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How To Catch Walleye Under The Ice By: Daniel Eggertsen If you are looking for some real adventure when winter rolls around, try walleye ice fishing on for size. You'll never get bored because the tactics change as the season progresses, requiring you to make adjustments to your own fishing standards constantly. If you decide to go ice fishing for walleye, here are some tactics you can use to make your fishing trips successful. First of all, as the season begins, you should fish the smaller lakes. This is because, before the ice gets thick, the action is fast, and you may have a hard time locating the walleye below the surface. Smaller lakes will freeze faster, with the ice thickening sooner, making your job easier. With thicker ice, the fish will tend to slow down and move to a spot where they will stay relatively close, meaning that you can easily target them in a single spot. You won't need to open several ice holes to find the walleye. Also, taking your gear to the smaller lakes early in the season and again later, before spring begins, will extend your winter fishing season, giving you more opportunities than you can imagine. If you are looking for the appropriate walleye fishing location, target underwater structures. You'll find this is extremely successful for most anglers since fish can identify the structure as being something different from the flat lake floor. Bars, reefs, sunken islands, rock piles, and anything else that sticks out presents itself to fish as something by which to navigate and return to after feeding. The best ones are all along the migration route and used by fish to determine location. Remember, these creatures are not intelligent and work off instinct, which means that they need these extra sources of navigation to lead the way. Another means of assuring successful ice fishing for walleye is to target areas with large groups of baitfish. Walleye need an incentive to move into a particular location - something to follow - and most frequently, the motivation of choice is food. Therefore, if you can find baitfish, you can find walleye and have a hugely productive day from a single drill into the ice. One of the best tips you can remember is to choose a lake that you are familiar with. There is no better way to assure a successful fishing trip in the dead of winter than to target areas where you know you'll find fish from previous excursions. If you know the ins and outs of the lake, you can easily find weed beds and drop offs where walleye are sure to hang out during the winter months.
Careful planning and preparation is all it takes to make ice fishing the greatest time of your life or the worst. Easy? Take a look at the following tips and see how prepared you are to catch those fish! Buy early Make a list of the supplies you used last season and replenish them early. Make sure you get all those Glo-Buster Bluelights or Lindy Tazers. All you need to remember is four words: wise up, stock up. Check the hole on the ice floor Simply put, make sure the hole is clean. Chips or chunks of ice could cause entanglements in oneÂ’s fishing line and could make you catch fish or literally break your chances of getting any, as these could sever the line therefore losing your chance of getting that trophy of a lifetime bluegill. Remember to keep the hole clear of any barrier. Fish more, get the big four The bait you simply cannot go on without: wax worms, minnows, assorted PowerBait, maggots. It is best to keep these bait separated and as much as possible alive using coolers such as a small Coleman. Clean `em all up Inspect and clean the rods and fishing reels you are going to use. Q-tips are best for taking out the nicks in every nook and cranny of your ice rod. Non-freezing oil for lubing fishing reels is advisable. Heat up Do not forget to bring those heaters and pounds and pounds of propane cylinders. One cannot fish comfortably if he or she is as cold as the fish under the ice. Ice fishing should be fun and feel comfy too. House up The ice is harsh and cold but it doesnÂ’t mean you have to feel that too. Ice tents should be cleaned out as well by putting over a light coat of lubricant at the joints. If there is any wear or tear, it is best to contact the manufacturer in order for them to send out the appropriate repair kit, as deemed necessary. Gear Up Better be safe than sorry, make sure you get a set of lifeguard spikes as well as a safety rope. Also, to feel less of the cold and at the same time be cool, pick up a fishing coat from the Carhartt Extremes Arctic Jacket. Avoid frost bits on your toes and feet, the best shoes are the Irish Setters Versa Trax to keep you warm all over.
