Show me a lake with an hourglass figure and a few good walleyes, and I ll show you fish. The key is in the narrows of the lake. Perhaps it s the current, or maybe the bottlenecking effect. Needless to say the narrows are a walleye attractor second to none. Points with a good extension into deep water are a close second.
Bays nearby are also worth plying.
With three distinct target areas to choose from. I like to pick a lake with a narrows, a major point extending out into the main body and adjoining bays sandwiched in between. It doesn t matter what the target species is, a combination of these structural elements is going to attract some fish during ice up. Crappie minnows fished near the bottom provide some of the finest mid-winter perch fishing to be found anywhere. On good days, fish from 11 to 13 inches can be caught two at a time, as fast as the angler can get rebaited and back to the bottom.