Comments on: Ice Fishing 101!

By: Fishing Blog

Fishing Blog — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:25:30 +0000

I love ice fishing too! Mostly I get jumbo yellow perch. I’d love to catch those beauty rainbows through the ice.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:14:45 +0000

Excellent, I like the way you think Gord!

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:12:18 +0000

Now you’re talking!!!

By: Gord FGND

Gord FGND — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:46:29 +0000

You know Jeff you could ski into some lakes no one else can get to and probably have a great hour or two ice fishing. Nothing like cross training!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:24:06 +0000

I’ll stick to learning to x-country ski for my winter recreation, those beauty fish will be much more enjoyable to catch on a cast fly in the spring.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:28:28 +0000

Right on Ron! Glad you guys had some success and caught some nice fish!

As for why the fish preferred the bait on a jig as opposed to on a bare hook … who knows … but that’s why it’s important to keep changing it up when the fishing’s slow and not to just assume they are not biting. I’ve seen it many times where they will steadily hammer a certain pattern while totally ignoring all others – even the ones that were so similar you could hardly tell the difference between them yourself!

Good job and good luck if/when you guys head out again. Keep us posted.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:37:39 +0000

Thanks Rob. A friend and I tried one of the lakes you suggested after boxing day and managed to catch a few nice fish. We didn’t get anything over 3 lbs but the fish were in good condition and fought well. We caught them with shrimp on a jig with a tail. They seemed to prefer the shrimp on a jig to a shrimp on a bare hook for some reason. Next time I’ll have to try experimenting a bit more with different lures and baits.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:23:44 +0000

Hi Ron,

Glad you liked the article!

Along with Red, I have heard that both Hefley & Edith lakes have been fishing well. The roads to both are well maintained so no issues there.

Hope that helps. Good luck and let us know how you make out.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:36:00 +0000

Thanks for the article on ice fishing. I found it very informative. I fly fish during the open water season, but know next to nothing about ice fishing. Any suggestions on lakes to try?
I know that Red Lake is good, but I’m thinking that the road would be treacherous in winter.