Author Topic: Montana Ice Fishing Pics. (Read 648678 times)

missoulafish · « **Reply #2220 on:** Mar 02, 2016, 05:36 PM »

Great pics DH and Kyle👍👍🐟🎣

207 in the 406 · « **Reply #2221 on:** Mar 02, 2016, 06:47 PM »

Rock on, DH!

SpitzoMT · « **Reply #2222 on:** Mar 02, 2016, 09:10 PM »

Quote from: BackCountry Kyle on Mar 01, 2016, 11:19 PM

Let's get some group shots there next time, eh?
Wait,did someone say shots?

So you're thinking shots...group shots...more shots?? Haha

RipLipper · « **Reply #2223 on:** Mar 05, 2016, 06:19 PM »

Hebgen beauties.

SpitzoMT · « **Reply #2224 on:** Mar 05, 2016, 08:02 PM »

Couple dandies there RL.....Congrats !!

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2225 on:** Mar 05, 2016, 10:15 PM »

Nice fish rip. My dad and I were also fishing hebgan today in the narrows. When I get back home I will post our pictures.

BackCountry Kyle · « **Reply #2226 on:** Mar 06, 2016, 01:55 AM »

Are those speckles or freckles on that brown? Haha beautiful trout! LR!

RipLipper · « **Reply #2227 on:** Mar 06, 2016, 05:28 PM »

Did well in the morning at the narrows. Went to the dam around noon and marked 3 or 4 dozen between 8-16 feet but could not get bites. There were some guys that did really well in the morning right next to the dam.

J_Edwards · « **Reply #2228 on:** Mar 07, 2016, 10:39 PM »

Great pics, oh how I miss Montana..

BackCountry Kyle · « **Reply #2229 on:** Mar 08, 2016, 09:21 AM »

Yeah Rip pretty sure we fished your holes Sunday tried to stay far enough away from Redneck and his pops not to ruin their peace and quite

but I think you could have heard these boys from the dam if you listened close enough. They had a blast tracking up that hillside. Here's a little video of one of the runs.

http://s835.photobucket.com/user/Phinfaithful/media/Mobile%20Uploads/141B15B9-0A26-4EFA-924D-6D8DC2FC589B_zpsfo2xyndt.mp4.html

RipLipper · « **Reply #2230 on:** Mar 08, 2016, 09:28 AM »

Nice video. Was thinking of taking the nephews back to let em do that same thing and also wear themselves out digging caves. Looks like where we were. Caught all our fish in the holes closest to the shore. Guys were also doing really well in the morning next to the dam. Love how wintry it still is down there.

BackCountry Kyle · « **Reply #2231 on:** Mar 08, 2016, 10:02 AM »

Yep definitely winter here still! Supposed to snow all week. One buddy has nicknamed the Hebgen basin area The Icebox... Rained on us Sunday tho,.... not cool! Thanks for the report on the dam I hadn't heard anything from anyone in a while. Lots of guys starting to line whip around here now and that seems to be all they want to talk about. Go figure

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2232 on:** Mar 08, 2016, 01:12 PM »

It was fun to hear how much fun the kids were having kyle, also the coyotes were neat to hear. It's always weird when it rains when ice fishing. Glad we didn't get as soaked as you kyle

. Rip did you have a sled that was built on top of some skis? We saw a guy walk in from where you guys were fishing later in the day on Saturday afternoon. I will post our pictures when I get back to my computer. Can't wait to go back this year but it will be with my line whipping apperatis haha. It sure was a great weekend for ice fishing for quality fish

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2233 on:** Mar 08, 2016, 08:59 PM »

here are pictures from my dads trip and mine to hebgan over the weekend. had an absolute blast!

firsts fish ever on my new ice rod I built. 17 inch rainbow

my dad with the only brown trout of the trip

I love really dark rainbows. this was my favorite fish of the trip as far as rainbows went

even caught a few on the jaw jacker. Another quality rainbow

even the whitefish were chunky

another 15-17 inch rainbow

little guy

the quality of fish in this lake is what keeps me making the 4 hour drive. one of, if not, my favorite place to fish in this great state.

my longest fish of the trip, 19.5 inch rainbow

same 19.5 inch rainbow with my new favorite trout rod.

biggest whitefish, 18 inches

1 pound Utah chub

this was my most exciting fish for the trip as wierd as that sounds but this fish was ounces away from a new state record. This guy was 1.5 pounds and the state record is 1.89 pounds for Utah chub. SO CLOSE!!! released to get bigger

my dad with the biggest fish of the trip. 19.5 inch 3 pound rainbow

final parting action shot of my rod build. nice parting shot to end the ice season on. cant wait to come back next ice season!

