First-Ice Brook Trout

[Tim Moore]

I finally found safe ice in northern New Hampshire. Well, it was 3" thick and I was only in 18" of water. I checked my way out about 50 yards and that was the point when it started to thin out.

I had to drive a ways, but I eventually found a place I knew was stocked with brookies. It didn't take long to jig up a couple toads with a silver tiger Blade spoon. They wouldn't touch it with a worm on it. I tipped it with a white maki mino head and they couldn't resist. It's great to be back on the ice. Of course today is 40 degrees with steady rain.

[monstermoose78]

Wow Tim them are impressive brookies!!

[Mnfisher]

Yes, they are impressive fish. Wish they had some of them here in Minnesota. Caught a 15" and 14" last year and that was good size for Northern Mn streams. I have heard of them up to 18" though in the streams. I think they are bigger out of Lake Superior (Coasters).

[Tim Moore]

I made a couple more trips while filming for my show and landed a few more beauties. Still getting them in 18" of water on the silver tiger Blade Spoon with Maki mino head. I clipped two of the points off of the treble since we can't add anything a fish can ingest to trebles through the ice. We also did really well with the pink Blade Spoon. These fish are becoming fewer and farther between with all the pressure.

[Surface Tension]

Those are some beauties!

[leech~~]

Very nice.

It's kind of odd-sad that we have more then 10,000 of them here in MN and do not have many lakes we can pull those out of like that!