Yea alum is a scetchy lake for ice fishing, im going out in the am., probobly start at the above mentioned cove, but I also posted about the ice cracking all around me and my hole, on the ogf site, it wasnt ice making, it had a good deal of snow on it when I drilled thru 4 inch. of perfect clear ice, not hitting water, thinking im golden out there, well when I started drilling again it was cracking all around me loud, it wasnt ice making or deterating around me I think to much snow. Im going to learn alum ice, do pretty good up there soft water, but want to learn one of the hardest ice fishing resivoirs that is in around us. Tired of having to drive to buckeye or Indian for my out of season eyes. Heading out tommorowto Alum all day starting at galena ramp or around that area, really want to hit some coves across from there where I do good in fall for eyes. I will post how it goes hopefully there wanting to eat some vibes