Whattcha' catch this winter?

[die hard22]

I'm a new member to this truely awsome site unfortunately for me because I would have enjoyed being in the iceshant tourney a lot and my team would probably have been happy with my catch so far this winter.
This ice season so far I have caught:
9lb10oz. Lake trout 31''  (peronal biggest)
8.5lb Walleye 29'' (17'' in girth) (personal biggest)
1.1lb Speckle (persoal biggest)
6lb Pike
These are the nicest of the fish I've caught this year. How is your ice fishing season going?

[ChenBassHead]

My season is going well.....no truely monstrous fish, but I can't complain.  It's my first year up at college, so I'm just learning these waters. 


Biggest fish was a 35" 10 lb. pike, a personal best (so far  )...[/li][/list]

Walleye 21"....nothing special, but still a nice fat fish.[/li][/list]

Tons and tons and tons and tons of perch, including a lot of really nice ones![/li][/list]

18" Largemouth, which is my biggest through the ice, but not nearly my biggest ever.[/li][/list]

I've gotten a few small browns, but have only gone out once for them.

While I was home I did well on the pickerel and perch, and also found some time to catch a bunch of crappies, bluegills and 'seeds. 

Bunch of smelt too, which are fun.  The other night we (Pikie and I) jigged up 70 in an hour and 1/2... fished ALL OVER my Vex![/li][/list]

The nice thing about this season is that I've fished with a bunch of guys from IceShanty that I've never had the opportunity to fish with...So far this season, I've fished with Pikie, Hood, Caroga Kid, Coldbum, Robb, Ozzy, Beermaster, Baginwal, and most recently, BCJenson...I hope to get out with a bunch more IceShanty members before this year is over!  Especially some of the guys I've already fished with, including Bussman, Fishingking, Slipbob, and Bigredonice... Tell me when guys, and I'll do my darndest to be there! 8)

-Zach

[crappie rob]

I've got a really bad case of couch a$$, due to the lack of ice here in Northwest Indiana!!! Usually this time of year, It's a bad case of "bucket back" from sitting on that darn bucket for so long. Would much rather have "bucket back" than "couch a$$" and time is running out for us "Hoosiers" to get back on the ice!!! C-ya. Crappie Rob.

[vermontpike]

21 pound Pike

[big big rdg]

Biggest bass I got this year was 21" through the ice but it was before the tourney and I also got a 13.5" crappie(PB) and tons of nice fish on the jig pole as well as my first pike, 26". Been a good year so far minus the lack of ice now

[NickP]

I got lots of dinks

a 22in pickerel

a 10in bass.......


not a great first season

[snot rocket]

25''landloked salmon (first ever)
lake trout 20'' (first ever)
18'' pickeral
several dink perch
several pumpkinseed (some substantial sized)
severa crappies (also few biggies)
....and a partridge in a pear tree.....

                             Snot Rocket...Out!!!

[GAMBELL]

In the 11 trips I put in before spring showed up in Jan.  We caught many nice pike, walleyes gills, perch and bass.  My favorite pike lake has barely had ice in coves and on the shoreline.  I have put more time in preparing the boat for summer than sitting on frozen lakes fishing.  That is really sad.  I have even broke down and started helping my fiance make wedding plans.  Isn't that sad?

[reelbigfish]

A bad case of cabin fever. 










Ted

[blue mule]

what winter? got out 3 times! got about 50 crappies, a dozen perch, and some gills. none were monsters, but i had a good fish fry. aint been out since Christmas eve.

[hali-man]

not a great first season

That's a lot better than my first season! 

My best fish this winter has been a fat 19" brookie.

[Pasquatch]

23" Walleye
19" Largemouth
12" Perch
17" Smallie
Some small perch, gills, crappie, and pickerel.

Been a real bad year, I haven't been able to get out much at all, and Lake George just refuses to freeze.

[NickP]

Update got a personal best perch Last week 13-14in and 1 1/4 pounds

On a jig head with a piece of worm from shore fishing the half ice/halfopen water

[DaveRT]

   4 togue, largest was 22''
       1 brooktrout    7''
       6 salmon, largest was 18''
   I put them all back. All the second week of the year.

[Lobo]

  The most I've managed to catch this so far this winter was a slight cold.    Locally too much ice for the boat not enough for safe ice fishing, till now, but plan on going tomorrow. If not then at least one day this week and probably both.  I hope !

[tip-uptwo]

12'' jumbo
13+'' Slab
9 1/4 Pike
23'' walleye
14'' brookie

Those were my biggest of the year...2 feet of ice so plenty of fishing left

[reelbigfish]

I hope your talking pounds and not inches on that pike.  Just kidding dude.  I'm
jealous.  Sell me some ice.









Ted

[smitty]

This so far has been my worst year ice fishing!!!!!!! Hopefully our trip to maine next week changes everything!!!!!!!!!! If not the winning powerball numbers would be nice.
2 bass
2 pickeral
1 yellow perch  all 5 fish small

smitty

[marcus]

have caught plenty of perch and crappie with some big ones mixed in and plenty of pike for my first pike fishing trip . No big ones just plenty of flags.

[Grimace]

A bunch of walleye from different places biggest was a 26 incher that weighed 7.1 pounds a new personal best.
a few saugers
a pile of small ling (the first ling i have ever caught)

first 2 lakers of my life  ( small but pretty cool)

no pike ( weird )

its been a funny season, i am really happy with some new species for me but overall kinda so-so.

havent got out for brookies yet discovered that type of fun last year and really enjoyed it.

not over yet. 

[tip-uptwo]

I hope your talking pounds and not inches on that pike.  Just kidding dude.  I'm
jealous.  Sell me some ice.

Sorry, should have clarified it that.....9 1/4 pound pike








Ted

[MikeThePike]

This season hasn't been too bad for me as of now:

19" 4lb LMB
22" 6lb LMB
42" 25.5lb Musky
numerous big pickerel
a decent amount of perch in the 12-13" range
tons of gills in the 7-8" range last week

tons of small perch, crappies and gills

and best of all.....its in the low teens right now and making more ice here in PA

[crappieslayer22]

14 inch crappie
14 inch perch
25 inch pickaral
10 inch gill
10 inch golden pond shiner
22 inch bass
17 inch rainbow
15 inch brown
 thts about it....

[pikergal]

Because I am such a braggart haha and this is my first year with my very own ice shack - we have caught in the ice shack
37 perch
3 walleye - to small to eat though
1 4lb pike

in the big ice shack out in the lake
i caught
1 - 44 in pike
1 - 40 in pike
3 - pike less then 40 inches but not much

[coldbum]

Made out well on early ice splake with a few in the 18 inch range and many other shorties ( caroga kid brought in several trophy class splake too)

A nice 26 and 3/4 in Pickerel, and 5 or 6 others over 20 in.
A ton of Perch (thanks to the vexilar) none of great size though.
21 inch  3.7 lb eye from Simon pond, and a couple dozen short ones from the Sacandaga
a couple dozen gills/sunnies/crappies  no huge ones but plenty in sushi grade as our friend slipbob says!
One legal laker at 24" and a bunch of shorties    (come on king freeze)

It has not been a great season by any means ( weather ) ( the bite )  but I have fished every week at least 2 times   My freezer has some fish for the family, fished with new iceshanty members and old fishing pals!  I can not believe we have at least a month or more of fishing yet! It can only get better from here!