I’ve got a lake right out my back door that’s chock full of cats, and I want to fish them through the ice, but have no idea how. Any ideas would be appreciated, tip ups/spinning gear, bait what areas to target etc.
Thanks in advance!!!!!!
Wow, you are lucky!!! I’m jealous.
I look for them suspended in deeper holes. Sonar is a necessity. Often times they suspend anywhere in the bottom half of the water column. My best luck has been with small (1/8th ounce) jigging spoons (Go Devils work great) tipped with the head of a fathead. Watch for them on your sonar and tease them up. I find that they usually bite when the lure is still, but some jigging will get their attention. I usually get a few on a live fathead under a bobber, too, but not as many. I know some guys will fish a small chunk of cut bait under a bobber, as well.
The bite is usually pretty light. I like to use a spring bobber cause a lot of times they will just nibble it. I find I hook a lot in the skin of the lip or the whiskers.
It’s not too complicated, but it’s addicting. Hold on, it feels like you set the hook on a cinder block.
Let us know how you do!
Sounds like a blast!!
Ralph,
Are you moving around until you mark fish on your flasher, or setting up on the holes and waiting for them to move through?
Waiting for them depends on the number of brews you have along.
Most keep drilling or use water and your flasher until they find them. And they do move, so you might be following them. 
RW must be having dinner. 
Yeah, I’d drill a bunch of holes. I’ve had times when a hole has been dead for a half hour, I’ll stick my transducer in a hole 15 feet away, and there are a solid 5 feet of fish suspended. I like to walk around with the sonar and pick off active fish that I see.
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