03-25-2006, 01:27 AM
was not able to go on thursday but i did go today. I got to the strawberry marina at about 6:30 am and it was really foggy i walked about 150 yards straight out. The hand powered auger wasnt as bad as i thought it would, but i can see how everybody prefers the powered augers. I fished until about noon. The fishing was ok for me, i landed 5 fish, lost about 7 or 8 at the bottom of the hole and broke off about 10 jiggs. Very frustrating at times, but all in all it was fun and cant wait to do it again.
After the first experience i have some more questions. First every fish that i landed seemed to be the exact same size about 18 or 19" is that typical? what type of line do you use? i got some 4lb ice fishing line from sportsmans and to be honest it was horrible line, but that is what the guy at sportsmans said to use. what type of knots do you use to tie on the jigg? i used a clinch knot, but i kept breaking off fish. How high to you lift the pole when you jigg? And lastly when the heck do you know when to set the hook and how hard? when i kept breaking off fish i thought i was setting the hook to hard but a couple of times i didnt even set the hook i just started reeling the line.
thank you again to everybody for the help and advice i had a lot of fun. i have to tag along with some of you some time because it is propably a little more fun when your not by yourself and you can see how others sre doing it.
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After the first experience i have some more questions. First every fish that i landed seemed to be the exact same size about 18 or 19" is that typical? what type of line do you use? i got some 4lb ice fishing line from sportsmans and to be honest it was horrible line, but that is what the guy at sportsmans said to use. what type of knots do you use to tie on the jigg? i used a clinch knot, but i kept breaking off fish. How high to you lift the pole when you jigg? And lastly when the heck do you know when to set the hook and how hard? when i kept breaking off fish i thought i was setting the hook to hard but a couple of times i didnt even set the hook i just started reeling the line.
thank you again to everybody for the help and advice i had a lot of fun. i have to tag along with some of you some time because it is propably a little more fun when your not by yourself and you can see how others sre doing it.
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