Musky through the Ice, Has anyone ever done so?

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I really had no idea it was that common to catch/hook one through the ice.

I have caught one each year for the past 2 years.. One I would guesstimate to be somewhere in the 40in range and the other somewhere in the 30s.. I caught the bigger one fishing for walleye and the little guy while perch fishing and both caught on Georgian bay. Both were released after a quick pic and both swam away!

I just stayed at a cottage on Black Bay and hope to do some ice fishing there this winter. Maybe I will be as lucky.

Winter before last on Rice ( please pardon the unforgivable mention of that soup bowl here in the pristine water section) I was fishin perch and blue gill with an ultralight rod and 8# mono stringing along a teeny tiny white and red eye jig all minnowed up. Suddenly I see this log go shooting past the hole and whammmmm! 36" Ski ON!
Fought it long and hard, had the rod tip down in the water for most of the fight. Got the head out of the hole and looked at my partner for some help. He grinned and cut my line, muttering "head in the hole is good enough, I'm not loosing a finger for your picture". In retrospect he was right: I got a good fight, a great story and no fish were worse for wear.
And so ends my tale of Musky under the ice.

Just a pic of one that meandered by one day, not the one I caught

Me either Bob, I have never caught one at all.that would be a challenge on crappie gear.

Here you go Craig.....Muskies are an invasive species in the Upper Saint John
River in New Brunswick.
Parts of the River there is No Limit and other parts there is 10 Fish Limit a Day.
There is also No Closed Season on them because they aren't Classified as a Sports Fish in NB.
The Fish were introduced into the Saint John River by the Quebec Government and they are migrating South into NB and Maine.
They introduced The St Lawrence River Strain of Muskies so there is a potential for them to get big.

Craig....Want to plan a Musky Ice Fishing Trip to NB. LOL.
If the video shows this was the Record Muskie for NB in Oct 2007.

Bob

http://www.muskiesnb.ca/video.html

http://www.fishingfury.com/20110107/incred...unswick-muskie/

Hey Burnzy, great story and great shot from the underwater camera I too would not go near that mouth without something to clamp on theat jaw. You bud made the right call

Me either Bob, I have never caught one at all.that would be a challenge on crappie gear.

Here you go Craig.....Muskies are an invasive species in the Upper Saint John
River in New Brunswick.
Parts of the River there is No Limit and other parts there is 10 Fish Limit a Day.
There is also No Closed Season on them because they aren't Classified as a Sports Fish in NB.
The Fish were introduced into the Saint John River by the Quebec Government and they are migrating South into NB and Maine.
They introduced The St Lawrence River Strain of Muskies so there is a potential for them to get big.

Craig....Want to plan a Musky Ice Fishing Trip to NB. LOL.
If the video shows this was the Record Muskie for NB in Oct 2007.

Bob

http://www.muskiesnb.ca/video.html

http://www.fishingfury.com/20110107/incred...unswick-muskie/

Hey Bob,

I am so nieve, I have never heard of Muskies in the Atlantic provinces. That 62 lb ski looks like he could take swallow a a 5 yr old child without a problem. Scary knowing such large predators are swimming around As for the trip, yes that pic and those vids are sure incentive to head East. Maybe one day I will do just that Thanks for the info, very interesting.

Craig.....Watch the last video Fishful Thinking TV Show.

Bob.

Nsfisher,


I recently saw an article in Musky Hunter magazine( which I've bought the last 3 issues ) about a musky caught through the ice, so it does happen

Thanks for the reply Fisharder