Ive been a few times this winter also and its unusually tough even for those of us throwing live bait. The past few years 30 fish days were the norm until it got really cold then we'd still manage 10 or 15. Only had one day with over 10 fish this year and the average size is way down. We're yet to catch an over and aren't catching many of the usual 18-20"ers. Hopefully itll rebound next year as i expect the water to get really cold shortly and make the fishing even tougher