth - pretty cool!
The rainbows were cruising through at 15-20 FOW mostly and were bold enough to hit our large laker offerings. We incidentally caught a lot of those also. They are providing an effective smokescreen for the macs.
I used to fish an underwater hump in front of the cabin on the NE side of the lake. That spot was pretty consistent, but it seems quite popular lately and there's always a group sitting over there. We have moved around a lot the last few trips and found other consistent spots, and learned a lot about what kind of locations hold lakers.

We were fishing in 43 FOW, and the lakers were right on the bottom, or cruising through between 30-40 ft. Several fish were caught off of the fishfinder by adjusting the lure depth with the fish depth - pretty cool!

The rainbows were cruising through at 15-20 FOW mostly and were bold enough to hit our large laker offerings. We incidentally caught a lot of those also. They are providing an effective smokescreen for the macs.
I used to fish an underwater hump in front of the cabin on the NE side of the lake. That spot was pretty consistent, but it seems quite popular lately and there's always a group sitting over there. We have moved around a lot the last few trips and found other consistent spots, and learned a lot about what kind of locations hold lakers.