Hey now Allan, those big browns can be an absolute pain in the a$$ to catch ice fishing. I had a few days this winter where I dropped my aqua-vu and watched 20lbers swimming around but not feeding. Fall open water and in the rivers are a completely different story on the other hand lol
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Crappies throttle them, that’s the hype.
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I would bring the hand auger every time for a back up with that jiffy 
I started using these two years ago in addition to my automatic fisherman for brown trout and steelhead in the harbors of lake Michigan and they work fine with shiners. Typically I have it set for the lightest bites and have yet to have a false trip.
your the first one i’ve ever heard say something good about marcum’s service department IceAsylum. Personally go with a Vex and it is very possible to get a FLX 28 Pro Pack for $508 (just did on sportsmansguide.com) I went from the 8 to 28 last year and can’t say enough good about it. I even turned two buddies into vexilar fans after running marcums for a long time. Only issue i’ve ever had with my fl-8 in the 12yrs of using it was the puck went out but I called vex and the repair shop walked me through how to troubleshoot it and I had a new puck in 2 days.
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If you want a mega brown head southeast to the Milwaukee WI area. I know it’s not the same as your creek browns but you have a very good shot at a 20+lber. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message
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Got one of those during salmon a rama as well, if he were a little bigger he would have gone on the wall due to the neat colors
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The last two days have been hot! Thursday went 10-13 (7chins 3 Browns) Friday was a little slower but went 7-8 (6 chins 1 brown) never left 40fow south of Milwaukee
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Last weekend during the Brew City tournament the kings and bait pods were in the gaps and a lot of guys were catching them jigging. I fished Brew city and didn’t hear of a whole lot of action coming from shallow water for kings even though I had boats to the inside of me (15-25′ of water). A lot of guys did well a little south by the green can and north of fox point. Personally I couldn’t find a king to save my life but did finish 39th with 5 fish for 58lbs, 1 coho 4 very nice browns with one being 19.5lbs. It was a completely different story the week before. Ended up going 4-4 in just over an hour in the same area I started Brew City, 4 16-14lb kings and a 16lb brown. I just looked at the forecast and they are calling for everything but WEST winds this week. If you guys are looking at jigging for the kings I would highly suggest looking at the last weekend of August.
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