Ice fish'n

[Black Plague]

Anyone out there like to Ice fish...I sure do, and I am hoping it freezes up real good this year so I can do a good bit of it. I know what yer thinkin...we arent even close to that kind of cold yet...yeah but I like to get my mind set early...so I was wondering if anyone out there ever uses night crawlers for Ice fishing...so far i have never even once seen anyone on the Ice with crawlers...most people just use maggots or meal worms...I myself like to use glowing jigs w/ maggots...but I dont see why nightcrawlers wouldn't work just fine either...any thoughts on that??? see ya on the Ice...

[rasbo]

Anyone out there like to Ice fish...I sure do, and I am hoping it freezes up real good this year so I can do a good bit of it. I know what yer thinkin...we arent even close to that kind of cold yet...yeah but I like to get my mind set early...so I was wondering if anyone out there ever uses night crawlers for Ice fishing...so far i have never even once seen anyone on the Ice with crawlers...most people just use maggots or meal worms...I myself like to use glowing jigs w/ maggots...but I dont see why nightcrawlers wouldn't work just fine either...any thoughts on that??? see ya on the Ice...

dont know bout here,but lake walcott in Idaho we used nightcrawlers used a slip sinker 18 inch leader.worm wand the crawler shoot it full of air with a hypodermic needle slayed them,start a fire and wait, frigging cold,what a blast miss it

[jackelope]

when i lived back in upstate new york, we used to ice fish like crazy every year. we could set out 10 tip-ups a piece plus a jig-rod. we usually used live minnows which we can't use here. i still have the tip ups and everything to go with them, but as near as i can tell...we can only use 1 rod per person in wa.
i have not ice-fished since i moved here in 1997.
where do people ice-fish here?

[Pugetsound]

Jackalope, fish lake off highway 2 just west of leavenworth usually has ice fishing late dec-sometime in feb.  I am planning on going up there this year.

[wackmaster]

Dog lake on white is good fishin on the ice,I use deer haie jig with a mealworm tipped with a vanilla egg

[Black Plague]

I used to go out to sprague lake a few years back, but it had been going down hill for the last few years...seems like the crappie were all stunted...but I guess I dont have to worry about it now...seeing as they poisoned the lake...I guess there were too many walleye and nobody could catch them???...anyway, I like to do some Ice fish'n for perch and crappie and bass but I dont know where to go around spokane...I have lived in Cheney for a little over a year now actually...I hear things about Eloika lake...

[Fishhunt223]

Fish lake is a great place to go.  I used to go out there with my grandpa when I was younger.  Lots of perch to be caught out there.
Travis

[TeacherMan]

I love ice fishing, Okanogan, thats all you need to know, its good every where up there...   

[sisu]

I used to go out to sprague lake a few years back, but it had been going down hill for the last few years...seems like the crappie were all stunted...but I guess I dont have to worry about it now...seeing as they poisoned the lake...I guess there were too many walleye and nobody could catch them???...anyway, I like to do some Ice fish'n for perch and crappie and bass but I dont know where to go around spokane...I have lived in Cheney for a little over a year now actually...I hear things about Eloika lake...

I heard that the fishing this year is GREAT. Rainbows or kokanee,not sure. Call the WDFW to find out what they planted after the big kill off last year.
Here is a link on the report of what they did and such.
http://www.outdoorcentral.com/fishing/wdfw-stocking-trout-in-sprague-lake

[Black Plague]

yeah theres been a whole crap load of people , mostly Russians , out at Sprague bank fishing for the past 7 weeks or so...the trout fishing is doing well, but I think that that is all that's in the lake right now....but come spring time they will put bass and panfish in there...and then 5 years from now it might be fun to fish it again...OK maybe 3 years...but I need a fish'n fix sooner rather than later, so I suppose that Sprague lake trout'n just isn't gonna cut it for me

[TeacherMan]

fish out of sprague this time of year taste like mud 

[Ghost Hunter]

I love ice fishing, Okanogan, thats all you need to know, its good every where up there...  

Panfish, bass, perch, trout, lingcod??   I'm with ya

[skybusterbo]

Banks lake is good-walleye,perch,trout. Pot holes-everything. Lakes between pot holes and Othello too.Check reg's.Some don't open until March. Good luck,stay safe!!!