Author Topic: When the ice returns, where you heading? (Read 4432 times)

crappiehunter · « **on:** Jan 04, 2006, 05:53 AM »

Since we are all bored waiting on the ice to return, thought I'd ask each of you to tell us what lake you are heading to when it firms up?

Rufus · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 06:08 AM »

Back up to Clear. I have a score to settle with the biggest bluegill I have ever seen. After getting him to bite last Saturday, I blew it by losing him on the way out of the hole. He has a marker on him, I was sight fishing him and I noticed before he bit he had a no. 8 white/pink marmooska hanging out of the corner of his mouth

. Big sucker got lucky twice. He has since downgraded his taste to a no. 14 purple/gold glitter jig tipped with a spike. Next time I may just have to put a plain no. 22 down tipped with a zooplankton 8). I know he couldn't resist that.

crappiehunter · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 06:15 AM »

That a serious stalk!!! I've never fished where you can site fish through the hole! Good luck with your prey!!! Where is Clear Lake?

bret · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 06:47 AM »

Seriously considering getting out the boat and fishing Winona Lake. Forecast is terrible. Could be 3 weeks for safe ice!

Swedish__Pimple · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 08:19 AM »

We've had the boat out,but the bite is tending to be a little tough tho,Where are these wallys at anyway

Coastie · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 09:55 AM »

Happy New Year Indiana!

taxi1 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 10:10 AM »

Quote from: Rufus on Jan 04, 2006, 06:08 AM

Back up to Clear. I have a score to settle with the biggest bluegill I have ever seen. After getting him to bite last Saturday, I blew it by losing him on the way out of the hole. He has a marker on him, I was sight fishing him and I noticed before he bit he had a no. 8 white/pink marmooska hanging out of the corner of his mouth . Big sucker got lucky twice. He has since downgraded his taste to a no. 14 purple/gold glitter jig tipped with a spike. Next time I may just have to put a plain no. 22 down tipped with a zooplankton 8). I know he couldn't resist that.

Those are trophies that bluegill carries around with him. He knows what he's doing!

fishstix · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 10:32 AM »

Quote from: Rufus on Jan 04, 2006, 06:08 AM

Back up to Clear. I have a score to settle with the biggest bluegill I have ever seen. After getting him to bite last Saturday, I blew it by losing him on the way out of the hole. He has a marker on him, I was sight fishing him and I noticed before he bit he had a no. 8 white/pink marmooska hanging out of the corner of his mouth . Big sucker got lucky twice. He has since downgraded his taste to a no. 14 purple/gold glitter jig tipped with a spike. Next time I may just have to put a plain no. 22 down tipped with a zooplankton 8). I know he couldn't resist that.

you want a big bluegill?

FXjohn · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 11:13 AM »

Quote from: fishstix on Jan 04, 2006, 10:32 AM

you want a big bluegill?

That thing looks grotesque...LOL

str8upfishing · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 11:59 AM »

Quote from: crappiehunter on Jan 04, 2006, 05:53 AM

Since we are all bored waiting on the ice to return, thought I'd ask each of you to tell us what lake you are heading to when it firms up?

Definately heading out to Bass Lake in Starke County when the ice returns. Those walleyes and monster crappies are waiting to be caught and I'm gonna do my best to get my share of them.

crappie66 · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 01:00 PM »

Quote from: fishstix on Jan 04, 2006, 10:32 AM

you want a big bluegill?

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Definately would be nice to catch one of those Georgia Giants, especially through the ice.

angolajones · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 01:16 PM »

Rufus,

Don't lie, you know you will go out to whatever lake gets the best ice first. Probably be on Silver then Clear.

Jonesy

fishuhalik · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 02:55 PM »

Boy, it's nice living in MN! We still have about 6-12" on almost all lakes. It's gonna feel good to be on the ice tomorrow!!

Sorry, not rubbing it in, I just couldn't resisit! Hope nobody get's too pi$$ed

ole green moe · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 03:16 PM »

Quote from: fishuhalik on Jan 04, 2006, 02:55 PM

Boy, it's nice living in MN! We still have about 6-12" on almost all lakes. It's gonna feel good to be on the ice tomorrow!! Sorry, not rubbing it in, I just couldn't resisit! Hope nobody get's too pi$$ed

Is that an invite? Be careful you may get invaded by a bunch of Indiana ice fishermen.

Swedish__Pimple · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 03:48 PM »

Quote from: fishuhalik on Jan 04, 2006, 02:55 PM

Boy, it's nice living in MN! We still have about 6-12" on almost all lakes. It's gonna feel good to be on the ice tomorrow!! Sorry, not rubbing it in, I just couldn't resisit! Hope nobody get's too pi$$ed

If you're not rubbing it in,what would you call it fishahulik????Did you make this same quote on all the states that dont have ice or just this one?Its ok for now,but if we dont get any ice here real soon,we'll be up to drill you in(lol)

Jigmup · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 04:11 PM »

actually.....I'm probably going to get out on whatever water I'm around that holds 2" of good ice, but I will be looking forward to getting on Wawa for some hawg perch. Probably going to venture to Bass and try to wear it out.

