Well my man, since I have not had a chance to write on here due to working out of town for the last month and a bit I will talk about some tip-up fishing…
Up here in Canada, well Alberta, we can not use live bait however that does not really take away a technique..
I like using a tip up of any style that sits over the hole with a spool inside the hole, with the flag being held on a T Bar and the first inch of movement sets it off, flag pops up. Now, that fish can run with that line and not know that it is being hooked or gonna be hooked.
I also prefer using Mustad Trebles, in red, adds a bit of a “blood affect” to the bait. From the spool I will run something like a 20lb corded ice line, the heavier stuff down to a swivel and from the swivel I tie on about 4 feet of a quality fluro to the treble (s).
Its a simple and flawless technique and if I had more time for pictures etc I would help ya out…

sorry i missed you messages lastnight, im out of town working and just left my computer on without signing out.
thats awesome man, im jealous, im fighting to even find a day to get on the ice.. its sick, making me mad. have gear to test, articles to write and no time to do ANY of it!!
try and get some pictures next time, blood worms are awesome patterns, most guys use them tied as a ‘wire worm’ with color coated wire wrapped around the hook with black heads as the collars etc etc. and dont even realize its a blood worm pattern lol

cheers bud!

my personal opinion, keep em!
our fish and wildlife stocked a lake in hopes of creating a ‘trophy’ lake for Walleyes and its failed, brutally.
What we have is a wack of 14-20 inch walleye and NOTHING over that 22″ in mark. These smaller fish are not spawners and the forage is gone, cant even find a perch bigger than 6 inches and the pike population is nearly gone as well. MILLIONS of small walleye that cant eat eachother and to big of slot limits. Keep those fish, eat em… drop the population and let the strong fish survive and spawn. It will take a few years but with personal management I think lakes that have hardly any regulation should be taken into your own hands. If I could take these small walleye home, I would, but we cant so they are just fun to catch. lol

who wants some orders?? lol

great looking flies, funny how a thread gains and looses and gains popularity again! I NEED to sit down and tie, I think tonight is a brewski / vice night

First and last ones are sick, those will catch some fish for sure. The others look like good open water patterns BUT never know sometimes

Awesome flies bud.

ya, im hitting the road north to the bush to do some work for a few days, then new years…
HOPING to get the lady and her little tykes out on the ice SOON!!

same sort of thing, hooked into a pike 3 times in the day and was broke off, thought it was different fish until it was a 10 lb northern with teeth like a skill saw blade lol
2 chubby darters and a jiggin rap collected back and a nice picture lol

AWESOME MAN!!!!

Picked up the reel the other day, spooled it that day.
Have 6lb Trilene XS on one and 40lb Fireline on the other for this big pike and lake trout.
I cant say enough about this reel, I am extremely impressed with its features and design. Although I havent tested it out as far as casting goes I have tested the drag with rigs in the house and its exceptional. No slipping, binding at all even when its cranked all the way over. It also has 2 lube points for the reel, one on the back housing and one on the handle itself, so no mess oiling the inside of the spool!
Wave Sping offers a 2 year warranty as well, so any problems and they will send out a new reel after the reel is registered online!

The price is there, the quality is appearing to be and the warranty is above most!

Ill have some nice shots of it when i get to some ice fishing this winter, and hopefully that is sooner than later!

That is one thing I need to do SOON! Catch some reds on the fly!!

LOVE the dedication fellas! I would have been right beside ya….

wheres those flies boss???

SO! Got my slip in the mail to go pick up my reel from the post office!… Hopefully ill have er spoooled with some old loopy line tomorrow and giving it a test!

no boss, havent got out and dont know when I will be here with work in the way! Being that ISSUE… lol

but I had a dream about a 5 lb Male Rainbow snatching up a hares ear!

good to know. do you have a website???

Well that clock isnt TICK TOCKING enough! lol

Boy,
Everyones solution is online hey? lol….
Its nice to have a shop you can go to, and mingle and talk with the employees and owners. I worked in a few and loved talking to customers and getting that hands on feel. Most definitely.

Well,
We should get to know eachother my friend

do much fly fishing for Walleye etc? Have Lakers in that area?

im thinking that Thorne Bros needs a shop out west, anyone else? im sick of drooling over threads

never seen sawdust used on minnows, maggots etc but not minnows so I couldnt tell you boss..

We arent fortunate enough to use live minnows out west here bud, all we use are frozen and salted minnows. The local companys net minnows from our river system and sell them, and others are just a standard baitfish. I dont like using frozen minnows with huge chunks of salt, prefer a light salt.
Could also try GULP Minnows!

I agree as well. Myself, I start to venture out right around Christmas, and there is about a foot of ice then. But its just not safe enough, there are to many warm water areas that arent seen by the eye, especially when its covered in snow.
I am sure I could ice fish right now… it has been below -15 celcius for almost two weeks sand hitting -32 celcius today.
but at the tail end of ice season, ill go till theres 3 inches because Ican see open water and see where the good ice still is

Thanks boss. I might have to, my HT rods are nice but wont handle a 20lb plus shark… need a BIT more back bone to rip Chubby Darters, Raps and some heavier jiggin spoons around.
Ill be in contact thanks Luke.

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you can always buy online!

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true. but then I dont get to test out features like handle selection. haha. defeats the purpose of a real ice rod, doesnt it? lol

You Eastern’ers! SPOILED.
Wanna know what I have a choice of buying, and it isnt handle selection or color. I have a choice between some 10.00 ZEBCO fiberglass rods, 20.00 Berkley Combo at Canadian Tire or the very few panfish rods sold at our Sporting Goods stores made by HT.Get this, buy and HT rod bag and the rods dont fit….
SPOILED SPOILED. lol enjoy!

Manitoba isnt much different than Alberta, right on boss! good to know, where in Manitoba? I have considered moving out there, more central. Gorgeous country!

awesome! this is going to be a HUGE help..

It would be soo sick of a flasher had a built in memory card to upload mapping right there, so you know where your hole is on that break, hump or weed flat. Eh? WINK WINK

SOMEONE, INVENT!

nice fish boss! I have been subject to timer photos too when ice fishing alone. small spotting scope tri-pod works nicely. Nice job.

hopefully i can find these out west….

uhm. look real. heard drag peeling. yep. REAL.

NICE fishery!!

I dont know if I will be getting out right at first ice, but I will like to say that I will be hitting up a nice Walleye Lake close to home. HUGE numbers of fish, average 2-4lbs with some hawgs. Also some monster Whites and a few good Sharks.