December 21st Extreme Ice Angling

[BBRich]

Okay it wasn't so extreme.. I was actually a little pansy and only withstood the cold for 1 1/2 hours. But still..

I headed down to one of my favourite spots that shall remain nameless. Drilled a hole and found 5 inches of black ice covered in 3 inches of grey ice.. perfect! I dropped a maggot down for bluegills and proceeded to drill my next hole a little deeper.. same amount of ice. Good! I dropped a jigging spoon down this hole and let 'er rip. In about 2 minutes my jigging spoon had a nice smack! I was thinking it was a big crappie or a pike, but up came about a 1lb OOS largemouth.

*Sorry, removed the pic. Forgot about the OOS fish policy here*

A quick pic and she was thrown safely back down the hole.

About a half hour later after chumming my panfish popper started bobbing like a mofo.. "FINALLY A CRAPPIE" I thought, but up came just a little bluegill.



Oh well at least it was a fish. Re-baited with a fresh maggot and the popper started going nuts again.. this time it was a perch but I lost it at the hole.

Well after that the popper only bounced a few more times and I missed it everytime.. had another nice smack on the jigging spoon too.. no idea what it was.

It was a good time on the ice but ice fishing alone in the wind is only fun for so long. Decided to pack it in a little later on.

Hey at least I finally had some success through the ice this year!

[Gord]

Good to see you nabbed a couple!

[tim_pinnell]

Good job, BBR. Give Ammo a call , she'd be happy to join you being as it's so close to home for the both of you. Tim

[Pickerel Boy]

Good report BBR

[bucketmouth]

You flippin docks for 'gills bud?

bucket

[BBRich]

LOL bucket! Yeah I had my 7 footer out there and the 50lb PP and she smacked a jig & pig!

(I wish)

[Trophymuskie]

Extreme ice angling sounds like it can be a great winter sport. You have a bunch of participants, you create a grid with the proper number of holes for the number of participants. Then you make a line around the holes some 50 feet away. Now no one can cross the line untill a tip up goes down, the first angler to get to the tip up gets a crack at that fish. No holds barred here, it's a first come first served deal. As soon as a winner for that tip up is anounced all others are to be back behind the line. He's also on his own and he can't get any help from anyone. You can have a point system for each type of fish ect ect.

Man this can become the bassmasters of icefishing, it would be a hoot to watch thats for sure. I would volontear (sp) as a ref for the first Ottawa event.

[SALMON]

ya caught fish..thats what I try to do when I get out..now all we have to do is find the big ones.

[BBRich]

Salmon I have you to thank for showing me that Panfish Popper rod last year & letting me use it at Area 51, it was a great investment for sure!