Ice Fishinig Hogsback Dam -- Hartland, CT

As I came to find out, Hogsback Dam on the Colebrook-Hartland line is also known as Goodwin Dam.  The back side of the dam is off Hogback Road in Hartland.  In past trips I've made to the dam, I've accessed if from Hogback Road and drove across the dam to the parking area.  This is not possible right now as the gate is locked preventing vehicle access to the dam.  For the purposes of ice fishing, it is better to park on the other side of the dam (Eno Hill Road to Durst Road).  This side has a parking area and better access to the ice, as I found out the hard way.  Because I was not sure how to get to this parking area, I ended up parking on the Hogback Road side, and having to walk across the dam.
There was about 8 inches of ice in the cove area just to the left of the Durst Road parking area.  Conditions were cold with a slight wind, but not uncomfortable with a bright winter sun out.  Further to the North there was actually open water.  I was surprised that there was not more ice, but 8 inches was more than enough.
Unfortunately, on this day the fishing was not very productive.  With 30 holes in the ice, our group managed to pull in only one fish.  It was a medium sized brown trout.  We were using medium minnows.  We spoke to another group and they did not have a single tip all day.  We moved to this location since the spot the group usually ice fishes has also been unproductive this year.  I might think it was something I was doing wrong, but with the whole group (as well as our neighboring group) having a slow day, I'll have to say it was just the conditions, and not the technique.