wanted to note that I was using a #4 single bass hook with a smelt head and a tiny bit of a jig tail (white) without a weight on a steel leader. by smelt head, I mean just the head not half a smelt. Also, I was jigging between 6 and 15 inches under the ice. my guess is the fish are shoveling shrimp from the underside of the ice. At one point, two hens passed at the same time and another so close to the surface that I could have touched her back. the ice where I was fishing was about 5 inches.
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