Ice fishing

[Birdbander]

The pike were moving this morning but nothing big so I took this 29" for dinner. Beautiful sunrise.

 

[Sask hunter]

Nice 36.5” pike This morning. Kept a 29.5” male today. Was really good action this morning but slowed up this afternoon. Have to bring my extension next time I almost didn’t get through today

 

[Don Fischer]

Nice 36.5” pike This morning. Kept a 29.5” male today. Was really good action this morning but slowed up this afternoon. Have to bring my extension next time I almost didn’t get through today
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So you eat those things?

 

[Sask hunter]

So you eat those things?

The smaller ones are delicious. I’m not keeping great big ones. Clean them up and have them for supper tomorrow

 

[Gellar]

Nice 36.5” pike This morning. Kept a 29.5” male today. Was really good action this morning but slowed up this afternoon. Have to bring my extension next time I almost didn’t get through today
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I can smell the pike slime on my hands just looking at your picture.

 

[NoWiser]

So you eat those things?

We did a blind taste test years back in Canada. Pike, walleye, and smallmouth. The pike won and it wasn’t close. I’d have never guessed it. I don’t love fishing for them and spend plenty of time cussing them while tying new jigs on, but I’ll gladly eat them.

 

[BoomerUSAF]

Anyone able to get out yet?

Nope, this is a fading past time for me. I love fishing but it’s too much work for me now.

 

[BoomerUSAF]

@BoomerUSAF you ice fishing today?

Minnesota crews rescue around 200 people stranded on large ice chunk on lake

Minnesota authorities were in the process of rescuing more than 100 people from a large ice chunk that broke free in a lake.

www.foxnews.com

Negative, ghost rider

 

[johnp]

With ice fishing almost over for the year , there is one spot at the base of a big shady bluff where the ice just will not give up. Yesterday may have been the last day, but it was a good one!

 

[Buckskinbob]

Finally had an alright salmon day this weekend, havnt quite figured them out yet

 

[theat]

A couple winters past, I decided I wanted to get some underwater video of ice fishing. I didn't want to spend a bunch on an underwater camera so I did a little research and discovered that a GoPro can be controlled and viewed underwater with a phone on the surface. Bluetooth doesn't work through water, but by placing one end of an exposed coaxial cable next to the GoPro and the other end near my phone, the bluetooth signal will travel through the cable. There is about a half second delay, but otherwise it works pretty good. I rigged up my GoPro on the end of an extendable pole and wound the wire around the pole and up through the ice to a phone holder I have attached to my bucket.

I got some great video of trout fishing, but this winter I wanted to get some video of pike. It has been a struggle up till a couple days ago. Finally had everything fall into place and got this video over a couple of hours. Unfortunately when I upload the video onto youtube the image quality drops significantly, buts its still interesting to see what they are doing down there.

 

[theat]

Brook Trout Video

 

[Sask hunter]

Chunky 36” pike and some by catch I was forced to keep while pike fishing

 

[Sask hunter]

Feel like I’m the only guy left ice fishing on here. Season ends on the 31st here

 

[Treeshark]

Ice around here was dicey at best, game fish is closed and we just got pounded with snow. We are done for the year.

Are you catching those pigs jigging or on tipups? Your pics are often in the shack, not sure. Just curious, slamming fish that size would be a blast either way.

 

[Sask hunter]

Ice around here was dicey at best, game fish is closed and we just got pounded with snow. We are done for the year.

Are you catching those pigs jigging or on tipups? Your pics are often in the shack, not sure. Just curious, slamming fish that size would be a blast either way.

On tipups. I bring the tools out with me everytine I get a flag unhook the fish in the hole then quickly run to the shack for a picture and measurements. That’s the only way I can get nice pictures when I’m solo. I drill a hole next to the shack to release them from to minimize time out of water

 

[Treeshark]

That makes sense, I’ve done the same (just with way smaller fish!). Ha

 

[BrentD]

Do you mark them and recatch any of them?

 

[Sask hunter]

Do you mark them and recatch any of them?

No I don’t mark any

 

[Bryerific]

Do you mark them and recatch any of them?

No I don’t mark any

I’ve found that pike often have distinct enough patterns that you can ID them from their spots. I learned one sleepless night that I’ve caught multiple pike at least twice.

Of course this is only really possible afterward with photos of the same side. I’m sure some AI could speed that process up and compare a lot more photos.