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Entries for January, 2009

Ice fishing for suspended fish

There are times when suspended fish dominate the ice fishing world.  There are times when it seems that the only crappies you can get to bite are the suspended fish.  So what are the best tactics to find and catch these fish?  Here is a tried and true method to find them
It is no secret [...]

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A Walking Fish House?

Some strange things appear to be “afoot” in Minnesota.  Here is the latest concept by an angler to make his fish house “portable” and easily moved from spot to spot.  It has been said to be garnering quite a bit of looks from passers by. A story was released in the Star Tribune today.

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Use Multiple Ice Rods To Increase Time Ice Fishing

To me there is nothing worse than having a fish show up on your ice fishing flasher, not take the bait, know you need to switch your presentation, but don’t want to retie a different ice jig on your line. My solution to this is to have multiple rods all set up in advance.
 
Now, I [...]

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Check Tip Ups and Traps Regularly For More Ice Fishing Sucess

A key thing to do to ensure that your bait is lively and enticing fish is to check and move your tip ups and traps.  It sure seems that a tip up checked regularly catches more fish than the ones that have been just sitting there.  It could be that the minnow is getting jostled [...]

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2009 Ice Fishing New Year’s Resolutions

As many are wont to do this time of year I am making some New Year’s resolutions focused on my ice fishing.  Without any delay here they are:
1. Ice fish at least 3 new lakes this year.  This will help both in terms of enjoyment as well as affording me many spots to be able to [...]

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