12-24-2022, 01:58 PM
hook_sets does have good luck! I will say, though, that A. All the advice he just gave is correct, and the right set-up matters, the sonar helps, etc... I'm always shocked to think people don't know this stuff (like using spring-bobbers or whatever, because that was some of the very first things I learned about ice-fishing.
B. Sometimes you found the right hole that day. I was at Mantua one day and a guy was just killing it on nice bluegills about 20 yards away. I drilled around without crowding him too much in a half circle, picking up a fish or two, and he volunteered what jig he had on, and kept insisting I needed a better strike detector. He insisted that was the only thing he was doing differently. Well, I knew I had on a decent spring-bobber set up on. When he had a limit, he said, "Well, you can try this hole if you think it'll help." So while he was packing up, I did, and caught 15 in the time it took him to load his sled up. We fished for hours a few years ago at Hyrum, caught a few, moved three times, then pulled 86 nice perch through three holes in an hour.
But, the question for better fishermen than I am is, will today's good spot be as good tomorrow? Why or why not?
B. Sometimes you found the right hole that day. I was at Mantua one day and a guy was just killing it on nice bluegills about 20 yards away. I drilled around without crowding him too much in a half circle, picking up a fish or two, and he volunteered what jig he had on, and kept insisting I needed a better strike detector. He insisted that was the only thing he was doing differently. Well, I knew I had on a decent spring-bobber set up on. When he had a limit, he said, "Well, you can try this hole if you think it'll help." So while he was packing up, I did, and caught 15 in the time it took him to load his sled up. We fished for hours a few years ago at Hyrum, caught a few, moved three times, then pulled 86 nice perch through three holes in an hour.
But, the question for better fishermen than I am is, will today's good spot be as good tomorrow? Why or why not?