On the Ice in Idaho
Idaho Fishing
Nov 16, 2022 20:31:11 #
fast_randy wrote:
Look how close I am from the bank and my truck.
That look is awesome randy. Those are beautiful fat Trout.
Hack 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Nov 16, 2022 21:28:48 #
TooMuch
Loc: NE Alabama
I miss those days. Too far south now. Only occasional ice.
PS.. anyone need a hut and auger bit?
PS.. anyone need a hut and auger bit?
Nov 16, 2022 23:49:51 #
14idaho
Loc: Pa and Idaho
There was a school teacher in St. Maries Idaho that insisted on fishing on thin ice. He actually wore a lifejacket. We affectionately called him splash. I've personally witnessed him breaking through twice.
Nov 17, 2022 08:55:32 #
fast_randy wrote:
I am careful. I use a spud bar and check a lot. I wear a floating parka. But don't expect to ever go through. I will go on 2 inches with just light gear, and only in shallow water. But I don't let my dog on ice that thin. First ice is my passion, I hope not my downfall.
You won't let your dog on 2 inch ice but you will go on it ???? Don't know anything about ice fishing but do know you are pushing your luck.
Nov 17, 2022 14:25:57 #
E.pa.al
Loc: Martin's Creek
Beautiful fish Randy,thanks for sharing!!
Be safe out there buddy. We won't have any safe ice till Jan around here
Be safe out there buddy. We won't have any safe ice till Jan around here
Nov 19, 2022 10:20:27 #
ranger632 wrote:
You won't let your dog on 2 inch ice but you will go on it ???? Don't know anything about ice fishing but do know you are pushing your luck.
If it is two inches in shallow water, out deeper it will be thinner. My dog wanders around, so I can't let her on thin ice. Even though she is a great swimmer, and loves the water, I'm more afraid of her going through, than myself.
Nov 19, 2022 14:46:44 #
fast_randy wrote:
If it is two inches in shallow water, out deeper it will be thinner. My dog wanders around, so I can't let her on thin ice. Even though she is a great swimmer, and loves the water, I'm more afraid of her going through, than myself.
Dec 4, 2022 10:38:05 #
ranger632 wrote:
Yesterday we got on 4 inches of ice at Twin Lakes. We were alone on the ice. This is another of my favorite lakes for early ice. Quite a mixed bag of fish. Nice rainbows, large mouths, perch and crappie. My friend Shawn killed the Lg. Mouth Bass, with 14 landed.
Dec 4, 2022 10:54:15 #
WOW...now that's what I'd call some incredible fishing guys! Your photos are spectacular! As many have mentioned...and I know you are experienced from your comments...but I'll echo the words of others by just saying please be careful in the early days of first ice...
I love to ice fish, but I wait until things get really solid for my own peace of mind...and that of others who want to see me safely return home each time I go. Over the years I have often considered wearing a scuba divers "dry suit" to ice fish in, but I think it would only make sense when fishing early or late in the season.
Have a great time out there and keep on reeling in those beauties!
I love to ice fish, but I wait until things get really solid for my own peace of mind...and that of others who want to see me safely return home each time I go. Over the years I have often considered wearing a scuba divers "dry suit" to ice fish in, but I think it would only make sense when fishing early or late in the season.
Have a great time out there and keep on reeling in those beauties!
Dec 4, 2022 11:26:13 #
fast_randy wrote:
Yesterday we got on 4 inches of ice at Twin Lakes. We were alone on the ice. This is another of my favorite lakes for early ice. Quite a mixed bag of fish. Nice rainbows, large mouths, perch and crappie. My friend Shawn killed the Lg. Mouth Bass, with 14 landed.
Nice catching Randy and Shawn! That's a great turnout for an early season trip. Be careful out there, and use your head. Thanks for the pictures.
Dec 4, 2022 16:51:18 #
fast_randy wrote:
Yesterday we got on 4 inches of ice at Twin Lakes. We were alone on the ice. This is another of my favorite lakes for early ice. Quite a mixed bag of fish. Nice rainbows, large mouths, perch and crappie. My friend Shawn killed the Lg. Mouth Bass, with 14 landed.
Thats a nice LM. I didn't think they bite in cold .
Dec 4, 2022 17:11:02 #
fast_randy wrote:
I am careful. I use a spud bar and check a lot. I wear a floating parka. But don't expect to ever go through. I will go on 2 inches with just light gear, and only in shallow water. But I don't let my dog on ice that thin. First ice is my passion, I hope not my downfall.
Downfall? Wouldn't it be your FALLthrough?
Dec 4, 2022 17:11:42 #
fast_randy wrote:
Yesterday we got on 4 inches of ice at Twin Lakes. We were alone on the ice. This is another of my favorite lakes for early ice. Quite a mixed bag of fish. Nice rainbows, large mouths, perch and crappie. My friend Shawn killed the Lg. Mouth Bass, with 14 landed.
Looks like a really COOL day there.
Dec 11, 2022 10:53:04 #
Yesterday we got on 5 inches of ice at Devil Creek reservoir. Trout and large mouths again. I have another friend, also named Shawn. Both fished with me yesterday. The first Shawn just uses a $100 Garmin. But Shawn 2 has a $2000 Garmin live scope. That was awesome watching that live scope. I got a lesson on winter Large Mouths. They do bite in winter. Just not as aggressive. Shawn 2 used a rainbow colored castmaster tipped with wax worms and caught trout and bass. The trout come in fast and attach the castmaster but the bass hang right on the bottom in the weeds and come in slow. Then they just barely bite. The livescope shows the bass in the weeds where my Hummingbird helix 5 just shows the top of the weeds as bottom.
Dec 11, 2022 10:57:55 #
Shawn 2 with the first fish he caught. He was pissed it was trout. He caught some 14 to 16 inch bass and a lot smaller.
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