Ice Fishing soon

[nathenpd]

Hey guys, ice fishing will be here before we know it, well except for those "select" few people who have the privledge of living in a tropical, or southern area of the globe, and was wondering if anyone else on here icefishes. I personally love it, it is nothing like open water fishing, and is interesting walking instead of boating accross a lake. I like to use the jigging raps, and have had some good success on them as well. There is an awsome icefishing forum (sorry guys) on the net called www.iceshanty.com if anyone wanted to see how addicted some people get to icefishing.

[wallcat]

Pretty big into it myself. Helps pass the winter months and definately Ice fishing is special in a lot of ways. One problem I find is that when it comes to ice fishing, everyone has a "boat". Everybody and their brother show up to ice fish so sometimes it gets crowded but mostly I seek spots away from the crowds at more remote locations. Will definately take some pics of fish this winter to post on the board. Only a little over a month to go assuming normal winter, can't wait. Anyone else fish hard water?

[Jason]

All though there are places I can go ice fish in the Sierra Mountains , I have never got the chance to do so . And I lived in the Sierras for 5 years . One of these days I will Ice fish .

[Bodeen]

Ice fishing is awesome. There is a place here called willow slough. J C Murphy lake actually. They call the bluegills that come out of there slough-gills. There are big bull gills, then there are slough-gills. The place is notorious for big slabs.

It was drained in 2003 to clean out all the silt. It was initially just a stream that they threw a dam in to flood the area for duck hunters. Now it has two other ponds where they raise fish. They have their own stock of gills. Last year it was reopened for catch and release. For the most part it is hundreds of acres that run 3-4 feet deep.

The best I ever did there was in March of 03 last ice. It was like walking on a waterbed LOL. If I didn't know how deep it was, I wouldn't have been out there.

I also have a friend that has a pond that he likes all bass to be kept. They generally run 2-3 pounds. Killer ears in that pond too, but they don't hit too well through the ice. I just love throwing out 8-10 tipups with a minnow under them. I can park right next to the pond and watch the tipups from the car