Author Topic: What species of fish gives you fits through the Ice (Read 1951 times)

ny_angler · « **on:** Oct 31, 2009, 04:25 PM »

I have been ice fishing for around 6 years or so and i have caught many species of fish but the one the eludes me year after year is the walleye.That said i have fished a few places that had walleye ... honeoye ,oneida sodus bay,cauta lake.... but i have still yet to catch one. I understand they are more active at night but little more than that i don't know . I am at a loss on this one .Any help. Where is the best place to get my chance .... not looking for a hot spot gps info.... and whats the preferred techniques and baits ?

Raquettedacker · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 31, 2009, 04:32 PM »

Oneida or Canadrago lake..Although Canadrago was not very good this year...

WARRIOR_ON_ICE · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 31, 2009, 09:22 PM »

The last hour of light is when most are caught. Go pretty small with the minnow size on tip-ups, perch bait works for walleyes. As was mentioned, get away from the noise-making idiots, and have your holes drilled and all your setting up done before that last hour of the day.

pikie · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 02, 2009, 09:24 AM »

If your fishing with tipups, switch to a mono leader and maybe a #7 or 8 treble hook. I usually put my baits 1 ft off bottom, much closer to bottom then if I'm fishing pike. This is in a place where there are almost no weeds, so you might want to go higher off bottom if the bottom is weedy.

SNAGGER · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 02, 2009, 11:17 AM »

Unless there's a really hot bite or bad ice, I stay away from people, Machines, and Power augers! Last year A big group(20+) of noisy guys stole my holes from the day before, so I set up about 150 yards from them, the more noise they made, the more I caught!

The next day they set up on those holes and I went to the ones they were on the day before and pounded them again! It was funny!

Corporal Punishment · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 02, 2009, 01:37 PM »

Susquehanna river your pretty much guaranteed walleye through the ice,especially if your there for the morning bite!!!

Neversink Jimmy · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 02, 2009, 03:21 PM »

I get some walleye CRAZY shallow at night where I ice fish...

Literally 1-3 feet of water, typically within about 10ft of the shoreline. It may seem absurd, but that's where I tend to find the most of them after dark.

Interestingly, if you are fishing a lake that also holds Brown Trout, you can catch trout in the same holes (wicked close to shore) during the daytime...

Shallow water is always worth a hole or two in my layout!!!

Captain1978 · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 02, 2009, 08:57 PM »

I don't know if you fish for Pike or not but if you are using big bait try going with a little smaller bait. Also if I'm fishing water with Walleye in it I always get there an hour and a half earlier to set up and give me an hour for that early morning bite. Tho I must say I have gotten a good share of Walleye in the daytime. Hope any of us can help. Give us a ereply back and let us know how you do. Good luck.....FISH ON !!!!!!!!!

deadsmelthead · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 05, 2009, 04:12 PM »

When I'm fishing for Walleye I'm in 10-20 fow off some kind of structure. They are always glued a 1-1/2' off the bottom and early to mid morning has always been the most productive. I use medium shiners on #6 circle hooks with a 4' 10lb fluro leader..

I just want to say this, I've sat out on a lake from dusk until 4am enough times to come to the conclusion it ain't worth it. A dozen times or so over the years i sat out there all night and the ONLY time it was productive was during a well lit moon. Skunked the rest. I think they bite hot at night during open water and do a 360 once the lakes ice over.

gaffer · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 05, 2009, 05:07 PM »

ive had most of my luck on the great sacandaga-one hour before dark and first light.they love structure and a foot off bottom with medium shiners is what i found best.tipups i use

icejunky · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 05, 2009, 08:56 PM »

same here with the walleye, i can find little guys off and on, but have a hard time locking into a consistant bite and bringing in the larger fish.

ny_angler · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 06, 2009, 08:24 AM »

Quote from: Corporal Punishment on Nov 02, 2009, 01:37 PM

Susquehanna river your pretty much guaranteed walleye through the ice,especially if your there for the morning bite!!!

Ummmm sounds like fun ... but i cant see my fat arse on river ice....been through a couple times in my younger days ...Not interested in doing it again 25 years later .

northernnyice · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 06, 2009, 11:21 PM »

I agree w/ most when they say walleye.

jkw · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 06, 2009, 11:30 PM »

Lake Trout (togue to yall) very frustrating for me here

jkw · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 06, 2009, 11:31 PM »

AND WHITEFISH!!!!!!ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!MADDENING!!!!! got any tips?

howesfc · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 07, 2009, 07:06 PM »

Have yet to catch a Walleye,but Chain Pickerel give me the fits!
There always robbing my best jig's!

rgfixit · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 01:25 AM »

The monster perch of Keuka can give me serious fits. 1 in 5 trips are successful for me. I'm not talking about the 10" ers...I'm talking bigguns

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RG

wnybassman · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 07:14 AM »

If it swims in Silver Lake, it probably gives me a fit.

mealworm · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 07:40 AM »

i'd say the most elusive fish through the ice for me are musky and tiger musky,i have yet to catch one but i haven't really put in enough time for them either

NH Trout Fisherman · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 07:44 AM »

BIG TROUT! can be hard to come by over here in NH...Guess they've gotten Big for a reason

ny_angler · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 08:52 AM »

Quote from: rgfixit on Nov 08, 2009, 01:25 AM

The monster perch of Keuka can give me serious fits. 1 in 5 trips are successful for me. I'm not talking about the 10" ers...I'm talking bigguns .

RG

RG living so close to IB and Sodus ... cant imagine why you would travel to Keuka for perch ... I have gotten some pretty big perch from sodus ... have yet to fish IB

meatman · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 11:30 AM »

honeoye lake gives me fits. the big gills and walleyes seem to elude me. never had much luck there. rgfixit said it right, perch on keuka are PICKY. you can mark them on the flasher and sight fish them and seems like they have lockjaw most times.

fishman31 · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 12:01 PM »

Quote from: meatman on Nov 08, 2009, 11:30 AM

honeoye lake gives me fits. the big gills and walleyes seem to elude me. never had much luck there. rgfixit said it right, perch on keuka are PICKY. you can mark them on the flasher and sight fish them and seems like they have lockjaw most times.

I agree Walleye give me a fit but this year will be the one on Honeoye. That lake seems to put up plenty of bass through the ice though. Mabey we whae to catch more bass to get to those eyes.

SkeeterJeff · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 12:22 PM »

Walleye for me, but I haven't targeted them that much. This year I'm planning on targeting the crappie first, then walleye depending on which lakes/areas freeze first/thaw last.

-Jeff

skyphix · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 08, 2009, 01:33 PM »

Trout, any kind, any size.

Lakers, Rainbows, Browns, doesn't matter. Can't seem to catch them through the ice.

jkw · « **Reply #25 on:** Nov 17, 2009, 10:22 PM »

rainbows, even big ones, are pretty common to get thru the ice here, if your in em....big arctic char and dollies arent to hard either, but big lakers for my buddies and i just dont seem to happen. maybe i can fix that this year...the biggest laker ANY of us has landed, let alone hooked, i picked up trolling on a lake. it was 8lbs. however i really feel the need to break the 10 lb mark.

Corporal Punishment · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 06, 2009, 12:02 PM »

Quote from: ny_angler on Nov 06, 2009, 08:24 AM

Ummmm sounds like fun ... but i cant see my fat arse on river ice....been through a couple times in my younger days ...Not interested in doing it again 25 years later .

Its not that bad,just gotta remember to step over the pressure ridges!!!!

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