Bob Izumi, Canadian TV Fishing Star caught a HUGE 34lb Northern Pike while out fishing this winter season. Bob shares his trick of how to find the best fish near shallow water adjacent to deeper areas. It is in these shallow waters he finds the greatest success when ice finishing in the winter season.
Article Summary:
• I grew up ice fishing for walleye on a lake in the Haliburton Highlands of central Ontario, where the deepest hole was 14 feet and the fish hugged the outside edge of the cabbage weeds immediately adjacent to it.
• We caught all three fish up shallow, where the deepest adjacent water is only about 40 feet deep.
• If you find two similar structures in the same lake, with one in shallow water and the other close to deep water, you now know where to spend your time and drill your holes.
Fish near deep water How to find those special spots on your lake where the lunkers lurk I typically start ice fishing in late November and early December over a dozen big boulders lying in 34 feet of water where giant pods of perch prowl. It’s become a winter ritual. A few weeks after that, once the ice has thickened sufficiently, you’ll find me drilling holes for walleye over the tip of an underwater point that breaks precipitously around a 28-foot contour. Then I’ll celebrate the new year—and lake trout season—along a unique stretch of shoreline that resembles a staircase....
Bob Izumi, Canadian TV Fishing Star caught a HUGE 34lb Northern Pike while out fishing this winter season. Bob shares his trick of how to find the best fish near shallow water adjacent to deeper areas. It is in these shallow waters he finds the greatest success when ice finishing in the winter season.
Article Summary:
• I grew up ice fishing for walleye on a lake in the Haliburton Highlands of central Ontario, where the deepest hole was 14 feet and the fish hugged the outside edge of the cabbage weeds immediately adjacent to it.
• We caught all three fish up shallow, where the deepest adjacent water is only about 40 feet deep.
• If you find two similar structures in the same lake, with one in shallow water and the other close to deep water, you now know where to spend your time and drill your holes.