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Maine => Ice Fishing Maine => Topic started by: mzhoward on Jan 30, 2023, 10:11 AM
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When do the cusk start biting?
I’m hoping to hit great moose for them, but I went a few years ago in January and got skunked. I’ve always done best in late February, but that was on Moosehead and many years ago . . .
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You can catch Cusk all winter long with no issues. This time of year I generally fish 20-40'.
What you are thinking of is in March when they start moving into shallower water to spawn and catching more and larger fish becomes easier.
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We always do better after the middle of February until the spawn is over towards the end of March. We caught 1 this weekend, in 35' of water
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We always do better after the middle of February until the spawn is over towards the end of March. We caught 1 this weekend, in 35' of water
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Ive found from mid febuary to mid March cusk move into their spawing areas. also with a dense snow cover ive found they feed during the day as much as they do at night,
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I guess I’ve only fished shallow during the spawn then. Same tactics in deeper water work okay, then?
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I would suggest try fishing slightly deeper water earlier in the season or during the day you can catch cusk as well again focus deeper water I have caught them during the day in around 80 FOW, I have also caught cusk earlier in the season in shallow water, I think what the ground is made up of is more important fish around rockier areas crawfish is one of there biggest forage so try to setup where you may find some best advice I can think of
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We got some as bycatch last weekend fishing for lakers in 80-100 feet of water.
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Ive found they prefer flat rocky areas 20' to 30' for spawning, befoe or after they will move ito shallows when feeding