Wharf, I fished the 1/8 oz red glow tingler all 3 days. I out fished my two other buddies who seemed a little proud to switch to what I was using. On the deadstick rod it didn’t seem to matter too much as to what type of lure you were using. The plain red hook did well on the rattle reels at night compared to what we had on the other lines. Again, I would get to the deeper water and move if you aren’t getting fish on your screen. Our pattern up there was to pick a spot, set up for an hour or so, and move on. Almost every stop we would get consistent action for an hour, and it would die, so we would move, and repeat the process. I used a full minnow in my tingler, and rainbow chubs seemed to do way better than the fatheads. Some fish were quite finicky and you would have to work the fish on your screen for a good 3 or 4 minutes before getting them to bite. A lot of yo yo’ing the fish, and banging it in the bottom seemed to bring fish back into my screen after they would dissapear. If you have navionics you can get a general idea of where the deeper water starts, but we were pretty much in the middle of the lake in terms of the upper right half of the lake. One last little bit of info, There is a big ice heave that goes pretty much around the entire edge of the lake, in some spots closer to shore, and in others maybe a mile out, either way, if you want to cross it to access the deeper water, there was a bridge on the south east corner out from shore maybe a mile. I don’t know what other information I could give you but if you have any questions let me know. We stayed at Beacon Harbor and John treated us quite well. Good luck!
