All excellent advice given here. Just my two cents, once you find the weedy spots, I've had a lot of luck with texas rigging soft plastic worms. And just slowly dragging them along the bottom. 6" to 10" worms work best. The bass in my profile pic, I caught with a slip bobber, jig-head and...
I was there last week for 4 days. Been fishing there for over 10 years. I can confirm there are Pike there now. First pike I ever caught in Rice Lake. In the Roseneath area.