Ice fishing question

[Blacktail 270]

I'm curious of people's different ice fishing set ups. I've been using a flat fish with a treble hook and a piece of shrimp. What's your favourite set up?

[warnniklz]

What kind of fish are you running after?

For rainbows this is the magic bait... almost like that episode of King Of The Hill when Hank was using crack...
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Some bait (where bait is allowed) with some split shot or a bell sinker in 6 feet of water equals these guys
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[Sofa King]

I'm curious of people's different ice fishing set ups. I've been using a flat fish with a treble hook and a piece of shrimp. What's your favourite set up?

a flatfish?
don't they float?

[Muliechaser]

a flatfish?
don't they float?

Most people call those qwik fish or apex now . I know what your talking about tho and they work like a hot damn .

I think the op is talking about the regular "flat" lead weight ice fishing hook ?

[Muliechaser]

I'm curious of people's different ice fishing set ups. I've been using a flat fish with a treble hook and a piece of shrimp. What's your favourite set up?

We just use the regular weighted jig head with worms or like you shrimp . Works great when they are biting

[tigrr]

Blacktail what fish are you going after?? Different fish different technique.

[wrenchhead]

I use a four inch spoon with a bare hook tied on a 8" leader. And shrimp, meal worms, regular worms whatever works. Use that setup everywhere.

[BRvalley]

for rainbows and brookies I tend to focus on smaller baits...jigs, jigging raps, spoons or just a split shot and single hook...one rod always has a spoon with a dropper and sliver of raw shrimp or worm

for lakers, especially on lakes with big fish, I start on the larger side and work my way down....only been out once this year and got skunked, can't wait for some walleyes on the ice

edit - to clarify - lake trout pics were cold lake, sk..hence the minnow ;)

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/brookie2_zpsatih3q4o.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/brookie2_zpsatih3q4o.jpg.html)

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/lake%20trout%20jigs_zps69r7gsuu.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/lake%20trout%20jigs_zps69r7gsuu.jpg.html).

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/laker_zpsxy7q1tm0.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/laker_zpsxy7q1tm0.jpg.html)

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/cold%20lake_zpspkw4i8ly.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/cold%20lake_zpspkw4i8ly.jpg.html)

[warnniklz]

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http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/BRvalley/lake%20trout%20jigs_zps69r7gsuu.jpg (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/BRvalley/media/lake%20trout%20jigs_zps69r7gsuu.jpg.html).





To be fair... I always thought of tube jigs were for perch. But then I went trout fishing back in Toronto... caught some on the same jigs shown here. So I have played with jigs back here on the slower ice fishing days... with success

[BRvalley]

tubes are very versatile in different sizes, they work for everything, trout love em

you were fishing simcoe back in TO?

[Blacktail 270]

Trying Round lake near Smithers/Telkwa. Rainbow and cutthroat are in the lake and I've been out only once so far this season. Recently moved here and was thinking I might have to try another technique but by the responses, it looks like I'm on track. Thanks for the replies

[Glenny]

I have always had good luck with a small yellow spoon with the diamonds on them (Not sure what they are called) with a worm on it. Works well with an erratic jiggy action.

[warnniklz]

tubes are very versatile in different sizes, they work for everything, trout love em

you were fishing simcoe back in TO?

I think they may have been rapala or matzuo branded... look exactly the same though

I have always had good luck with a small yellow spoon with the diamonds on them (Not sure what they are called) with a worm on it. Works well with an erratic jiggy action.

You mean 5 of diamonds?

[Glenny]

I think they may have been rapala or matzuo branded... look exactly the same though


You mean 5 of diamonds?


Yes that's the one. Just a little one. It slayed at Duggan lake, and Dorsey lake in the Cariboo and at Tunkwater lake as well. Good little set up.

[shuswapbear]

Hook line sinker and a slip float, usually in past it was with shrimp and corn for bait. I don't think its been cold enough yet here in the Shuswap for ice to be dafe enough for ice fishing.