How is the ice fishing up there? I do a lot of fishing up there in the summer but have never ice fished it, where is a good place to start, is there a lot of acces spots or should i plan on the atv and trailer. I hear the get some nice gills and eyes up there in the winter
Hello, I do not Ice fish the lake but there are different boat landings all around the lake. If you get a hold of a lake make you will see all the access points. I know that they have been doing very well on all fish but it has been hit or miss. Some days they are pounding them everywhere and then the next day might not do as well.
Good luck
The Chetek area is large with many lakes, you need to focus on one lake first, say Pokegema, Island, or Prarie. The fishing is overrated IMO, lots of fish but size is not impressive on the pannies. While there is some ok walleye fishing up there, there are much better walleye fisheries than around Chetek. Red Cedar, Upper Long, just to name a couple.
I have had a shack on the north end of Prarie and catch a ton of gills and crappies, but size is not this lakes strength. That being said, this is a tremendous fishery in terms of numbers of fish. Be prepared to do lots of sorting.
There are many access points, been driving on the lake for weeks now, 4WD is necessary, lots of snow. Just drive off any boat landing, look for shacks if you don’t know where the fish are.
Good Luck 
Benelli, almost forgot, welcome to IDO, this is a great group of people who have helped me out greatly in becoming a better angler.
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