best open face ice fishing reel ICX Carbon Inline Piscifun Carbon X Ice Fishing Reel 500 and 1000 sizes are among the lightest spinning reels in their class Karlak Ice Fishing Reels 3.2:1

Available with or without the MC Cast Control System, and in right and left hand retrieve (Silver MC LH)

The latter also includes an audible alert when a fish enters the detection zone

A couple of excellent options for this approach are a Lindy B-Max Little Nipper Jig in a 1/32- or 1/64-ounce size and a Bobby Garland Itty Bit Mayfly on a 1/48- or 1/64-ounce Itty Bits Jighead

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Bank Angling: Focus on transition areas (deep to shallow), creek mouths, shallow flats, and structures (docks, bridges, logs, weeds)

Small, highly pressured waters can be frustrating, both in what seems to be a lack of fish and overcrowding of anglers