Also, Ive been catching a few fish lately (since the ice has been off) that have teeth and their eyes are kinda reflective. Plus they have this funny white corner on their tail. Maybe I will look them up in the Audobon Society Guide.

........Shhhhhh!

asphalt_kid · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 05:21 PM »

I am still looking to find out what these fish are called that we caught last night Jigmup, you think they might taste good anyway?

LOL

Here they are................... .....................

Look at these , they are so Ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!

jigginstick · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 05:30 PM »

O no kid I think you caught some of those cisco. Throw them out quick before they stink up the whole house. LOL nice catch guys!!!! Jimmys goin to start sweating,shaking,drooling when he sees this.

Jigmup · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 06:04 PM »

yeah I think they might sell those in the pet store. Well next time we'll take 'em to Pet Smart.

Jigmup · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 06:47 PM »

Oh yeah.....I'm sure glad we had that stink bait Kid.

ChapstickCharlie · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 07:02 PM »

I so miss lake of the Woods Minnesota, Fishuhalic. If anyone here hasn't done it, take a chance and try some of Minnesota's ice house fishing, you'll never be the same. I am thinking after reading this board that Bass Lake for wallys would be the thing to try next ice. But I noticed no one is giving up their secrets on catching em. Is everyone using tipups? big minnows?

asphalt_kid · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 07:29 PM »

Yeah that Stinkbait with the corn added to it was DaBOMB Jigmup!

Charlie as far as Bass Lake, both times I was on it was very freaky, ice was very weird and the air coming from the bottom was making holes in it and then we had a bud fall in right where we were fishing, and Me and Jigmup thought we wouldnt be able to get off because of this weird pressure crack that opened up after we crossed it before we started fishing.

crappiehunter · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 08:00 PM »

Good interaction, keep it up!! I'll probably be on Lake George in Hobart as soon as I can. I always seem to catch fish on that Lake. I would like to try some others though. I'd like to get onto Flint again in Porter county. Thanks for all the ideas!!!

PoleCat · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 10:49 PM »

well gonna try and slide out on Hamilton tomorrow. 2

and try to jig a few bass up. River Scum & I was up there Tues. got 3 lil guys. about 14" Ice was about 4-5 just getting out on it was the only prob. Good luck guys.

crappie rob · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 04, 2006, 11:30 PM »

If the ice returns!!!

Rufus · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 05, 2006, 07:11 AM »

Crappiehunter,
Clear Lake is in the extreme NE corner of the state. It is about 2 miles from Michigan and 3 miles from Ohio. It is just north of SR 120. It is not easy to find a place to park though. The usual spot at an abandonded house only holds about 5 vehicles. I think Clear Lake Marina allows people to park there, but it is a bit of a walk. As fart as the sight fishing goes, believe me guys, DON'T START! It is way too addictive and could lead to possible marital problems and Lord knows us fishermen already have enough of those. We have way too many lakes in Steuben County that you can do it on. I especially love fishing Crappies with handtied flies. Just find a good area, stand straight over the hole, drop your fly down 1-4 feet and watch 'em come in and eat it. It is the most fun ice fishin' I have. AngolaJones, the Coach, and I did some sightfishing on some jumboperch last year in about 10 feet of water. We caught close to 100 in a week and a half in about 10 feet of water. We had 3 of them over 14 inches and many, many more in the 12 inch range. Watching them big boys blast a no. 2 rapala was awesome. I cant' wait till February to try this again, we stumbled onto them by accident and had no idea there were any that big out there.
God Bless and Good Fishin'!

Swedish__Pimple · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 05, 2006, 07:47 AM »

Believe me Jigmup and Kid,them fish dont taste good at all................... ......But they sure are fun to catch......

str8upfishing · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 05, 2006, 08:50 AM »

Quote from: ChapstickCharlie on Jan 04, 2006, 07:02 PM

I so miss lake of the Woods Minnesota, Fishuhalic. If anyone here hasn't done it, take a chance and try some of Minnesota's ice house fishing, you'll never be the same. I am thinking after reading this board that Bass Lake for wallys would be the thing to try next ice. But I noticed no one is giving up their secrets on catching em. Is everyone using tipups? big minnows?

The best luck I have on Bass Lake is with a slip bobber set up with a ratso glow jig and a fathead minnow. I get the most luck when i hook the minnow through the back towards the tail. I never really tried tip ups there.Hope this helps out.

taxi1 · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 05, 2006, 10:17 AM »

Quote from: fishstix on Jan 04, 2006, 10:32 AM

you want a big bluegill?

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Ah yes the infamous Georgia Giant hybrid from Ken's Fish Farm.

turbojigger · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 05, 2006, 11:28 AM »

Quote from: fishstix on Jan 04, 2006, 10:32 AM

you want a big bluegill?

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nice photoshop gill!!!

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Author Topic: When the ice returns, where you heading? (Read 4432 times)