http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/-t1.htm This is for any hard-water discussions. Maybe want to share some ice stories? Post a topic here! Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:50:22 GMT 10 http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/ohiofisher/Other2/ohiooutdoors_com-large-1-1.gif http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/-t1.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/last-week-last-trip-sea-ya-next-season-ice-man-t1285.htm Tod Last Thursday four of us loaded up after work and headed north for our annual ice trip fishing the Genz Invatational in Orr MN. Pulled in Melgeorges at 3.30 am got a few hours nap and head to Kabetogama to fish for some slab corps in 35 fow it paid off. Saturday was spent on Pelican lake fishing for crops and gills to win cash. I got a 32'' pike on 2# p line fishing with my DLF 17'' rod what a gas but no cash. Sunday we fished Pelican again for bass and eye's on rock bars before heading home. ... Ice Fishing Discussion Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:50:22 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/last-week-last-trip-sea-ya-next-season-ice-man-t1285.htm#5883 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/last-week-last-trip-sea-ya-next-season-ice-man-t1285.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-roads-on-ice-clinic-okoboji-ia-2010-t1251.htm Tod Ice roads is a instructional 3 day all inclusive on ice fishing class that is for everyone. This year it was held in northwest IA on the Iowa great lakes where you can site fish 15' in the blue water lake made by the glaciers. The species for this session was the giant gills that inhabit the lake. Students come from 5 different states this year. Friday afternoon starts off with seminars by Dave Genz then moves to round tables lead by sponsor companies like Berkley, Vexilar and local guides ... Ice Fishing Discussion Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:14 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-roads-on-ice-clinic-okoboji-ia-2010-t1251.htm#5717 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-roads-on-ice-clinic-okoboji-ia-2010-t1251.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/wayne-national-forest-ice-t1195.htm AllWeatherAngler Heading out at 7 am to check out a nice pond I fished on Wayne land this past summer. I can't disclose exact location but, it is near Hocking College. The pond is very deep and has a good population of big gills. We completed another Ice Management experiment on Friday evening on this pond. It was hopelessly covered with 5" snow on 2" ice and very unsafe obviously. We really wanted to get on this hot spot so we began a process. We went out and bought a bilge pump and 10ft of hose and ... Ice Fishing Discussion Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:25:22 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/wayne-national-forest-ice-t1195.htm#5387 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/wayne-national-forest-ice-t1195.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/piggy-perch-report-t1208.htm Tod Had a litte GTG on a old pit that holds some nice fish. One of our members made italian sausage for the grill that was to die for. The day started out @ 7 and some of us made it till 5 pulling fish all day. Look at the perch next to the president reel Ice Fishing Discussion Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:08:52 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/piggy-perch-report-t1208.htm#5444 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/piggy-perch-report-t1208.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/finally-got-my-limit-t1202.htm OhioFisher http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c8c_1263420313]]> Ice Fishing Discussion Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:28:01 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/finally-got-my-limit-t1202.htm#5426 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/finally-got-my-limit-t1202.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/what-is-going-to-happen-to-the-ice-t1199.htm OhioFisher Well Dad and I have been arguing about what is going to happen to the ice, mainly Erie and if we have any chance to fish anywhere again... I personally think with weather up in the mid 30's for the next ten days and already past 5 days that had that I just don't see how it could last.. Wednesday of this week and Tuesday of next are the only two days in the forecast that we will not be going above freezing although almost every night we will be heading below thirty... On his argument dam ... Ice Fishing Discussion Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:25:57 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/what-is-going-to-happen-to-the-ice-t1199.htm#5408 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/what-is-going-to-happen-to-the-ice-t1199.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/buckeye-lake-t1191.htm saugeye1 me a d rogue fished from daylight till dark, we kept 5 for the dinner table and threw 3 back, rogue got 6 and me 2, most came on vibes and jigging spoons, brain had a flurry of 4 eyes in 5 mins, he was on fire, i spent most of the day outside due to the shanty being 105 degrees, when i got in hole were 3 times bigger than when we drilled em.highlight of the trip was brian hooked an eye and it came up the hole with his vibe in it's mouth and my jig tangled in the mess, what a trip.all in all another ... Ice Fishing Discussion Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:43:27 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/buckeye-lake-t1191.htm#5372 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/buckeye-lake-t1191.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-1-9-10-t1190.htm saugeye1 where's evryone headed, me and rogue will be at buckeye in the morning, everyone stay safe and catch a bunch of fish, and don't forget the pics Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:02:09 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-1-9-10-t1190.htm#5367 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-1-9-10-t1190.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/auger-t1185.htm saugeye1 well i finally got me an auger, now i'm ready, drilled a couple of holes at lake hope to try it out, ice a little thin 2", was in waist high water Ice Fishing Discussion Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:11:21 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/auger-t1185.htm#5339 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/auger-t1185.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/heavy-snow-t1188.htm saugeye1 alright u ice experts, on 5" of ice how much extra weight will the snow stress the ice, will it still be safe? Ice Fishing Discussion Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:54 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/heavy-snow-t1188.htm#5350 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/heavy-snow-t1188.