I am not Dave Genz. Perhaps it is my age, hangin' with my brother Dwight, or various other natural phenominon, but I like to set the house near but not on top of structure, bait up, mix the ultimate bloody mary with a beer back, and attract the fish to me. I know this is not the way to go to catch the maximum number of fish, but it is ice fishing the way I like.
I know lots of guys who feel like you do, stick. They enjoy the comaraderie, the routine, the ambience of the ice fishing experience nearly as much as catching fish. And it sounds like a pretty good time to me.
Myself, I'm a Dave Genz disciple. Give me my auger and a pull-behind, one man flip-up, and my boots won't freeze to the ice unless I'm crouched down over a hot bite. I've got the mobile mindset. Gonna' go find em'.
Good luck, stay safe.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
