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Vermont => Ice Fishing Vermont => Topic started by: packersskyline on Feb 02, 2018, 08:51 AM
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How is the bite? Anyone catching pike?
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The pike bite has been tough everywhere this year, not going to lie. There hasnt been alot of people out targeting Pike this year either from what Ive been seeing on Champlain. Most of the people are just trying to find perch numbers which has been difficult this year. Ive been out a half dozen times so far for Pike in various spots and have been lucky to get one or two. I know guys who have had huge tip-up spreads and never even got a flag all day. Hopefully we see some stabilization in weather and the bite turns on. Good luck out there!
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The pike bite has been tough everywhere this year, not going to lie. There hasnt been alot of people out targeting Pike this year either from what Ive been seeing on Champlain. Most of the people are just trying to find perch numbers which has been difficult this year. Ive been out a half dozen times so far for Pike in various spots and have been lucky to get one or two. I know guys who have had huge tip-up spreads and never even got a flag all day. Hopefully we see some stabilization in weather and the bite turns on. Good luck out there!
We got into a big school of good sized yellows yesterday down at 80 feet. Were very aggressive and spitting up baby smelt.
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80' down that's fun. Only a few spots that deep in that bay.
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80' down that's fun. Only a few spots that deep in that bay.
Forgot to mention this was in the main lake up near North Hero, not St. Albs.
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Forgot to mention this was in the main lake up near North Hero, not St. Albs.
I think the fishing has been better off the eastern side of Champlain this year so far.
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Anyone ever fish off of killcare? what way you recommend I go out to catch some pike? I did well on Sunday in Swanton for pike, but I want to try closer to home.
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Anybody have an updated Ice Report for the bay? Looking to head out Saturday for the first time.
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White perch!!!
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White perch!!!
how many buckets?
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how many buckets?
They're slowly coming in, big schools not there yet.
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Anyone know where I can get a map of the lake? I want to fish the bay but don't want to fish the crowds.
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Google "navionics wen app"
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Google "navionics wen app"
Web**
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Navionics is better, but this works, too :
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14781.shtml
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When the whites come in I’ll be out there
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It's getting close
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Saw a dozen people off the point on Fri. I'm sure theyre trickling in.
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How is the snow on the ice or is it blown off?
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How is the snow on the ice or is it blown off?
Everywhere else ive been it's 6-9" on top. There were trucks out there though.
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What does everyone use for bait/jigs for the whites? My son and I fished them a few years ago for the first and only time. I don't recall what we used for a jig.
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What does everyone use for bait/jigs for the whites? My son and I fished them a few years ago for the first and only time. I don't recall what we used for a jig.
Various bibbet jigs work well at times, esp tipped with a small piece of crawler. Pink hali jigs tipped with crawler or spikes have been working the best for me the past couple years.
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What does everyone use for bait/jigs for the whites? My son and I fished them a few years ago for the first and only time. I don't recall what we used for a jig.
Last year I caught 3 1/2 pails on trout worms, and a blood swedish pimple. All from one hole in 4 hours. The next day, a half a pail. The tend to not stick around long unless you're their day 1.
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Anything works pretty much
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Saw a dozen people off the point on Fri. I'm sure theyre trickling in.
What do you mean exactly? What point?
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What do you mean exactly? What point?
Hathaway point. There wasnt many on Sunday later in the day though. Havent seen many people hit the 60 FOW range to find the deep schools yet....hard to find but can pay off big time, especially when the jumbo yellows are around.
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Hathaway point. There wasnt many on Sunday later in the day though. Havent seen many people hit the 60 FOW range to find the deep schools yet....hard to find but can pay off big time, especially when the jumbo yellows are around.
Still is early for them to stack up.
I've recorded in my journal every year since 2010 that they stack up around mid-February, and I was out there last Saturday over 22FOW and only got into a dozen little 7-9" ones with 3 being over 10"
It really is still early for them, but they're there and coming on.
Van Everest has had schools of jumbo whites flashing thru chasing a lot of bait in 40-60FOW, but they're not organized/stacked up in one spot and that makes for a tremendous amount of hole hopping out far from shore to stay on them.
If they're at VE, then they should be coming along up the shoreline to Georgia Rec Park and outer St. Albans Bay/Kill Kare/Hathaway Point to the boat launch...be patient folks, I bet they're gonna be found all over this area come this weekend!
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how many buckets should we bring?
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Just bring an empty Jet Sled ... you're going to need lots of room!
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how many buckets should we bring?
Well considering the average 5 gallon bucket holds around 30# of fish, and once the whites really stack up it's not uncommon to see guys bring in 100-300# of whites to the fish mongers, guess you could do the math on how many buckets wold be needed depending on how much you want to catch before you have to say enough...LOL
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Still is early for them to stack up.
I've recorded in my journal every year since 2010 that they stack up around mid-February, and I was out there last Saturday over 22FOW and only got into a dozen little 7-9" ones with 3 being over 10"
It really is still early for them, but they're there and coming on.
Van Everest has had schools of jumbo whites flashing thru chasing a lot of bait in 40-60FOW, but they're not organized/stacked up in one spot and that makes for a tremendous amount of hole hopping out far from shore to stay on them.
If they're at VE, then they should be coming along up the shoreline to Georgia Rec Park and outer St. Albans Bay/Kill Kare/Hathaway Point to the boat launch...be patient folks, I bet they're gonna be found all over this area come this weekend!
First time I hauled sleds full was mid Jan, way out in 60 FOW in the middle of nowhere....
They are gorging on alewives right now, at least the whites and yellows that I've caught so far in the area have been puking up alewives. You are right that around this time of the year they start stacking in heavy and taking over the point and other areas. It's been declining since the first boom as they usually do, so im curious what this year looks like.
