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A bit of info http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?board=61.0No news of Bottle Bay. Yet...
Smelt and perch are used. The regulation states "No part of any big game animal or game fish can be used as bait for trapping or fishing". Hm? I'll look for the reg and post a link.Alas, it's bedtime. Zzzzzzzzzzzz Tom
You can also use herring.
Smelt and perch are used. The regulation states "No part of any big game animal or game fish can be used as bait for trapping or fishing". Hm? I'll look for the reg and post a link.Alas, it's bedtime. Zzzzzzzzzzzz TomThat's what's getting me. Perch are listed as a game fish.....
Has anyone been on or heard any reports on Chatcolet Lake. Hows the ice there? Any tips, i'll be going there tomorrow and have never been.Thanks
New to the forum and love the chatter. I've read several people talking about muskies in Gamlin. I've spent a ton of time fishing bass on that lake in the summer and have never caught/hooked/been cut off by anything that could have been a muskie. Does anyone have any first hand experience or are they a kin to the Pend Oreille paddler? Heading out on the ice for the first time this weekend so hope to have some intel to share on the perch front.
On Lake Pend Oreille just opposite of Sandpoint. They are great eats!
You guys have me wanting to try for some kokanee, so I went and tried to check out Bottle Bay this morning. I figured that marina road would be plowed, but it's not...not even a good place to pull off there. Is there other access down into that bay?? Any info would be appreciated. On a side note, I heard that Mirror Lake has some kokanee...so maybe I'll try that out this weekend. I guess be aware, Bottle bay road itself is pretty cruddy, plowed but not sanded very well at all. Probably still best (and quickest) to use Sagle road to get around.Other than that, there were quite a few people out on Gamlin all clustered in the middle of the lake, it was hard to tell exactly how many because of the fog. No one on Shepherd.
Fished Fernan today 8:30 - 3:00 with dad. Kept 13 perch largest just over 10 inches. If you do not get a bite in the first 5 minutes move. Once you find them action is nonstop. Heard from a guy as we were pulling out a 14 lb pike was caught closer to the launch. Just fished for perch today no tip ups set. Packernut
My wife and I fished Hayden yesterday from about 10-1. Fist time out this season. 9 tip-ups, about 3 hours on the ice, and no flags. Didn't see flags from the other groups either. There was a group of 3 guys that had been there since daylight and had 1 pike. Good ice though. A little slushy in spots on top, but measured 9". About 3" of it being semi-frozen slushy stuff on top. Will tighten up nice over the next couple days.Anyone know of a local grocery source for smelt or herring without buying the expensive little packs from Blacksheep? Last year I got some at Winco and they were really nice. Perfect size. This year however, they're almost too big. I bought a pound of them and the smallest was about 7". When you push a treble through the belly, they kind of drape and hang funny.. not really natural looking. Not sure if that matters, but it bothers me.
Thanks for the report. Were you on the north end? I planned on fishing there Tuesday but have not been hearing much in the way of positive reports.
any good news on the chain lakes
Fished Killarney all day yesterday, until sundown. Had 5 tip ups set at varying depths from about 25 yards off the east bank outwards. Caught about 8000 TINY perch, and missed two flags. Only saw one other guy pull a pike, right around 10am. The ice was plenty deep, but lots of snow made the walk a little spongy. I'm not sure if we were doing anything wrong, but just a really slow day on the pike front; herring rigs, just about 2-3 foot above the bottom, and plenty of beer to call them in.-Keep 'em spinnin