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/that-time-of-year-again-t1177.htm Flathead King 06 How man y of you guys out there make your own ice fishing lures and jigs??? I've been watching a few other forums where guys have been making jigging spoons and blade baits with copper piping and filling them with lead... but here is some of the stuff I've been making in the last few days... the bottle cap "jig" thanks to Mike's Hard Lemonade, has 5 BB's in it and weighs in just about at 3/16oz and the little jigs I've made are lead wire wrapped around the shank and cemented on... killed ... Ice Fishing Discussion Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:46:40 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/that-time-of-year-again-t1177.htm#5310 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/that-time-of-year-again-t1177.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/going-to-long-is-in-the-morning-t1173.htm ratherbefishing I'll be getting to Long Is. at about 7am and staying out until around noon. Jim, how did you do? I didn't get your message until about 3 this afternoon and I had a family dinner and the buckeye game to go to. Sorry I missed you. Ice Fishing Discussion Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:48:16 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/going-to-long-is-in-the-morning-t1173.htm#5298 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/going-to-long-is-in-the-morning-t1173.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/icefishermen-needed-t1150.htm rogue It sounds like around new years a Ohio Outdoors ice fishing get together is going to happen at Indian lake . There's about 5 or 6 guys said they want to do it , It would be nice to see how many members would like to be apart of this also because all are welcome . Some of the info of Indian lake is that it's probably the best saugeye lake in the state with large amounts of limit catches this 2009 season and it's also has monster crappie and large amounts of panfish . There's lodging all around ... Ice Fishing Discussion Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:01:16 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/icefishermen-needed-t1150.htm#5139 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/icefishermen-needed-t1150.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/indian-ice-t1148.htm saugeye1 read on another site today, earlier indian had 4" but after warm and rain ice is unsafe, next ten days are supposed to be cold so new years is a possibility, ratherbe, keep us posted Ice Fishing Discussion Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:16:32 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/indian-ice-t1148.htm#5132 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/indian-ice-t1148.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-lures-t1144.htm saugeye1 well since this is a hot topic and i'm a rookie, let the suggestions fly, do small baits like roadrunners and small jiggin spoons work, cause right now thats all i have Ice Fishing Discussion Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:07:22 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-lures-t1144.htm#5099 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishin-lures-t1144.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/new-years-t1146.htm saugeye1 me and ratherbe was on the chat last night and was thinkin maybe we could get together towards indian lake way that weekend as long as we got safe ice, whats everybody think. i'll be off friday, sat and sun, wife will be in wv. Ice Fishing Discussion Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:32:51 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/new-years-t1146.htm#5115 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/new-years-t1146.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishing-pardners-t1140.htm rogue Hey all , I'm getting geared up for some ice fishing this year and was wondering if anybody want to get together and do some fishing . I'm able to travel statewide if you can put us on some fish that are on a suicide bite ( That's the only way I can catch fish ) . I'm not empty handed I have a snowmobile , shanty , rods and such . I would like to get out on some different lakes around Ohio just to see a different scenery and meet some good fisherman . Let me know if you need any help catching ... Ice Fishing Discussion Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:03:13 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishing-pardners-t1140.htm#5055 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-fishing-pardners-t1140.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/vexilar-t1106.htm ratherbefishing Since I'll be spending more time ice fishing unfamiliar waters this winter I'm biting the bullet and getting a flasher. Thanks for the advice Jonny.]]> Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:39:01 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/vexilar-t1106.htm#4946 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/vexilar-t1106.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/saturday-s-mixed-bag-plan-didn-t-work30-mph-windno-shanty-t498.htm bugeyedjig well the plan was to move, move, move. but that didn't work. my buddy dan and i don't have shacks, and the other guys with shacks couldn't go. so with 30 mph wind we made a quick one from a tarp and some 1 inch pvc we anchored into the ice. we picked what we thought to be the best spot, punched four holes and settled in to last as long as we could in the cold. worked pretty good, we were able to stand the wind and cold for about 5 hours, but we didn't get the mixed bag we wanted. my catch was ... Ice Fishing Discussion Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:50:51 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/saturday-s-mixed-bag-plan-didn-t-work30-mph-windno-shanty-t498.htm#1562 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/saturday-s-mixed-bag-plan-didn-t-work30-mph-windno-shanty-t498.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sundaywas-finally-able-to-get-mom-on-the-ice-too-t525.htm bugeyedjig we had a sitter sunday so kim and i hit the ice. she had a blast. we fished a private condo pond and still had 8 inches of ice under us and fairly warm so she could have some fun.right off the bat she banged 2 largemouth then some bluegills. we ended the day with 6 largemouth and 35 bluegills. Ice Fishing Discussion Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:20:28 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sundaywas-finally-able-to-get-mom-on-the-ice-too-t525.htm#1679 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sundaywas-finally-able-to-get-mom-on-the-ice-too-t525.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/i-think-the-ice-will-be-around-for-awhile-t514.htm OhioFisher
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These look REALLY good!!!!!
