Has anyone started ice fishing?

[Eli]

(12-10-2013 07:46 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Check out this report from Eli, he landed a nice pike on 2lb line LOL

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...18#pid5318

Depends on how the fish is hooked. Eli do you remember if the hook was sticking outside the mouth?

Haha it was hooked way inside the mouth in the top jaw. SO the line was rubbing all along its teeth throughout the fight, but being seaguar fluoro it held and I landed the fish. Not the first pike I land on 2lb fluoro either. Seaguar is well worth the extra money IMHO. Very abrasion resistant.

Of course Ken will tell you the exact friggen second I had a 10lb pike cut me off just as I was about to lift it out of the hole this past Sunday.

I never use metal any more, open water or ice. When I'm targeting esox I'll use 30-100lb fluoro leaders and check and remove the scratched sections after every fish. I can count on one hand the number of pike I had cut me off in the last 5 years.


BTW, not sure how the ice down there in Robfordistan, but I'll be very surprised if it's less than 10'' here by this weekend.