02-03-2017, 08:51 PM
[#0000FF]About 4-5 years ago there were a couple of guys who fished the trenches under the ice...specifically targeting wipers. They would set up a fair distance apart (to prevent tangles) Then they would set up one rod with a dead minnow hanging just off the bottom and jig spoons on the other. They caught walleyes, catfish, perch and YES wipers on both rods.
You like Gulp Minnows. They have accounted for a few ice wipers too. Not for me. But I have caught a few on Gulp during open water.
In that deeper water it is possible that the middepth sonar marks could have been crappies. The main idea is that crappies tend to suspend...somewhere betwixt top and bottom. But there is also a strong possibility they might be larger shad. You can say they were anything you want until you catch one and prove it right or wrong.
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You like Gulp Minnows. They have accounted for a few ice wipers too. Not for me. But I have caught a few on Gulp during open water.
In that deeper water it is possible that the middepth sonar marks could have been crappies. The main idea is that crappies tend to suspend...somewhere betwixt top and bottom. But there is also a strong possibility they might be larger shad. You can say they were anything you want until you catch one and prove it right or wrong.
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