Lake Manitoba Narrows Walleye Northern Pike Ice Fishing
Another reason for heavier tackle – if you can’t use downriggers – is the amount of lead needed to put lures where the salmon are. No one can say for sure how deep salmon will be at any one time. Fifty- to 55-degree water can be anywhere from the surface to 150 feet. Both a [...]
SOMEWHERE ON LAKE WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Immersed in a shroud of fog and bouncing across the icy surface of a lake that now was covered with nearly a foot of water and slush, it occurred to me that someone who’d never icefished might find this whole experience a bit unsettling. It was hard to tell [...]
If you’d prefer the expertise of a professional skipper, charterboats can be found in nearly all the towns mentioned, with the largest single fleet berthed at Black River Harbor, about 12 miles from Bessemer, Michigan. Rates are usually a bit cheaper than downstate Michigan, too. Throughout Lake Michigan, June and early July find most fishermen [...]
Throughout the midsummer period, salmon gain weight rapidly (two-thirds of their total weight at spawning is put on in wild feeding frenzies the last four months of their lives). They gradually become more available, too, showing up inshore along Lake Michigan from Muskegon up past Ludington, Manistee, Frankfort, Platte Bay, around into Grand Traverse Bay [...]
The most conventional method of fishing is trolling, from all manner and size of boats. Popular lures are usually the minnow immitators, such as Tadpollies, Flatfish and Rapalas in smaller sizes, along with small to medium spoons and spinners. Silver, blue, gold, white, fluorescent orange – all these colors (singly or in combination) seem to [...]
A fisherman who’s glutton for sport – or perhaps for punishment – can catch Great Lakes salmon as early as April this year and not stop until November. That’s two-thirds of 1971, quite a change from four short years ago when the angling lasted only two months. “We’ve been aiming toward as big a sport [...]
Now let’s talk about spinning tackle for giant fish. One of the single most important parts on a spinning reel is a rolled on the bail, which truly rolls. The friction at this spot is tremendous, as the line has to make a 90 degree turnout at this point. I take my rollers to a [...]
