Ice fishing

[lisfisher]

Got out on one of the larger lakes 2 days ago, the vexilar was marking some decent life down below, pulled out an 18 inch brown trout followed by some small yellow perch. For those of you who ice fish be careful, I ran into some scary thin ice holes that are much thinner than the majority of the lake. These areas freeze later due to either wind or a flock of geese hanging out preventing ice from forming. When the geese go elsewhere, the holes freeze overnight but are thin yet. Look for color variations in the ice, pressure ridges and fissures and most importantly, gray ice with a lot of air bubbles. I tell ya that Vexilar FL20 is like playing a live video game on the ice, easily get addicted!

 

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[pong12211]

I love to fish but ice fishing that just isnt for me. If I was meant to walk on water they would have wrote a big book about me.

 

[austin]

Not too big a sport here in Texas...

 

[lisfisher]

I figure it beats being shacked up in the house all winter!

 

[ARC]

What ! again !
What where when....
I have never seen an "ice fish"
Are they good eating ?
Is that an up north fish ?
Do you have to let them "thaw" before eating ?
Sheesh... we have no ice fish here... bummer man.

 

[Bullet:Mich.]

Most of the lakes around where I live have at least 12 inches of ice now. The Midwest Open Ice Fishing Tournament was last week end. Top prize was $20,100.00. Not to shabby.

 

[Higgy]

This pic was taken about 10 years ago. It was one of the good days, when there's lakers in the hole, and the beer tastes good.



A couple weeks later it was cold cold COLD! Me and my buddy were out on the ice and the wind was blowing ice and snow off the lake sideways. I was wearing about $1000-worth of high quality weather gear, and I was still cold. I couldn't keep the ice out of the hole, and out of my rod guides, and I stood there and told myself that I wasn't having fun anymore. I packed up my stuff and walked off the ice, and I never went icefishing again.

 

[Dak]

Higgy I sympathize and understand your decision. Nice fish though. Might have been more than 10 years ago now. Up on Quabbin wind cranking down through the islands, 18" solid ice, holes freezing so fast you couldn't keep up. Bundled up to stay warm, but then bust a sweat drilling through the ice with the auger just to start freezing because now you are damp. It is much easier to drive down to the market and get fish there. That and freshwater fishing license prices are stupid expensive.

 

[Higgy]

We do a lot of liquid-water fishing up here, Dak. Winter time now is for us to whine about it here on Tnet! Haahaa!

Yeah I love to fish, but I rarely fish by myself. Always had my son with me, and now that he's married and baby on the way, he's got less and less time with his old man. Sad really, because he's been my #1 fishing buddy since he was a wee lad. So I detect now.

Love Quabbin. Nice lake. I'd love to dive for treasure there.