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Post by gofish on Jan 29, 2012 20:40:19 GMT -4
Date: 1/29/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Weather Conditions: Sunny, then cloudy, and windy Ice thickness: 12 Water Body:Champlain Water Clarity: Water Temp:33 Bottom Structure: Weeds Target Species: Sunnies/Bluegill Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Jigging Lures / Bait used: Mormyshka, Rocker, Wolfram, Caty Effective Lures / Baits: Chartreuse Rocker with Maki Effective Speed: fast Effective Depth: 7 ' Species Caught: _Bluegill_ Qty:__30 lbs_ Sizes:__6-9"____ Species Caught: _Crappie____ Qty:__4_ Sizes:__9 -12 "______ Species Caught: _LMB____ Qty:__2_ Sizes:__12 -14 "______  |
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Post by gofish on Feb 4, 2012 19:22:47 GMT -4
Date: 2/4/2012
Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, lt wind
Ice thickness: 16
Water Body:Carry Bay
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: Weeds
Target Species: Sunnies/Bluegill
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: Mormyshka, Rocker, Wolfram, Caty, finkee,
Effective Lures / Baits: Orange Rocker with Maki
Effective Speed: fast
Effective Depth: 7 '
Species Caught: _Bluegill_ Qty:__40_ Sizes:__6-9"____
Species Caught: _Perch____ Qty:__10_ Sizes:__5 -8 "______
Species Caught: _LMB____ Qty:__5_ Sizes:__12 -15 "______
Lots of small sunnies , hard to find any nice ones. Bass were biting today.
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Post by gofish on Feb 5, 2012 18:33:54 GMT -4
Date:2/5/2012
Time: 8am - 1pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Ice thickness: 16
Water Body: Carmi
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure:Sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: Hali, Finkee, Demon, Mormyshka
and tested several Maki shapes and colors
Effective Lures / Baits: Mormyshka w/spikes
Effective Colors:
Effective Speed: fast
Effective Depth: 20 - 25 ft
Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__8__ Sizes:__9 - 12 "_
Tried many different Maki today , tried to find one for Carmi. Mormyshka and Spikes caught 4 of the 8 , the rest were one-offs.
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Post by gofish on Feb 11, 2012 18:53:22 GMT -4
Date:2/11/2012 Time: 8am - 1pm Weather Conditions: Cloudy, lt snow, north wind Ice thickness: 18 Water Body: Carmi - North end Water Clarity: Water Temp:33 Bottom Structure:Sand Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging Effective Methods: Jigging Lures / Bait used: Hali, Demon, Red Glow demon, Poppee, Marmish , Vertiglo , Rocker, spikes, Maki Effective Baits: Maki Effective Colors: creamy pink, red Effective Speed: slow Effective Depth: 15 -20 ft Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__12__ Sizes:__9 - 12 "_ Didn't catch more than 2 fish on any one jig/color. Maki plastic more popular than spikes. Could see fish on flasher, had to tease them to bite. Kept swapping colors/shapes. Biggest fish on cream colored Marmish maggot (size 14) with one spike,  |
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Post by gofish on Feb 18, 2012 18:07:14 GMT -4
Date: 2/18/2012
Time: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, then cloudy, and windy
Ice thickness: 18-20in
Water Body: Dillenbech
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: Weeds
Target Species: Sunnies/Bluegill
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: Rocker, Demon, Caty, Marmish, Spikes, Maki
Effective Lures / Baits: White/Pink Demon with spikes
Effective Speed:
Effective Depth: 6'
Species Caught: _Bluegill_ Qty:__9_ Sizes:__6-8"____
Species Caught: _Perch_- Qty:_10_ Sizes:__small
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Post by gofish on Feb 19, 2012 19:45:04 GMT -4
« Reply #32 on Feb 5, 2012, 5:33pm »
Date:2/19/2012
Time: 8am - 2pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Ice thickness: 16
Water Body: Carmi
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure:Silt
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging, deadstick
Effective Methods: both
Lures / Bait used: Rocker, Diamond Jig, Caty, Marmish, Mormyshka
Effective Lures / Baits: Mormyshka w/spikes
Effective Colors:
Effective Speed: quiet
Effective Depth: 20 - 25 ft
Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__8__ Sizes:__9 - 12 "_
Tried a few different spots on the south end today, they didn't pan out. Caught a few at my favorite location last year.
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Post by gofish on Feb 21, 2012 17:31:00 GMT -4
Date: 2/21/2012 Time: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm Weather Conditions: Sunny, light wind. Ice thickness: 18 Water Clarity: Water Temp:33 Bottom Structure: sand Target Species: Perch Methods used: Jigging, tipdown Effective Methods: both Lures / Bait used: Mormyshka, spikes, Maki Effective Lures / Baits: Mormyshka with spikes Effective Speed: jig , let it sit still Effective Depth: 25' Species Caught: _Perch _ Qty:__29_ Sizes:__9 -13 "____  |
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Post by gofish on Feb 22, 2012 17:43:12 GMT -4
Date: 2/22/2012
Time: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Weather Conditions: Overcast and v. windy
Ice thickness: 18
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging, tipdown
Effective Methods: both
Lures / Bait used: Mormyshka, Vertiglo, Hali, Finkee, Maki, spikes
Effective Lures / Baits: none of the above
Effective Speed:
Effective Depth: 25'
Species Caught: _Perch _ Qty:__4_ Sizes:__9 -12 "____
Fished the same spot as yesterday, no fish in sight.
