04-10-2004, 04:04 PM
Well I went out fishing on Thursday for some ice-out fishing on Scofield and not only was is my first trip of the year in my tube but it was the first time I took both of my sons with me and the first time I took out my fishfinder on my tube.
I wasn't sure how well it would work and if I could apply my ice fishing vertical jigging tactics while fishing open water but in fact I could. I usually troll or strip flies from my tube but after seeing all of the fish on my screen I would stop and jig for them.
Since my boys aren't the strongest kickers yet I strapped their tubes to either side of me and that seemed to work out pretty well. The boys had a great time especially the older one when he had a fish hit so hard it almost pulled the rod out of his hands and then ran right underneath us and he thought his rod was going to break. Very fun to share some exciting fishing with them.
FM
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I wasn't sure how well it would work and if I could apply my ice fishing vertical jigging tactics while fishing open water but in fact I could. I usually troll or strip flies from my tube but after seeing all of the fish on my screen I would stop and jig for them.
Since my boys aren't the strongest kickers yet I strapped their tubes to either side of me and that seemed to work out pretty well. The boys had a great time especially the older one when he had a fish hit so hard it almost pulled the rod out of his hands and then ran right underneath us and he thought his rod was going to break. Very fun to share some exciting fishing with them.
FM
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