Anyone else doing a little ice fishing?
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Anyone else doing a little ice fishing?
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Me and my dad are gonna try this for the first time this weekend probably.
Anything i should know?
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Just can't bring myself to go ice fishing. They have tournies on the lake but I'm not a fan of sitting out in the wind (or in a hut) on a frozen block of ice waiting for a flag to tip. I'll stick to warmer, more uh...active...types of fishing.
Would be a good survival skill to have though... Should look into it more.
Still waiting for temps to drop a little. Until then, I guess the ice in the beer cooler will have to do.
The ice here just isn't safe at this time. The snow we had last week, weighed the ice down, then it turned warm to boot. It is in the mid 40's today, we need a good five day's of teens to firm it up. I am ready to go as soon as it does. The warden service has put up warnings about thin ice even up north in the state.
I spent a couple hundred hours converting an old camper into an ice shack. I got all finished, but I cheaped out on the wood stove, and the paint on the outside of the stove caught fire. Burned the whole thing to the ground. $300 shack, and about $1000 worth of tools, not to mention my ice fishing camera... Gone. So I guess the short answer is no, I won't be ice fishing this year. Maybe next year...
Thankfully, you weren't in it. Sorry to hear about the shack. That would definitely put me in a bad mood.
No ice fishing here. No ice.
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i'm planning on getting out with a couple of friends in the next week or two. we go quite a bit every year.
we mainly just catch a buzz!!
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Not yet, planning an overnighter at the end of the month though.
What type of tackle or/and bait should i use? Just the same as the summer stuff?
We're gonna be fishing on a lake (pymatuning on ohio/penn border), with crappie, walleye, and perch, etc..
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
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WM, using the cordless drill sounds like the best idea I have heard of for checking the depth. I would think it is the quickest as well. Thanks, I'm going to mention it to the guy's at work in the morning.
How much do you want to spend? What do you have for ice fishing? As you can see this can be as complicated as you want to make it. You could start with what is available to see what you may want:http://search.gandermountain.com/?cn...Ne=1000&N=1518
To CS 450:
At a minimum an auger, http://http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=419243&pdesc=StrikeMaster_Mora_8_Adj ustable_Hand_Auger&aID=504C16A&merchID=4006
An ice fishing pole, http://www.gandermountain.com/modper...C&merchID=4006
Some lures / jigs, http://http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=432332&pdesc=JB_Lures_Glitter_Glow_L ure&aID=504C18&merchID=4006
Some bait, http://http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lifeandlawns.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/grubworm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lifeandlawns.com/2008/03/03/grub-worms-in-your-lawn-this-spring-are-not-a-concern/&h=306&w=308&sz=42&tbnid=ZXj0FZcraLtv_M:&tbnh=116& tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgrub%2Bworm&zoom=1&q=grub+worm&usg=__ yXS6_SkwqXv9WZPxnwngwuLALGo=&sa=X&ei=nFMhTcvTIIOBl AeT972-Cw&ved=0CCEQ9QEwAA
Last edited by rebel; 01-03-2011 at 12:57 AM.
ratfingys and grubs the best baits but any small jig with a grub will work but you have to try different colors minnows also work
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I was hoping to try it this last week. But it has been too warm here lately, and none of the spots I went to had ice.
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