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Why do I like icefishing? Guess what I had for Sunday supper?

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I'll be fishing a Charleston tournament this Saturday. Have to make up for the lack of quality fish on Mississippi this past weekend. :oops: Hoping to average 4 lbs. plus per fish and end the season with a bang! Those of you who haven't witnessed fall smallie action on Charleston just don't know wha...

Good advice on the tube, Hawk. :D In fact that is the exact technique that has produced well for me in this type of cover on White Lake over the years. I like to use the HP hook in these situations. My main focus would be jigs, though, as I can quickly cover more water with them- must be the tournam...

Jigs and worms. Worms and jigs. This cover is made for jigs and worms. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note from Fishhawk - CCB knows lots of stuff. I had no idea what a l'il huffer was but I found one and here it is...CCB mentions it later on... <img src = "http://kidlizardbait.tripod.com/lhwat...

It's all coming clear to me now. :lol: Looks like the old trolling motor is going to be on high here! Approaching the area, the first thing that catches my eye is the little eddy period off to the right of the picture- right at the edge of the shot, where there are a couple of boulders at the water'...

Can't visualize this scene without photo or graphics.

Is something coming?

CCB

I missed this post until today! First, let me say I have spent MANY hours fishing this spot. Too many, in fact. To those who talk about throwing spinnerbaits, or buzzbaits, or anything with a treble hook on it inside this stuff, I would advise- think again. If the bait makes it more than 5 feet with...

Just to add to John's post- definitely add the scent! I've been fishing crappie the past few days and my Kick'nBass scented tubes have been outperforming live minnows and unscented tubes by a huge margin, both while jigging and deadsticking. Bonus 4lb. and 12 lb. pike, too, while no one else caught ...

Seems I have to give everything away? :D The jig will get through that relatively thin cover easily. Let it fall to the bottom with a thump. Usually the bottom in this type of cover is muck or silt. The jig hitting it will send up a puff of fine sediment- it looks like a puff of smoke. That gets the...

I would run the TM S-L-O-W-L-Y (just a crawl) into the wind, about 5 feet out from the slop edge. I'd be pitching a light (for me) 1/2 ounce jig/craw combo, since that surface cover doesn't look too thick. Short pitches, maybe 10 feet ahead of the boat, concentrating on the backs of pockets and the ...

Messing around on the outer reaches of the tree with spinnerbaits, topwaters and soft jerkbaits might be a place to start. I'd hit it from all angles, hoping to pick off an 'outside fish' before moving in for the kill. Then it's a case of slowly working from the outside in. Often a good tree will ho...

Yes, I've fished a few (150+/-). :lol: As for the jig, I'd be using a Daves Tournament Tackle Flippin jig in black/blue with a black/blue 4" Power Craw- with an inch chewed off the tail-end. The worm would be a blue fleck 7" Power Worm, rigged on a 4/0 Owner wide gap. I checked the map and...

Here's what I'd do. I wouldn't even pick up a rod until I found that "something special" that makes or breaks you in big creeks like these. Actually, I'd be winging a spinnerbait diagonally ahead of the boat and burning it back, while keeping the trolling motor on high. But this would just...

a limit on channel cats? I can't believe there would be a limit on brown bullheads.

CCB