Author Topic: HoosierPoleCat & RiverScum 2015 Ice (Read 8212 times)

river_scum · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 07:45 AM »

well i have been hangin with some older gill strokers and getting my bass handed to me. lol i do fine when the bite is on but when it gets slow they wipe the ice with me. i loose interest if i have to constantly work the bait to get bit. thats when the flags come out. lol caught a couple nice pike but i dont have the pics off the phone yet. i went back to crappy the other night but it was very slow with most being 10-11"ers. i did get one worth a snapshot. a 14"er

last night was not a limit night either but the average size was much better.

minnows set 5ft down in 12fow, under light.

Jigmup · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 08:27 AM »

Hogs!

smoke_eater · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 09:24 AM »

Nice crappys!

Stinkybaits · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 06:21 PM »

I think I saw another Christmas tree laying on the shoreline waiting for deployment. The wind probably blew it down there.

high_flags · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 07:06 PM »

Nice !!! you guys are hurtin em

Greg2ha · « **Reply #35 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 07:27 PM »

Nice fish Tim!

marmooskapaul · « **Reply #36 on:** Jan 28, 2015, 10:11 PM »

Nice looking crappies RS! You always seem to be on them!
Paul

river_scum · « **Reply #37 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 08:29 AM »

paul, you mite check the dates on our posts. been a good dry spell in between some.

thanks all

PoleCat · « **Reply #38 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 11:17 AM »

RiverScum as soon as I get my hardwood floors down I will be back in business with you. Nice 14"er. Probably never heard that before huh?

Da_Roc · « **Reply #39 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 12:00 PM »

Wow that is a lot of fish to clean. How many meals a week do you have fish? I know I sure would not want to clean that many. Congrats on your catch.
Later
Da-Roc

CWlake · « **Reply #40 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 12:12 PM »

Call me jealous, but you can have all those mushmouths. Save the gils for me.. Nice looking slabs!

PoleCat · « **Reply #41 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 01:38 PM »

Da_Roc I'm eating fish 2-3 times a week.

Stinkybaits · « **Reply #42 on:** Jan 29, 2015, 05:14 PM »

Uh oh the fish police after you guys now! Your catching too many!!

river_scum · « **Reply #43 on:** Jan 31, 2015, 12:08 PM »

what? they were all released.

got in to a few last night.

it was really slow though. people came and people went. me and Greg2ha stuck it out till almost midnight. the fish came through every now and then and and we would pick off a few. most caught on minnows n dead sticks set at 4-5ft.(green glow jigs). most were eaters with a few 12-13s tossed in.

the weather and company was alot better than the fishes mood. thanks for the invite buddy

i had fun.

hope the bite is better tonight with this front coming in.

Greg2ha · « **Reply #44 on:** Jan 31, 2015, 12:14 PM »

Any time time glad we got to go.

Greg

PoleCat · « **Reply #45 on:** Feb 01, 2015, 09:48 PM »

Nice mess Cuz. Got my hardwood floors done. I am ready

river_scum · « **Reply #46 on:** Feb 02, 2015, 05:24 AM »

ok let the snow blow away first. lol i have been getting visions of pike in my head. think its time to really stink up the hands. lol

PoleCat · « **Reply #47 on:** Feb 03, 2015, 08:42 PM »

Sounds like a plan, my fast strike Tip-Ups are ready and waiting.

PoleCat · « **Reply #48 on:** Feb 09, 2015, 07:22 AM »

RiverScum & I tried the early afternoon bite. The fish did not get the memo... drill a bunch of holes nothing suspended. Everything really tight to bottom. Only good thing was the temp @ 40. Did manage to ice 4 nice gills. 1 was 11" with another 4 about 8" and 2 dink crappie.

iceman10 · « **Reply #49 on:** Feb 09, 2015, 04:13 PM »

Nice redears guys ! Nice meat on them dudes !

PoleCat · « **Reply #50 on:** Feb 26, 2015, 12:29 AM »

Well got out finally...was at a lake I had not fished in awhile. Got to an ole favorite location (2 houses down from the blue cottage) set a few "PoleCat Plower" tip-ups and drilled a dozen holes through 20 in of ice. picked up a couple keeper gills right out of the gate. RiverScum iced 2 nice crappie and a couple gills. As the night sky darkened and the moon lit up the ice it was over. marked fish in 8 f.o.w and in 23 f.o.w everything tight to bottom. Dropped the aqua view down to get a better look... crappie were in 13-16 f.o.w 3 ft off bottom in the thickest vegetation you could find. Not moving just perfectly still. Gills were sitting on bottom. Dropped Aqua view in another hole and it was right next to a Largemouth Bass. Right next to him camera brushed against him. He didn't move. unreal. all fish that we seen were just motionless. So not a good trip but very educational. Had one tripped flag put it must of just been "gumming" my chub.

CWlake · « **Reply #51 on:** Feb 26, 2015, 07:49 AM »

when the fish are acting like that, even the best guys can be humbled. Unfortunately it has happened too many times this year. But after last weekend, I'm seeing that change.

Greg2ha · « **Reply #52 on:** Feb 26, 2015, 08:03 AM »

Quote from: PoleCat on Jan 29, 2015, 01:38 PM

Da_Roc I'm eating fish 2-3 times a week.

Perfect timing for Lent.

panfishpopper85 · « **Reply #53 on:** Feb 26, 2015, 09:16 AM »

Nice job!!good catch!! AlwYs nice to hit that limit!!!

PoleCat · « **Reply #54 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 09:34 AM »

I got a couple days off so RiverScum & I hit the ice again. On a search mission for Crappie and maybe a Pike or two. The search was fierce and resulting in a different outcome than we expected. went from 8 f.o.w. to about 25 f.o.w. I was on the electronics and RS was manning the Aqua View. I first mess of perch.

I got to try my new fish cleaning set-up in the garage. Now I don't have to hear the "Warden" complain about the smell.

kesdadddy7597 · « **Reply #55 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 09:39 AM »

Looks like some good eats there!!

Jigmup · « **Reply #56 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 10:01 AM »

Very nice mess of perch! That will delight the warden once they hit the plate!

river_scum · « **Reply #57 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 10:09 AM »

the bass that wouldnt move. lol

i was surprised we got any bites at all after looking at the camera. i watched a crappie never bat an eye, as polecat drilled a hole rite over its head! dropped a jig on it without any reaction until it was bumped hard! "zombie mode" is what they were in. lol

sprkplug · « **Reply #58 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 10:17 AM »

I suspect those water temps were playing a role in the zombie fish scenario. Water is most dense and sinks to the bottom at 39 degrees, so if you're reading 37 degrees on the bottom the fish are likely catatonic. That bass may have been in survival mode.

Fishslayer81 · « **Reply #59 on:** Mar 03, 2015, 11:33 AM »

Nice job on the bandits!!

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Author Topic: HoosierPoleCat & RiverScum 2015 Ice (Read 8212 times)