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Alaska => Ice Fishing Alaska => Topic started by: yukonman on Mar 15, 2004, 11:01 AM
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Hey fellas (and ladies). . .
wondering if you guys had any suggestions for char fishing around this time of year. I'm in Whitehorse, and there's a great stock of them that barely ever gets fished nearby. I haven't fished for them before, and was just going to try old standbys like swedish pimples and jig heads tipped with bait. Any other suggestions?
yukonman
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try orange if you use a swedish pimple...i use a double orange mepps scyclops...tip it with a little bait, then find some char
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Yukonman,
Those stocked char can be aggressive. I like to use hand made jigs that I order and paint from Cabelas. They are very similar to Swedish Pimples, but you can paint them different colors. I had found that glo, orange, and flour.green work the best. Northland Baits puts out a couple jigs like the eye-dropper and the forage minnow fry that work well. Any bait walking jig works well as long as it's tipped with bait.
I like to use uncooked shrimp pieces, wax worms (found at the local pet shops), and strips of herring 3/4" long skin side out. Good luck! Post some photos of your outing, love to see them...Barleydog