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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Eelpout => Topic started by: Higgins on Jan 06, 2008, 05:29 PM
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Would love to know how you guys rig your tip ups for these tasty guys
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I put on large smelt 6 to 7 inches or a large live minnow put to the bottom and sit and wait .
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you shouldn't need a leader or anything for these.. no expensive jigs b/c the swallow the bait.. put a good sinker on your line and a hook set anything on the bottom really and wait..
fresh fish works best i think
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Glow jig and a minnow right on the bottom.
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set a smelt on the bottom and check often they swallow it and its hard to get out
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I stay near bottom within a foot or so
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live bait esp. smelt works better than dead. i clip the tail on it so the cusk can get it easier. no more than a ft. off bottom.
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When you guys say right on the bottom do you mean 1' off the bottom or have your bait lying right on the bottom?
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lay it right on the bottom or around 6 inches off the bottom works
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What kind of bait works best? Live or dead? I have heard dead suckers cut open but I have never tried fishing for Burbot. I plan on going up to Sebago lake in Maine next week and would like to target some. Any info I can get would be real helpfull.
Thanks PK
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large live Minnows 6 to 8 inches long work best for me ,but dead bait will also work
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large live Minnows 6 to 8 inches long work best for me ,but dead bait will also work
Do they prefer any specific type of minnow,(shiner,sucker,smelt, etc....)
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Do they prefer any specific type of minnow,(shiner,sucker,smelt, etc....)
I have heard they aren't too picky but from what i gather sucker and smelt are the best, but as long as they're biting than they hit most any fish as long as it's fresh.
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What depth is best? deepest part or shallow?
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cusk hangout in the deeper water during the day and move up on top of humps or flats as it gets dark.
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Can any one give advice as to what kind of hooks and what size also what pound test line should I get, do they fight real hard or are they like a carp ??? Should I hide the hook into the bait real well or does it even matter :-\ Any info you give would be appreciated, THANKS
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a 10# pout fights like a 20# pike. They don't have teeth, so you don't need steel, but I wouldn't run less than a 10# mono leader for them. They have a flip top head, so you aren't going to find many jigs they can't handle. I have had a #7n pimple (2 3/4") with a fat head on a rod and had a 2# pout hammer it, taking the hook and minnow and another 3" of line into it's mouth. I have actually used saltwater jigs when fishing them. You don't want a hook with a lot of flex in it.
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a 10# pout fights like a 20# pike. They don't have teeth, so you don't need steel, but I wouldn't run less than a 10# mono leader for them. They have a flip top head, so you aren't going to find many jigs they can't handle. I have had a #7n pimple (2 3/4") with a fat head on a rod and had a 2# pout hammer it, taking the hook and minnow and another 3" of line into it's mouth. I have actually used saltwater jigs when fishing them. You don't want a hook with a lot of flex in it.
Thanks for the info, should I hide the hook into the bait real good or does it even matter cause I heard that they just swallow it any ways.