need help with ice fishing techniques!?
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im new to ice fishing and have fished on about 2 ponds. and i have had absolutely no luck! i have not had one bite in about two days. and im fishing on a fairly small pond so its not like they can be to far. ive fished the sides, middle, just about everywhere i can think of. the water is only about 8 feet in the deepest parts. and even with an aqua vu fish camera i still have not even seen a fish approach my lure, or a fish period. and i know there are tons of fish in there because i fish there all summer. what could i be doing wrong!?! i have a small ice fishing pole, and i dont want to use tip ups because i find that extremely boring i want a pole in my hand. i have bunch of jigs, and tons of other ice fishing lures. the line is not visible to fish, and i am using berkley maggots. what am i doing wrong!?! what areas should i be targeting? fallen trees? or the deepest parts of the pond? the fish that are in the pond include bass, catfish, panfish, and odly enough a few coi. so what can i do!?!? i am realy desperate because i dont want to have cabin fever like i normaly do every year.
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I would approach the pond with two tactics….both using live baits.
#1: Try using baitfish like minnows hooked lightly through the upper lip/nose so it can still open its mouth to breath. For the hook use a “small” leadhead jig of about 1/32 or even 1/64 ounce in weight. If you have an Aqua-Vu and you see NO fish, move your location until you do. If you can’t see them, they can’t see your bait either. The bass, catfish, and bigger panfish will be attracted to the activity of your minnow. The fish can be at any level of the 8 feet pond, but I would start near the bottom and work my way up gradually from there.
#2: I would repeat the same method above only I would use a different bait. Try using about a third of a nightcrawler and slide it on the hook just enough for the front end where you tore it off to be slipped up and over the leadhead. This is a method I created for fishing the jigs and it is called “turtleknecking” because if you do it right, the jig looks like it’s wearing a turtleneck sweater. About half or two thirds of the worm will still extend away from the hook and the twisting gyrations of the worm almost always provide iIrresistibletemptations to fish. The alternative to the worm is to attach three or four maggots hooked once and lightly through their tails. They too will prove too enticing for most fish to resist. Using these methods, I have caught bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, bluegills, crappie, a small muskie, and three kinds of trout. I use the method and similar baits with great success here in Alaska for catching grayling, trout, and landlocked salmon. It works! Go for it, and GOOD LUCK!