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will this bring pike in as well? or push them out of shallows?
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I’ve noticed the Decline as well I just want to get on em for a few days lol they’re a hoot my dad can’t fathom why I like to chase em lol
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Anyone ever get walleye at Saint Albans bay?
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Waiting Patiently for the whites to come in.
Matt, Joe, looking forward to seeing you fellas out there this year! :icefish:
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There should be plenty of ice come early march when the whites start moving in. Hopefully my Dad and I can get another 100 pound day in before the end of the ice season! Let's be sure to keep each other posted so that there are plenty of perch to go around. ;D
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There should be plenty of ice come early march when the whites start moving in. Hopefully my Dad and I can get another 100 pound day in before the end of the ice season! Let's be sure to keep each other posted so that there are plenty of perch to go around. ;D
Yessah!
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If the ice lasts till the first week of April, that's when it will be on fire, if past years are any gauge.
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will this bring pike in as well? or push them out of shallows?
Female pike will move shallow soon. They'll look for structure to rub on to break up the mass off eggs they are carrying before spawning. I was up north of St Albans last Sat and Sunday and caught a dozen pike all in 5-7 fow.
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I drove out from georgia beach perch fishing..lots of people fishing close between the green boyue and the point..whites must be in the area..
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Ive heard of no whites being caught or seen any photos if they are being caught people are being very quiet about it
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Ive heard of no whites being caught or seen any photos if they are being caught people are being very quiet about it
Tuesday night Bayside bought 500 pounds worth. There were some hogs in those totes!
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Well why tell everyone, so I put in all the hard work to find them. Then you can just go fish my spot that took a day of work to find... yes there are whites in St. Albans Bay, usually are most of the winter but exactly were and what they are biting on you have to actually put in the work and figure it out. I was throwing them out my shanty window had guys move in on me and not catch a fish, pays to do the work and not just be lazy expect others to find the fish and then tell you how to fish for them... don't ranting tight lines
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White perch are invasive - we need to try and get them out of the lake. Combine that with the fact that more fishing activity seems to bring more fish in, and I don't see why anyone would keep it quiet. I don't mind people fishing around me, if they ask. I only get pissed when they walk up like they own the place, and try fishing out of my holes. When you're getting them by the hundreds of pounds, doesn't make a lot of sense to be territorial. How many fish does one person need? Of course, I'm not in it for the money...
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Well tomorrow morning I am going to try the bay out. Plus I wanna try out my new 43cc Eskimo Auger! Honestly as long as I'm catching something I am happy.
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I don’t mind fishing with people it’s when I’m catching fish look up and somebody’s now 5 feet away drilling holes and spooking the fish that I’ll speak up and say something
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White perch if I'm catching any and all can come all around me.
Reason #1 keeps them in the area longer
#2 There's plenty for everyone
#3 They're white perch
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I think ice fiend is being coy about the whites at the point...or is not a local
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I haven’t fished it yet as I live a hour away
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White perch if I'm catching any and all can come all around me.
Reason #1 keeps them in the area longer
#2 There's plenty for everyone
#3 They're white perch
This. Let me know, happy to drive up to kill some invasives.
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white perch lives matter!
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Fished the point last Sunday 1 white and a few yellows
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I'll be out there in the morning. First time but I'm bringing buckets!! Hope the fishing is good!! Are people driving trucks out? Or do I need a fourwheeler?
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A friend of my dads fished it today ice is 6-8 inches I wouldn’t risk driving
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A friend of my dads fished it today ice is 6-8 inches I wouldn’t risk driving
There were two trucks out off the point today....ice was soft on top. Wouldnt risk it either.
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Hearing we’ve lost 4-6” of ice all over keelers, St. Albans
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Give it tonight and tomorrow it’ll all lock up
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The white perch have been in the bay since Tuesday. The guys there have been keeping it really low. Steve said it slowed down on Thursday, but yesterday he bought 500lbs out of there. We are going out to see if this is true, but when bayside says they're in there, they're in there.
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Tons of people out now trying to catch the whites. Hope the fishing is decent for everyone today!
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Catching a few out here but it's been slow. Everyone has spread out now.
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For a bit it looked like everyone was right next to each other.
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We went into the horde of people this afternoon after I found a few after work yesterday, so I figured the masses were on the fish. Totally wrong. Everyone that I could see weren't catching fish. I went through one of my Ion batteries popping holes all over between people and marked no fish. Got bored after a few hours and we headed out. Good thing the backup plan paid off or else it would have been a crappy day. Feel bad for the guys who drove a ways to get out there onto fish though..
They're around, but werent around the crowds today, that's for sure.
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18 holes with nothing in them until the very last one and it only produced a dozen whites and some dink yellows
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I'm not totally subscribed to the wipe them from the lake mentality. I hope anglers realize that they cant make a dent in the population with a jig stick. Now if we start trawling the inland sea that's a different story
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I had my best day yesterday out there I popped 5 holes and started pounding em so popped up the shack and ended up with 130pounds I had 3 fish that total weighed just over 5 pounds
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I had my best day yesterday out there I popped 5 holes and started pounding em so popped up the shack and ended up with 130pounds I had 3 fish that total weighed just over 5 pounds
Good for you Ice Fiend! Sounds like Crayfish2 and I are going to have to get out there soon before the shoreline ice disappears! Stupid warm weather! Everyone always complains about a long winter, but it's not really winter if the highs are in the 40s, 50s and even 60s now is it!!! >:( :'( I guess we'll just have to enjoy the ice while we have it and hope for colder weather!
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Agreed and thanks today is a lot slower fish are moving fast and spook easy catch one the whole school scatters