Lake of the woods, any ideas......

[mnfathead]

Hi guys, long story short, new baby means no trip to canada for gators for me this year. How ever I will still be making my trip to Springsteel in the in of feb. I'd like to try to ice a few esp. for the people i go with who have never gotten into the big ones. SO heres the question, is it worth it to set up a few flags deep when your fishing eyes or would it be worth it to drive up shallower and set up for a few hours and see what you can stir up? Any info or opinons would be appreciated, thanks.

[J_D]

I have buddies who fish northerns out there all winter, although you can catch them out deep with walleyes, they catch alot better numbers in shallow.

[mnfathead]

Thanks, yeah time is short on those trips, just looking to maximize the time we have up there.

[beretta]

Never hurts to set a tip up out while chasing walleyes. Try just below the ice. A lot of times, the pike will cruze below the ice on the reefs gobbling up all of those little dink walleyes people stuff back down the hole. People get a few here and there but the fish are not nearly as concentrated as later in the year.

Where do you go in Canada for pike....if you dont mind me asking. Im looking for some new water for pike this winter.

[MichaelSwan]

Great question, heading to LOW this weekend and was thinking the same thing... Head shallow for awhile or drop a huge sucker down and hope.