hi bob welcome to the site I, I too am a new bee to ice fishing though I have ice fished a long time ago with a friend. I live in Youngstown and am married ,have three children all grown up an two are married now .do a lot of camping at pymatunning in the summer.have a 22 ft. pontoon that I love . it is the fishing model.have been going out to mosquito lake a couple times but no fish yet. have the equipment but no fish finder yet. maybe see ya out on the ice some time be for it goes away .drive a maroon jeep liberty so say hi if you out this way . good fishing