02-02-2021, 05:52 PM
Wow, definitely tons of information to go through here. Thanks! At work right now, but have a few minutes.
For now, the short rods I'm using are cheap ones from Walmart, 3 Dock Runners/Dock Demons, something to that effect. We just decided to try the ice so we've been keeping it cheap. I can feel the bites, but it's definitely very light. My wife and kid (he's 7 and isn't really into it yet) haven't caught anything, but not sure if it's them not noticing or the rods not being sensitive enough.
We usually being along our regular trout poles as well, I've used one to pound the bottom a bit in the hopes of making some noise that might bring fish near my jigging rod, but usually we'll put bobbers on those and let them hang some nightcrawler or powerbait about 2-5 feet below the ice. Gets some nibbles and one trout that way, but they're more to just have more bait in the water.
We have a cheap fish finder, seems to work (all the perch I've caught have shown up on it right before the bite) and a hand auger.
Most of the time when we're fishing, we're not in particularly deep water, partly because the water's just not that deep and partly because we probably haven't found the good spots yet. At Hyrum, Mantua and Willard, we're usually near the boat docks. Ventured out more at Newton, but the only fish we've caught there have been in 10-15 feet of water. We only did the one trip to Pineview, but in the area we were at, couldn't find anything deeper than 15 feet and not a single blip.
Will have to ask some specifics on the lures and jigs, but gotta run for the moment.
For now, the short rods I'm using are cheap ones from Walmart, 3 Dock Runners/Dock Demons, something to that effect. We just decided to try the ice so we've been keeping it cheap. I can feel the bites, but it's definitely very light. My wife and kid (he's 7 and isn't really into it yet) haven't caught anything, but not sure if it's them not noticing or the rods not being sensitive enough.
We usually being along our regular trout poles as well, I've used one to pound the bottom a bit in the hopes of making some noise that might bring fish near my jigging rod, but usually we'll put bobbers on those and let them hang some nightcrawler or powerbait about 2-5 feet below the ice. Gets some nibbles and one trout that way, but they're more to just have more bait in the water.
We have a cheap fish finder, seems to work (all the perch I've caught have shown up on it right before the bite) and a hand auger.
Most of the time when we're fishing, we're not in particularly deep water, partly because the water's just not that deep and partly because we probably haven't found the good spots yet. At Hyrum, Mantua and Willard, we're usually near the boat docks. Ventured out more at Newton, but the only fish we've caught there have been in 10-15 feet of water. We only did the one trip to Pineview, but in the area we were at, couldn't find anything deeper than 15 feet and not a single blip.
Will have to ask some specifics on the lures and jigs, but gotta run for the moment.