Fishing Forum

Hi,
This is my very first post in this forum. I tried ice fishing for trout tonight...but no bites. I've never tried before, so I'd like to ask a few questions.

Does the light of a lantern penetrate thick ice and does it attract trout?

Do any of you use submerged lights to attract trout?

I've read here that many of you use glow jigs. Do you supplement it with meal worms / wax worms?

Anyone have any tips for good spots in the Uintah Basin?

Thanks, everyone!

Percy
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I fear hard water, however welcome to BFT, I am sure one one out there has your answers. []
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bait always helps i have tried a submerged light dont think it helped but using scents like smelly jelly ectc. are the best way to get them to come see you
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Yes adding some meat on the hook can really help at times. Wax worms, meal worms and regular worms work fine. For bigger types of fish sometimes minnows or sucker meat is what they want. Lures that glow never hurt either.
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Welcome to BFT.

I fish alot at night and have chosen to turn off the lantern. I don't really know if it helps or hurts, but it is one less thing to carry! I use an LED headlamp. Works fine for me.

Yes, light will penetrate ice. We were camped out at Strawberry last weekend. We were using a FishTV to watch the fish bite our lures. When we turned the camera upward, we could easily see our neighbors ice shack and four beams of light streaming down from their holes.

As mentioned above, jigs tipped with anything have a greater chance of increasing your catch rate. I fish with sucker meat frequently. I also like using meal worms for trout (especially Steinaker). I almost always use glow jigs and tubes. In fact I only have a few (for Pelican Lake) that are not glowing.

There are so many great places to fish in the Uintah Basin. If you live here you should know that we have Pelican, Sandwash, Bottle Hollow, Red Fleet, Steinaker, Moon Lake, Brough, Caulder, Matt Warner, Flaming Gorge, Starvation, Boreham, Cottonwood, Crouse, Upper and Lower Green, East Park, Oaks Park, Dyer Park and countless other Uintah lakes and streams.
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