Does not sound that bad after all. I'd still put in forage cover. I think you may have a lot of fish competing for the same forage, and the bass are last in line. Did you get any bg? Any photos of those pike? Sounds like you had fun, I have never ice fished in my entire life. That is a very large crappie. They have to be eating well to get that size. Are you keeping everything or c and r?
