where are all the bass fishers?!?

[skybuster20ga]

i thought we was gonna talk some bass!

[CJC]

I love ice fishing for bass. This season has been relatively slow though.

[icemantrav]

what do you guys use for bass?

[skybuster20ga]

i try to avoid bass at all costs most days but the seem to like to gobble up out smelts and thebigger shiners no problem. late in march we take my cousins after big bass on granger and we use 4" or bigger slab shiners and they hit those regularly

[frankcos5483]

we typically use medium shiners on circle hooks just like fishing lot of other species.you can also jig for bass but need patience like any jigging.In our area you can easily take 5 and 6 pond bass through the ice.problem is the pickeral are much quicker in the winter than the bass.we try to avoid them.

[skybuster20ga]

i find our bass to be in 20 feet of water or better. or should i say our BIG BASS. fishing this deep really helps keep the pickeral catch to a minimum.

[honkerhtr]

here in vermont there are a few ponds that you can go and catch good bass in every hole. we use rapalas with a maggot. we normaly fish a reef that comes from 50 feet to 8 to 10 feet and we hammer the big smallies. we have learned to leave that 4 inch auger at homecause those 3 to 5 pounders cant come up through them and we hook into that size alot. it also saves alot of money on rapalas. i went in dec and hit some bass after loosing 25 $ in rapalas we decided to call it quits. and jigging those bass is alot more fun than yankin them up with a tip up.

[CJC]

here in vermont there are a few ponds that you can go and catch good bass in every hole. we use rapalas with a maggot. we normaly fish a reef that comes from 50 feet to 8 to 10 feet and we hammer the big smallies. we have learned to leave that 4 inch auger at homecause those 3 to 5 pounders cant come up through them and we hook into that size alot. it also saves alot of money on rapalas. i went in dec and hit some bass after loosing 25 $ in rapalas we decided to call it quits. and jigging those bass is alot more fun than yankin them up with a tip up.

Now that sounds like fun!

[moore05]

i'll talk bass any time any where hahaha. i fish michigan so if you want to learn the ins and outs of mishigan bassing, you can pick my brain.

i also need any information any one has on the abu garcia maxx baitcast reals. i wnat to pick some up but don't have any info on them and can't find them around my area to test them out. any info will greatly help.

[frankcos5483]

what is your favorite way of catching bass through the ice?

[skybuster20ga]

big holes, big bait and a big cooler of beer but i dont fish for them untill the last couple weeks of march

[frankcos5483]

except for the waiting till march thing our technique is about the same.sometimes a buzz is all we catch.

[johnbr19792003]

my fav way to catch em is using a big 1/2 oz jig. the same thing you would use for flipping heavy cover in the summer. It really gets the bigger largemouths.

[carlos the iceman campos]

love my bass fishing just in the open water months don't fish for them through the ice but we often catch 5-6 pounders on the speck minnows through the ice
here is a dandy from last summer

[jd]

I've been bass fishing all my life and yesterday was the first time I tried to get them through the ice. Me and my buddy both got a smallmouth. Hopefully as I fish more I'll figure em out.