bass though the ice?

[BK19]

what are the tactics to get bass ice fishing I ask cause I always see bass winning ice fishing tourneys and I would like to go for them at this years tourneys thanks in advance

[Bluegill1510]

BK I catch them fishing for panfish usually and right now they would be in shallow weeds and probably moving out to the deep weedlines soon! Really depends on the lake your fishing..water clarity wise and how deep the lake gets. Im not an avid bass fisherman by any means, as they are on the bottom of my list of species to go after and usually are caught accidently (open water and ice). But I catch my biggest large mouths in the winter actually, by using panfish lures and a slow presentation. You would be suprised how slow/staggnet bass get in winter (worse than panfish), so a slow presentation with waxworms will work, even like a doodle bug or lindy demon with a treble hook and 3 waxworms will work as well. But then I've gotten 4 lb bass on a tick up and 6-7 inch sucker minnow while going for northern.

[goblueM]

shiners on the weedline on a tip up, or as mentioned accidentally while panfishing

[EBass]

Yup shiners and in the weeds or on the weededge. In the weeds more than likey.

[ole matty]

I think u wld upped your chance of catchin many bass if u fish on lake that have high pops of bass. I know 1 guys caught 10 bass on tip ups in 1 days... went with him last year I think we caught like 6-7 on tip ups.. All weren't big but it was fun.

[carpmanjake]

my favorite thing to do if i want to catch bass, is have one tip up set, with 8lb flouro, on the edge of reedbeds, or weedlines, 2 feet off the bottom.

and then jig with small lures. like a maramooska jig and eurolarvae, or a round head jig with the tiny 1" gulp alive minnows. float fishing also works.

i had a beastly bass come in after eurolarvea while sight fishing yesterday. easily over 5lbs

but here is one i caught, maramooska and eurolarvea. it came in with a buddy. the buddy hit first, then spat it out. then this guy took it

[KyleM.]

used to fish for them all the time through the ice as a kid, tip up tipped w/ monifilement 3 ft off bottom w/ shiners 3-5 inches long.

as well as jigging w/ a rapala black and silver or blue and silver size 7 or 9 in 12-18 fow. 18inches off bottom. unlike walleyes it seemed you had to tick them off to bite, even if you see them on flasher, jig for 10-15 min in the hole before moving on.

this counted for a lot of bass over the years.

[Lunker]

Find the still living weedbeds!

Caught 3 through the ice today. One 12" on eurolarvae/jig, and a 16" and 18" on shiners with a tip up

In my experience success varies wildly from lake to lake. I have a few lakes where I catch bass nearly every time and others that I have never seen a bass caught through the ice.