we had like 1 inch to play with on the auger we were in about 15FOW and tip up 20FOW. we just went back and seen 8 whitefish and kept 3 more.
the best color for the whites on the bells are gold followed by yellow and ect dont use red over 14 FOW cause it disapears.
tip up we had a 12 inch herring with 1 stike my first strike on my tip up and i set it too fast...