Some highlights and fish so far from the 2012 Ice Fishing Season with Bret Alexander and Alexander Sport Fishing
Showing posts with label Ice Fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice Fishing. Show all posts
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Video Walleye Jan 27, 2012 - On Ice
James Holst and Dave Koonce of In-Depth Outdoors, share an update on Mille Lacs Lake fishing conditions on January 26, 2012 and ice some great walleyes.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Ice Fishing for Huge Walleye - Red River
Ice Fishing the Red River for huge walleyes. This is an amazing fishery producing many walleye over 30 inches, and 10lbs!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Lake of the Woods Walleye at Sportsman's Lodge
In this episode we head north to Lake of the Woods for some phenomenal walleye fishing thanks to Sportsman's Lodgel Be sure to listen to the fishing tips brought to you by Beef of Fathead Guide Service.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Red Lake is hot for early season walleyes
By: Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald
WASKISH, Minn. — Finding Jonny Petrowske’s fishing spot on Upper Red Lake was as simple as finding the 2-inch cigar butt he’d poked into a chunk of ice somewhere along the north shore.
Perhaps that explains why we didn’t have another fish house within miles of us one Monday morning. Minnesota’s portion of Upper Red Lake covers 48,000 acres — the remaining 60,000 acres lies within the Red Lake Indian Reservation — and a glance across the big lake suggested at least 60,000 ice chunks covered the frozen horizon.
That’s a lot of ice to not find a cigar butt.
“It’s a lake where you have to be away from people” to do well fishing, Petrowske said. “We see it all the time.”
Mission accomplished.
Petrowske, 36, of Waskish, operates Outdoors with Jonny P., an outfitting business that includes guided summer fishing, fall bear hunts and sleeper fish house rentals. Upper Red Lake has flowed through the family for more than a century, and Petrowske is the fourth generation to make a living on the big lake.
There’ve been a lot of changes here in the past 20 years: The collapse in walleye populations that in 1999 triggered a recovery program in state and tribal waters, the crappie boom that turned Upper Red into a mecca for slab panfish in the wake of the walleye collapse and, more recently, the walleye comeback that has returned the big lake to prominence as one of Minnesota’s top walleye fisheries.
Before the walleye population collapsed in the 1990s — the result of overfishing in state and tribal waters — fish larger than frying-pan size were rare, Petrowske said.
“These are bigger walleyes than we’ve ever caught,” he said. “We used to go to 6 feet of water, hook on a minnow and drop a jig and fill the bucket with small fish. You never caught a walleye over 16 inches. I remember my sister caught a 3-pound walleye, and it was big news.”
Fast start
Ice fishing on Upper Red got off to a fast start as soon as anglers started venturing out in late November. The fishing last weekend slowed for many anglers — too many people and too much noise, according to Petrowske — but he was confident the spot he calls “Fail Safe” would produce a few fish.
The spot had all the ingredients for attracting walleyes, with a rock hump that topped out at 7 feet before dropping into 12 feet of water and a muck bottom.
Two days earlier, Petrowske had hosted a film crew, and three anglers iced 74 walleyes in a matter of hours.
The sun was shining that day, though, and the walleyes were on top of the hump and biting “as fast as you could catch them,” Petrowske said.
This day’s forecast called for sunny skies, as well, but someone forgot to tell the clouds. So Petrowske set his Otter portable fish house in deeper water.
The clouds, he figured, would drive the fish deeper.
“The best fishing has been from 10 to 2, but it changes every day,” he said. “It changes with the weather.”
Lines were in the water less than 15 minutes when Petrowske iced the first fish of the morning, a 17½-inch walleye too big to keep because it fell within Upper Red’s 17- to 26-inch protected slot limit.
He followed up with a 15-inch walleye a couple minutes later, but the fish flopped out of his hands and back down the hole before he could put it in the bucket.
“Oh, well. I wanted a 16-incher anyway,” he said.
Rough ice - Read the rest of the article
WASKISH, Minn. — Finding Jonny Petrowske’s fishing spot on Upper Red Lake was as simple as finding the 2-inch cigar butt he’d poked into a chunk of ice somewhere along the north shore.
Perhaps that explains why we didn’t have another fish house within miles of us one Monday morning. Minnesota’s portion of Upper Red Lake covers 48,000 acres — the remaining 60,000 acres lies within the Red Lake Indian Reservation — and a glance across the big lake suggested at least 60,000 ice chunks covered the frozen horizon.
