Author Topic: Bantam (Read 7296 times)

mattshoes · « **on:** Feb 01, 2019, 04:19 PM »

Fished south bay. Slow. Few pike iced, cpl slime darts and a bunch of YP's jigged. Surprisingly, not windy. Met fellow shanty members rslabinski and BWB-ice. Good day to play hooky

Handberrydea · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 01, 2019, 06:20 PM »

Sounds like fun to me. Nice job!

Icyfish007 · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 02, 2019, 03:45 PM »

Fished south cove on Saturday. All in all was a nice day to be on ice. Much slower than previous Saturday, but still decent. We caught 3 pike and missed 4 flags. Pike were short under 30 inches. Many folks on ice.

Cheers,

Ravo Himself · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 02, 2019, 04:28 PM »

We were out too on South. Iced 2 Pike. My gf landed her first fish through the ice. Nice little perch. I missed a whole lot of perch on top ups. Even with tiny shiners and hooks they still weren't getting hooked. But all in all a pretty slow day

cutler331 · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 03, 2019, 12:25 PM »

Was there yesterday. A lot of perch!!! Jigged 3!!! Caught a bunch of perch on tip ups. Only 1 small pike. Hope the ice doesn’t all melt 🥶

PikeKing23 · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 04, 2019, 07:38 AM »

We were out there too. I 24" pike for our group. Got a hit and spit after about 20' of line was taken on a 10" live fallfish. a few othre flags. We made ourselves fish shallow today. 4'-6' of water.

Ravo - We were the guys talking to your buddy. Next time we gotta set up together.

BWB-ice · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 04, 2019, 10:46 AM »

Hey Mattshoes!
Pleasure meeting you and Rob as well. Slow day on the ice but still better than working...as always.
Sounds like Saturday was busy there. Hope we survive the weather and can all meet up again.

rslabinski · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 06, 2019, 07:01 AM »

Persistence pays off! First of 2 fish before I had all my tip ups set up!

jebra · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 06, 2019, 08:41 AM »

Quote from: rslabinski on Feb 06, 2019, 07:01 AM

Persistence pays off! First of 2 fish before I had all my tip ups set up!

Nice fish!

How is the ice holding up?

mattshoes · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 06, 2019, 09:08 AM »

Nice job Rob

Icyfish007 · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 09, 2019, 03:40 PM »

Just got back from Bantam. Fished North Cove. Slooooow. One flag one pike about 25 inches long. Edges were showing water in certain spots but ice was decent were we drilled. Lots of ice noises some of them scary. Few parties out in a distance. Not as many as prior weekend. It was windy, very windy and cold. Perhaps tomorrow is a better day. As always be safe on ice. Spud your way and use common sense before venturing out on ice.

Cheers,

roofman · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 09, 2019, 04:23 PM »

Thank You for the update.How thick was the ice?

Chawk190 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 15, 2019, 12:02 AM »

Fished the South Bay yesterday. Moved around a bit and measured a fairly consistent 5-6” good ice under 1-2” snow/crust. Slow bite, only a few flags and a couple fat yellows jigging.

Chawk190 · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 17, 2019, 05:59 PM »

Anyone fish Bantam today or yesterday with a recent report on ice conditions? Thinking about making the ride tomorrow.

Dave N. · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 17, 2019, 07:35 PM »

On north bay today we found 1-2" white ice on 7" black ice ….no prob with edges at all...actually making ice all day..... counted 9 groups scattered about the shorelines... for us 1 pike...several misses >:(and a dozen perch :)no wind...just about as nice a winter day as you can ask for :tipup:definitely worth the trip

Chawk190 · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 17, 2019, 07:47 PM »

Thanks for the update Dave.

calbulley · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 17, 2019, 08:32 PM »

heading to baton for the first time tomorrow was wondering if there is access to north bay besides the boat launch. would appreciate any information thanks

vaughan · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 19, 2019, 11:45 AM »

Looks like warming after tomorrow, any update on ice at Bantam. Usually go to South Shore area and want to make last trip if ice is safe. Thanks for any info, long ride for me.

rslabinski · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 19, 2019, 01:28 PM »

I was out Saturday Sunday and Monday. Ice was a solid 6 inches. No issues getting on or off at Morris town beach.

earlyrise · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 21, 2019, 09:25 AM »

Thanks good info

Chawk190 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 21, 2019, 02:51 PM »

Fished s cove Wednesday, 7”+ good ice. Kind of slow half dozen flags, 2 short pike & 1 fat YP. About a dozen YP & gills jigging.

Schug · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 22, 2019, 02:19 PM »

Hit bantam today. 2 fish no pike

going tomorrow morn early af. Ice was great at least 7-9 inches and wasn’t melting. Guys to the left of me were doing well. At least 20 flags and 11 fish till I left using heavy minnows. Bought some big guys for tomorrow gonna hit em hard!

Schug · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 23, 2019, 12:20 PM »

730am 30+“. Flags pretty constant. 4 fish had to leave at noon 3 pike 1 pic

BWB-ice · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 23, 2019, 12:49 PM »

Hit up Bantam yesterday. Found 7+ inches.
Literally watched the guys next to me chase flags and catch fish for four straight hours without getting one flag myself.
Finally got a flag and this guy!

Half hour later I was getting ready to leave when I get one more flag and this fatty comes up!

Chubby largemouth with a golden/bronze color to it...strange!
Schug, that must have been you on the other side of the trio of gents who were catching all the fish.
Oh well,
Not a great day but still better than working.

Schug · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 23, 2019, 01:50 PM »

Yes it was buddy

BWB-ice · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 24, 2019, 06:48 AM »

Quote from: Schug on Feb 23, 2019, 12:20 PM

730am 30+“. Flags pretty constant. 4 fish had to leave at noon 3 pike 1 pic

Persistence pays off!!
Well done! That’s a real nice pike!!!
Hope to see you again some day on the ice when we can chat...
Be safe!

jebra · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 01, 2019, 03:46 PM »

Quote from: Schug on Feb 23, 2019, 12:20 PM

730am 30+“. Flags pretty constant. 4 fish had to leave at noon 3 pike 1 pic

That vertical hold on the pike is not good for the fish. Can damage it's spine and internal organs.

Schug · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 01, 2019, 04:43 PM »

Quote from: jebra on Mar 01, 2019, 03:46 PM

That vertical hold on the pike is not good for the fish. Can damage it's spine and internal organs.

And ripping from their mouth out of a frozen hole in the freezing temps does nothing? Please dude that photo was the instant I took the fish out of the hole. Maybe out for 20s if that. Trust that SOB swam back with ease. I care about the fish.

fishoninct · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 01, 2019, 08:04 PM »

Do it like this.

Schug · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 01, 2019, 09:52 PM »

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Author Topic: Bantam (Read 7296 times)