http://www.icefishingchat.com Ice Fishing Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:43:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Jason Mitchell The speed and intensity of how fish move should play a key factor in tactics and strategy.  Not always, but often when we find bluegills, crappies and perch on basins, flats and suspended over open water, these fish are on the move.  Sometimes, these fish seem to be ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/ice-fishing-for-panfish-burning-through.php By Jason Mitchell I have often felt that it is much easier to learn a lake during the open water period. Structure and bottom contours can be broke down quickly when using a boat equipped with good sonar and GPS. Often during the winter (just like during the open ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/taking-open-water-lessons-to-the-ice.php IceFishingChat.com.com is proud to announce the $500 Crappi Candle Ice Fishing Photo Contest! 1st Prize based on 5 species ($100/species) - Species include WALLEYE, PERCH, PIKE, CRAPPIE, and TROUT Before you can enter, you must have a username account here at icefishingchat.com. To do so, see our REGISTRATION PAGE. Entry Rules ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/500-ice-fishing-photo-contest.php By Nick Simonson The ice on most northern lakes is now thick enough for anglers to safely haul out their toys thanks to a cold stretch at the beginning of the month. Though nighttime temperatures have been below zero, new innovations and advancements in tackle, gear and shelters are helping ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/hottest-ice-gear-on-ice-in-2010.php By Tony Roach When you spend your winters guiding on a huge lake like Central Minnesota’s Mille Lacs, doing all the things it takes to find biting fish can test your resolve. There’s only one way to the fish – drilling lots and lots of holes. My guides and I sometimes ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/trolling-while-ice-fishing.php By Jason Durham Bluegill fishing is about balance. Each trip is a constant trial and error to figure out if the fish want a tiny speck of an ice jig – the flash, vibration and, meaty profile of a jigging spoon, or any presentation that falls in between. Each presentation has ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/ice-fishing-spoons-for-panfish.php By Nick Simonson It’s the evening of the first day when the temperature has stayed well below freezing and I’m sitting in the not-quite-bright-enough light of the living room, squinting as hard as I can in an effort to thread a wisp of one-pound test through the eye of a 1/64 ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/small-ice-fishing-lures-for-crappies-and-panfish.php Real or Not? Let the Fish Decide Clever ice anglers are successfully combining traditional live ice fishing bait tactics with artificial approaches By Jeff Gustafson Times are a changin'. Used to be when we went ice fishing, our presentation always included a jig tipped with some type of minnow or hunk of meat, ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/ice-fishing-bait.php Presentation Precision for Panfish By Jason Mitchell By far, the best education we can get to make us better ice anglers is by sight fishing. Sight fishing allows us to watch the reaction of fish and just as importantly, allows us to watch how our presentation looks in the water. ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/ice-fishing-for-panfish.php A proven pattern for hooking gargantuan pike during early ice fishing season By Brian “Bro” Brosdahl Up above, I tiptoe across the frozen shallows maintaining a low profile. Stealth is a big part of the game. Down below, however, it’s more like lions in the Coliseum tearing and tossing-down everything with blood ... http://www.icefishingchat.com/early-ice-pike-fishing.php