fished yesterday for about 5 hours. as i was heading out there were a lot of people coming off the ice so i asked them how the bite was and every one said it was slow and nobody had more than 4-5 fish per person. well i went out there and i couldnt catch a darn thing and i started watching a couple other guys that seemed to be catching gills pretty consistently and i noticed they were jiggin it very fast for a while then they would pause and repeat. i alos figured out i needed to downsize to a size 14 green/chart marmooska with 2 spikes. i finally got the technique down on how they wanted it jigged and i was soon catching fish. i ended up with my limit. not a lot of sorting i only ended up throwing back 2. and the rest were right around 8″. there were only a hand full of guys including myself that were catching fish consistently. it seemed like if you didnt jig it right or have the right color then you werent going to catch any fish. so just because someone else says its slow you can still catch fish. i also learned that you need to use other fisherman as hints and watch what there doing to catch fish so you can catch fish too. 
i also saw that the tip-ups were poping up pretty regulary. and they were getting bass and northerns on them.
January 24, 2010 at 10:15 pm
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The only time I consider this alright is when these people are your buddies, and you are playing defense. 
