12-31-2003, 07:45 PM
Anthony,
We started out using bait on our ice flies, but after the first few fish we just used the ice flies. The lack of bait didn't make a difference. The few trout we did catch were all on jigs tipped with night crawlers. Don't fish too deep if you go. We were off the boat ramp 22' of water on the shore side of the old river channel. We tried out deeper in 29' but no luck. The Perch were way easy to catch, if your bringing kids they will have a blast! Go on the small side with the ice fly, the Perch are tiny.
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We started out using bait on our ice flies, but after the first few fish we just used the ice flies. The lack of bait didn't make a difference. The few trout we did catch were all on jigs tipped with night crawlers. Don't fish too deep if you go. We were off the boat ramp 22' of water on the shore side of the old river channel. We tried out deeper in 29' but no luck. The Perch were way easy to catch, if your bringing kids they will have a blast! Go on the small side with the ice fly, the Perch are tiny.
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