PDA

View Full Version : Monster ice bow!

Chrisper4694
02-23-2021, 01:15 PM
spent a bit of time popping away at the salmon this year through the ice, but didn't manage any really big ones... my jawjacker did pop off on a monster of a different species after work one day though! She fought much harder than any fat lazy nj stocked trout i've hooked in the past, and had flawless, vibrant colors and full pink/purple fins! just a crazy awesome fish to land!

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602612a46e8bba0bf018c144_800

other pics of less impressive fish below hahaha.... some salmon jigging, 2 beastly pickerel (one that had no right eating my big musky bait), and a saucer sized pumpkinseed i jigged up:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602de2d06e8bba0b9ccaa30e_800

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602b3dba6e8bba0b9c5778a1_800

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602b3e2b6e8bba0bf058d39a_800

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602b3e266e8bba0b9c5b2c4c_800

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/60341b7b6e8bba0b9c7fa7cf_800

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.fishidy.com/602de2b96e8bba0bf0d155b1_800
thmyorke1
02-23-2021, 01:23 PM
great iced fish :cool: the three back-to-back-to-back chain pickerel out of that one hole every time you put a bait down was epic:D

Great rainbow too i bet that lake is holding over more giants
Chrisper4694
02-23-2021, 01:25 PM
great iced fish :cool: the three back-to-back-to-back chain pickerel out of that one hole every time you put a bait down was epic:D

Great rainbow too i bet that lake is holding over more giants

yeah wtf is up with that... i'm trying to put a musky snack down the hole and 2 times in a row 2different stupid pickerel ripped it right out of my hands after i already landed one! hahahaha
FASTEDDIE29
02-23-2021, 05:41 PM
I like that Rainbow! She sure is beautiful! The other fish are cute for sure. Those Pickerel are no joke. Thick, thick, thick!!!:D
icebadger
02-23-2021, 06:20 PM
Now that is one hell of a fish the colors on that trout are impressive the landlocks are one fish that i have not iced yet i have to make time to try my luck with them. I have been getting sunnies like that lately, i have a couple of spots that produce big sunnies always fun on a jig rod. you are doing well keep at it while we still have ice, the temps next week do not look good for keeping ice into march.
Chrisper4694
02-23-2021, 08:00 PM
Now that is one hell of a fish the colors on that trout are impressive the landlocks are one fish that i have not iced yet i have to make time to try my luck with them. I have been getting sunnies like that lately, i have a couple of spots that produce big sunnies always fun on a jig rod. you are doing well keep at it while we still have ice, the temps next week do not look good for keeping ice into march.

I been ice fishing for three months minus a week and a half for that xmas rain, but this is def looking like the beginning of the end. It was a good long run, let’s go out with a bang haha
Pondhopper8
02-23-2021, 08:01 PM
That’s a nice fat bow!!
Mikey topaz
02-23-2021, 08:56 PM
Piggy rainbow! If there was a circle hook in its mouth eddies would like to have it back!!!!!
Chrisper4694
02-23-2021, 10:39 PM
Piggy rainbow! If there was a circle hook in its mouth eddies would like to have it back!!!!!

I thought that was a tag... i kept it for my collection!
JDTuna
02-24-2021, 12:33 PM
Monster bow!!!
Bruce Litton
02-24-2021, 01:00 PM
It's great to see a rainbow that big there. Congrats! And that second pickerel is a great one, too. Badger mentioned not having iced a salmon, I haven't either. Was going with a friend today, but his son came home sick! Quarantined.
Capt. Lou
02-24-2021, 04:25 PM
Nice group of fish , does t get much better variety as well ! Starting later this week I’m back on the streams looking for outsize trout . I missed all winter brutal
Chrisper4694
02-25-2021, 09:42 AM
It's great to see a rainbow that big there. Congrats! And that second pickerel is a great one, too. Badger mentioned not having iced a salmon, I haven't either. Was going with a friend today, but his son came home sick! Quarantined.

sometimes they hit jigs better some times they hit bait better, always do both through the ice, but time is probably running out for that now

Lou, yeah this is def the beginning of the end of the ice. can't complain though, over 3 months!