01-26-2011, 03:09 AM
Quote:If your getting good bites from a walleye, you may be in need of having to set the hook harder, walleye have hard mouths.
Getting a small hook caught in the upper lip can present some challenges.
the down side is you could be getting hits on pike as well, getting a small jig caught between a couple pike teeth is not so difficult, but on 2 or 4 pound test line can prove a challenge on landing them, and yes it can be done, I have done it quite often. and yes I have lost a few too.
I haven't had a broken line in the ice yet : )
That's why I'm putting it off until I can properly go for them. Although I'm becoming more and more interested in walleye as my primary targets in the future.
Pike must be a huge rush, especially on ice. I have some braided line on a spool with a huge shad I've taken out a couple times. I'm not so sure about bringing one in barehanded with braided line though. It might produce something like a rope burned paper cut, or a half amputated finger : )
I did accomplish my goal yesterday, catching a fish at the close spot to my house. Modifying, sharpening and adjusting my auger played a big part. It used to take me what seemed like ten minutes and two rests to drill a five inch deep, eight inch diameter hole. Plus they were always strange and uneven from all the bouncing. Sharpening is something I've learned not to put off.
Today I had good luck, for me, I brought home two rainbows and released a few. Had a few get off with plenty of bites, drilled about nine holes in four locations.
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