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Post by gofish on Feb 24, 2012 17:09:46 GMT -4
Date: 2/24/2012
Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, storm on the way.
Ice thickness: 18
Water Body:Carry Bay and Dillenbech
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: Weeds
Target Species: Sunnies/Bluegill
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Lures / Bait used: Fat Boy, Mormyshka, Rocker, Caty
Colors Blue/white, Orange/Chartreuse Caty, Red,Green,Blue, Purple rocker, Chart Fatboy,
Effective Speed: none
Effective Depth: 7 '
Species Caught: _Bluegill_ Qty:__10 _ Sizes:__6-9"____
Species Caught: _LMB____ Qty:__1_ Sizes:__14 "______
Nice Bluegills in Carry Bay, but not many. Left at 11:00 for DIllen, even fewer fish there.
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Post by gofish on Mar 3, 2012 19:54:49 GMT -4
Date: 2/21/2012
Time: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Weather Condition: Cloudy, then rain, wind all the time, then sun.
Ice thickness: 18
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging, tipdown
Effective Methods: both
Lures / Bait used: Mormyshka, Caty Rat, Rocker, Finkee, Purest
Effective Lures / Baits: Mormyshka with spikes
Effective Speed: jig , let it sit still
Effective Depth: 25'
Species Caught: _Perch _ Qty:__9_ Sizes:__9 -13 "____
Caught 2 that were cruising by 8 ft below the ice in 25 FOW. Remember that next year.
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Post by gofish on Mar 4, 2012 18:43:02 GMT -4
Date: 3/4/2012
Time: 7:30 am - 1:30 pm
Weather Condition: Cloudy, BP 29.2 steady.
Ice thickness: 18
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging, tipdown
Effective Methods: Jigging
Effective Lures / Baits: Gold Wolfram, Marmish maggot - cream color
Effective Speed: pounding
Effective Depth: 15
Species Caught: _Perch _ Qty:__31_ Sizes:__8 - 12 "____
Started with Wolfram, changed to Marmish when the fishing slowed, that helped. A good day on the ice.
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Post by gofish on Mar 10, 2012 19:38:58 GMT -4
Date:3/10/2012
Time: 8am - 2pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Ice thickness: 16
Water Body: Carmi
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure:Sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: Wolfram, Caty, Bentley, Marmish, Mormyshka,Finkee (Red,Pink,Glow,Gold,Chart,WHite)
Effective Lures / Baits: Gold Wolfram with spikes
Effective Colors:
Effective Speed: pounding
Effective Depth: 15-20
Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__9__ Sizes:__9 - 12 "_
Species Caught: Smallmouth Bass QTY:__1_ Size:__ 16"
FIsh were very picky, could get them to rise up but wouldn't hit anything. Tried from 10ft to 24ft, nothing in shallow , only caught fish around 16-20 ft.
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Post by gofish on Feb 3, 2013 19:04:52 GMT -4
Date:2/3/2013
Time: 8am - 2pm
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Ice thickness: 10
Water Body: Lake
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure:Sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: Bentley, Marmish, Mormyshka,Finkee , Demon,Slender Spoon, Hali with dropper,Maki,Gojo,spikes,waxies
Effective Lures / Baits: Pink/White Finkee with Hot Pink Gojo and Black/Orange Marmish larva
Effective Speed:
Effective Depth: 25
Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__18__ Sizes:__9 - 13 "_
Biggest was 1.21 lbs
Bounce bottom with the jig a few times then slowly bring it up.
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Post by gofish on Feb 4, 2013 15:58:00 GMT -4
Date:2/4/2013
Time: 8am - 12pm
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, showshowers
Ice thickness: 10
Water Body: Lake
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure:Sand
Target Species: Perch
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods:
Lures / Bait used: Bentley, Marmish, Finkee , Demon,Maki,Gojo,spikes
Effective Lures / Baits: Black/Orange Marmish larva
Effective Speed:
Effective Depth: 25
Species Caught: __Perch__ Qty:__17__ Sizes:__9 - 12 "
Bounce bottom with the jig a few times then slowly bring it up.
Very light bite, hard to detect.
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Post by gofish on Feb 5, 2013 15:02:55 GMT -4
Date: 2//5/2013
Time: 8:00am - Noon
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Ice thickness: 12
Water Body: Carry Bay
Water Clarity:
Water Temp:33
Bottom Structure: Weeds
Target Species: Sunnies/Bluegill
Methods used: Jigging
Effective Methods: Jigging
Effective Lures / Baits: chartreuse/Orange Demon with 2 spikes
Effective Speed: slow
Effective Depth: 7 '
Species Caught: _Bluegill_ Qty:__10_ Sizes:__6-8"____
Species Caught: _Perch____ Qty:__12_ Sizes:__5-8"______
Nobody on the ice, no fish under it.
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