I’m not trying to add yet another post of a lake map and ask where should I fish. However, I’m curious as to others approaches to points.
I’m thinking specifically about pike, but would interested in general thoughts as well. Maybe I’m in the wrong places to begin with, it’s my first year ice fishing, but I was wondering if you’d target the end/outside corner of the point (1,A), along the side where there is a gentle inside curve and relatively steep drop off (3,B), or the inside corner (2,C).
If there’s a different feature that you’d prioritize over what I labeled I’d be curious to know what and why. Appreciate any insights, thanks.
Posted by Kaidux
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If you have fished the lake before, I like to mark weed edges in summertime. I have my best luck finding pike swimming just outside of the weedlines, so I try to setup a few feet outside of that edge. If I have not fished the lake prior then I try to guess where the weedline is and pop some holes to find it. When looking at maps, searching for the quickest dropoff is generally what you’d like to do, but that can be challenging because looking at your key, point 3 the distance from yellow to blue is about 120ft according to the key in the lower left. So that “quick” dropoff is actually a about a 10ft change over 120 feet. So more of a slope than it would appear on the map. That’s why I look for weeds instead. Having said all of this, I have pulled pike out of 30 foot flat bottoms while I searching for crappie and walleye. They are everywhere. Best of luck!