My thinking is to space them far enough apart to make a larger hole to avoid a snow bridge keeping it closed to the sun.
I cannot do a setup like that and have the hole in the middle of the lake without it being in at least 8' or so of water. To do a setup like that and have it in 4' of water it would have to be on one end or the other and pretty close to shore. Would it not be a problem to have a massive hole open on one end of the lake and nothing open on the other?
OR have a group of 3 on one end and another group of three on the other end and nothing in the middle.
I am concerned about having a big dead spot - no pun intended!