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Post by youp50 on Mar 3, 2009 21:01:21 GMT -5
Whats a fellow to do?  It is 65 or 70 in here.  |
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Post by ET on Mar 3, 2009 21:05:38 GMT -5
I guess just grin and bear it. ;D
Ed
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Post by KerryB on Mar 6, 2009 21:17:10 GMT -5
Wow, that is awsome! I bet that black pyramid soaks up the sun something fierce! And what beauties those crappie are! The water appears to have quite a lot of color. Are you using minnows and what gives with the blanket? You don't take a nap out there with the crappie biting like that do you?  ;D |
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Post by youp50 on Mar 7, 2009 5:29:11 GMT -5
The TP tent is really at home on Lake Superior. The legs have hooks that are set into the ice. Virtually unmoveable in the wind. When the sunshines it does get balmy inside. It is a rug that my dog and I share. It keeps my feet warm and his butt of the ice. Tanic stained water in that resevoir. Minnows and wigglers are the choice bait. Most of the fishing consists of watching the fish finder and when one shows you gotta go after him. Kids like it , too. sorta like video fishing.
Crappies are a good eating fish. They are also an intersting fish. Probably no other fish in America has as broad of range. If you were to check out the record fish from Mississippi and Minnesota they are probably with in a few ounces of each other.
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Post by raf on Mar 8, 2009 9:14:31 GMT -5
A fish finder or flasher are great but don't hold a candle to an underwater camera. I've got one and found that there are times that a fish will pick up your lure and spit it out and you don't feel a thing. With the camera you can see the species and size and can set the hook the moment a fish takes it. Caught a lot of fish that way that I likely would not have.
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Post by youp50 on Mar 8, 2009 18:19:14 GMT -5
Depends on the lake, this body of water is tanic stained and has lots of zoo plankton making the camera useless.
They are an asset on clear waters. My nephew will not fish for bluegills in his home lake with out one. I have been there and watched, they can pick up and spit out the bait with out moving a spring bobber. I know guys that will tandem whitefish with one for the same reason. The only thing there is you need someone to get the camera put of the way when it comes time to fight them.
The other place a flasher shines is when the fish are at a different depth. This past Saturday I fiound fish eighteen feet down in twenty eight feet of water. There is definately a place for both of them in a modern ice fishermans arsenal.
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Post by KerryB on Mar 10, 2009 10:12:50 GMT -5
How do you keep the camera turned towards your bait so you can see what is happening? I've never used one, so am not familiar with the workings...............
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Post by youp50 on Mar 11, 2009 3:39:42 GMT -5
Slowly spin the coax cable and clip it to something on the ice to hold the position. A piece of thin hardwood across the hole and two spring type clothespins work for me. The river runs dirty so I cannot say what happens in a current.
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Post by raf on Mar 11, 2009 22:46:48 GMT -5
I used to use a stand attached to the bottom of the camera and the whole rig sat on the bottom. Problem sometimes was uneven bottom or large bolders. Last year I bought this rig from Aqua view. It's a tri pot that you use inside an ice shack. It sits on the floor above the hole in the ice and grips your cable. Works great.
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