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Ice Fishing Media => Ice Fishing Pictures => Topic started by: Iceshanty on Sep 10, 2018, 07:45 AM
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What a hot humid summer we have had! Never fear fall is near and the pre ice fishing thoughts are on the brain! Dig up your most awesome ice fishing picture from last season and post it here on this thread. Please add a little text or story about the photo. *This will be included in the judging. On December 3rd 2018 I'll select the top ten... which will then be voted on by the membership to determine the top 3 winners of the spoon/beanie prize pack.
Prizes
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Top 10 I select will win a 3 month militia trial package. (http://www.iceshanty.com/iceshanty/iceshanty_store/militia)
Top 3 that are voted win a 6 pack of Custom Jigs and Spins (http://www.customjigs.com/) Slender Spoons, a Team Iceshanty Beanie Cap and some stickers from the Team Iceshanty Proshop (http://www.iceshanty.com/iceshanty/iceshanty_store/)
Rules
Post only one image entry per member.
Post only a photo of your own.
Contest entry period ends December 3 2018
Let's see some photos of the hardwater!
Good Luck! :tipup:
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My 6 yr old grandson. first time out on the ice. dressed him up warm and got him out there. Thought it was a riot sliding and falling on the ice. he can't wait to get back out there. No fish, still had a ball. He was so upset that he lost one of his new gloves. Had to go to WalMart to get a replacement pr. A new Ice fisherman was born that day!
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At an ice fishing tournament in Erie Pennsylvania for panfish, I caught my first steelhead ever and it took second place in last seasons Iceshanty Online Tournament! It almost didn't fit through the hole! Also, the winners of the tournament was a father and son team and it was their first time ever fishing in a tournament. They ended up taking home $1000! It was awesome to see a young kid and his father enjoying the ice season together and now they are hooked! The video of the tournament is on youtube.
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First ice in northern MN last November, and among a few smaller fish, my buddy ended up catching a thick 25" walleye. The ice and water were so clear we watched the fish for the last 10-15 feet of the fight, really a neat way to start the season.
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Here’s a picture from my trip to Hubbard Lake in Michigan late last year. We got skunked for the day and half that we got to fish. We had a great time on the ice though doing our best to try to find some fish.
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Early season, high valley lakes with my daughter, and life long fishing partner, Julieanne.
We wish everyone good luck, safe ice, and great memories in the upcoming season!
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DeWeese Reservoir
Custer County, Colorado
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That was my first fish on a tipup. I had had these things in my garage for at least 20 years. I finally decided to try them out. I bought some #20 flourocarbon and some chubs and gave it a shot. I was in shock when I looked out the window and a flag was up! And the handle was spinning! It wasn't very big but that fish turned me into a diehard tipup guy. Now I have #80 flourocarbon and I'm gonna set my bait tank back up this winter. Here fishy fishy.
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When the fish are not biting out ice fishing in South Dakota can always put a smile on your face with a potato chip bag,,,
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Night fishing for Burbot on Flaming Gorge reservoir Jan 2018, beautiful full moon no wind and lots of bells ringing with glow lights bouncing. Doesnt get any better
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When you have the tip-up set up all day and when you're packing, you realized you had a catfish on it for lord knows how long lol
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Earliest I’ve ever been on the ice November 18th 2017, also my father’s 58th birthday and my niece was born later that afternoon. And here I am out on the ice, with walleyes on my mind and on my line.
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My 7 year old daughter got to finally go ice fishing with me this past year. She jigged up this little bluegill all by herself on her first trip, and I was not able to go ice fishing by myself after that. Now I have her and her 9 year old brother along for all my trips.
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My 7 year old daughter got to finally go ice fishing with me this past year. She jigged up this little bluegill all by herself on her first trip, and I was not able to go ice fishing by myself after that. Now I have her and her 9 year old brother along for all my trips.
Pay it forward, take a kid fishing!!!! ;D
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According to the Chinese calendar, 2018 is the year of the dog. For me it was the year of the tiger muskie. Small lake we fish is polluted with them. Wasn't uncommon to land 3 or four of these a day.
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My son and father in law pulled out so many land locked salmon we lost count. Felt really special having 3 generations out on the ice together. 5 years old and he was dropping the line, setting the hook and reeling them in all by himself. He landed as many as I did, he's hooked and now a fish kisser!
