Hard water fisherman of TCG

[OffshoreDrilling]

I'm not much of a warm weather fisherman, save for a handful of times a year i'll bring a rod out to the harbor or go out with my dad on his boat. I was introduced to ice fishing by a coworker of mine last winter. After my first outing, I was hooked. Immediately after, I bought all the basics for getting on the ice: hand auger, scoop, a cheap spinning ice combo, pair of tip ups, the basic tackle necessary and a comfortable bucket to sit on. This season i picked up another rod/reel combo and two more tip ups. This way i have enough gear to drag a friend along with me, or at least not have to be tying up different baits on rods all the time. For $100 you can easily get all the basics necessary, which is awesome. Super low cost of entry to the sport unlike most hobbies we are into.

I've only fished three lakes so far. Pure Rod and Gun club in Plainfield, Beaver Lake in Morris (private), and a private strip mine lake on my buddy's property. Wax worms and live minnows are the bait of choice, and i've started using some small plastics with good luck too.

I have fun just getting out there and pulling anything out on a hook through the ice.

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[Chet Donnelly]

I have a weekend planned Feb 10-12 in Wisconsin. We rent a shanty, has heat, direcTV and all. We sit there in jeans in tshirts on the ice, drink, and fish all day.

Great times!

 

[Mr. SBF]

Hardwater Fisherman Reporting

Good amount of ice fishing Derbies in my area in the next few weeks which can be a blast when you have a big group of friends, snowmobiles, quads, grilling food and ofcourse alcohol... Though I prefer getting out during the week when it's not so crowded on the good lakes around my area.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Guy that provides the huts for us notified us he's pulling everything off the ice due to the weather.

We need to frigid temps over the next couple weeks!

 

[Mr. SBF]

Saw a guy out on the ice on a lake by my house... Guy is Hard core! A fish isn't worth it with the temps and all the rain we've been having...

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

This is going to be a crappy season. After this weekend i don't the binahywhere in northern IL is going to see fishable ice.

I'm out at a coworker's lake house for the weekend a bit northwest of rockford, on lake summerset. Private lake. We did pretty well yesterday. 50-60ish fish between the two of us, fishing out of the same hole all day. Nothing huge, pulling anything through the ice is fun to me. Perch, largemouth and bluegill. We plan to head out for a few more hours today before i need to head back home.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Ya winter is over here. Looking at the 10 day, seemingly sunny 6 out of 10 days and highs hitting 60 next weekend.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

This is going to be a crappy season. After this weekend i don't the binahywhere in northern IL is going to see fishable ice.

I'm out at a coworker's lake house for the weekend a bit northwest of rockford, on lake summerset. Private lake. We did pretty well yesterday. 50-60ish fish between the two of us, fishing out of the same hole all day. Nothing huge, pulling anything through the ice is fun to me. Perch, largemouth and bluegill. We plan to head out for a few more hours today before i need to head back home.

eating any of them? enough fish for a tcg fish fry

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

we threw everything back

 

[SleeperLS]

Blasphemy.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

meh, i always catch and release. Walleye is the only i care about eating

 

[SleeperLS]

Perch are a good meal. I think they are a similar family to walleye.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I fished Lauderdale Lakes in Elkhorn WI this weekend. Ended up being about 14 inches of ice.

We had a fire burning on the ice for over 9 hours, drank way too much, but caught 10 or so northern, few largemouth, and bluegills.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

the wind is nuts out here, we made it out for just under two hours and came in. I hit about 20 bass, 2 bluegill and 2 perch. the wind was strong enough that the sleds were pulling themselves. i had a full beer sliding across the ice on its own

 

[boostedguy05]

I'm not much of a warm weather fisherman, save for a handful of times a year i'll bring a rod out to the harbor or go out with my dad on his boat. I was introduced to ice fishing by a coworker of mine last winter. After my first outing, I was hooked. Immediately after, I bought all the basics for getting on the ice: hand auger, scoop, a cheap spinning ice combo, pair of tip ups, the basic tackle necessary and a comfortable bucket to sit on. This season i picked up another rod/reel combo and two more tip ups. This way i have enough gear to drag a friend along with me, or at least not have to be tying up different baits on rods all the time. For $100 you can easily get all the basics necessary, which is awesome. Super low cost of entry to the sport unlike most hobbies we are into.

I've only fished three lakes so far. Pure Rod and Gun club in Plainfield, Beaver Lake in Morris (private), and a private strip mine lake on my buddy's property. Wax worms and live minnows are the bait of choice, and i've started using some small plastics with good luck too.

I have fun just getting out there and pulling anything out on a hook through the ice.

Just read this. My uncle has been a member at pure rod and gun for as long as I can remember.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

the wind is nuts out here, we made it out for just under two hours and came in. I hit about 20 bass, 2 bluegill and 2 perch. the wind was strong enough that the sleds were pulling themselves. i had a full beer sliding across the ice on its own

We didn't even try today....wind is nuts and were severely hungover!