01-09-2003, 11:41 PM
I just got back from Newton,
the ice is about 6" thick on the boat ramp side. This was my first time ice fishing there so I am no expert, but I caught a half dozen bass and one very small perch in three hours. I was using a 1/4 oz. chartreuse jig with a 1"glow tube on bottom, and a bare hook about twelve inches above that with a piece of worm. I put a mealie on the jig. Most of the fish I caught were on the worm. I was fishing in about 15 ft of water and they were hanging out right on the bottom. I found that they would come up off of the bottom if you just rapidly jiggled the jig, then when they came up to look then I would hold it still and they would hit. I think that a different rig could have done better, but I just tried what I had.
If anyone has more tips on fishing the Newt, I would love to hear them.
Phopper
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the ice is about 6" thick on the boat ramp side. This was my first time ice fishing there so I am no expert, but I caught a half dozen bass and one very small perch in three hours. I was using a 1/4 oz. chartreuse jig with a 1"glow tube on bottom, and a bare hook about twelve inches above that with a piece of worm. I put a mealie on the jig. Most of the fish I caught were on the worm. I was fishing in about 15 ft of water and they were hanging out right on the bottom. I found that they would come up off of the bottom if you just rapidly jiggled the jig, then when they came up to look then I would hold it still and they would hit. I think that a different rig could have done better, but I just tried what I had.
If anyone has more tips on fishing the Newt, I would love to hear them.
Phopper
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