It will depend for me. Conditions will be prime factor. So will time I can fish, a shorter day means I'm more likely to finesse the fish I've already found rather than exploring on limited time. I believe there are always fish willing to bite on a lake at any given time, but finding them is half the battle. If I drop a camera down and I've just found some really nice fish, I'm prone to setting up on them and finessing. Also with almost knee-deep snow, I'm less likely to give myself a heart attack dragging all over a lake. If I find nice fish, I'll usually stay on them. However, if they're dinks or the lake is black ice and easy to relocate, I prefer to search for more aggressive fish. But I will GPS the non-biters, and if nothing better comes along, I'll go back at a different time and finesse them. A different time of day often makes a difference.
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