I have too agree with Cecil your chance greatly increases with age, muck build up, vegetation, fish density, water quality, weather conditions before cover, weather/snow during ice cover, weather after ice off.. Basically variables that will never be the same as this year.. your experience/experiment is a perfect conclusion for this year and this year only..

I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease..

BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.

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