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I finally thought I had a pattern down on the lake I was living on last winter so I went out about an hour before sunset to a spot I found some luck catching walleye at around sun down. I fished till about 15min after sunset with out marking any fish, and was getting ready to call it a night and rethink my "pattern". I was jigging with 2 rods, one with a small hard body rattle bait which I didnt have much confidence in and the other happend to have a slender spoon on it(one of my favorite lures!). So right before I started packing up I saw a big mark come up and I held the rattle bait still and was working the spoon assuming thats what the fish was looking at. all of a sudden I get a big hit on my other rod and it almost pulled it from my hand. I dropped my rod with the slender spoon and set the hook. I immediately knew I had something big and thought it was either a smallmouth or a big pike. after a great fight this chunky girl popped her head up my hole! She and I had a quick photo shoot and I gave her a kiss and sent her home. I then went on to catch three more perfect eater size walleye in the next 10 minutes and walked home as happy as can be.
Also just for the record december 3rd is my birthday, just sayin ::)
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Cascade Lake, Going for the Jumbos. "This is what true peace and serenity looks like."
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My last trip on the ice last season was with my youth group kids. This is my buddy Eric. He loves being outdoors and loves to ice fish. The bite was tough that day but we had a great time. God painted the sky as the sun came up and we caught enough to keep us busy for the afternoon.
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First time at this lake last year for the jumbo perch and it was a blast fishing up there hoping to get back there again.
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It was easy to post pics last year with post image. Not now. What happens to us tech cavemen?
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This pic is the first taken with my new drone this past March.
360 degree panoramic shot of my lake at my cabin. ;D
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Natures stained glass.
A great day of catching jumbos with friends I haven't seen in years, followed by a great sunset and...more catching. Never ceases to amaze me how a sunset can fix a lot of things.
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Great pictures!!!!
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For me, my highlight from the last ice fishing season was icing my largest fish to date, this Northern Pike. @)
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It was even better that this big girl hit one of my homemade loop rigs.
I sent her on her way after a couple photos and measurement.
She was 45" long and 26 lbs, and, one fish I will not forget.
It was great that my family and friends were there to share in the excitement, with this fish, and all season long. ;D
WW
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First time on this glacier carved lake which is just a quiet hidden gem in my area known to produce quality fish. I studied the lake map and a buddy and I decided on this spot as soon as we dropped the vex the screen was stacked with red. We were fishing 46fow and these guys were stacked from 30ish feet to 20 feet. First drop down and I pulled up this 14" hog dog! That whole day was a major highlight of last ice season.
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Echo Resevior. With my son and his brother-in-law and father-in -law. Us Harwards showing the Neilsens how to rock them. P.S. look for Echo to be hot Ice Fishing, Perch, Trout, and Crappie.
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This picture was from one of my first trips last season. Its my favorite spot to fish. This picture is another reminder why I enjoy this spot and enjoy ice fishing so much. Had the whole bay to myself very peaceful!
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My favorite part of the winter is pulling up some beautiful crappie. Can not get any better than that!
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My buddy caught this beautiful big northern on Fort Peck in Montana on February 25, 2018. The fishing was horribly slow most of the trip, but this big ole girl bit early one morning. She weighed 24.8lbs. after laying on the ice in the sun all morning. She's on his wall now.
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My son had just caught a pretty tiger trout and I had told him that they don't get much prettier than the one he caught. A few minutes later I caught this one. He had to admit that this one is even prettier. What you can't see is my auger bit 30' below me. It had come out of the adapter and sank to the bottom of the reservoir. >:(
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Flying the Shanty Flag on an foggy early morning on Cascade Lake, Idaho on my first time perch fishing with the guys traveling up from Utah.
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Cousin fishing trip, camera is in the freshly drilled hole. Fishing might not of been great but hanging with the family always is.
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In, not sure if my first time trying was accepted?
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During my 2018 season, I dedicated much of my time to exploring new lakes on foot with a my new Nils master 8 inch hand auger. Contrary to most, I enjoy the cold crisp air on a peaceful serene lake, as much as trekking, hand drilling, etc. To me, it enhances the experience. As such, I don't bother with shelter, gas augers, etc.
