Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Tough Conditions
by Bob Jensen When you’re ice-fishing, just like when you’re open water fishing, there are days when the fish get finicky. They might be finicky due to weather conditions, or it could be fishing pressure that has them closed-mouthed. Whatever the reason, just like in open water, there are some things you can do to get fish under the ice to bite even when they don’t want to. Here are some walleye ice fishing tips. When fishing pressure is the cause for the fish to get selective, you have a couple of options. Probably the best option is to get away from ...
Ice Fishing Rigs
by Bob Jensen In many areas of the Midwest this winter, there has been as much open water fishing going on as there has been ice fishing. In a region where ice fishing usually dominates in December and January, warmer than ordinary air temperature have enabled anglers to extend their open water fishing. There are obvious differences in ice fishing and open water fishing, but when it comes to lure presentation, there are a good number of similarities. Let’s look at some of those similarities. When we talk about ice fishing rigs or open water, color is always of big interest. Some anglers ...
Ice Fishing Equipment – Mobility Tactics
by Bob Jensen As the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds gets thicker across the region where ice-fishing takes place, our ice-fishing tactics should change a bit if we want to be successful. Our ability to harness ice fishing equipment is also very important. Early in the year, when the ice was thin, a more sedentary approach was often more productive. Fish under thin ice can detect movement better, and movement from above spooks them. Therefore, the angler that sits on a good spot and doesn’t move much will often be more successful. As the ice gets thicker and snow gets deeper ...
Ice Fishing for Walleye
By Jason Mitchell Many ice anglers associate the end of January and beginning of February with mid winter doldrums. Many anglers believe that first ice and late ice is the best ice for fishing and the in between ice… not so good. There is some truth to the midwinter doldrums particularly with smaller lakes. Now not to say a lake less than five hundred acres cannot be red hot in the middle of winter because they can but smaller water does seem more sensitive to a few factors that can ruin a bite. My own personal opinion, I believe some small lakes just get hit ...
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Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Tough Conditions
by Bob Jensen When you’re ice-fishing, just like when you’re open water fishing, there are days when the fish get finicky. They might be finicky due to weather conditions, or it could be fishing pressure that has them closed-mouthed. Whatever the reason, just like in open...
Ice Fishing Rigs
by Bob Jensen In many areas of the Midwest this winter, there has been as much open water fishing going on as there has been ice fishing. In a region where ice fishing usually dominates in December and January, warmer than ordinary air temperature have enabled anglers to extend...
Ice Fishing Equipment – Mobility Tactics
by Bob Jensen As the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds gets thicker across the region where ice-fishing takes place, our ice-fishing tactics should change a bit if we want to be successful. Our ability to harness ice fishing equipment is also very important. Early in the year,...
Ice Fishing for Walleye
By Jason Mitchell Many ice anglers associate the end of January and beginning of February with mid winter doldrums. Many anglers believe that first ice and late ice is the best ice for fishing and the in between ice… not so good. There is some...
Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Lure Selection
by Bob Jensen Just as there are a lot of ways to catch walleyes in open water, there are several very productive lure types for taking walleyes through the ice. But if a survey was taken among anglers who like to chase walleyes during the ice-fishing season, I’ll bet a spoon would...
Yellow Perch Secrets
By Tom Neustrom Late winter brings about opportunities. Certain species begin lining up like 2-for1 day at “Old Country Buffet.” Yellow perch, in particular, become extremely active during the final weeks of the ice season. This is when we use our yellow perch secrets to catch...
