Thread: Go-to lure/bait for early winter

Just put my boat away for the season but Sunday I fished Shenango lake and did pretty good. Water was only 38* but the bays were covered in thin ice. Used baby shads in monkey milk, blue ice, and minnow colors. Early was best. Later I had to shorten my baits a little to get em to bite. Wind swept points were best as the ice hadn’t formed there yet. 12 to 16ft over and near brush was the places they were holding. This area produced for me all fall and into winter but I can’t access it by ice as it’s across the river channel and I don’t trust crossing that ice with moving water under it. And it’s at least a mile from any access point by foot anyway. Had a good end to a good season Sunday.