Blackstrap 2013/14

[deringer]

What does this have to do with fishing blackstrap?

and what does nails in a board have to do with it either blue?

[Blueflamer]

Nothing.....that's what I was saying.

[Broom Jockey]

Can a guy still make it through without an auger extension? Gonna try the north end for some perch tomorrow.

I couldn't without my extension today.

[wally wacker49]

hows the water on the ice can a person still wear skidoo boots or do we need rubbers

[bite-me7]

and what does nails in a board have to do with it either blue?

Blue didn't start about the nails in the board, why talk so dumb!!!
Let's get back to the subject of fishing before this thread gets locked!

[gman51]

was out yesterday, water is getting pretty murky. cant see down to far. bite was good 20-30 perch and walleye throughout the day .2 walleyes 2.5lb.caught on lindy rattle darters. fishing shallow 9-12 fow.

[Hunter27]

Made it out yesterday, fished the north end and in front of the pump house, 4lb pike in 6 hours with my 4 year old. Was getting marks on my flasher but not able to get them to bite

[deringer]

Blue didn't start about the nails in the board, why talk so dumb!!!
Let's get back to the subject of fishing before this thread gets locked!

take your own advice buddy. your the one that brought it up again after if was dropped.

[bite-me7]

I'm not your buddy!

[Dooman]

[bigk]

 

[ochocenko]

And here I thought you could only troll in open water season!

[saskbucks]

Hey all.  I'm taking out my wife and three small kids this saturday to try to get them their first fish through the ice.  I am thinking either Shields or the north end.  I'll be driving my van and obviously don't plan on driving on the ice.  Any suggestions as where to go and easiest access.  Thanks very much for the help. 

[ToonFisher]

You could park on the north dam or at the Shields pump house. Ice is still thick around 40".

[gman51]

its getting soupy lots of melting going on.imo the best plan if your driving a van is to go into the park and fish somewhere in front of the boat launches.you don't have to walk far. 20-25 fow.0 chances of getting stuck and ruining your day with the wife and kids.park in the parking lots and walk out.just as good of a chance catching there than anywhere.

[Mastercaster]

Heading out today and tomorrow. Just wondering where you are all catching fish this year? I hear people talkin about catching 30+perch in a day! I've been out 20 times and I've caught 2 fish all winter at the north end. I'm not looking to invade anyone's spots I just need an Idea of where to go.

[Captainmorgan]

We fished north end of the lake, east side a few times. Didn't catch all that much.

[gman51]

fish are starting to move around more. lots of hole hoping.

[wally wacker49]

was out last Monday and hit the perch in the middle of the lake out in front of the east side house on the north end , was shocked to find them out in the middle at this time of year usually they begin to migrate shallow by now.

[ToonFisher]

Caught one 2.5# walleye and lost a few including a much heavier one before sunset yesterday at 15 FOW near Shields.

[Dooman]

anyone headed out this last weekend of the season?
i couldn't believe how little # of people were out last weekend. we caught 14 perch @ the north end and saw a ton of walleye on cam which is rare but had no takers other than the perch.

[coltcurtis]

i was out on northend on sunday and monday..sunday was 1 jack and 3 perch..monday was a windy day for sure.drilled my holes (forgot my extension,did the old 3quarter drills around my main hole to get handle room) set my pop up and anchored in, got my heater set up,dropped my camera down and the perch were everywhere..lots of lookers and a few iced untill the jacks rolled in.stayed out till about 230 then the wind really picked up..packed up and drove off of ice....might be heading out there friday morning.....pretty sure u can still drive on ?

[ToonFisher]

I went for the evening bite. Perch kept biting hard until 7 PM. They are in 8-10" range. Some even swallowed the 1/8 oz spoon. I have been using unbaited lures since two weeks ago. They are almost in late ice mood.

[wally wacker49]

hit the south end sunday and like toon fisher said had a lot of fish hit my lures with no bait on. In fact the two big walleye keyed in on my lure and not on my bait I snagged them under the jaw as they hit the spoon. perch still needed to be enticed but had a great afternoon first time ive seen a school of walleye come through my camera was some fast furious 15 minuites

[rutherbefishin]

Was out yesterday in about 20 ft of water. Fish are fairly active. Seen lots on the camera. Only managed to get 6 perch and 2 jacks but the one jack was 6ibs. Beautiful day to be out as the season is coming to an end.

[dougie782]

did good out on the strap today caught 20 perch and one small eye last trip out ice fishing I am very happy

[goldenrod]

Good morning on the lake. About 10 perch and a pike in a couple hours. Thanks to the gents that waved us in to fish with them and let my son haul up a jack on their tip-up. Great to meet new people who are willing to share their fishing holes and stories.

[crush23]

Good morning on the lake. About 10 perch and a pike in a couple hours. Thanks to the gents that waved us in to fish with them and let my son haul up a jack on their tip-up. Great to meet new people who are willing to share their fishing holes and stories.

Thats awesome! There are some good people left.

[saskbucks]

Went out to north end on Wednesday  night. My buddy caught a couple pike and a walleye.
Fished at Shields today in 25 feet of water. There were 6 of us. Almost all of what we caught we keeper perch. A couple well over a pound. We also caught a couple walleye. It was a great day.

[AngusMacHuge]

Got out today to close the season out, but it didn't go down quite as I had envisioned when I booked the day off a couple weeks ago. Cold breezy day, holes were freezing over fast, and the fish were lethargic. The small perch were biting off and on, but the bigger marks on the flasher would just follow the hook up and down then disappear. Switched to tip-ups after lunch, landed a couple smaller male pike, but no sign of any bigger females on the move. I didn't fill the auger or the propane tank as I was planning to empty them out, but with the cold temps and thick ice both ran out faster than planned, so instead of staying for the evening bite I headed home to warm up.

That's a wrap on a somewhat lackluster ice-season for me, here's hoping open water goes better.