Well i keep seeing all the warm weather fishing .Is there anyone ice fishing out there .

not here in nova scotia canada yet...supposed to get colder mid january...maybe then,,,been so warm here we still got the boats out fishing

oh wow we been going out once or twice a week for 5weeks .but had no luck i guess we are not doing it right lol. lost four fish and the husband lost 3 .

I don't know, if you are talking about only Canada area, but here in Finland I just a few hours ago came back from an ice fishing trip targeting pikes and we got one around 2kg up and lost 2 of about same size.

Hi Tammy, looks like an interesting way to fish but i think i prefer our fishing here in New Zealand, a bit warmer lol.

Mianka how do you get on if the fish is bigger than the hole you drill through the ice ?

Oh i would love to go to New Zealand . may have to leave the hubby and go lol.

looks like a pike great job . what is your limit there . we are allowed one . some lakes more and some none on pike and waleye .

fisho-24, that hole is 6" (15cm) diameter, a bit under 19" (47cm) circumference. The pike's circumference only around 13" (32cm), so it comes easily up, if you just manage to make it in the "tube". Oh, and if the fish is bigger than the hole, you just drill 2 more holes around the initial one and make one big hole.

Ice fishing is very close to meditation. I just find the peace when ice fishing.

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tammy_lilbit, we don't actually have any limit on pikes (no size or amount), it's so common fish and tbh so little fished. But as responsible fishers, we don't take anymore than we can eat ourselves. The 2 pikes, that got away, got away before this one we got up. They were actually just bites and snap, the line was cut. Sharp teeth and we didn't take our wire traces with us, just used .45mm (.017 inch?) fluorocarbon, which obviosly wasn't enough for pikes' teeth. After this one we called it a day.

We don't have walleyes, but on zander (or more commonly known as pike-perch), we have legal minimum length of 40cm (bit under 16"), but no amount limit in most places. I think we should have. We keep the minimum limit ourselves as 45cm (bit under 17") and take at most 3 fishes, usually 1 or 2 is enough. By means of ice fishing i've never caught any zanders (yet!) though

we drill 8inch hole in the ice we also have many holes . we do get some nice big pike sometimes it is easy fishing sometimes not so much we are going out wed. maybe we will come home with two one each and hope for some white fish to or a few perch . wishful thinking gota love it lol.

Yeah, 8 inch is the way to go to be sure, just in case that monster happens to bite
Though, most pikes come up from 6 inch hole. I don't own 8 inch drill (or even 6 inch one).
We used my friends 6 inch drill, I only have 4.5 inch drill and 5 inch drill. I usually fish for perch.
5 inch drill I got for cheap and 4.5 inch for free.

We fish for what ever is going to bit i love perch .we were glad for that 8 inch hole last year ,we caught some big pike but that 14inch perch it was deep grith . Well any way we just need to get out and fish now . As long as it does not do the freezing rain tomorow we will be out.

I live in colorado and ice fishing has been hot the last 3 weeks. I caught 90 myself with some nice rainbows from 15"-22". Going again this friday with some friends and hoping for a few more nice ones.

Do you use a fish finder . We have had no luck at all some friends come out and caught 3 .W went out today and not even a bite .We need to go on the other side of the lake .Last year we came home with lots of fish this year nada . We may try sunday just see what happens.

I dont use a fish finder, but I do study contour maps and fish over river channels, and any other good structure. Early season fish shallower go deeper as the season goes on.