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One of the best aspects of ice fishing is that you really need very few supplies and they are relatively inexpensive. Some of the must have ice fishing equipment is discussed below, however it is important to remember that ice fishing equipment should be of a reasonable quality, definitely avoid the cheaper, flimsier equipment as it will usually only last one season and will need constant replacement. It is usually much more economical to buy the slightly higher priced equipment that will see you through a couple of years fishing. • Rods – ice fishing equipment lists should start with a good quality rod or tip-up. Rods for ice fishing are very short and typically very sturdy to accommodate for the tension and weight of the fish. The tip-up is a rod or reel attached to a cap or board that sits across or above the ice hole, with a flag or marker attached to the rod or spring where the line lids through. When a fish strikes the flag moves, allowing the angler to work the line and hook the fish. Typically anglers with more than one line in the water will use tip-ups to locate where fish are biting, then move to single line fishing. • Lines – the monofilament lines used in spinners and fly fishing will not work well with the ice fishing equipment. A braided line that has a test weight of 10 to 20 pounds will be much better suited to the cold and icy conditions found when ice fishing. • Lures and Bait– lures can be of almost any variety, but shiny and colorful plastic minnows, live bait, plastic worms and ice jigs being some of the best to have in your tackle box. • Ice Auger – a gas powered ice auger can save a lot of time chipping a hole through the ice. Since a safe depth of ice for fishing is at least four inches, an auger can be a time and energy saving piece of ice fishing equipment. • Shelter – there are many different types of canvas, plastic or even insulated “igloo” type shelters that can be pulled onto the lake or can be set up when you get there. Even a simple three-sided frame with a piece of tarp to break the wind can be effective. • Skimmer – a slotted spoon or flat slotted paddle type device to keep removing the ice crystals from the fishing hole. Many people now use “caps” which provide a thermal layer to prevent the hole from freezing over. • First Aid Kit – cold fingers often result in cuts on hooks so a good, well stocked first aid kit is important. Last, but not at all least it is important to have identification and a current fishing license in your ice fishing equipment. Additional supplies such as heaters, chairs, blankets and even a camping stove are great additions to your ice fishing equipment and gear.
Perch Fishing Tips Through Ice Ice fishing is a great experience for anyone and everyone. Fishing for perch, which are bottom fish can take a great spot and some good angling skills to have a good day. Preferred baits for perch fishing are cut up minnows. The heads and tails of minnows make great baits and will drive perch crazy to bite. Drop your bait deep as perch are deep bottom dwellers and hang out at the bottom where they catch small baits and feed. Presenting your bait in this territory has a high success rate for fisherman. With todayÂ’s electronics many perch fisherman are able to check local hot spots for fish activity. By using sonar, fisherman can see if the perch are in the area before deciding to fish. Once the fish are deemed to be in the area, give it some time as they are usually finicky eaters and take some cohering to eat. However if you catch them at the right time, they can get into frenzies and take up your free meal right away.
It is always a bit of a challenge to decide, which is the best ice fishing lure to use in the various lakes. While there is no hard and fast science to lure selection there are some basic factors that anglers can keep in mind when deciding what type of ice fishing lure is likely to attract the most fish. The key in most cases is to have a good selection of the basic lures including spoons, hard bodies, plastic worms and bugs, and bait-type lures to allow you to be able to switch around. Jigs will be a key type of ice fishing lure no matter where you fish, but they may not be a great idea if the bottom is full of a lot of debris and vegetation. Most seasoned ice fishermen and women will indicate that minnows and live bait is typically the best type of bait to use for the larger species such as pike and bass. If live minnows are too tough to work with in cold temperatures frozen minnows, worms or even bloodworms from bait stores can be very effective as an addition to a lure or as stand alone bait. Most ice fishing is based on getting the fish in a mood to feed. In the colder, winter weather the fish move to the deeper parts of the lake to stay in the warmer waters. They move slower and have a greatly reduced metabolism which leads to a decrease in the amount that they will actually need to consume. Therefore ice anglers have to be concerned about making their lure look very attractive to the fish, as they will pass on lures and bait that donÂ’t look good. Bright, shiny colors with reflection are often an excellent ice fishing lure quality, regardless if it is a spoon or hard-body. Many anglers prefer the brightly colored or even "glow in the dark" options of plastic worms, jigs and hard bodies lures to attract fish in the darker, clear waters. Fishing in deep weedbeds and where there is a lot of debris requires a special ice fishing lure as well as a special jigging method. Basically a bright colored jig can be dropped into the center of the weedbed. Since hooks will naturally snag on vegetation try using plastic worms or larva on the hooks, and basically stop any jigging or up and down motion to avoid hanging up in the reeds, weeds and submerged logs and debris. The natural movement of the water will cause the jig, which should be floated at least three to six inches off the bottom, to mimic the movement of a minnow or bait fish in the water. Slowly falling spoons and tails do not work as well as an option for an ice fishing lure in weedy conditions as they may snag on the upper edges of the weeds, much higher in the water than the fish are feeding. Eliseo is an avid fishing guy Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Eliseo_Lao
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