That’s a lot of ice to not find a cigar butt.
“It’s a lake where you have to be away from people” to do well fishing, Petrowske said. “We see it all the time.”
Mission accomplished.
Petrowske, 36, of Waskish, operates Outdoors with Jonny P., an outfitting business that includes guided summer fishing, fall bear hunts and sleeper fish house rentals. Upper Red Lake has flowed through the family for more than a century, and Petrowske is the fourth generation to make a living on the big lake.
There’ve been a lot of changes here in the past 20 years: The collapse in walleye populations that in 1999 triggered a recovery program in state and tribal waters, the crappie boom that turned Upper Red into a mecca for slab panfish in the wake of the walleye collapse and, more recently, the walleye comeback that has returned the big lake to prominence as one of Minnesota’s top walleye fisheries.
Before the walleye population collapsed in the 1990s — the result of overfishing in state and tribal waters — fish larger than frying-pan size were rare, Petrowske said.
“These are bigger walleyes than we’ve ever caught,” he said. “We used to go to 6 feet of water, hook on a minnow and drop a jig and fill the bucket with small fish. You never caught a walleye over 16 inches. I remember my sister caught a 3-pound walleye, and it was big news.”
Fast start
Ice fishing on Upper Red got off to a fast start as soon as anglers started venturing out in late November. The fishing last weekend slowed for many anglers — too many people and too much noise, according to Petrowske — but he was confident the spot he calls “Fail Safe” would produce a few fish.
The spot had all the ingredients for attracting walleyes, with a rock hump that topped out at 7 feet before dropping into 12 feet of water and a muck bottom.
Two days earlier, Petrowske had hosted a film crew, and three anglers iced 74 walleyes in a matter of hours.
The sun was shining that day, though, and the walleyes were on top of the hump and biting “as fast as you could catch them,” Petrowske said.
This day’s forecast called for sunny skies, as well, but someone forgot to tell the clouds. So Petrowske set his Otter portable fish house in deeper water.
The clouds, he figured, would drive the fish deeper.
“The best fishing has been from 10 to 2, but it changes every day,” he said. “It changes with the weather.”
Lines were in the water less than 15 minutes when Petrowske iced the first fish of the morning, a 17½-inch walleye too big to keep because it fell within Upper Red’s 17- to 26-inch protected slot limit.
He followed up with a 15-inch walleye a couple minutes later, but the fish flopped out of his hands and back down the hole before he could put it in the bucket.
“Oh, well. I wanted a 16-incher anyway,” he said.
Rough ice - Read the rest of the article
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Door County Ice Fishing for BIG Walleyes January 20, 2009 (2)
Watch Dale Stroschein of Wacky Walleye Guide Service reel in a 7 lb+ walleye through the ice in Door County, Wisconsin
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Ice Fishing in Quebec - Fishing for Walleye, Pike, and Sauger
Most people head south for the cold winter months to get to warmer weather, however we did the opposite. We headed further up north to the very cold Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
We went there to jig up those February ice fishing walleyes, pikes, and saugers. We used our secret jigging spoon weapon, the boa jig'r, and baited them up with minnows.
Even though it was freezing out, we had some hot fish-catching action!
Until next time, good fishin'
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Ice Fishing Fox River Walleyes Green Bay, WI
Ice fishing the fox river for walleyes on a slow day. Under water video of walleyes being very lethargic. Dave lands a decent walleye on a zip lure tipped with a minnow head.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
How to fish the Lindy Darter
Jon Thelen demonstrates the many actions you can impart on the Lindy Darter to catch more fish this winter.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Jason Mitchell, Dave Genz, and Friends Ice Fish Walleyes
Jason Mitchell, Dave Genz, Rick Johnson, and Scott Siebert feature world class walleye fishing through the ice on Devils Lake late March 2007.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Ice Fishing Tactics to catch walleyes all day long
Lake of The Woods
Jon Thelen talks about how he keeps reactivating fish all day long.
Lindy
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Walleye Ice Fishing Tactics
Walleye Ice Fishing Tactics using Jiffy power auger, LakeMaster digital
mapping, Lowrance hand held and Frabill tip-ups.
mapping, Lowrance hand held and Frabill tip-ups.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Minnesota Walleye Ice Fishing
a good morning of walleye fishing in north eastern Minnesota. We were fishing in 5' of water from the bottom of the ice using full minnows on a jigging spoon. this action was all caught on video from a hat cam from hatcams.com
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