12-31-2013, 04:03 AM
I just posted a report about ice fishing starvation. After my first trip to starvy not ending very well, I wanted to try and ask a few questions here.
I went to starvy today targeting the bows. I dont care much about the perch but was really excited about getting into the starvy steelhead. My wife caught one small one and I had a nice one on that got off. Thats all we caught in 5 hours. Nobody else in the area did any better from what we saw.
We fished the bridge area. Started at the west side at 7:30 and then moved to the east side at about 9. We caught the fish on the east side in close to the rocks in about 25 ft of water. Didnt mark many fish all morning nor did any of the several other groups that we talked to. We were going to hit the Indian Bay area at starvy after leaving the bridge but decided to go to strawberry.
To those who can share any info, where is the best area to target the bows through the ice at starvation? I am not too interested in the perch. I am not looking for anybodies honey hole but more a general area?
How is the best way to fish for the rainbows at starvy? Depth of water, distance from shore, structure type (bay, point, rocky, etc), type of lure/jig, bait? Do you fish the bottom in a bay or off a point, or suspend your jig over deeper water?
I have fished strawberry a ton and feel that I have figured it out there, but am very interested in learning more about ice fishing starvation. Any info you can provide would be great.
If you prefer to pm me, that would be great.
Thanks!
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I went to starvy today targeting the bows. I dont care much about the perch but was really excited about getting into the starvy steelhead. My wife caught one small one and I had a nice one on that got off. Thats all we caught in 5 hours. Nobody else in the area did any better from what we saw.
We fished the bridge area. Started at the west side at 7:30 and then moved to the east side at about 9. We caught the fish on the east side in close to the rocks in about 25 ft of water. Didnt mark many fish all morning nor did any of the several other groups that we talked to. We were going to hit the Indian Bay area at starvy after leaving the bridge but decided to go to strawberry.
To those who can share any info, where is the best area to target the bows through the ice at starvation? I am not too interested in the perch. I am not looking for anybodies honey hole but more a general area?
How is the best way to fish for the rainbows at starvy? Depth of water, distance from shore, structure type (bay, point, rocky, etc), type of lure/jig, bait? Do you fish the bottom in a bay or off a point, or suspend your jig over deeper water?
I have fished strawberry a ton and feel that I have figured it out there, but am very interested in learning more about ice fishing starvation. Any info you can provide would be great.
If you prefer to pm me, that would be great.
Thanks!
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