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Although I fish for many different species of fish, and i go fishing often throughout the year, I prefer ice fishing over open water fishing. I spend much more time researching and much more money on ice fishing gear than I do on my open water gear. Are there others out there who feel the same way?
If I could only pic one way and one place to fish it would be stump pond on the ice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know. Good question. I really love the easiness of open water- drive up, bait the hook and cast out. You don't have to set-up the shanty, drill holes, deal with the cold, etc, etc, etc. BUT- I LOVE ICE FISHING, TOO!! I don't own a boat, but to be honest, I'd rather shore fish between the two anyways.
I do have to add one thing to my own post- I fish G Loomis rods exclusively for open water, but I still have 20 times the cash spent on ice fishing stuff, so I think barring a boat, open waters a cheaper hobby.
Hmmmmm.......From ice out until October - open water is my favorite. Then from October until early January, hunting is the absolute best. And from January through the end of February (the typical time I can get ice here in SE PA), ice fishing is king.It's just hard to pick one. When I'm hunkered down in a corn field and the geese have their wings set, that's tough to beat. Last summer when I was killing smallies, that couldn't get better. In the spring, when the trout are hitting, that seems perfect. This year on the ice with my son catching gills one after another, how could it get any better.OK, I can't decide. Thank god I don't have to. Maybe I would like to be on ice, with open water nearby. Three tipups with flags waving, with my open water gear and the drag zinging, and geese setting up coming in to the decoys I set out! Yeah, right and Jennifer Garner waiting for me in my shanty, nakad, cooking dinner, with a TV on (the Steelers are winning in the SB).
Have you ever tried St Croix Rods they are just amazing!Love them more than my heritage lakers. lol But would rather use the lakers guess where???