night ice fishing?

[fireman12]

ok so this might be a stupid question but im still new to any area where lakes actually freeze over and you can ice fish. back in texas we would night fish for catfish and other types of fish. just curious if anyone night ice fishes and if there is any luck in it or special baits or lures for it.
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[flyfishingfool]

I have gone once to the ponds in Rexburg. It was ok, just hard to see. All I had was a maglight. If I had a good lantern, I would definitely try it again.
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[fireman12]

hmmm....been tempted to try it if i can find someone to go with me, my girlfriend is scared of the ice enough during the day but finally getting comfortable with it but just bringing up the idea she's already refusing to try it with me lol, cant say i blame her too much
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[Belasko]

I keep considering it at Ririe or Shelly pond, but all my usual fishing buddies really don't care for the idea of night ice fishing. Maybe someday I'll try it out. I'll have to find the heater for my tent though, or move into windrivers palace![]
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[drowning_flys]

I know guys that do it in summer and they hang those green lights below there boat and just jig. They do really great i don't know why it wouldn't be the same thing
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[jeremypeace]

Well i could be wrong but durring ice season when there is snow on the ice i dont think there is hardley any light that travels through the water. So i dont think fishing during the dark would affect there judgment much.. any way ive fished on the ice well into the dark hours befor at alexander for perch and did ok i was jigging a orange glow cutt'r bug. Which would probaly by your best bet is a glowing bait to atract the fish tipped with somthing tasty to keep them dedicated!
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[Bardic]

I love glow stuff and fishing, so I picked up a bunch of 6mm glow beads a couple of years ago, and recently decided to buy packs of 12mm in each color. I've fished with the small ones quite a few times.

Had a fun time night fishing the family pond outside of Victor at night. You could fish from the platform there and watch your glow bead as it sunk down, and then start to see it flicker as fish darted around and over it. Just small planter rainbows, but still fun with a glow bead to draw them over and a worm to get bites. I've fished Blacktail a few times with them but didn't get any bites, and tried them on the Boise river at night when I was trying for steelhead, but I didn't seem to get any.

The first chance I've had since getting the big ones was today. Went to Ryder pond, didn't get any bites on a worm, or a jig, or glow bead+worm as it started to turn dark. Though I did have fun trying out my new fisheyes camera and fish finder for the hour we were there.

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I need to get a little handheld blacklight. Today I used a jump battery, with a DC to AC inverter plugged into a 2' florescent bulb just to test it out, but it worked (rather than risk running the car battery down, and to see if it was feasible to take it out on the ice. And a blacklight will charge glow lures way better than even a really bright white light.
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[Bmarsh]

[quote jeremypeace]Well i could be wrong but durring ice season when there is snow on the ice i dont think there is hardley any light that travels through the water. So i dont think fishing during the dark would affect there judgment much.. any way ive fished on the ice well into the dark hours befor at alexander for perch and did ok i was jigging a orange glow cutt'r bug. Which would probaly by your best bet is a glowing bait to atract the fish tipped with somthing tasty to keep them dedicated![/quote]
I know guys that swear by fishing palies at night . They get a evening bit up there apparently. I haven't tried it yet. As to^^^^^^^ comment about no light getting through. Deep deep snow your probably right but I know when I was on Henrys with a half of foot on the lake it didn't effect the light. When I had my tent up it was bright enough in the water on Tue outlet that I could see the bottom fairly clear and the fish are extremely bright down there when they swim under your hole.
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[OvidCreek]

Night ice fishing is an amazing experience! If there are browns and cutts they can be active all night long. My favorite is Palies, which I have posted on a few times. I took a scout group this winter to Deep Creek to earn their fishing merit badges, so that they could camp and lantern fish. We had a great time! Basic tips: glow jigs, two lanterns to cover five pole radious, and fish near rocky shore lines (general tip for trout.) If you like to camp spend the night, as a few of you do on this forum.

Best,

OvidCreek
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[kentd71]

We should all get together for an overnight camping\fishing trip to Ririe.
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