Main lake structures become more important as the ice fishing season progresses on Gull Lake. Brainerd ice fishing guides will seek structures like Brassier Bar, Bowtie Bar, and the northern tips of Gull Lake Point. Key locations are saddles, inside corners, and points that drop quickly into deeper water. The ice is typically good this time of year so modern fish houses have no trouble navigating about the lake. Many newly arriving fishermen are tempted to place their fish houses close to ice house rentals this time of the year only to go fishless will watching others catch fish.

Gull Lake has such steep break lines in these locations. It is not uncommon to have one hole in the back of the ice house rental be 12 feet deeper than one in the front. Trying to get close isn't good enough. The difference in 10 yards could mean the difference in 25 feet of water. Anglers are far better off looking at the structure these ice house rentals are on and then searching for a similar structure with no ice houses on it. Today's map chips make this process easier than it has ever been before.