Any success with these?
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Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:29:43 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/banging-them-little-beauties-t491.htm#1533 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/banging-them-little-beauties-t491.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sunday-s-catchdid-well-t488.htm bugeyedjig here are some of the 34 little beauties we nailed sunday. 8 and 9 inch bluegills. i caught 14 of them in a half hour; fastest catching i've ever done thru the ice. it was a blast!!!! couldn't get the bait back in fast enough. Ice Fishing Discussion Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:12:48 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sunday-s-catchdid-well-t488.htm#1525 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/sunday-s-catchdid-well-t488.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/any-big-trips-planned-on-the-ice-this-weekend-t465.htm bugeyedjig we are going out again all weekend. hitting 3 ponds hopefully. 1 is full of crappie if we get permission again, have plans to fill our buckets. one is from last weekend where we did so well, and 1 is a new one to all of us. just wondering about you guys' going on trips. i'll post how we do, and you do the same. GET TO FISHING! Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:09:36 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/any-big-trips-planned-on-the-ice-this-weekend-t465.htm#1432 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/any-big-trips-planned-on-the-ice-this-weekend-t465.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/great-weekend-on-the-ice-t454.htm bugeyedjig we had a blast this past weekend. we fished 2 different ponds, the first was a huge private condo club pond. we didn't know the lake and we don't have vexilars, so we fished 2 hours and caught 7 keeper bluegill. we then went to one of our favorite summer time farm ponds and it was on. we couldn't keep the big bluegills off the jigs saturday, so sunday we went back. only this time it was crappie and bass, and we had to work a little harder to get them too. i think the front passed and that shut ... Ice Fishing Discussion Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:45:51 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/great-weekend-on-the-ice-t454.htm#1405 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/great-weekend-on-the-ice-t454.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-on-indian-and-cj-t461.htm Flathead King 06 talked to a few guys today down at the marina at CJ and they have been hitting some decent crappies and gills on CJ (on tear drop jigs tipped with maggots) and have been limiting out on saugeyes up at indian lake around moundwood, and red's landing (they were using vibees)... then they have been getting panfish (thats what they said... so it was probably both gills and crappie) around the old indian lake area Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:59:12 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-on-indian-and-cj-t461.htm#1425 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-on-indian-and-cj-t461.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-around-findlay-t437.htm bugeyedjig i did some checking on farm ponds around me. the ice is around 1 1/2 inches thick on most of them, some a little less, boy is it smooth. looks like glass, but i wouldn't go out on it yet. maybe monday or tuesday with a little luck i heard indian lake is the same way. hope everyone had a great new years and stay safe. will update the ice status in next day or so. Ice Fishing Discussion Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:20:30 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-around-findlay-t437.htm#1363 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/ice-update-around-findlay-t437.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/dead-waxworms-for-bait-t455.htm bugeyedjig just a little info to pass along from this weekend. we had better luck with waxworms that were dead, but still white than we did with live ones. i think maybe they smell up the water a little more. we were fishing water that was a little stained. if the waxworm was black you wouldn't get a hit, but lite brown to white was awesome. and we had better luck with jigs that glowed than we did with the plain silver one side and painted other side. also, we couldn't get hit on anything with pink in it, ... Ice Fishing Discussion Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:00:07 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/dead-waxworms-for-bait-t455.htm#1407 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/dead-waxworms-for-bait-t455.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/illinois-turkey-day-on-ice-2008-t408.htm Tod Well this was kind of last minute that took place aound 11.30 pm on Wed night in the chat room of a Chicago site, when I asked Slabmaster if he would like to try some spots around his house. I picked him up @ 6am head to the bait shop down the street for some waxies yes that's right open at 6am on turkey day. We were on the water and had ice our first fish a crop before 7 :aaathumbsup: over the next 1.5 hour we landed many gills with a few over 8 one perch a bass along with a few crops. Had ... Ice Fishing Discussion Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:18:28 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/illinois-turkey-day-on-ice-2008-t408.htm#1241 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/illinois-turkey-day-on-ice-2008-t408.htm http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/cooooooold-but-got-out-t431.htm bugeyedjig got out today for about 2 hrs on a farm pond. slightly chilly. hunkered down and landed 15 bluegills of which 9 were keepers. hooked into a monster fish , but it got off before i got to see it. fished 1 rod and no tip ups. too cold for messing with them. ice was 4 inches thick. Ice Fishing Discussion Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:21:30 GMT http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/cooooooold-but-got-out-t431.htm#1332 http://www.ohiooutdoors.org/ice-fishing-discussion-f17/cooooooold-but-got-out-t431.htm