Photo Sharing... Panfish on Ice!!!

[Craigums]

Well I went out on saturday with my dad and his buddy from high school. We were in his permanent ice shack and watched the football game while getting into some slabs. We used crappie minnows on small jigs and red hooks under a bobber. We were in a 40 foot hole on the middle of the lake. Here is a picture of an 11 and a 12 incher.

Then on sunday I went out in the evening with my two buddys on a new lake, I had no lake map either. So I just found a little inside corner of the shoreline that I liked next to some submerged trees that were partially out of the ice. My marcum red like we were on the dead sea until 4:20 hit, then it was fast and ferious for close to an hour. We were in about 13 feet of water using small jigs tipped with larva. My buddy got his first ever fish through the ice at the age of 25, I hope he had as much fun as I did. Here is a couple nice sunfish that we managed.

Sorry about the picture quality, on both outings I forgot my camera and had to use the camera on my phone.

[boatfixer]

Heres one of my twin boys with a decent crappie. Its actually from last year,but, I was trying to upload an avatar, and it told me that it was the wrong type of photo? So I thought I would try it on this thread. This way seems to work.

[Quackaddict9]

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I was trying to upload an avatar, and it told me that it was the wrong type of photo? So I thought I would try it on this thread. This way seems to work.

Yeah I had that problem recently until I tried all img/url codes from Photobucket and it was the first URL code under the pic that works.

[boatfixer]

Thanks Quackaddict! I had to use the second one.

[Quackaddict9]

no problem, glad you figured it out!

[Bulldoggr]

Awsome pics Corey, makes me wish i was on the ice right now, instead of doing laundry and reading about ice fishing on the web.

[Corey Bechtold]

I don't know if fishing would be too much fun right now with the extreme cold we are having. Maybe one day I will get one of those big cushy houses so I cam camp out on the lake.

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold

[Bulldoggr]

Been out in Colder weather then this. and I still was able to strip down to a T-shirt inside my Otter Lodge. It just gets frosty on the canvas is all

[Jim Hudson]

Been rocking on a pretty good crappie bite lately.. Basin style..

[Team Otter]

Very nice Jim.

[harvey lee]

I agree, those are some dandy crappies Jim.

[fisherdog19]

Them some nice slabs; sure do get my blood rushing. It's been almost a week since I've been out and I'm having withdrawls but I may have to suck it in. My wife agreed to let me get a sled, so I'm picking up my first on Tuesday, a nice 2up 4 stroke Arctic Cat T660. I promised to finish the painting in the house and put in the fireplace before I got to use it so I'll have to get crackin. Isn't it a shame what's needed to get me motivated

[PerchPounder]

These made it well worth going out when it was -13 this morning.

Hopefully they'll be back in there tomorrow.

[rockman]

Nice, very nice! Cold weather shutdown of the fish? Not according to that photo.I got to get out on the ice, and get me a few for a photo.

[Corey Bechtold]

 Originally Posted By: PerchPounder

Hopefully they'll be back in there tomorrow.

Unless you left them on the Ice chances are that those fish will not be there tomorrow.

Nice fishies,

Corey Bechtold

[PerchPounder]

I knew that "those" fish werent going to be there but there were others and they seemed much pickier today than usual we did manage to get 30 more today. fish for supper!

[muc33]

you da man pounder, you da man!

[troyfideldy]

Was out fishing crappies when this Bull gill grabbed my minnow. After I pulled this one up through the hole I tried hard to catch more gills, but only crappies would bite. Guess the rumor of big gills in the lake are true. Now if I could find more of them.

[PerchPounder]

Wow! nice fish. what did it measure?

[troyfideldy]

It measured just under 10" but had some massive shoulders. All my buddies agreed that the fish looked larger then it actually measured.

[Corey Bechtold]

That's a beast of a Gill!

Congratulations,

Corey Bechtold

[fisherdog19]

That's a very nice gill, hopefully you can find where thier holding.

[Matt Johnson]

Great looking gill!

[Jim Hudson]

Awesome bull...

[superseal]

Hope you guys don't mind an Indiana gill on here. I caught this yesterday in a northern Indiana lake. 11 inches and 10 1/4 inch girth. He was photographed and released. These big gills are rare...I had to do it. Now for a bigger one!