Author Topic: 100+ fish night! (Read 1933 times)

DTro · « **on:** Dec 22, 2013, 11:56 AM »

Great night on the ice last night! Found a stack of fish in the first hole we drilled. Dropped our first bait in the water at 4pm and caught them one after another for the next 3.5 hrs. We lost count a few times, but quite confident it was over 100 caught. Doing the math that meant a fish was coming up through one of our holes about every 2 minutes on average.

A few came home with me and will be made into a tasty Spicy Cajun recipe I make

Here's a video I put together:

smitty0312 · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 11:59 AM »

Very Nice!!

rabbittrapper · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 12:19 PM »

How many did you keep? How big was your biggest one?

DTro · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 12:22 PM »

We only took home 5 total. I like to do one or two meals each winter.

Biggest one was about 25"

slamer58 · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 12:50 PM »

Great video......looks like your boy had fun.

C.Tripp · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 12:53 PM »

very nice fish

stripes · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 12:55 PM »

Good times!! Great to see kids out there enjoying the ice.

jerrife · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 02:11 PM »

Quote from: stripes on Dec 22, 2013, 12:55 PM

Good times!! Great to see kids out there enjoying the ice.

X2

river_scum · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 02:16 PM »

great vid DTro! thanks for sharing.

Webby · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 02:32 PM »

Great video with some nice fish! Congrats!

nitram · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 02:33 PM »

Nice! Cant beat that.

beerduck · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 03:54 PM »

you see that kid smile and hold that catfish priceless for you and me love it what its all about great video

chevy rotbox · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 04:03 PM »

very nice boy had fun

lefty2053 · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 04:18 PM »

Great work on the Video. Kids always make it better.

Purple Floyd · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 04:34 PM »

Sweet. Except now my son saw that and wants to try it. Is this anywhere near the Mankato area?

bart · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 04:43 PM »

Awesome!

DTro · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 07:03 PM »

Quote from: Purple Floyd on Dec 22, 2013, 04:34 PM

Sweet. Except now my son saw that and wants to try it. Is this anywhere near the Mankato area?

Thanks everyone, its a lot of fun, the guys are back out there again tonight and last i heard they were up to 60 fish.

These fish were caught on the Sauk River Chain near St Cloud. Its absolutely crammed full of cats.

Corndog · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 07:07 PM »

Thanks for posting that video! Looks like you guys had a blast...

Trouty · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 07:12 PM »

Awesome!

sodussut · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:17 PM »

do you ever catch any other kind of fish?

Smax · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:26 PM »

Wow great video. Thanks for putting it together.

iceman1267 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:27 PM »

Thanks for the great vid guys. I want to target more cats this winter always wondered if chicken liver would work now I know. Thanks again.

mrjohnny · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:28 PM »

SO,DID YOU CATCH THEM ON THE BOTTOM LIKE IN THE SUMMER? GOOD GOING

DTro · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:28 PM »

Quote from: sodussut on Dec 22, 2013, 08:17 PM

do you ever catch any other kind of fish?

The Sauk Chain has lots of different fish and in some spots you will mix in crappies, walleyes and rock bass, but in this particular spot its all cats all the time.

DTro · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 08:32 PM »

Quote from: mrjohnny on Dec 22, 2013, 08:28 PM

SO,DID YOU CATCH THEM ON THE BOTTOM LIKE IN THE SUMMER? GOOD GOING

No these cats suspend from the bottom @ approx 30ft all the way up to 15ft and sometimes even higher. If you see in the video, there is almost 15ft of solid fish below us. It makes it pretty easy. We usually just set our float somewhere in the middle of the school. 5-10ft off the bottom is usually the magic zone.

The bigger cats are usually a bit more solitary and you will catch less targeting the roaming ones, but we have fun with these big schools of 20"ers and every once in a while a 26 or 27 will stroll through.

Fishlip off the hook · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 22, 2013, 10:26 PM »

Congrats glad to see the young lad having fun

Jigmup · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 24, 2013, 02:43 AM »

That was an absolutely awesome video. Great time on the ice for sure!
Thanks for sharing!

mr.clean · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 24, 2013, 03:20 AM »

Thank you for posting the video. I've heard the catfish bite can be fast and furious when you find the right spot your video proves this to be the truth. Only time I have caught catfish was on a tipup while fishing for other species. Good to see the next generation of Ice fishermen out having fun.
Steve

jdog42 · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 24, 2013, 06:25 AM »

That's awesome I love them days on the ice

jfusco5598 · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 24, 2013, 06:37 AM »

Love the video! Is that a Lodge or a Resort?

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Author Topic: 100+ fish night! (Read 1933 times)