Post by: Jingles on January 21, 2021, 03:08:07 PM
Post by: jstone on January 21, 2021, 03:09:32 PM
Post by: Cougartail on January 21, 2021, 03:27:47 PM
Not a lot of bites but those that did get hooked were worth it for fun and excitement on ultra lite tackle and 12 + inches of ice Measured 22 inches
Very nice!
Post by: bigmacc on January 21, 2021, 03:45:43 PM
Nice fish Jingles, still gonna get your way and look you up my friend. :tup:
Back in the day(pre 90,s) before Sullivans pond dried up, we used to pull fish out of Sullivans at an amazing rate, limit in 15-20 minutes. The fish were all about that length give or take and were shaped like footballs, just fat as could be, problem was the meat was the color of a chocolate Lab :chuckle:, just brown and muddy as could be, wed use barbless hooks and release them but a blast to catch em on lite gear :tup:....Once again dandy fish you got there :tup:
Post by: Turdle on January 21, 2021, 04:02:04 PM
Nice fish though...
Post by: Zardoz on January 21, 2021, 04:24:54 PM
I loved laying on the ice on a sunny day and feeling/hearing the ice shift. Good times.
Post by: Jingles on January 21, 2021, 05:25:05 PM
Nice fish Jingles, still gonna get your way and look you up my friend. :tup:
Back in the day(pre 90,s) before Sullivans pond dried up, we used to pull fish out of Sullivans at an amazing rate, limit in 15-20 minutes. The fish were all about that length give or take and were shaped like footballs, just fat as could be, problem was the meat was the color of a chocolate Lab :chuckle:, just brown and muddy as could be, wed use barbless hooks and release them but a blast to catch em on lite gear :tup:....Once again dandy fish you got there :tup:
Well no muddy dark meat here
Post by: bigmacc on January 21, 2021, 07:49:27 PM
Nice fish Jingles, still gonna get your way and look you up my friend. :tup:
Back in the day(pre 90,s) before Sullivans pond dried up, we used to pull fish out of Sullivans at an amazing rate, limit in 15-20 minutes. The fish were all about that length give or take and were shaped like footballs, just fat as could be, problem was the meat was the color of a chocolate Lab :chuckle:, just brown and muddy as could be, wed use barbless hooks and release them but a blast to catch em on lite gear :tup:....Once again dandy fish you got there :tup:
Well no muddy dark meat here
:chuckle:..Beautiful fish!! :tup:....now I'm hungry again :chuckle:
Post by: Sutherland on January 21, 2021, 08:33:22 PM
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Post by: huntnphool on January 21, 2021, 11:52:26 PM
Kidding of course Jingles :chuckle: Nice catch! :tup:
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 22, 2021, 05:12:49 AM
Post by: Southpole on January 22, 2021, 07:04:20 AM
Post by: Fishmaker57 on January 22, 2021, 07:54:04 AM
Post by: Jingles on January 22, 2021, 08:52:31 AM
Hey Jingles, great looking meat on that fish! Just curious - Okanogan County Lake?
Yes one of the local Lakes hope you can understand not getting real specific as to which one had the whole lake to myself yesterday instead of needing a reservation to drill a hole like needed on a couple of them
Post by: Jingles on January 22, 2021, 08:54:47 AM
He looks to have been snagged!! :chuckle:
No not snagged but nightcrawlers doing their thing on a size 4 hook
Post by: Mark Brenckle on January 23, 2021, 07:56:51 AM
Nice fish, looks like it’ll taste excellent too! I’m headed out today for ice fishing on Cascade lake in Idaho. They been nailing the perch pretty good I’ve heard. First time ice fishing, can’t wait :drool:How'd you do?
Post by: Southpole on January 23, 2021, 10:00:05 PM
Just got here to our destination in New Meadows. Long azz drive, got pulled over by the PO PO for doing 39 in a 25. Super nice sherif and let us off. I’ll let you know how we do. I think we’ll hit it Monday.Nice fish, looks like it’ll taste excellent too! I’m headed out today for ice fishing on Cascade lake in Idaho. They been nailing the perch pretty good I’ve heard. First time ice fishing, can’t wait :drool:How'd you do?
