MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Hoping to get to Caspian on Sunday. I would appreciate an ice report if anyone has been out recently. Thanks! Looking to fish the northern portion of the lake.
I didn't see any machines on the ice when we were there. Of course there were only about 5 other groups on the whole lake! Hopefully there's not much snow on the ice. Walking will be no problem if the snow blows off. You don't really have to walk that far, anyway, unless you have a specific structure you want to fish. I've walked from the beach out to the sunken islands before. It can be a haul with snow on the ice. But, you don't really need much water to catch fish. Our biggest laker last week came in 4' of water.Good luck!
That was something seeing that fish come up through the hole! It just kept coming! Yes, we fished our usual spot. Caught 7 lakers, but nothing big. They were all 16 - 21". Jacob kept a couple for him and his girlfriend to eat, the rest went back down the hole. We were just east of your old haunt, right on the edge of it.
. . I am curious of the size of the big lakers in there. Anything like the ones in willougby? I know the yellow perch get giant
My friend who is no longer with us is known for big lakers. We fished caspian a fair amount and there was an old timer who would drag his shack way out deep and run huge smelt and suckers with a dual hook threaded down the side its backbone.
He was "lacing" the bait. I still do it but the good lacing needles are a thing of the past!
I used to use them regularly for laker fishing but they aren’t very forgiving on the fish of you want to release them now I just thread dead smelt suckers and what not on a thinker mono leader with single hook I tell you what though them gorge hooks don’t let go
Lacing still quite popular with saltwater ballyhoo.