Couchiching ice, This weekend

That's not a bad day of fishing! What depth were you fishing?

Checked out couch for the first time today and pulled a chunky smallmouth out from 25 fow which was a surprise. Got a few small perch and worked our way back shallow tonnes of dinky perch in shallow but not any big ones. Disgusting all the random garbage and bottles left out there by people today. How lazy can you be that you cant bring a bottle back to shore and drop it in the bin.

I just got back from Tudhope from my first few hours on the ice this season. Ended up with a decent little meal, a dozen decent perch and another half dozen not so decent but filletable lol
No pike on the jawjacker but I did see what looked to be about a 4 lb catfish cruising around under me, that was cool.
The ice where I was (12fow) was only about 5 and a half inches thick. It was good strong ice, but not terribly thick. I wanted to try out in the 25 fow area, but when I ventured out there the ice made frightening sounds and buckled a little....needless to say I scampered back to 12 fow and stayed there It seems the warm up did remove ice. If you go in the next little while be careful and avoid the deep.

12 ft at tudhope. Got decent perch and the odd jumbo . Landed this beast that was scaring away all the perch.

This post has been edited by perchin2k on Dec 23, 2018 - 08:38 pm

Aprox. 10' according to my flasher. Didn't even use it. Had more fun sight fishing. Hope this helps.
-Pidge

Hey I’m thinking about heading to couchiching December 29th give it a shot just looking to get out before the new year. I’ll be heading up from Dundas. (Hamilton) what the wind conditions normally like up there? I normally fish Cooks Bay Area.

Just look on the weather network the day before.

Winds were strong past two days here.
Defantly check the day before.

Hey Gord88, as a fisherman and a landowner on couchiching I appreciate the fact that you took the time and picked up the litter. It really is disgusting the amount of trash left on the lake and at the landings. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas All, I'm going to take the old man to couch tomorrow and head out from Tudhope. Can anyone tell me where I can grab bait we'll be coming from Lindsay. Cheers

trombleys in orillia is near tudhope park.

Thanks much !!!!

Is there any good crappie fishing near lake couch? Me and my wife planned a trip to Simcoe for dec 31st but I’m starting to think cooks bay won’t be ready just then... we plan on going for two days and wanna fish for perch k e day and crappie the next. I’m not asking for exact locations but any tips will be greatly appreciated! Coming from southwest part of Lake Erie and if anyone in the future wants to hammer some walleye and get numbers up to 100 in a day msg me and I’d be more than willing to give u cordnats. Anyways thanks for anyone that can help cheers guys

Anyone been on couch the last day or two? Just curious what the ice is like, think I may come up Sunday or Monday.

Was there yesterday is was fine out from Tudhope in about 11' of water. Was really busy there slow bite but great to get out. 7" where I was.