Post by: Mark Brenckle on January 24, 2021, 12:23:09 PM
:tup: have fun- stay warm!Just got here to our destination in New Meadows. Long azz drive, got pulled over by the PO PO for doing 39 in a 25. Super nice sherif and let us off. I’ll let you know how we do. I think we’ll hit it Monday.Nice fish, looks like it’ll taste excellent too! I’m headed out today for ice fishing on Cascade lake in Idaho. They been nailing the perch pretty good I’ve heard. First time ice fishing, can’t wait :drool:How'd you do?
Post by: Southpole on January 25, 2021, 04:26:25 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on January 25, 2021, 05:11:34 AM
Post by: jstone on January 25, 2021, 08:37:03 AM
Post by: Sandberm on January 25, 2021, 08:49:02 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 25, 2021, 08:55:34 AM
Nice fish! I just got into this ice fishing thing and its so fun! Fist time out this year I hit Cascade Lake for some jumbo perch and then I got into a good trout in Helena a few weeks back.im hitting cascade on the 6th and 7th. How'd you do over there?
Post by: Jingles on January 25, 2021, 09:00:09 AM
Next will be a flasher, an ice shelter and an adapter for your auger that fits your portable drill.
Nice fish and hope you get some of those Jumbo's
Post by: HikerHunter on January 25, 2021, 09:02:01 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on January 25, 2021, 09:12:57 AM
Welcome to the world of Hardwater fishing but be careful you'll get hooked(pun intended)
Next will be a flasher, an ice shelter and an adapter for your auger that fits your portable drill.
Nice fish and hope you get some of those Jumbo's
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Already have the flasher- Got the ice kit for my Garmin EchoMap
Got the hand auger and made a adapter to convert it to power from my drill. $10 worth of all thread and an old frisbee golf disc and it's cherry!
Also, i have 3 Jaw Jackers and just finished up making two DIY jigging bases for them. So, I am pretty well vested at this point LOL.
Post by: CoryTDF on January 25, 2021, 09:17:29 AM
Nice fish! I just got into this ice fishing thing and its so fun! Fist time out this year I hit Cascade Lake for some jumbo perch and then I got into a good trout in Helena a few weeks back.im hitting cascade on the 6th and 7th. How'd you do over there?
That is awesome! I am heading back there on the 16th-20th of next month.
We did pretty good considering we had no idea what we were doing. We got several perch over 2lbs and had a blast. I lost a huge trout at the hole as well. What I learned was that you need to move a lot until you find fish. You will want some type of 4 wheeler or sled for sure. The wind at the launch is not a good indication of what it is out on the ice. Learned that the hard way. the guys at Tackle Toms are really nice and i found them to be helpful and seemingly honest.
Post by: Jingles on January 25, 2021, 05:00:33 PM
Just out of curiosity how thick was the ice?
Post by: CoryTDF on January 26, 2021, 05:43:07 AM
Good luck at the Hardwater Classic hope you win lots
Just out of curiosity how thick was the ice?
When I was there it was 12-14''. Heard its 16-20'' now.
Post by: Southpole on January 26, 2021, 06:41:38 AM
Post by: Southpole on January 27, 2021, 07:08:19 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on January 27, 2021, 07:39:09 AM
Headed out for round 2 :fishin:
What lake?
Post by: Southpole on January 27, 2021, 09:12:40 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 27, 2021, 09:48:26 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 27, 2021, 09:50:22 AM
Post by: Southpole on January 27, 2021, 07:15:11 PM
Post by: Jingles on January 27, 2021, 07:32:42 PM
Post by: Southpole on January 27, 2021, 07:42:20 PM
Nice perch hope you fill a bucket with thoseI wish, I know it can be done out there.
Post by: Skillet on January 27, 2021, 07:46:14 PM
Post by: CoryTDF on January 28, 2021, 05:19:13 AM
Nice perch hope you fill a bucket with thoseI wish, I know it can be done out there.
