MotoBoat
2/15/2012 10:46:00 AMThe snow mobiles came out onto the lake? I haven't seen snow mobile tracks on the when frozen for several years now. What size were the trout and perch? Use similar gear to what is used in North Dakota?
CarpMouth
2/24/2012 3:36:00 PMHi Motoboat and Jordan,
Yes, on Saturday, one snowmobile came to us, but there were at least two others than came onto the ice on the opposite end of the lake from us. Then on Sunday, a group of 7 snowmobiles came out to us, plus a single machine at a different time.
The trouts were 12-14". The perch that we kept were all 10-13". We used drop sinker rigs - some with plain hooks for the bait and others with ice fishing jigs or grubs. We also had a couple of ice fishing darter jigs that brought some fish. The gear was similar to North Dakota. The main difference was the N.D bite was much, much lighter. Talk about a "finesse bite". N.D. was tough in comparison to the more aggressive perch bite at Fish Lake when then finally did find our baits. Happy Fishing!
Yes, on Saturday, one snowmobile came to us, but there were at least two others than came onto the ice on the opposite end of the lake from us. Then on Sunday, a group of 7 snowmobiles came out to us, plus a single machine at a different time.
The trouts were 12-14". The perch that we kept were all 10-13". We used drop sinker rigs - some with plain hooks for the bait and others with ice fishing jigs or grubs. We also had a couple of ice fishing darter jigs that brought some fish. The gear was similar to North Dakota. The main difference was the N.D bite was much, much lighter. Talk about a "finesse bite". N.D. was tough in comparison to the more aggressive perch bite at Fish Lake when then finally did find our baits. Happy Fishing!