Best to have multiple rods set up with various presentations ready to go so you can quickly change it up. If you’re not seeing fish on the camera change up to something big and flashy and fish it higher up in the water column say 2 to 5 ft depending on water clarity and conditions to call something in. Any active, feeding or curious fish in the area should come and check you out. If they don’t hit the flashy offering get up and back down with something different like your saving lives. Judge the fishes reaction to each presentation and go from there. If they come for a look only to swim backwards away from you, or don’t give you even so much as a quick glance on the way by, or they just kind of sulk there not doing jack then you probably have the wrong rig on or you are just on inactive fish and need to relocate. Sometimes they want a meal and sometimes they want a light snack. When in doubt throw the kitchen sink at them or go home. That’s ice fishing. Some days you could just be a day late and a buck short, but they all got to eat sometime and they all aren’t necessarily hungry at the exact same time on any given day. Perseverance is a great quality to have. You may also be learning that your target species has certain hours of the day where they just don’t cooperate very well so maybe try fishing different times for better overall success. Good luck and welcome to sport fishing!
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