Lol, yes JW! In fact I went briefly this evening, no luck. I have a small plan for the sauger if u are free one evening soon.

I use plastic grubs, jigs, marabou etc, smallest weight that gets you to the bottom. Never used live minnows, not sure how many you would go through with all the snags.
A saugeye is a hybrid sauger-walleye from cross breeding. A sauger is a separate species.

It's a little early in the year from my past experience but I thought the early cold weather would get them started sooner.