Haven’t seen a thread on it… so hope this isn’t a duplication.
Just wanted to say I really enjoyed the recent show! Like many others, I can dream of a bite like that… pulling up slabs and the occasional bonus big gill. Doing it on the spoons and all would be even better. It was a fast paced, informative, and a very enjoyable show!! Great job on it James and everyone at IDO.
Well done James and Phil lantern fishing brings back memories. Fun 
Well done James and Phil lantern fishing brings back memories. Fun
..and camera men, editors…quite a team they have. What a great experience, and a few really nice fish didn’t even make the show.
I enjoyed the show also. Bought a couple spoons for my next trip up to the Turtle Flambeau for those pig crappies…
Bought a couple spoons
LOL… I buy some just so I can look at them and think about fishing like that.
Thanks Chuck! I had a heck of a good time fishing with Phil… hope to get together with him again some time in the future. This shoot was one of my favorite so far this winter. Basically everything came together just the way we hoped and that rarely happens.
Here’s the show, for those that missed it.
James, you sparked off an idea we had among a few of us down here. Small generator/inverter and some halogen work lamps.
I’ve noticed over the years with crappies that some nights they come up to the lantern light, and others they shy away. Obviously the supplement lights are a bit brighter than lanterns – What affects did you notice with the increased amount of light? How far away were you keeping the generator?
James, you sparked off an idea we had among a few of us down here. Small generator/inverter and some halogen work lamps.
I’ve noticed over the years with crappies that some nights they come up to the lantern light, and others they shy away. Obviously the supplement lights are a bit brighter than lanterns – What affects did you notice with the increased amount of light? How far away were you keeping the generator?
We found that the guy fishing in the video lights caught FAR fewer fish than the guy fishing away from the video lights, even though we set the lights up on our “hot spot” found before the sun went down. So on this night, the lights were not an advantage. When we fished by lantern light only the crappie didn’t seem to be effected, positively or negatively, due to the limited intensity of the light.
I’ve had quite a few experiences where lights on in a portable or hard side house have hindered the bite. Mostly in clear water less than 15′. Last year when we fished crappie on URL we stayed in a house out on the lake at night and we had lines down during the night. We had one fairly bright light on at one of the house and the lines near the light never got touched while the lines on the “dark end” of the house stayed active. Once we picked up on the pattern we switched up the lights so the dark end was lit and the lit end was dark… and the lines on the newly darkened end started catching fish.
I’ve seen the same thing with walleye at night… shining lights down the holes in shallow water is usually a bad thing for the bite.
We ran our Polaris generator about 100′ away from the lights using a long extension cord. We figure if we can’t pick up the sound in our mics the sound likely won’t bother the fish through 2′ of ice and snow.
Great info James 
James,
Another great show.
What kind of fishing line did you use?
And do you have any trouble with it icing up?
James,
Another great show.
What kind of fishing line did you use?
And do you have any trouble with it icing up?
I use 3# InvisiLine for crappie and gills with very minimal icing.
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