walleye last night
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:51 pm
I was out fishing on a lake near Perth last night. I caught 2 walleye in the 3-4 lb range (24 inches +). I never had much luck ice fishing until I got some tips from someone at LeBaron in Ottawa. He said that using small glow jigs tipped with a piece of minnow(for walleye) is the best presentation for most lakes. My glow jig was red, but when it is charged with a flash light, one side glows and is yellowish green. The jig shape is like a small very narrow banana(I don't have the packaging handy). I tipped it with a minnow head, with minnow head points downward. I also pierced the minnow head in such a way that the one can feel the barb at the back of the minnow head.
The depth to the bottom was 10 feet. I set up my tent at 5PM and did not fish until about 6:30 PM. The first hit I had was very strange(please bear with me as I am not a "qualified" ice fisherman, but rather a newbie).The rod tip went down very slowly as if the fish was testing the bait. I made the mistake(I think) of letting out line to have the fish swallow it. I then yanked the line and I lost the fish. Now I know that one only lets line out if a a whole minnow is used on hook. So, I re-charged my jig an dropped it to the bottom. I would jig about 6 inches off bottom. All the hits after that were made when the jig was stationary (after raising the jig and letting it drop) but I was told that the walleye usually swallow the jig as it is descending. Anyhow take a look at the picture of one of the walleye(it's thawing out!)
The other thing I wanted to talk about is the fishing lunar calendar that some people post on the internet. According to the calendar that I read, fishing was to start improving as of last night and will be good for the next few days. I realize there are many factors involved in catching fish, but I would like to know if anyone has had any luck with using these lunar calendars.
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The depth to the bottom was 10 feet. I set up my tent at 5PM and did not fish until about 6:30 PM. The first hit I had was very strange(please bear with me as I am not a "qualified" ice fisherman, but rather a newbie).The rod tip went down very slowly as if the fish was testing the bait. I made the mistake(I think) of letting out line to have the fish swallow it. I then yanked the line and I lost the fish. Now I know that one only lets line out if a a whole minnow is used on hook. So, I re-charged my jig an dropped it to the bottom. I would jig about 6 inches off bottom. All the hits after that were made when the jig was stationary (after raising the jig and letting it drop) but I was told that the walleye usually swallow the jig as it is descending. Anyhow take a look at the picture of one of the walleye(it's thawing out!)
The other thing I wanted to talk about is the fishing lunar calendar that some people post on the internet. According to the calendar that I read, fishing was to start improving as of last night and will be good for the next few days. I realize there are many factors involved in catching fish, but I would like to know if anyone has had any luck with using these lunar calendars.
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hope that flu doesn't keep you down for long so you can go raise hell with those wally's some more.