SpitzoMT · « **Reply #2234 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 01:26 AM »

A great group of pics there sir.....Thanks for sharing them !!

missoulafish · « **Reply #2235 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 11:51 AM »

That looks like a great trip!!!

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2236 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 11:59 AM »

It was a great trip. Not sure why it took us so long to ice fish it. We go fish in in the spring and summer when we can but this was the first time ever ice fishing it.

BackCountry Kyle · « **Reply #2237 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 02:01 PM »

Awesome time. Those are great fish. I was completely unaware that the record chub is swimming in Hebgen somewhere.

gonna get the youngest's batman rod out. That thing is a chub magnet! Glad to hear you'll be back for more ice. I've got an extra sled we'll have to do some exploring! Good to see guys getting out with their dads. DH and Redneck you remind me to give thanks to the man that got it all started for me. Nicely done fellas!!

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2238 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 02:59 PM »

Quote from: BackCountry Kyle on Mar 09, 2016, 02:01 PM

Awesome time. Those are great fish. I was completely unaware that the record chub is swimming in Hebgen somewhere. gonna get the youngest's batman rod out. That thing is a chub magnet! Glad to hear you'll be back for more ice. I've got an extra sled we'll have to do some exploring! Good to see guys getting out with their dads. DH and Redneck you remind me to give thanks to the man that got it all started for me. Nicely done fellas!!

The current record was caught in canyon ferry but there are a lot of one's close to it and I'm sure some breaking it in hebgan. I haven't caught one since I was a kid. I used to not be able to get trout to bite when I was a kid so I would just fish for the chubs and have a great time

RipLipper · « **Reply #2239 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 03:14 PM »

I caught about a dozen of those chubs last year at the narrows right off the access point in about 8-10 ft of water 1 pm to 5 pm. I was using a Buckshot with a drop hook tipped with a small piece of night crawler and could not keep them off the hook. Some of them had to be pushing 2 lbs. Are they considered game fish??

BackCountry Kyle · « **Reply #2240 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 03:35 PM »

Nooo!

Quote from: RipLipper on Mar 09, 2016, 03:14 PM

Are they considered game fish??

When I was a kid you used to be able to see the water boil with them in Hebgen, cast out past, then rip it through and snag 'em. Defenitly not as many in there anymore, I had heard they introduced a special breed of rainbow when stocking many, many years ago(Eagle River rainbows?? $:-\$ ) that was meant to specifically eat the chub fry... Who knows? Old timers like to tell stories

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2241 on:** Mar 09, 2016, 07:35 PM »

Not a game fish to my knowledge but I could be wrong. I used to catch tons of them off the point at the marina at Yellowstone holiday in the early 90s when I was 5 with small Rapalas or panther martins. I have heard there are some Kamloops rainbows in there that spawn in the fall with the Browns but I could be wrong about that also

strgon84 · « **Reply #2242 on:** Nov 29, 2016, 11:10 PM »

Still having trouble sizing the picture in photobucket. Anybody know how to go about doing that

missoulafish · « **Reply #2243 on:** Nov 30, 2016, 09:12 AM »

It has an edit function but it can be a pain to use. PM me if you want and I can walk you through it or some alternatives.

strgon84 · « **Reply #2244 on:** Nov 30, 2016, 09:24 AM »

Will do Mfish. Probally later tonight.

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2245 on:** Dec 03, 2016, 09:54 PM »

since i'm still waiting for safe ice, here is a picture of the new ice rod I'm working on. the blank is a DH customs al dente 36 inches long and will have this split grip for a handle. should be a great panfish and trout rod

whiptail · « **Reply #2246 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 09:10 AM »

You need to get an Eagle Claw inline reel that has 2:1 gear ratio and with a push of a button you can drop a 1/64th ounce jig. They're REEL sweat.

missoulafish · « **Reply #2247 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 10:26 AM »

Looks good Redneck!!

mt.redneck · « **Reply #2248 on:** Dec 04, 2016, 01:05 PM »

Quote from: whiptail on Dec 04, 2016, 09:10 AM

You need to get an Eagle Claw inline reel that has 2:1 gear ratio and with a push of a button you can drop a 1/64th ounce jig. They're REEL sweat.

I plan on getting a better reel for this rod someday when the budget allows

BSharp14 · « **Reply #2249 on:** Dec 06, 2016, 06:30 PM »

Sweet setup

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Author Topic: Montana Ice Fishing Pics. (Read 648678 times)

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