The Aggressive Angler

[Deitz Dittrich]

This is my first "Official"article for FishingMinnesota.com, please include stuff in this post relating to aggressive ice angling that you have done in your fishing....

The Aggressive Ice Angler Article

Deitz Dittrich

[Matt Johnson]

Great article Deitz!

I've had the chance to ice fish with Deitz a few times, a let me tell you, he's one aggressive ice angler! This is definitely a situation where someone is practicing what they preach That's part of the reason he's so successful out on the ice, not to mention in a boat.

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[hanson]

I'm finally hitting the ice this weekend and will do doubt be practicing what you preach Exude. Lots of holes, lots of hole hopping, checking various depths, aggressive jigging w/ spoons & swimbaits. If I need to slow it down I will but I'm after those larger aggressive walleyes and jumbo perch. 5-6 inches of ice makes it easy to punch a lot of holes and cover some water.

[IceHawk]

Excellent information and a great article.

[TheGuy]

Thanks Exudedude! Great article! When you say you drill holes closer together is closer like 10 to 15 yards apart or more like 10 feet apart? Does it all depend on if you know the area and have fished it before? On some lakes that I know I drill holes sometimes 5 feet apart because of the stumps on the bottom. On a lake that I don't know well I drill holes about 15 yards apart, is this too far apart or not far enough?

[Deitz Dittrich]

TheGuy-Its really going to depend on the cover you are trying to cover. There are many areas in our lakes in where 2 holes that are 15 yards apart are as much as 20 feet in depth difference. I would say the closer you are to a drop off the closer you need your holes.. If fishing a flat or shelf then you can get away with having holes a little larger apart. Also, the clearer the water you can get away with having holes a little further apart as well.. dirty water would need holes closer togeather.

All in all I would say for a rule of thumb I may go 5-10 yards between holes at first and drill more in areas that seem to have a higher concentration of fish.

Thanks all for the compliments so far... Good luck this winter!

[delmuts]

good job !!

[Duffer]

great artical man A+ work!!

[D. Stadler]

Excellent article. Like you say, it is so cool to "leave the pack" and come back with fish. And if you have a partner, one guy drills, one guy checks, you can really cover ground fast!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Thanks again for the compliments. Very nice of all of you.

D.Stadler brings up a great tip, teaming up and fishing with friends, as long as they think like you do can help narrow down a fishey area much quicker. 2 lines or 3 lines down searching for fish is always better than one!

[BigDaddy]

Deitz-

Good article and definitely inspiring to those of us who don't move enough!

Also, It's difficult content to write well and you've accomplished it.

[Maximum12]

Very nice! The idea of dropping the spoon a couple feet at a time until you hit the bottom - duh <smacks forehead>. Why didn't I ever think of that? Good article!

[Big Paulie]

Great Article. Thanks for sharing the tips.I had my son read it too, seeing that he's my fishing buddy. Now hopefully we can put this info to use and have more success on the ice. Good Job!

[buzbunni]

Nice article Exude.

Articles that lend a hand to a process, or sysematic approach to fishing are always benenficial. Not having much experience, I appreciate advice from this point of view.

[CrappieJohn]

Great article, dude!

[Yellow Dog]

Good thoughts from all! Just my 2 cents--I am a map guy and usually try to find some points and move on those first. My drilling mode is more of a zig-zig: in shallow towards the point, then deep, move along the point and repeat. Of course, sonar is almost essential.

Exudedude, nice tip about using the camera to check the structure on the bottom during this search method!!!

When can we expect more?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Thanks again everybody...

YellowDog- Rick has asked me to try and kick out an article a month. I will do my best to do just that. I usally start quite a few and they never get finished or I hit a block on how to best get my point across and to make it an easy read yet informative. I currently have a few started,

•How to best use an Underwater Camera

•The Rise and Fall of Inactive fish... Tips to get them to bite.

•Fish Anatomy, understanding it, and using it to catch more fish.

You may or may not see these articles, but I do have them started. I am also thinking of starting one on Lure Color.

I will take requests as well. If you have an article that you would like to see here on FishingMinnesota.com, I will do my best to either write it myself or work with another prostaffer to get it on the net for you...