It’s important to plan ahead before randomly drilling holes when ice fishing for Rainbow Trout. One of the first things I do when encountering a new lake when ice fishing is I pull up a satellite image of the lake on Google. I look at the image to identify areas with shoals or bays that provide vegetation and muddy bottoms. The reason you want to target this type of area is … [Read more...]
Ice Fishing Gear Tip – Keeping Ice off Rod Guides
Have you ever had those days when ice fishing and your rod guides keep freezing up?? This has to be one of the most irrarating things to happen when on the ice. Here's a quick and easy solution, and most likely most of you have the answer in your pocket already! Simple trick; Apply chap-stick to the rod guides and the ice will stop building up! As it wears off simply apply a … [Read more...]
Ice Fishing – How to Locate Active Rainbow Trout
It is well known that one of the best places to target Rainbow Trout through the ice is along flat areas in shallow water. However, once the bite dies off where do these fish go? Once the trout are done feeding on the flats they tend to either retreat to deeper water near the bottom or suspend in mid water column. If the flat has a steep drop off to deeper water these fish … [Read more...]
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