Fished it last year mid-winter. The wifey and I drove north from GB up into door county peninsula, parked along the lake near Idlewilde. The outfitter, SilverStrike Ice, picked us up lakeside in a side-by-side, drove about a mile out to a cluster of heated ice shanties. Fishing was OK. The wife could not get the hang of it, though. Fishing in 90 feet of water, very light bite using minnow-tipped jigs. Take a very sensitive ice rod with as stiff a line as possible. Bite was good until the wind switched and started blowing cold water into the bay from the northeast. Shut the bite down for the rest of the afternoon.

Here’s another link to a good Rainy Lake map you can zoom in on.

http://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en#@8&key=krxgHjvxvP

Sage advice, thanks so much! I plan on staying in somewhat sheltered areas, Saginaw Bay, Hitchcock Bay, or Blueberry Island. Maybe Anderson Bay. Maybe all of them. I’ll leave a few fish fer youse guys.

Thanks guys, much appreciated!