Miners bay report

[jeffw]

I took out my sisters boyfriend today as he had never icefished before. We got to miners bay at 10 is and fished till 4:30. We were fishing in about 70ft and ended up catching two in the slot with a ton of misses. All fish were caught on a swivel split shot and a large minnow.
Cheers Jeff

[mcwoody]

good stuff Jeff!

[Icepuppy]

Good stuff, caught quite a few in the slot this season in Haliburton, last week we caught a 26" 6+ pounder, nice fish.

[contaucreek]

Just came home from work and as I was driving by saw a truck out on the ice,not the first one this week.Dont know that I would take the risk with the lousy ice conditions this year so avoid temptation to drive out ! Just my opinion ! Got a 20 incher from the top end of gull last sat. Paul.

[jeffw]

I have been pretty lucky with only about a third of fish being caught were in the slot. I fished deep bay on tuesday for two hours and caught a small one thats perfect for the pan. I actually just got of the ice at innisfil and not even a sniff after two and a half hours. I think that the high pressure system has turned the bite off today. Going fishing for rainbows on sun so will try and post my results on mon.
Cheers Jeff

[Icepuppy]

Are you guys using mostly minnows or plastics/lures?  I've been using almost exclusively minnows.  I find the bite is hot from whenever you get there (7am for me) to noon, then it drops of and I haven't stayed late into the afternoon since I'm on foot and I don't want to be out after dark with no sled/light.

[contaucreek]

Minnows and a split shot or two.Off bottom in 65 feet.Bought the HT wire tip attatchments and they are a great indicator ! Small minnows seem better than the bigger shiners. I hook mine towards the tail to keep them swimming.No big secrets, Paul