12-16-2011, 01:27 PM
[quote BassHunter1]???? light line? Small hooks? Is this the Little Dinkers Club of America???[/quote]
In my experience ice fishing, even da big uns take small bait and small hooks well under the ice, especially toward the end of the season. FIsh don't hibernate but they do slow down a lot, metabolism wise. They really might not be interested in a 16 oz buffalo steak, but show 'em a li'l stuffed mushroom appetizer, they might go for it.
Daughter last ice season caught a 21.75" cutt (just under the slot limit) at the Berry on something very small.
What I'm getting at is small presentation doesn't equal small fish, and especially not through the ice. I've had perch try to swallow nightcrawlers whole, as well, so the opposite (big presentation doesn't necessarily equal big fish) holds true as well.
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In my experience ice fishing, even da big uns take small bait and small hooks well under the ice, especially toward the end of the season. FIsh don't hibernate but they do slow down a lot, metabolism wise. They really might not be interested in a 16 oz buffalo steak, but show 'em a li'l stuffed mushroom appetizer, they might go for it.
Daughter last ice season caught a 21.75" cutt (just under the slot limit) at the Berry on something very small.
What I'm getting at is small presentation doesn't equal small fish, and especially not through the ice. I've had perch try to swallow nightcrawlers whole, as well, so the opposite (big presentation doesn't necessarily equal big fish) holds true as well.
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