[QUOTE=Moose1am;315451]Thanks for the information WMAMOS.

Did you all catch your fish near the bottom or close to the surface or somewhere in between.

I am trying to figure out how the sunlight and water temperature changes places the fish though out the daylight hours on clear ice or snow covered ice. And did you find any fish in the weeds. I read that live submergent vegetation can draw the fish into shallow water even when there is ice covering the lakes. As long as the sunlight can reach the plants and keep them photosynthesizing.

And you are so right that the area South of I-70 just stays too warm to get much good ice down here in the Southern Parts of the State.

You all get ice and snow and all we get down here is a lot of rain these days.

I know one spot that's probably loaded with big bass and crappie right now with the water's flowing though Bluegrass Pits where I fish. But it's still waterfowl hunting season with the extended snow geese season this winter. We can't fish Bluegrass as long as the waterfowl hunters are using the property. At least that's what I heard. But come March the waters should be open again to fishing. By that time the ice should all be gone. We have some shad killed because of the freezing weather and ice on one of these lakes. I took some pictures of the small (<4") gizzard shad that were trapped in the ice next to the shoreline or the edge of the concrete launch ramp at one of these lakes.


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If you want ice fishing information go to www.iceshanty.com. click on "forum" and scroll down to the Indiana st folks around and the ice conditions are always available.
I'm not an expert by any stretch but most of my fish have always come a foot or two off the bottom or on top of the weeds. Summitts bays are full of weeds and thats where the bluegills flock.

Many of the veteran ice guys are fishing utilizing either electronics or cameras. Most I have talked to always target the top of the grass.