01-02-2014, 06:05 PM
I also hit Pineview yesterday. I arrived about 9am and stayed till 3pm. I fished the north side of Cemetary Point. Fishing was slow there too so I occupied my time making the pretty white ice look like swiss cheese.
I tried everything from 17' to 34' (halfway to Browning Point). I dropped my gopro down several of the holes and saw nothing but sand and a couple beer cans on the bottom. It turns out the the fish were suspended about 5-6 feet off the bottom in 31' of water. The fish finder didn't show much activity outside of that depth range.
I caught fish/got hits on glow ratfinkees tipped with pearch eyes, meat, meal worms or wax worms. Make sure you put a kastmaster about 18" above your jig. The water was pretty cloudy so a little bling help draw in nearby fish.
Nothing over 8-9" was caught near me with the exception of one trophy sized carp that fell for a wax worm.
When I arrived the ice was about 10" thick with the bottom 7" being solid and clear. After drilling about 20 holes with my hand powered auger, I would swear it was over 2 feet thick.
I may try it again when my arms are rested up.
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I tried everything from 17' to 34' (halfway to Browning Point). I dropped my gopro down several of the holes and saw nothing but sand and a couple beer cans on the bottom. It turns out the the fish were suspended about 5-6 feet off the bottom in 31' of water. The fish finder didn't show much activity outside of that depth range.
I caught fish/got hits on glow ratfinkees tipped with pearch eyes, meat, meal worms or wax worms. Make sure you put a kastmaster about 18" above your jig. The water was pretty cloudy so a little bling help draw in nearby fish.
Nothing over 8-9" was caught near me with the exception of one trophy sized carp that fell for a wax worm.
When I arrived the ice was about 10" thick with the bottom 7" being solid and clear. After drilling about 20 holes with my hand powered auger, I would swear it was over 2 feet thick.
I may try it again when my arms are rested up.
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