01-04-2015, 03:48 AM
Well I can't claim any real knowledge of that lake as I've only been to it 3 times now. All three times we have avoided the crowds and have yet to go home empty handed but then also each time has been very different in what we caught and in what quantities.
Another thread got me thinking, as I'm only in my second season of fishing on the ice, that I need to better understand where structure (weeds or otherwise) might be located and that knowing this might help in the pursuit of the perch and bluegill. This got me thinking that is this was on soft water I'd follow TD's advice to kick my tube around in big S turns until I found the depth and where the fish where at. So the question is how do I effectively translate that to ice fishing? I worry that the walking on the ice, drilling etc would produce noise enough that when I drop my transducer down I wont see any fish. Seems harder to survey on the ice at least when it's shallower.
Anyone with some good advice on how to tackle a lake you don't really know well before hand from the ice?
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Another thread got me thinking, as I'm only in my second season of fishing on the ice, that I need to better understand where structure (weeds or otherwise) might be located and that knowing this might help in the pursuit of the perch and bluegill. This got me thinking that is this was on soft water I'd follow TD's advice to kick my tube around in big S turns until I found the depth and where the fish where at. So the question is how do I effectively translate that to ice fishing? I worry that the walking on the ice, drilling etc would produce noise enough that when I drop my transducer down I wont see any fish. Seems harder to survey on the ice at least when it's shallower.
Anyone with some good advice on how to tackle a lake you don't really know well before hand from the ice?
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