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Well ,went to the buddy's place. Hes never ice fished before, he says there's fish! Lol I pick him up he's got gardener gloves and a pair of vans to out in.10" snow 18" ice..I let him pull the gear headed out a hundred yards he says "let's fish here". I laughed said let's try one hundred more yards....set up in 60 fow. 830-1130 one chase. All he wanted was the heat cranked,.would not have joined without it...lol I say we have to move shallower, it took some convincing to move for sure but eventually moved in a hundred yards,.35 fow...12-130 one perch... I hooked into a fish,,, crank it up it's a laker! Iced it and realised he was hooked under the mouth, must have bumped my line. Couple more perch then at 230 another hit, hooked it another Laker on the ice, hooked well. Really long story short mission accomplished. Two years, seven days of fishing and over 1000 km of driving! Finally, I should end the season on a high note but....I'm a glutton for punishment.
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Pic. Kids liked the trout the wife doesn't, she ate the perch ,all of which were caught by my buddy. I struggle with pin bones? Better to pull them with pliers or after cooked when eating?
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Leave them in for trout as they’re really soft and barely noticeable when cooked, it’s also easy to pick around when eating. To remove them is not too difficult, basically remove a 1/8” strip along the lateral line (approximately) , I will do this with walleye and bass, less often with small trout, and more often with big trout, I don’t keep many big trout though these days.
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QUOTE (mykola @ Mar 08, 2022 - 01:07 pm)
Leave them in for trout as they’re really soft and barely noticeable when cooked, it’s also easy to pick around when eating. To remove them is not too difficult, basically remove a 1/8” strip along the lateral line (approximately) , I will do this with walleye and bass, less often with small trout, and more often with big trout, I don’t keep many big trout though these days.
Takes some practice, will leave them in IF theres a next time!
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QUOTE (mykola @ Mar 05, 2022 - 07:48 pm)
Tungsten bugs with a wider gap hook, I have been using the Neptune ones, any bugs with wide gapped hooks. Northland Punch Jigs are great for sending a pin head minnow down. Tie direct, that’s why tungsten. Also, 4# fluoro or less is recommended to be able to work it in 60fow. I will be starting to move shallower now as spring arrives. Will be working my way up to around 30-40fow for whitefish now. I have some hand tied wireworms I use as well this time of year.
I assume that tungsten makes them heavier. Is the wire wrap tungsten? It thought it was brittle. Did you use copper wire on your DIY ones?
I bought some off a guy on another site. I did not ask for a lot of details but I assume they are not tungsten
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QUOTE (Knuguy @ Mar 12, 2022 - 12:06 pm)
QUOTE (mykola @ Mar 05, 2022 - 07:48 pm)
Tungsten bugs with a wider gap hook, I have been using the Neptune ones, any bugs with wide gapped hooks. Northland Punch Jigs are great for sending a pin head minnow down. Tie direct, that’s why tungsten. Also, 4# fluoro or less is recommended to be able to work it in 60fow. I will be starting to move shallower now as spring arrives. Will be working my way up to around 30-40fow for whitefish now. I have some hand tied wireworms I use as well this time of year.
I assume that tungsten makes them heavier. Is the wire wrap tungsten? It thought it was brittle. Did you use copper wire on your DIY ones?
I bought some off a guy on another site. I did not ask for a lot of details but I assume they are not tungsten
Generally the head is made of tungsten. Copper wire for wrapping as it is easier.
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