Anyways, on one such outing, I stumbled onto the this given lake's biggest secret. Known mainly for big trout, abundant lakers, and a handful of monster pike, I was not expecting to crush schools of jumbo perch. A couple hours of non stop action yielded a nice family dinner of 9 to 13 inchers.
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I will try once again to post a picture.
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Failure, once again
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Yup. It worked for me last year. No luck this year. I even contacted PostImage and got no response. Getting discouraged
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1st time in many years we were able to fish Sebago do to the ice conditions, we tried to make the most of it by getting there early and watch a beautiful sunrise to start our day.
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When I reply to a post, I will print my reply, and if I wish to add a photo, I hit the blue Add image to post. It will tell me to choose images. I hit that box and it sends me to my documents library. I choose My Pictures and it takes me to my albums. I pick a photo and hit open. It starts to download, and when it gets to 100%. Nothing. Like I said, I had no trouble last year. EasyPeezy. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Missoula
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I am on a PC. I will try your suggestions. Thanks
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Rocco (4) and Hunter (7) getting a free ride with the equipment after a long day on the hardwater. Funny thing is they seem to get their energy back once we got back to the truck. Proud to be working on the next generation of ice fishing maniacs.
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Nothing special just another cold day on the ice.
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This pic just looks cold...-7 ....got the Beavah Hat on...somewhere in NH.
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I didn't have much luck actually catching fish last year, and during this trip I didn't get a single flag... But I tried to make the most of it and entertained myself photographing the really beautiful ice.
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It may not be a big one, it's more important than that. It was my boy's first laker he ever caught. He caught it jigging after about 5 hours of trying everything in the tackle box lol...needless to say, he's now hooked on the hardwater for life & I couldn't be happier!
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Just a few more days. Get your entry in posted by midnight dec 2!
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Nice one!
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My daughter and I, her first time out on the ice (same pic in my avatar). We got out there early, and throughout the morning she managed to wet both legs past her knees by stepping in holes - the second time she actually moved the chair we had put over an unused jigging hole to prevent her stepping in it, and promptly dropped her foot right through it. She was getting pretty unhappy, and then we started getting some flags and she helped land this guy. She pretty quickly forgot about the wet feet :)
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Three part story that I will remember for a lifetime. Took my 8 year old niece out in the boat for some trolling around the lake for big rainbows. She had a ball that day catching 39 trout and keeping a few for the smoker. It got to the point that she says “here uncle Mikel, you real up the fish, My arms hurt.” I reeled up one fish that day and we called it a day. Later that year, she had found a present underneath the Christmas tree of an ice rod (of course from her uncle). She looks at it funny as she opens it and asks “what do you do with such a little pole?” I explained to her what it was for and her eyes lit up thinking she was going to get to go fishing year round. Of course, The very next day, I have to take her out ice fishing because she has to try out the new pole. It was a whopping -22 degrees that day, and I knew it was going to be a cold one for the little turkey. Brought the propane heater and we sat in the hut for about 2 hours before her feet got cold. All of a sudden my finder lights up with this hog and I show it to her on the screen. Her eyes light up and she goes “think we will catch it?” I couldn’t even reply before her rod doubles over and goes screaming. She almost lost the pole down the hole, but caught it and fought the big rainbow all by herself. Unfortunately I didn’t have a stick for her to hold, and she refused to hold the big lunker up. We fished for about another half hour with nothing to show for it, and someone’s feet got cold again. We packed up, and headed for a warm fireplace. As we were driving back, she asked if she could shoot her new BB gun that she had also gotten for Christmas. Of course her uncle was going to be the one to teach her about gun safety. I let her shoot her BB fun a few times before I pulled out the ol .22 my father had boughten for me at her age. I let her shoot it at a couple of beer cans and she went 7/8 shots. It will be a memory that I will never forget, and I’m sure she won’t either. I think I have a new fishing partner, as she has been asking me when the hardwater is coming this year, and Mother Nature just will not cooperate!
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The sun is finally rising and we have high hopes that it will bring some warmer temps. Was 2 degrees F when we arrived. Was 0 degrees when we left. As cold as it was, it was also the best day of ice fishing (or any fishing) I have ever had. Iced over 80 brookies and 20 cutthroat all on jigs. We were too busy taking fish off and dropping lines to take any more pictures.
