Fished Eloika 1300-1600 on the ice. Whole lake is iced over 2.5-3" in most places. Made the mistake of not studying the topo map well enough prior to heading out and wasted all my time NW & W of the public launch. Shallow water from 3-9ft. In those three hours only caught a pumpkinseed and two perch. I've been spoiled ice fishing Silver, and it really takes some work to find fish here. Guess my flasher doesn't really work well when it's so shallow; So I ended up lugging the extra weight around for nothing. Exhausting. Must have drilled at least 10 holes for each fish. If it looks like a golf course when you're out, it's cause of me looking for fish.

Met an adult father & son team on the ice. Son had a trashbag with a few perch, a bluegill and a decent-sized bass when I first got on the ice. Didn't really see 'em hit paydirt. They were fishing the same shallow water.

Next time (if there is a next time), I think I'll try for the deepest water at 15ft right off the point. I think old reports used to indicate that was a good place to fish for perch.