Pete.

Remember those jigs i bought to use with those little suckers. Manthei used the same set up and caught fish vertical jigging. It was filmed on Gillespes show.
Anyway here is my report.
Fished 3 different lakes on Friday and Saturday. Fished with suckers and caught 1 36' and had 2 short hits. Water temps. ranged from 33 to 36. All 3 lakes I fished won't be accessable by Monday. The lakes may be open but the launches will be frozen.
If you are going to go out yet find a lake with deep water right by the launch. All kinds of interesting things go wrong when you fish in 20 degree temps. Boat frozen to trailer, livewell frozen shut, trolling motor frozen in socket, boat line frozen into a 20 ' stick, line and guides freeze instantly when you reel in the line. Then you have to be careful to not pull up your trailer too quickly or you will leave a trail of water which turns to ice instantly. I bring a bucket of sand to help with traction. Thanks to Pete and matt for this tip.

Even larger lakes had some skim ice along the shores so if we get some still nights, ice will be covering the lakes by the end of the week.