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It was a glorious day, bitter cold and sunny. There's nothing quite like that first day out on the ice...the anticipation, the excitement. Not just for that day, but for the entire upcoming ice season.
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Waiting patiently for first ice, finally a good cold snap cold enuf to turn the soft water into hard water. It didn't take long to put a good layer of solid ice- a few inches is all I need. Tried drilling many holes in the shallows looking down under the ice at the fish which were easily spooked as we walked towards them. Drilling hole after hole was easy with the thin ice but the fish always wanted to spook and "trolling" around wasn't working as well as I hoped in my day dreams..
Staying in the same spot jigging finally I was able to lure in a lunker and turned out to be a Beautiful Blackwater strain Rainbow Trout here in British Columbia.. 8 pound range, was setting the bar pretty high for first ice, and it looked just like I was hoping while daydreaming at work all week..
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Wish we could post couple more pics would sure help with the story.
This was my sons first time ever fishing for Lakers. over the last few years he has become a great pan fish and tip up fisherman for walleye salmon and pike. I have been dieing to get him out to jig Lakers. Finally ice was good enough to get him out. It was a cold morning at -6 we were on 4" of brand new hard clear ice. We walked out to our spot drilled a few holes and set up fish finders. Because my son had never fished deep water over 100' I helped him set up the Marcum and his jig pole. On the first drop of the lure a mark showed up on the bottom within a split sec. and that marked started to charge his lure. The mark came up and met the lure about half way down the water column.
When the line went slack,quickly I explained the fish had the lure no sooner i say that he closes the bail on the pole reeled up the slack and set the hook.....BAM! Fish on.keep in mind this is within the first 5 mins of setting foot on the ice. As it would turn out. The boy would go on to land 26 Lakers that day all by noon. By the time we left the kid was a pro and had a new favorite fish to catch we would spend the rest of the ice season chasing lake trout. The nite before a fishing trip I'd ask him "buddy what do you want to fish for tmrw" everytime the answer was the same......"LAKERS!" puts a huge smile on a dads face when your son has the same passions in life.this was not the biggest fish he caught that day but was his first ever laker. And later in the season the kid showed up 2 of my buddy's myself and my father,out fishing us all on more than 1 occasion. Even coming up with his own technique to get finicky fish to bite.such a proud dad!!
Thanx for letting me share this story and pic. Sorry the story is so long winded. Tight lines everyone!!
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My first pike ever which was also my first fish caught on a tip up. Couldn’t have been a more perfect day. Sun was shining as brightly as my smile. I remember my heart racing the second I began pulling on that line and could feel the weight of the fish. I knew instantly that it was a giant. I did everything in my power to keep that baby hooked and in the end was successful. One of my proudest moments. Caught December 2017.
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A beautiful sunrise over chaumont bay, Ny on a cold morning last winter.
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Snowdogging out to a sleepover fishing trip on a remote lake near the Canadian border. Almost 1,800 pounds and it pulled it up a tall, steep boat ramp (with another guy in the back sled).
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If you drill it,they will come! Snuck out on some early ice after some perch in the shallows and happened to catch my buddy nose down scoping the scenery. Can almost see the shipping channel in the background,always a little goofy feeling when you're catching perch through the ice and can hear boats fishing walleyes and see freighters roll through.
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My buddies and I pretty much always fish into the dark. For me, sitting in the flip over after dark hammering big Crappie with my friends is what I look forward to all year long. On this night, we did well, I was walking back to my shelter and thought, these are the days we wait for and I took this picture. Can't wait to get back out there.
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Last day to enter. :tipup:
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My 6 yr old daughter's 1st time ice fishing:
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After waiting for hours, she saw our flag up and ran over and started hauling it in. She needed help ("its a really big tug Dad ! ") so I left the jigging rod propped up and joined her. We barely had time to take this photo when we saw the jigging rod (actually her first little kid pole) disappear down a hole. She was so excited with her catch she didn't even mind losing her old pole. But we wonder what was the big fish that stole it !
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My daughters big perch.
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Reviewing all the entries today! Posting my selection of 10 picture/story entries for the Iceshanty hardwater militia winners later today. The membership will have 7 days to vote the top 3 winners for the CJS/Iceshanty prize packages.
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