Tip Up Pike Fishing

[Brandon]

Ice fishing for Northern Pike in Alberta in the frigid cold temps of January. It was below -20C plus a finger freezing wind chill. I think it parts of the video you can see the frost bite setting in on my nostrils and my eye lashes are all frozen up. Despite the cold the fish finally decided to move and we caught a whole bunch of very respectable northern pike including the biggest one at 38 inches. A great day on the ice after a very slow week and a half of fishing. This is how we tip up fish for pike with big herring for bait on stationary tip ups when the holes are freezing so fast that you can't use many other methods. Hope you enjoy the video. I'll be posting more videos soon. Hope you enjoy this one. Let me know your comments, feedback, questions and I'll get right back to you as quick as I can!

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[SNAPFisher]

Nice work Brandon and team!   

Man, your hands must be raw after a day like that.  It sure looked cold alright.  Congrats on the great day out.  Keep the reports coming 

[HARRYFISHBALLS]

 Pike seem to bite on the most miserable days it seems,the overcast day certainly wasn't hurting anything.This would've been a prime time to drill another 6-8 holes and move from hole to hole ripping a lipless rattle bait. I had a similar day a few yrs ago and landed most of my bigger fish ripping a clackin rap.

[Brandon]

Pike seem to bite on the most miserable days it seems,the overcast day certainly wasn't hurting anything.This would've been a prime time to drill another 6-8 holes and move from hole to hole ripping a lipless rattle bait. I had a similar day a few yrs ago and landed most of my bigger fish ripping a clackin rap.

We were fishing for walleye with Northland Buckshot Rattle Spoons for our other lines and we were catching smaller pike mostly.  I got one that was about 10 pounds on my rod, that was fun.  But no video of that catch unfortunately, just too cold to keep the camera running.