Late Ice Action on the Mississippi River Back Waters

  • Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    February 27, 2016 at 9:38 am #1602640

    I am still puttin a hurt on the panfish with the VMC Tungsten Ice Fly !! Man-O-Man I love this bait !!!

    No live bait needed !!!

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    bee
    Maine
    Posts: 357
    February 27, 2016 at 9:41 am #1602649

    Dave you to take it easy on them fishies. Let me help

    bigdaddyg
    north central indiana
    Posts: 103
    February 27, 2016 at 10:01 am #1602651

    Dave how is the ice holding, was hoping too make one more trip out to the Genoa area before its over

    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    February 27, 2016 at 10:11 am #1602655

    It was good going yesterday..although there are the nice spots around springs. One dog fell through going to get a stick and had a hard time getting back out. Today is going to put some ware on the ice with the high temps.

    Be safe !!
    Fish with a buddy !!

    fireline
    Rochester
    Posts: 813
    February 27, 2016 at 10:19 am #1602657

    Dave what size and color jig are you using ?

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    February 27, 2016 at 10:35 am #1602661

    All the colors have worked actually! !
    The two I used mostly lately were the gold and the pink in the 1/16 oz

    bigdaddyg
    north central indiana
    Posts: 103
    February 27, 2016 at 11:04 am #1602664

    thanks Dave looks like I,ll have to wait till next year, on what little ice we had this year the glow white work well on the big red ears here in Indiana.

    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    February 27, 2016 at 11:22 am #1602666

    Look me up next year when your up !!
    Maybe we could trip swap !!!

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
    Posts: 2540
    February 27, 2016 at 11:57 am #1602671

    We were out yesterday near Alma and had 16/18″ of ice. Slow bite with a lot of lookers. Tip Downs did the best, managed enough for a good meal for the two of us.

    Again my GF out fished me. Lost what would of probably been my PB Crappie at the hole.

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    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    February 27, 2016 at 12:02 pm #1602675

    Love it with chicks fish !!!

    They always out fish us !!!

    Love them tipdowns !!!

    I have been messing with using circle hooks…

    missing a lot of fish but I have not killed any or lost hooks due to them swallowing them !!

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
    Posts: 2540
    February 27, 2016 at 4:27 pm #1602713

    I use small trebles, 16 Eagle Claw. Might have to try the smaller circle hooks.

    youngfry
    Northeast Iowa
    Posts: 629
    February 29, 2016 at 8:17 pm #1603223

    I got out Sunday on pool 9 as well. This 10″ bull is still swimming. A about a dozen of his smaller compadres swam in coconut oil tonight. Fish were choosy on Sunday… bite really well for about an hour right before it cleared off. Love the feisty fish this time of year… they all feel like bass.

    Ice is going fast. We took a canoe to our spot. I dipped my legs getting back. Use extreme caution now! We fished shallow water and wore life jackets.

    Way to go Dave! Keep nailing them!

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