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any ice fishermen
« Thread Started on Nov 5, 2009, 10:45pm »
just kinda new to ice fishing just did it last year up at lake of the woods and i was trying to put together a rod for myself. i just bought a heavy action rod to catch northern pike and i was wondering what kind of rod i should put on it Ive done some looking but don't know what to look for. any help would be appreciated
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #1 on Nov 6, 2009, 10:48am »
My one and only time ice fishing was over 20 years ago. I caught 50 lbs of ice and a 24 hour hangover.
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #2 on Nov 6, 2009, 7:10pm »
so you havent drank in 20 years that sucks
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #3 on Nov 7, 2009, 12:50pm »

Nov 5, 2009, 10:45pm, adk247 wrote:
i just bought a heavy action rod to catch northern pike and i was wondering what kind of rod i should put on it


Seems like your good to go in the rod department?? Do you mean line? if so use a braid, I use spider wire and don't even bother using a leader.
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #4 on Nov 7, 2009, 7:05pm »
o sorry i was looking for a reel to put on the rod
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #5 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:54am »
No worries, I don't think it matters, I know people who just use line and a 1x2 and land all sorts of fish in fact thats all I used to use. A rod and reel is gravy.
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #6 on Nov 8, 2009, 11:59am »
I used a single action reel out salmon fishing a couple weeks ago. I like the feel of it and the action you get when you use light weight line and run very little drag. It makes for more of a challenge bringing the fish in. The added bonus is that it's a relatively cheep setup as well.
Is there enough ice at lake of the woods already?
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #7 on Nov 8, 2009, 6:04pm »
well idk im from nebraska so i really couldnt tell ya a few guys and i made a week trip last year to do a little ice fishing. first time ive done it and i really liked it. as to the 2x4 method ive done that too but i rather use a rod and reel
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #8 on Nov 9, 2009, 7:27am »
;D
Nov 6, 2009, 7:10pm, adk247 wrote:
so you havent drank in 20 years that sucks


;D Not exactly. Just not while frozen solid ;)

OK, so the time I went, supposedly they were just killing the perch and walleye. We rented a shanty owned by the bait shop where they drive you out to it, literally almost a "guided tour". We get to the bait shop at O'dark:thirty, buy our bait and rigging mods and our, uh, beverages all from this guy. We fish and freeze until it's dark again when they finally come to get us.

How'd ya' do? The grinning idiot asks us. NOT WORTH A FLYIN'! we say. We got 1 fish, so po'ed at the end of the day we threw him back down the hole. "Well, what did you use? How did yo fish it? We tell him. . ."Oh, you don't do it like that, you use this bait, rig it like this, fish it like this .. .NOW YOU TELL US, A&&@*^E!

So, now you know :P
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Re: any ice fishermen
« Reply #9 on Nov 9, 2009, 5:09pm »

Nov 8, 2009, 6:04pm, adk247 wrote:
as to the 2x4 method ive done that too but i rather use a rod and reel


Couldn't agree more it's just at the time the guy who taught me to ice fish was over 90 so that's the way we did it.
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