Rainbows?

[Icefisher40]

I saw a picture of the rainbow that someone posted earlier and didnt want to hijack the thread.

I was wondering if there are lakes around the marquette area that you can target some rainbows in?  I really want to try and land one through the ice some day!

Do you guys just use jigs and wax worms?

Thanks everybody

[gofish22]

Little Shag. I will PM you an area I have never gotten skunked from.

[big bobber]

icefisher...there is a tiny lake in alger county ive been dying to get to...its called akerman lake..go down 94 past chatham.

[BiG ARN]

Fish in the upper part of the water column at little shag....theres lots o f rainbows in there!   Usually atleast see a couple get caught everytime i go there.  Jiggin for gills last week i had a mark up high and watched it shoot straight down and slammed my gill pill. Also had a mark up high and reeled my jig up to it and it got slammed.  Both rainbows....not big but nice pretty ones!  Setup tipups a few feet below the ice around you and jig for gills.  Caught some bass too!

[stephensonswille]

Where abouts on little shag? Would love to catch trout thru the ice. I have pretty hit or miss luck on trout thru the ice (a few lakers and steelhead not much else).

[BiG ARN]

I just fish by the access across the channel on little shag .  ....u can also catch rainbows at west bass.

[Icefisher40]

How do you guys rig your tip-ups for trout?

[BiG ARN]

18" 4-6 lb floro leader ....1 sinker...treble hook.   Or ill put a swedish pimple body to connect the main line to the leader and its the weight/attracter.   Kinda getting away from that though....dont like the idea of a fish that slams the pimple and doesnt get a hook in its mouth..lol

[Icefisher40]

18" 4-6 lb floro leader ....1 sinker...treble hook.   Or ill put a swedish pimple body to connect the main line to the leader and its the weight/attracter.   Kinda getting away from that though....dont like the idea of a fish that slams the pimple and doesnt get a hook in its mouth..lol

Thanks for the insight buddy. Small chubs and shiners for bait?

[BiG ARN]

Usually just a small-medium minnow for me.   I suppose bigger bait bigger fish....put a shiner on! LoL

[BiG ARN]

Wouldnt hurt to try spawn or waxies for trout too.....

[Icefisher40]

Wouldnt hurt to try spawn or waxies for trout too.....

Thanks again Arn, I appreciate it!

[ER1993]

4lb flouro. Small single hook (easier to release fish if they are not big enough) and just enough sinkers to keep the minnow down. Rainbows like to cruise just under the ice especially when there is snow on the ice so I mainly fish anywhere between 1-5 feet and set one half way down and adjust accordingly. Wigglers also work quite well.  Sometimes I like to use a 2 hook set-up and run a small minnow on one and a wiggler on the other. As far as spawn, It works good on the big lake fishing steelhead with set rods or tip-ups but can't really see the benefit on inland lake rainbows. But, I have never tried it so it may work.

[BiG ARN]

Just put some stink on the hook....sometimes a perch eye will catch more fish then wigglers and waxies.  Those rainbows seem so agressive i think they will eat anything.  Splake too!!

[bigmike7272]

Try out Lake Angeline in Ishpeming. There's just about every type of fish you want to catch through the ice in there.

[Icefisher40]

Try out Lake Angeline in Ishpeming. There's just about every type of fish you want to catch through the ice in there.

Bulk shark?

[ER1993]

Try out Lake Angeline in Ishpeming. There's just about every type of fish you want to catch through the ice in there.

O really???

I can think of a lot more that aren't in there than are.

[bigmike7272]

O really???

I can think of a lot more that aren't in there than are.

that would be why I said "JUST about everything" not "everything"

[Icefisher40]

Is that a no on Bull Shark, mike?

[BiG ARN]

Used to be like that....this day not so much!  Good luck with angeline.....aint worth the effort if u ask me!

[ER1993]

Used to be like that....this day not so much!  Good luck with angeline.....aint worth the effort if u ask me!

Ya, your right. I saw your effort last year...

In all seriousness it pretty much sucks now. 1,345 people/snowmobiles/wheelers and few fish.

[BiG ARN]

I put more effort into this post ...lol

[big bobber]

been there once with arn...drunk@ night for smelt....needless to say...we didnt catch fish.

[ER1993]

Fish in the upper part of the water column at little shag....theres lots o f rainbows in there!   Usually atleast see a couple get caught everytime i go there.  Jiggin for gills last week i had a mark up high and watched it shoot straight down and slammed my gill pill. Also had a mark up high and reeled my jig up to it and it got slammed.  Both rainbows....not big but nice pretty ones!  Setup tipups a few feet below the ice around you and jig for gills.  Caught some bass too!

So Arn, I was told to ask how many rainbows did you actually catch??

[tapsboy68]

i love lake angeline. But i never really caught much. 20LB laker and a 5 lb rainbow both in the summer.