So what are your daily averages? I have heard of people putting buckets of perch on the ice but that was not my experience there nor was it any of the other folks I talked to. It was less about the quantity of fish and more about the quality of BIG fish. How often are you moving?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 28, 2021, 06:54:54 AM
Post by: Southpole on January 28, 2021, 07:17:56 AM
I'm just a guest ice fisherman visiting my family so I'm far from an expert of the in's and outs of ice fishing on cascade. The first day we went out one set of holes were super slow but another set of holes only 10-12 feet away that my aunt and uncle were fishing was hot the whole time we were out there. So we move from the slow holes about 14 feet further out and we were catching perch constantly plus one really nice steelhead. I was told that it was not uncommon to get multiple jumbo perch out there. We got 6 jumbo perch yesterday between 2 of us in about 6 hours time. We moved twice yesterday as well, that time it didn't help with the quantity issue but thats when we started getting the bigger ones. We might have moved again but it was so gnarly outside we just did what we could with the second set up. I was told there's lots of guys that get real technical with fish finders and tackle movement. That's probably how some guys get the big ones constantly. I like the old fashioned hope and pray fishing myself.Nice perch hope you fill a bucket with thoseI wish, I know it can be done out there.
So what are your daily averages? I have heard of people putting buckets of perch on the ice but that was not my experience there nor was it any of the other folks I talked to. It was less about the quantity of fish and more about the quality of BIG fish. How often are you moving?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 28, 2021, 07:23:10 AM
Post by: Jingles on January 28, 2021, 07:52:02 AM
After you get some time on the Hardwater fishing perch you'll find they school and usually school in about the same size and yes you can do a lot of hole hopping to keep on top of them and the action can be fast and furious when you get into them.I'm just a guest ice fisherman visiting my family so I'm far from an expert of the in's and outs of ice fishing on cascade. The first day we went out one set of holes were super slow but another set of holes only 10-12 feet away that my aunt and uncle were fishing was hot the whole time we were out there. So we move from the slow holes about 14 feet further out and we were catching perch constantly plus one really nice steelhead. I was told that it was not uncommon to get multiple jumbo perch out there. We got 6 jumbo perch yesterday between 2 of us in about 6 hours time. We moved twice yesterday as well, that time it didn't help with the quantity issue but thats when we started getting the bigger ones. We might have moved again but it was so gnarly outside we just did what we could with the second set up. I was told there's lots of guys that get real technical with fish finders and tackle movement. That's probably how some guys get the big ones constantly. I like the old fashioned hope and pray fishing myself.Nice perch hope you fill a bucket with thoseI wish, I know it can be done out there.
So what are your daily averages? I have heard of people putting buckets of perch on the ice but that was not my experience there nor was it any of the other folks I talked to. It was less about the quantity of fish and more about the quality of BIG fish. How often are you moving?
It super satisfying when you locate a school of the jumbos and can keep them biting.
Post by: Southpole on January 28, 2021, 06:37:47 PM
Post by: Southpole on January 28, 2021, 06:46:26 PM
Yeah, the schools hit from 5-10 minute increments it seemed. You’d start nailing them then hurry to get your gear back down before you missed the rest of the school. When we were getting the bigger ones it was longer waiting times but constantly big.After you get some time on the Hardwater fishing perch you'll find they school and usually school in about the same size and yes you can do a lot of hole hopping to keep on top of them and the action can be fast and furious when you get into them.I'm just a guest ice fisherman visiting my family so I'm far from an expert of the in's and outs of ice fishing on cascade. The first day we went out one set of holes were super slow but another set of holes only 10-12 feet away that my aunt and uncle were fishing was hot the whole time we were out there. So we move from the slow holes about 14 feet further out and we were catching perch constantly plus one really nice steelhead. I was told that it was not uncommon to get multiple jumbo perch out there. We got 6 jumbo perch yesterday between 2 of us in about 6 hours time. We moved twice yesterday as well, that time it didn't help with the quantity issue but thats when we started getting the bigger ones. We might have moved again but it was so gnarly outside we just did what we could with the second set up. I was told there's lots of guys that get real technical with fish finders and tackle movement. That's probably how some guys get the big ones constantly. I like the old fashioned hope and pray fishing myself.Nice perch hope you fill a bucket with thoseI wish, I know it can be done out there.
