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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Trout => Topic started by: sisabdulax on Feb 04, 2016, 01:02 PM

Title: Splake
Post by: sisabdulax on Feb 04, 2016, 01:02 PM

Any one here target splake? I have caught them fishing for trout , just curious anyone try to fish specific? Any special techniques?

Title: Re: Splake
Post by: adkRoy on Feb 04, 2016, 01:11 PM

I find that Splake are in all areas of the water column. I set a couple tip-ups near the bottom, a couple about half way up and a couple just under the ice. I also jig with a small swedish pimple tipped with a fat head or a big swedish pimple tipped with spikes. I will jig all areas of the water column also. It helps to have a flasher. If you can get on the bait fish, especially smelt, you have a good chance of getting on the splake.

Title: Re: Splake
Post by: sisabdulax on Feb 04, 2016, 01:24 PM

The lake we are looking at allows no bait. Besides pimples just flashy stuff? Iv gotten smaller ones on castmasters and marabou jigs. Thinking of targeting bigger ones. Do have a flasher for sure

Title: Re: Splake
Post by: fishbone on Feb 04, 2016, 01:39 PM

adk roy knows his stuff---so do i----ditto what he says----no bait---jig in 40 or 50 feet of water ---fast

Title: Re: Splake
Post by: sisabdulax on Feb 04, 2016, 04:02 PM

good deal thanks for info

Title: Re: Splake
Post by: Maddog on Feb 04, 2016, 04:55 PM

I have good luck using deer hair jigs tipped with fresh cut sucker meat. Either jigging or dead sticking.