Lake Whitefish thru the ice

[Sorgy]

Guy's,

what is the best bait to catch lake whitefish thru the ice. I am targeting deep holes on Vermilion.

Thanks

Steve

[basssmasher*]

My best technique has been take a large silver type spoon, and tie a dropper of 12 inches onto it instead of the treble.. attatch a small teardrop to the dropper and tip with a waxworm. Jigging will attract the fish with the large spoon andthey will inhale the teardrop.. electronics are a must for marking schools of suspended fish

[KG243]

Are there a lot in Vermillion?

[thedeadsea]

Guys do pretty well netting them up here, but haven't heard about many coming through the ice. You are more likely to catch tullibees in deep water using those techniques. Not fast fishing like ML, LOW, etc but there are a few here and there.

[KG243]

I would love to fish for some white fish

[HandySpence]

I have had some good luck with the aforementioned tactic. I dont have much experience fishing for whitefish until this year but the best i have used is a very very small teardrop with a wax worm or even 2; 6inches of line; then the gold rattlin flyer. I havent experimented much on ML with other colors than gold but anything shiney should do the trick. drop it down, jig it reel up slow about a foot and continue. I was watching these buggers on the camera and they would come up to it, turn at the last second circle, come up to it turn and start swimming away but if you give it a healthy jig they usually turn around and slay your bait.

[KG243]

what is a good lake to fish for them on?

[JBMasterAngler]

The whitefish chain is appropiately named. That would probably be a good place to start.

[lakeshoremunster]

shrimpo or ratso or deamon works for me

check out the cr&j site they have some good stuff

[newoodhntr]

We fished with a guide last weekend over by Green Bay and we rigged up with a #7 sweedish pimple on a drop line a barrel swivel and a single red hook above the swivel both were baited with waxes and one on each hook. Keep contact with the bottom and most of the fish we caught were on the single hook.

[mntim]

One of the guys in our group caught a nice one through the ice on Vermillion a couple weeks ago, accidental of course. Minnow on a plain hook. He was out of the house taking a leak and when he got back all 4 poles in the house were bent over. Fish had hooked the first line and did laps under the house causing quite a rats nest with the rest of the lines. Have a nice photos on FB of it but I have no idea how to post it here.

[thedeadsea]

Have a nice photos on FB of it but I have no idea how to post it here.

Get a photobucket account, upload the picture to there and then put the link over on here.

[Sith T.]

On the Northwestern sections Lake Koronis and Big Sandy Lake I've caught whitefish on this year. I used the setup of a 3" silver spoon and a 8-12" dropper with a waxie. Usually they are suspended at 35-40'.

[Bullwinkled]

Mille Lacs Tullibee C&R 30-40 on this date, what a blast, good fighters. Most on flutter jigs, minnow head or eurolarvae.

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[Big Buck Buster]

One of the guys in our group caught a nice one through the ice on Vermillion a couple weeks ago, accidental of course. Minnow on a plain hook. He was out of the house taking a leak and when he got back all 4 poles in the house were bent over. Fish had hooked the first line and did laps under the house causing quite a rats nest with the rest of the lines. Have a nice photos on FB of it but I have no idea how to post it here.

Hmmm, one guy in the house with four poles bent over?

[mntim]

Originally Posted By: mntim

One of the guys in our group caught a nice one through the ice on Vermillion a couple weeks ago, accidental of course. Minnow on a plain hook. He was out of the house taking a leak and when he got back all 4 poles in the house were bent over. Fish had hooked the first line and did laps under the house causing quite a rats nest with the rest of the lines. Have a nice photos on FB of it but I have no idea how to post it here.

Hmmm, one guy in the house with four poles bent over?

I should clarify, there were 3 guys fishing out of the house. We keep it legal.