2025 Ice Season

[TinyTucky]

Figured I’d start a new thread since it looks like we may actually have a decent ice season this year.

I got out today and did a little pond hopping. Caught some micro gills, and 25-30 stunted crappies. Still playing with the settings on this fancy fish finder, but getting the hang of it. Found an old barrel in my dad’s pond, other pic is a school of crappie I was chasing around.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Here is my second hand contribution to this thread. Dr Saggy Sack tested his pond yesterday.
I plan to pop my ice fishing cherry in the coming weeks w DrSS. You may be there too, Hunna?

 

[TinyTucky]

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Here is my second hand contribution to this thread. Dr Saggy Sack tested his pond yesterday.
I plan to pop my ice fishing cherry in the coming weeks w DrSS. You may be there too, Hunna?

Plan to be. Hope some more options are gonna be good to go by the end of next week or sooner…

 

[brock ratcliff]

Did you see any old shotguns in the pond hunter?

 

[TinyTucky]

@brock ratcliff I did call my dad and asked if anything in the pond needed found

 

[brock ratcliff]

@brock ratcliff I did call my dad and asked if anything in the pond needed found

With your dad I’d have been more concerned about what he didn’t want found.

 

[Bigcountry40]

 

[Blackcat86]

Bigcounty40, yeah, but are you having fun?

 

[Bigcountry40]

59 more to go

 

["J"]

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59 more to go

Fish or beers?

 

[TinyTucky]

Got out this am with Dr. FF, caught enough to keep. Decent perch and gills. Good beer on tap at the local bar. Formulating a plan for some eyes Wednesday…

 

["J"]

 

[TinyTucky]

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“If the ice is safe why are you constantly checking it?”

 

["J"]

“If the ice is safe why are you constantly checking it?”

I tell everyone this. If I die while ice fishing, I got murdered because I ain’t going out there on my own accord!

 

[TinyTucky]

Dr. FF and I hit a semi-local reservoir this morning. According to shitty forum reports it had 4-5” of ice. According to what we found, it was 4-5” at best, some spots an inch and a half or less- definitely a pucker factor. We were hoping for saugeye, but only found crappie and white bass. Fished a few hours, built some stache-sicles, caught a few and decided wings and beers sounded better.

 

[TinyTucky]

Been out in the cold the past couple days. Wind sucked, fishing didn’t.

 

[Gern186]

Saginaw bay?

 

[TinyTucky]

Big crowds out of Catawba the last few days, it was tempting today but decided against it with the southerly wind. There’s gonna be a lot of people floating to Canada this weekend, can almost guarantee that. Decided to head east and hit a Lake Erie tributary in search of steelhead. Fished from 8-12, brought 2 topside, and lost 1 other. Unbelievable amount of Shad, and water was a little dirtier than anticipated. Jigged spoon with some powerbait worked the best. Steelhead are the hardest fighting fish I’ve run into through the ice. Electronics are useless, fish come from no where and hit your bait at full speed and make some awesome runs. Can be sketchy ice fishing on moving water, just gotta pay attention and constantly spud.

 

[switchhitter]

Wow
Beautiful fish congratulations tiny

 

[GoetsTalon]

They sure look pretty out of the cold water. Congratulations! Your right on people going for a ride. Blowing 30 out of the southwest. I'd say go at your own risk but your not getting rescued when it breaks free. Stupid assholes would still go lol.