Pike with no weeds.....thru the ice

[steelneal]

Dear Larry the King!
There is a lake near me that just opened to public fishing after many years of private only access.I used to duck hunt on it and did again this past season so i am kinda familiar with it and wanted to try for pike that are rumored to be in the lake-and a few bass.
However due to the introduction of grass carp there a no weeds in that bad boy.Well, some, but no big weed beds. Just a few scragglies trying to make it in the shallows.
444 acres, really shallow, lotsa gravel and stuff on the bottom-at least near the islands where i waded whilst duck ninja-ing.
Any ideas where to pop a few holes in an attempt to find a pike?
Below is a link you can copy and paste if you want to look at a map
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/LinkClick.as ... abid=22882
All Hail the Larry!!
Yours truly,
Steel Neal the Fish Whisperer/Duck Ninja

p.s. people tell me there are some springs in there but i think they are the same guys that tell the story about the catfish in the volkswagon that tried to eat the welder-seeing as how the lake was built (dammed up) about 95 years ago.
pps. there are lily pads in a big a__ shallow bay on the east side of the lake

[dahlberg]

I'd fish the area outside the biggest flat with the best vegetation, also check for springs of course.
good luck, stay warm and dry!
best
L