| Now that the winter has officially settled on us | | | | for trout. Not only this, but when fishing through |
| like a lazy dog lying on his bed next to the | | | | the ice the warmer parts of the day are generally |
| fireplace, ice fishing is really starting to heat up. | | | | more productive than the colder parts of the day. |
| One of the most popular fish to target when | | | | 2. Small Jigs Tipped With Bait Are Effective: Small |
| fishing through the ice are trout, and in this article | | | | jigs, either traditional twister tails or marabou, |
| I will outline a few tips that will help you catch | | | | tipped with meal worms or maggots can be very |
| more fish when ice fishing for trout. Add one (or | | | | effective when trout fishing through the ice. A |
| all) of these simple ice fishing tips to your ice | | | | key is to not provide much jigging action to your |
| fishing repertoire and you will begin experiencing | | | | jig. As a matter of fact jigging you rod every |
| more ice fishing success. | | | | few minutes should suffice. Trout are extremely |
| When discussing ice fishing, I think it's important to | | | | sluggish under the ice and a lot of movement can |
| reiterate safe ice thicknesses. I realize this info is | | | | "spook" them. |
| "old hat" to experienced ice fihermen, but it's | | | | 3. Powerbait Is Effective: I realize that this may |
| nonetheless worth mentioning for anyone who | | | | sound strange, but if the body of water you are |
| might be new to the idea of fishing on a frozen | | | | fishing on contains "stocked" trout, Powerbait can |
| body of water. In almost all cases four inches of | | | | be very effective when ice fishing. A great |
| ice is considered safe for walking and fishing | | | | technique when ice fishing for stocked trout is to |
| through the ice. I personally like to see six inches | | | | us a set of gang-hooks with a small ball of |
| of ice, but this isn't necessary. | | | | Powerbait covering each hook on a set of |
| The following tips are being listed in no particular | | | | gang-hooks. This ice fishing rig can be fished on a |
| order. Use the ones that feel right to you, discard | | | | rod or a tip up. |
| the rest, but all of the following ice fishing tips are | | | | 4. Small Spoons Are Effective: Small spoons such |
| effective. | | | | as "Little Cleo's" can be quite effective when |
| | | | fishing through the ice for trout. Just as with jigs, |
| 1. Be On The Ice When The Trout Are Most | | | | any jigging action should be minimal in many cases. |
| Active: So how the heck do you know when the | | | | Small spoons can also be tipped with maggots or |
| trout are the most active? Simple, by paying | | | | meal worms for more trout attracting power. |
| attention to the weather and moon and planning | | | | The bottom line is that when fishing for trout |
| your fishing trips accordingly. The weather and | | | | through the ice these tips have helped me over |
| moon have an amazing affect on the feeding | | | | the past two decades and I know they will do the |
| behavior of trout and using this information to | | | | same for you. Now get out there and begin |
| your advantage can be a big help when ice fishing | | | | starring through a hole in the ice! |