11-14-2004, 02:33 AM
Don,
Its mostly pike through the ice that I catch and the occasional jumbo perch. Walleye's are tough almost impossible through the ice at Sanchez.
I've talked to people that have been ice fishing it for years and never caught one. They must feed almost exclusively during the night when its iced over. Most of the pike are 20 to 25" with the occasional 4 or 5 pounder. Average anywhere from 6 to 12 fish a day.
I just started fishing it with success last winter and location is the key at this lake, there not too picky when you find them. I've had pike hit spoons while they were just sitting there. The amazing thing is that I read an article recently that had a very indepth article on Sanchez and walleye take up over 70% of the fish biomass, but pike are all most people catch until it warms up.
There used to be a lot of perch but not nearly as many now and I've never caught a trout out of that lake.
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Its mostly pike through the ice that I catch and the occasional jumbo perch. Walleye's are tough almost impossible through the ice at Sanchez.
I've talked to people that have been ice fishing it for years and never caught one. They must feed almost exclusively during the night when its iced over. Most of the pike are 20 to 25" with the occasional 4 or 5 pounder. Average anywhere from 6 to 12 fish a day.
I just started fishing it with success last winter and location is the key at this lake, there not too picky when you find them. I've had pike hit spoons while they were just sitting there. The amazing thing is that I read an article recently that had a very indepth article on Sanchez and walleye take up over 70% of the fish biomass, but pike are all most people catch until it warms up.
There used to be a lot of perch but not nearly as many now and I've never caught a trout out of that lake.
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