So what are your daily averages? I have heard of people putting buckets of perch on the ice but that was not my experience there nor was it any of the other folks I talked to. It was less about the quantity of fish and more about the quality of BIG fish. How often are you moving?
It super satisfying when you locate a school of the jumbos and can keep them biting.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 28, 2021, 07:10:21 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on January 28, 2021, 07:28:38 PM
My cousin Brian has them dialed in pretty well. You guys might enjoy his videos. Good luck Blanchard! And everyone else of course!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 28, 2021, 07:50:18 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on January 28, 2021, 07:54:03 PM
Yeah he lives to fish. Check out his YouTube channel and you can see he fishes everywhere. He's even got quite a few sponsor's.
Post by: CoryTDF on February 02, 2021, 06:01:36 AM
Yeah he lives to fish. Check out his YouTube channel and you can see he fishes everywhere. He's even got quite a few sponsor's.
Awesome! HAHAHAH I watched all his videos before I got into ice fishing.
Post by: Southpole on February 02, 2021, 08:17:40 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 02, 2021, 08:35:04 AM
As for the electronics, I really found it to be great. It helped me find the bottom and see exactly where my jig was in relation to the fish. It really made things nice IMHO.
Post by: Southpole on February 02, 2021, 09:10:13 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on February 02, 2021, 06:03:07 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 02, 2021, 08:16:14 PM
Post by: Southpole on February 03, 2021, 06:46:13 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 03, 2021, 06:57:02 AM
Can’t put a price on a good time 8)I'll bet my wife can :chuckle:
Post by: LDennis24 on February 03, 2021, 09:38:12 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 05, 2021, 11:09:05 AM
Post by: Machias on February 05, 2021, 05:56:20 PM
Post by: Southpole on February 06, 2021, 08:07:18 AM
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Post by: Pinetar on February 06, 2021, 01:11:39 PM
Broke off a pig of a trout, 4 perch and this guy! 15.5"!
Hey, Quit playing with fish and get back here to the serious stuff :chuckle: Some wise man told me that once :dunno:
Post by: Angry Perch on February 07, 2021, 06:11:52 AM
Broke off a pig of a trout, 4 perch and this guy! 15.5"!
That is a monster!
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on February 07, 2021, 03:22:01 PM
This was the first fish I pulled out of the ice at Cascade. Cant wait to get back over there.
As for the electronics, I really found it to be great. It helped me find the bottom and see exactly where my jig was in relation to the fish. It really made things nice IMHO.
Where is Lake Cascade located??
Post by: CoryTDF on February 07, 2021, 05:15:53 PM
IdahoThis was the first fish I pulled out of the ice at Cascade. Cant wait to get back over there.
As for the electronics, I really found it to be great. It helped me find the bottom and see exactly where my jig was in relation to the fish. It really made things nice IMHO.
Where is Lake Cascade located??
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 08, 2021, 08:40:02 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 08, 2021, 08:53:04 AM
Yesterday was a rodeo. Snowmobile caught on fire right out of the gate. Got it out before all was lost but then we had to get it back to the truck and then shuttle all our gear with one machine and a single sled. Late start but pulled a jumbo on my second fish. Wind was pretty unpleasant and the cold flat nuked our drill batteries so we had to really throttle back our exploration. All in all it was a fun first trip. Im excited to get back there with what we have learned. Total we put about 50 perch on the ice, with 4 being jumbos. I lost two trout at the hole that were absolute slabs which was absolutely heart breaking.
Dang that sounds like a crazy day. Supercool you go onto fish though. I'll be hitting you up for a report soon.
Post by: Southpole on February 08, 2021, 08:57:03 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 08, 2021, 09:03:39 AM
I'm also getting the ice transducer for my garmin. Flasher is key for targeting those jumbos. My redneck ammo can cost me that really big trout on Saturday and was kind of a pain for quick setup running and gunning.
