On a January afternoon out on Nessmuk Lake, are the fish biting? What’s down there? Bluegills? Trout? Black Crappies? Hard to tell up here on the ice. Are you jiggling a rod or live-baiting a tip-up? The fish are deep! You have a nice Round hole augered, so drop a fish finder and probe around a little, see what may be down there slowly swimming in a metabolic stupor.

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