Best Fish this Winter

[davemeyer]

What is the best fish that you caught on ice this winter?

[Waterbeater]

Last weekend I caught a 2 lb. 15 in. perch. Not just my biggest this year but biggest perch ever. I almost fell off the bucket when she came through the ice.

[waterwolff]

30.5" inch walleye with a 19" girth on New Years day. Come on open water

[Steve Foss]

Pike, 38 inches on a tip-up early ice on Birch Lake near Babbitt. Biggest toothy so far. Caught and released.

Prettiest fish was a 6 lb laker off Gunflint Lake last month on laker opener. Fat and healthy, with a deep bronze color I hadn't seen before. Caught but NOT released.

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[ryan johnson]

here's my biggest walleye of the year..

[fiskyknut]

Hey Ryan I suppose you get a good late ice bite up that way too. Does the river get bad ice way soon up there and what is kinda typical for a not safe to walk out date?

Always a guess, but I'm curious about the late ice opportunities up there. When does the season close?

Regards....fiskyknut

I have caught a few Walleye around 24-26 inches, I'm slackin this year bad. Perch to near 15"s. The Pike bite is yet to come.

[Pig_sticka]

10.25" sunfish-released
28.5" 9# walleye-photo then released

[SgtCaesarfishinguy]

4 1/2 Rock Bass, released, no photo. Only been out once, just got back from the desert!!

[SgtCaesarfishinguy]

4 1/2" Rock Bass, released, no photo. Only been out once, just got back from the desert!!

[ryan johnson]

you can fish the river right until the season closes at the last day of march..season re-opens second week in may i believe..fishing can be really hot in mid march when a little extre flow starts happing under the ice.

[This message has been edited by ryan johnson (edited 02-15-2004).]

[Northlander]

28.5" eye would be first and then those beautiful Ashland Smallies and Coho.

[jerkin'm]

If by catching you mean pulling out of the hole than I "caught" a beauty 47" musky on January 3rd in Ontario. Didn't even need a rod. Signed the Musky Master

[Swamp Scooter]

Well I have nothing up to the sizes you are talking about but managed to land my first walleye/sauger through the ice this winter thanks to some of the guys on the Forum.

Most memorable would be meeting up with a couple of new fishing buddies and sharing the bite.

[Scoot]

29.25" wallleye from LOW. She's still swimming today too!

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Scoot

So I got dat goin’ for me… which is nice.

[Caesarfishinguytoo]

I would have to say it is a tie between a 23" walleye and a 24" Catfish. Was my first catfish through the ice!!

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I like Tail

[Pout Preacher]

Shoulda kept that rock bass, over twice the state record!

ATM, aint them pout great?

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love my Lota lota

[Mr. Pike1]

The results for largest fish this year were:

Carp- 20 lbs
Catfish- 8 lbs 6 oz
Northern- 24"
Walleye- 20"
Rockbass- 12"
crappie- 11"
Perch- 9"
Sunfish- 8"

[Guest]

15lb pike, (CPR) on a suburb lake.

or

15 walleyes in 25 min on a suburb lake.

Both quantity and quality at your back door. What more do you want?

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Let 'em go so they can grow!!!

[LaVoi]

Best of the winter was a 39" pike (CPR)

[Skeets]

My best fish ever came on January 10th 2004.
38 Inch Pike caught on a tip up and big sucker minnow.

It is on the home page, if you want to see it!

[Fishcatcher]

Smallie on Big Birch my cousin caught...

http://www.zoomn.com/hsolist/Ice%20FIshing%20Pictures/AdamSmallmouth.jpg

[Fishcatcher]

Hopefully this works

[Paul Waldowski]

Fishcatcher,

Please resize your photo to make it more user friendly

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Paul
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[Guest]

Has to be Jason Van Ert's 48 inch muskie thru the ice hands down. Nothing like seeing a 4 foot long fish come out of a hole in the ice.

[can it be luck?]

Best fish through an ice hole was a 28 1/2" walleye caught last tuesday on lake Winnibigoshish. Fished the humps in 17' of water. It tasted oh so good!!! Biggest northern was 41" with 3 others in the 38-40" range. Great picklers!!! Just kidding! All are swimming just fine.

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