Author Topic: ice largemouth bass (Read 3067 times)

missoulafish · « **Reply #30 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 07:21 AM »

Fantastic eating, stopped killing bass a long time ago though. Grow way to slow up here,

rdhammah · « **Reply #31 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 07:57 AM »

never caught one jigging. may be cuz i haven't jigged much. this year will be different. gonna do a lot of hole hopping. all my bass have been caught on tipups 1-2 feet of the bottom with medium shiners. anywhere from 8 fow to 18 fow.

carl bjorgen · « **Reply #32 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 07:59 AM »

This is a great thread and those pictures are terrific.

I am this year (for the first time in my ice fishing career) going to be specifically targeting largemouth bass.

I am going to try everything from jigs, to spinners, to darters, to wacky rigged worms, etc; maybe even a tip-up (which I've never used in my life).

I've got nothing against pan fish, but they don't do it for me. I love bass fishing. I target them primarily for the six months or so that I fish open water, and have decided to extend my season to a year round pursuit up here in Minnesota.

I might not catch a darn thing for a while, but you guys have proven that it can be done if you know what you're doing. I don't yet, but hopefully this year I'll learn a thing or two.

Thanks for the inspiration!

rdhammah · « **Reply #33 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 08:16 AM »

carl, just keep monitoring this site and don't be afraid to ask questions

MNcrappiecontrol · « **Reply #34 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 08:39 AM »

Where about in mn are you

deadsmelthead · « **Reply #35 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 08:43 AM »

Quote from: GCD on Dec 12, 2012, 09:35 PM

Largemouth Bass = fun to catch, but disgusting to eat... but I guess I might eat one if I couldn't ever catch anything more table worthy like Crappie, Catfish, Perch, Walleye, or Pike.

Summer months they taste like mud, mid winter they rival perch and walleye.... I honestly couldn't tell the difference between mid winter small mouth and walleye, kinda wish theyd open a season on the through the ice in ny.. All my bass catches are accidental through the ice but these fish typicaly gut hook them selves badly and its kinda disenheartening throwing them back down the hole..

J_Edwards · « **Reply #36 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 09:06 AM »

Sweet pics

eriksat1 · « **Reply #37 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 09:17 AM »

Bass are great eating through the ice, the meat is nice and firm, plus by me many good walleye lakes are getting over run with bass and have no size limit on bass. A big lm bass population and walleye do not do good together. Most people don't even fish for bass up here they want walleye.

BLUJBURD · « **Reply #38 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 09:22 AM »

I catch most mine on tip ups usually after the season closes. So back down the hole they go.

carl bjorgen · « **Reply #39 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 10:00 AM »

Quote from: MNcrappiecontrol on Dec 13, 2012, 08:39 AM

Where about in mn are you

I live in the metro, New Brighton/St. Anthony area. Usually fish Long, Johanna, or Silver during the winter. I rarely get anywhere else, and all these lakes are within a 10 minute drive from my house.

Good pan fishing in the winter, although most of the fish are small fry's. I've gotten a northern once in a while by accident on a little jig and wax.

I'm kind of bored with that action though, and hope to catch some bass. All three lakes are good bass lakes and I know them all real well. I'll just work 'em over and see if I can have some success like y'all have had.

KneeDeepSteve · « **Reply #40 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 10:48 AM »

I would never keep a bass no matter what season, there are just too many other fish that taste better and have larger renewable populations. I live in NJ so maybe bass in other states are overpopulated and then keeping a few might be a good thing. Also if guys want to keep them that is there choice, just don't agree with guys keeping the larger females. Those are what gives quality to the bass population and like said earlier these fish take a long time to grow, especially the farther North you go. I also bass fish 12 months out of the year so these fish are important to me. There was a small pond by my house that I used to walk back in the woods to get too, it was only a few acres big. But it was full of some decent bass. It was a nice spot to go fish when I didn't have time to get the boat ready and just wanted to fish for an hour or so. Each year I saw more and more guys ice fishing this place and they would literally cover the entire pond with tipups. Fast forward a few years and all I catch out of there are snot rockets, aka pickerel. Larger lakes are able to handle people taking some fish but these smaller bodies of water can get wiped out very quick.

vt-jig · « **Reply #41 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 11:18 AM »

ive had plenty of luck with the same jigs i use for perch. biggest bass through the ice was a smallie pushin 4lbs...Most of the places i fish ya cant keep bass in the winter, so they get to swim another day....but there isnt anything like setting the hook into "another perch" and it turns out to be a 3+lb bass..

MNcrappiecontrol · « **Reply #42 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 01:34 PM »

I use quick strike rig I tie myself I use treble hooks tho

jibbs · « **Reply #43 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 04:13 PM »

I strictly bass fish in the winter...10 to 20 feet on a break
Or flat works best for me...I only use tip ups with 4 to 6 inch shiners or suckers...

Ravo Himself · « **Reply #44 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 05:32 PM »

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beautiful close ups man. i love LM bass. they always have great colors

GCD · « **Reply #45 on:** Dec 13, 2012, 06:30 PM »

Quote from: eriksat1 on Dec 13, 2012, 09:17 AM

Bass are great eating through the ice, the meat is nice and firm,

A more accurate description of the flesh would be tough, and that's the main reason I don't like them.

I don't condemn anyone for eating them, you're more than welcome to my share of them... as a matter of fact I wish everybody would eat them, they pester the snot out of me when I'm crappie fishin'.... dang green carp!!!

jibbs · « **Reply #46 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 08:47 AM »

these are a few over the years...we fish as a group of 6 or 8 and average about 15 five to six pounders a year...we are still looking for that elusive 7 pounder through the ice and the eight...looking forward to ice fishing and it should happen soon here in nh....

eriksat1 · « **Reply #47 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 08:51 AM »

Wow those are some nice bass.

SeisMec · « **Reply #48 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 06:09 PM »

Those are some nice bass!!

just_a_beer_man · « **Reply #49 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 06:30 PM »

Great pics. I love the close ups.

nocod · « **Reply #50 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 08:31 PM »

a friend of mine,I cant brag about any big bass

PsychologicalPerch · « **Reply #51 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 09:38 PM »

i personally get a pissed when a big bass comes into your perch or crappie hole and scares them away....but, they sure are a hell of a lot of fun on an ultra light with 2 pound test

jethro · « **Reply #52 on:** Dec 14, 2012, 09:40 PM »

I hammer them pretty good on tip ups with medium Arkansas shiners in 6-12' of water usually.

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Author Topic: ice largemouth bass (Read 3067 times)