Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

I finally got out on the ice for the first time yesterday afternoon.  My buddy Ray and I decided to just walk out and try one of our "close to shore" spots since it was so cold and we didn't feel like taking the 4-wheelers.  We fished in about 43 feet of water from about 3:30 to 5:30 p.m..  I could only land 5 undersized fish, with 4 of them coming on a #7 jigging rap that I custom painted,  the 5th fish came on a #9 parrot jigging rap.  Ray caught one keeper jigging a #7 firetiger jigging rap, and one nice one on a tip-up.  I didn't even bother with tip-ups because of the cold.  A good 8 inches of ice where we were, and shanties starting to pop up throughout the outer bay as well.  Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area...