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The smelt specimen you use must be faultless. Any deviation from the norm, will be rejected by the finicky Pike. Every scale must be intact! Of course I'm joking. It doesn't matter. So long as you get the smelt to say on the hook. I would reccommend using ganged treble hooks (attach a second treble ...

Yup, that'l work.
You'll outfish anyone using minnows.
There usually used on a tip-up.

They're a little on the soft side for jigging, but I guess you could put a small piece of smelt on one of the hooks as scent.

If you can get smelts they are the best bait for fishing Pike through the ice.

Up North (Lake Nipissing) they say the ice is safe when all the Frenchmen stop breaking through!

Up Northern Ontario, they say the ice is safe to go on when all the Frenchmen stop breaking through!

Sharpen your hooks!!

Welcome.

The BOQ is relatively shoal free heading out from the ramps. Depending on where you launch.

I would spend 10 minutes at a bait shop and buy a map. Most will show the hazards.

I used to wonder about the ice hut operators putting their shacks out on the featureless flats of the Bay Of Quinte, in the Belleville area, 'til lI learned that a lot of the Walleye actually related to the "flats". I used to think that unless there was "structure" there wouldn't...

Thanks for sharing an invaluable tip. This type of info can be instrumental in putting fish in the boat. I can remember dragging a jig behind the boat around the Belleville bridge. It was a windy day that increased the current flow. I was one of a few people that day that was consistently catching f...

Nice Report.

I used to paddle a canoe 5 miles out to Garden Island out from Cache Bay on Lake Nipissing. The scenery looks very peaceful as you described it.

Welcome aboard.
Many, including myself are relatively new to the board as well.

$50 Dollars!!!!

They don't call it Brewer's Pond for nothing!!

Ahem (loud clearing of the throat)!

I thought we are asking the kind crew, here, if anyone is a catchin' anything from shore.

Daver's got it 100%.

That's exactly what I've been doin' for 30 years of ice fishing.
Just ensure that your boots are a size (or two) larger to accommodate the extra fillin' the inserts take.