Post by: Ridgeratt on February 08, 2021, 11:07:17 AM
It allows you to adjust the depth of your transducer to get just below the ice and is easy to pull up when fighting a fish.
Post by: LDennis24 on February 08, 2021, 11:39:45 AM
Yesterday was a rodeo. Snowmobile caught on fire right out of the gate. Got it out before all was lost but then we had to get it back to the truck and then shuttle all our gear with one machine and a single sled. Late start but pulled a jumbo on my second fish. Wind was pretty unpleasant and the cold flat nuked our drill batteries so we had to really throttle back our exploration. All in all it was a fun first trip. Im excited to get back there with what we have learned. Total we put about 50 perch on the ice, with 4 being jumbos. I lost two trout at the hole that were absolute slabs which was absolutely heart breaking.
Well now it's a guaranteed memory of a great time! Right!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 08, 2021, 11:53:30 AM
You should be able to suspend the transducer in the hole with the use of some pool noodles and a little bit of foam rope and a couple of tye wraps.thats also an ice transducer. I was using the boat transducer that came with it. According to the internet they are pretty finicky without being affixed hence the pvc. Ill definitely be adding the ice bundle to my garmin before the next trip.
It allows you to adjust the depth of your transducer to get just below the ice and is easy to pull up when fighting a fish.
Post by: Ridgeratt on February 08, 2021, 12:33:38 PM
People also build a tripod with an arm over the hole to suspend the transducer.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 08, 2021, 12:36:25 PM
Yes it is. :tup: :tup: But shows idea of the pool noodles. Not sure how it floatin in the hole would differ from bobbin around in a boat 🤔no idea but it definitely makes a difference. Jonathan_S had the same exact unit as me but had his transducer just dangling free and mine was far more consistent having the transducer affixed with the pvc :dunno:
People also build a tripod with an arm over the hole to suspend the transducer.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 08, 2021, 01:09:57 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on February 11, 2021, 02:24:25 PM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 11, 2021, 03:48:18 PM
https://youtube.com/shorts/reFIdKZ_iyk
I did that with one of the jumbo perch I caught at Cascade
Post by: Southpole on February 11, 2021, 05:26:39 PM
Same with the one I have pictured. I had it right up to the top of the hole, the hook come loose about nailed my cousin in the eye. I looked down and the fish was just floating there not realizing yet that it was free to go. I dove on it and hand scooped it out with half my arm in the water. Well worth it!https://youtube.com/shorts/reFIdKZ_iyk (https://youtube.com/shorts/reFIdKZ_iyk)
I did that with one of the jumbo perch I caught at Cascade
Post by: Machias on February 11, 2021, 08:53:08 PM
https://www.facebook.com/groups/935150943228425
Post by: nwwanderer on February 12, 2021, 03:53:43 AM
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 20, 2021, 02:17:26 PM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 22, 2021, 06:44:26 AM
Things that I learned from my two trips there this year.
1) In early January there was no slush to speak of and it was not even a concern. A little more than a month later and boy what a difference. The slush was so bad that the snowmobiles got stuck several times and it made certain areas of the lake unfishable.
2) My DIY jigging machine worked really well and it actually caught more fish than the name brad one. Also, it caught 2 fish over 2 lbs (Not the ones pictured) but I was too far to get to it so one of the other guys got it both times.
3) That lake will keep you on your toes. We kicked absolute butt the first day and the following 3 days were a struggle. Lots of moving and drilling. We made it happen but it was hard work for sure. I probably used 20 different types of jigs/lures and strangely I would catch a few fish on them and then it would die and I would have to change. New jig, couple more fish and then it would die again. So, lots of moving and tying but we stayed on the fish.
Post by: Southpole on February 22, 2021, 07:28:01 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on February 22, 2021, 10:38:23 AM
Nice! I’m sure the ice is probably going to be sketchy from here on out I would imagine. We actually had good dry ice our first day then 2 days later it was super slush during a blizzard, night and day difference.
Yeah, that slush is no fun at all. It was almost a foot deep in some spots and that was under a foot of snow