Anyone been out spearing?

[bassNspear]

i havent been able to get out for 2 weeks now being im back at work and boat shows!

I wanta get out this weekend!

[MJ1657]

I'm going to get back at it tomorrow.

[MJ1657]

Went out yesterday and didnt see any northerns. First time this year. The water is getting alot clearer on the lake i'm on.

[thatoneguy]

Nice to see a good discussion like this. Too often this board is useless because of (insert expletive) people who give rude responses like the one guy earlier in the thread. This site can be a great learning tool if people aren't selfish with information - I've got a few ideas for spearing spots locally percolating from what I've read here.

Keep it up!

Oh - in other news, the Cass Lake city council is formally in favor of removing the Muskie Inc Decree, er, I mean the spearing ban, on Cass Lake. It will be interesting to see if a local, grassroots effort can defeat an organized lobby in this matter.

http://www.casslaketimes.com/index.php?o...:other-top-news

[MJ1657]

I go on quite a few boards of various interests I have. This is by far the nicest and most informative board I have been on. Thanks to everyone on here for their tips and tricks.

[merkman]

Fishcarver and I are heading out on Rainy (Black Bay) in the morning.

Hope to see some monsters tomorrow!!!

I will bring the camera. (hope it don't jynx me)

[MJ1657]

Good luck Merkman. That sounds like fun.

[fisherking01]

Wow, Rainy!! I got some great memories of rainy, and some not so great ones, haha. Hope you do well Merk!!

went out today with a friend and took 3 small pike for lunch, cleaned em, fried em and enjoyed them with friends. lately switching anything seems to get em curious. One got it today cause he refused to let go of Fred (fred is my live decoy)lol. good luck this weekend for all who venture out.

[HandySpence]

Went out to my favorite spot today, downsized the minnows considerably and caught some sunnies. Had only 1 northern skirt the hole a little disappointing but the sunnies were nice size. Oh yeah heater ran out of fuel, and I couldn't start my car to get off the lake because it was too cold... was a good day though

[bassNspear]

i think the cold weather has an effect to the movement of the pike right now!

[Archerysniper]

Went out yesterday and didnt see any northerns. First time this year. The water is getting alot clearer on the lake i'm on.

MJ I have been hooking into them out there in 25 feet while fishing panfish.

[bassNspear]

so your out panfishin, and getting a few pike throw the hole?

I wonder with the cold weather, if they didnt move deep!

[MJ1657]

Where on the lake have you been setting up ArcherySniper?

[Jameson]

I know, I know, with out pics it didn't happen, but....

I had a very beat up 50" ski swim through my hole a half dozen times during a half-hour period this morning. She had some obvious landing net damage. She even stopped a couple of times and flared her gills at my scared s@#t-less sucker (no hook, decoy pin) only 18" below the ice, but wasn't eating what I had to offer. Finally it leaves for maybe ten minutes when miss 40" pike comes nosing up to one of my dekes. Bottom right of the spear hole, perfect. I was grabbing my spear, about to line up the shot when that 50" pig comes flying back in stopping nose to nose with the same deke. Of course the pike swam off just as fast as the ski came in. The muskie came through one more time and I took my decoy line and pulled it so that it would gently rub up against the ski. She darted off, and was not seen again as it was time for me to leave 10 minutes later. I was able to spear a 23" pike earlier in the day, and missed two carp.

Frustrating, but very cool.

[Gordie]

so your out panfishin, and getting a few pike throw the hole?

I wonder with the cold weather, if they didnt move deep!

This time of year BNS Go deep for them pike 20 plus water hang your decoys anywhere from a foot to 5 foot below the ice youll be suprised at the pike that will roll thru the hole.

[waterbound]

I finally got out today and I headed to Christmas Lake. I set up in a bay over where I thought the weeline was but I didn't bother checking the depth before I cut my hole because I just wanted to get spearing. As it turned out I was sitting over 27' of water nowhere near the weedline. Didn't see any fish, but I could see the bottom at that was nice at that depth.

[shamalex72]

Went out today by Brainerd and speared two, saw a couple others also. They all came to an orange and white striped decoy.

[merkman]

I saw a MONSTER today on Rainy.

It was just before full light and it was sitting on bottom in 7 FOW

I didn't see it untill it was too late.

A flash just outside the hole in front of me, a huge dust cloud on the bottom, then the wide head, fat belly and the huge tail waving good bye. It is amazing to see a 3 and a half foot long fish turning around on its nose in 7 FOW without even getting inside the spear hole. There is a reason that one is big!!! My heart was pounding for a half hour afterward!! It made the whole day worth while.

[Archerysniper]

Where on the lake have you been setting up ArcherySniper?

Same side of the lake as your spear house but around the point.

[shamalex72]

I saw a MONSTER today on Rainy.

It was just before full light and it was sitting on bottom in 7 FOW

I didn't see it untill it was too late.

A flash just outside the hole in front of me, a huge dust cloud on the bottom, then the wide head, fat belly and the huge tail waving good bye. It is amazing to see a 3 and a half foot long fish turning around on its nose in 7 FOW without even getting inside the spear hole. There is a reason that one is big!!! My heart was pounding for a half hour afterward!! It made the whole day worth while.

Sounds awesome!! What decoy did she come in to? See any others? Use the cisco decoy?

[MJ1657]

Originally Posted By: MJ1657

Where on the lake have you been setting up ArcherySniper?

Same side of the lake as your spear house but around the point.

Thanks for the tip.

[merkman]

Sounds awesome!! What decoy did she come in to? See any others? Use the cisco decoy?

I threw the entire decoy box at em over the weekend but the fish were pretty lazy this weekend. Sticking to the bottom and not moving too much.

I expected some to come into the cisco but no luck this time.

The big one came into the Hillbilly Spinner with 4 stacked spoons.

We had a few fish come into the Hillbilly Spinner with double stacked offset golf balls too.

The rest came into live decoys.

We ended up taking one for a fish fry that we had tonight and a little one for the smoker. All the rest were look and released.

There are some BIG fish in Rainy Lake!!!

I spun a coke can on the Hillbilly Spinner in honor of BNS then after staring at that darn thing for 15 min I had to take it off since it was out of control.

I wanted to see a sturgeon in the hole but no luck this time.

The only fish we saw were Northerns.

It was great to spend time with my Brother and Dad in the spearhouse all weekend, seeing the beautiful snow covered trees, the big wolf moon over the lake greeting us every morning and evening, waiting for the deer to cross the road as we headed out to the shack in the morning, being able to spear on the same lake that my uncle speared and fished most of his life (thought allot about him this weekend), and as a bonus we had a bunch of family over for a fish/steak fry on the last day.

Good times indeed!!

Well worth the trip!!!

[MJ1657]

Being "well worth the trip" is what its all about. Glad you had a good time.

It would be exciting spearing where you know a monster pike could come through.

[MJ1657]

I was out today saw two northerns and brought home an eater. I had a real big largemouth swim right up to my decoy.

I think i'm going to move my house to a different spot tomorrow. It's been in the same spot for a month a change of scenery might be nice.

[gardn184]

Got out on thursday and saw numerous small, and I mean small northerns, took a friend out who had never been spearing before so I was gonna let him spear the sucker at the end of the day if he didn't get to spear a northern, at the end of the day I jerked the sucker so he would sink belly up and be a more stationary target, I was in the process of handing him the spear to throw at the sucker and a 28incher came flying in out of nowhere. I stuck him almost out of reaction. This is my first year spearing and man do I love it. after that incident my buddy is also hooked. The 28 incher had 3 other spear holes in him. What a warrior of a fish, I'm just glad that I finished him off.