Ice Fishing Mille Lacs Lake (Amazing Underwater Footage)
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2021
- Got out ice fishing on Mille Lacs Lake for early ice. East side of the lake is still good after the storm. Reports are showing west and north have opened up. Be careful if coming up this weekend.
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One tip for you, put a barrel swivel above your lure so the spoon isn’t spinning in circles at rest. I like to put it 1.5 - 2 feet above the lure.
Thanks for the tip!
@@BryanProkuski it is a really good thing with any of the acme hyper lures too
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Which barrel swivel do you like the best?
I use the smallest barrel swivel you can get away with-- black, up about 15"16"...
Hurricane above the ice, perfect serenity below! Underwater shots are my fave! Great video!
Right! Hurricane for sure and those fish wouldn't even know. Just peaceful down there.... Unless your them perch then I'm sure its stressful when that pike comes through lol. Thanks man!
I don't know why, but I love being on the ice and enjoying a squal in my wheel house. Furnace keeps me warm, doing one of my favorite activities, watching the snow whip through the windows. my hands are pretty beat from being a mechanic/ fabricator and the cold hurts or I would hit the early ice and do more tent fishing. Hats of to you for getting in a good bite in that weather! can't wait for winter 2023/2024 ice fishing.
I love hitting the ice in my tent but wheel house fishing is way better living for sure! Nothing beats catching fish in slippers and a sweatshirt!
A true stress test for that shelter! I love the commitment. I don't think I would have the same fortitude! Great video!
Thanks man! It was the commitment where I realized I was too far into it to turn back lol. Stress test to the maximum and man did it hold up. Thought the poles were going snap with how much wind was pushing it.
Awesome footage man! Look forward to your videos!
Thanks Christopher. I look forward to making more for you. Should be a fun season ahead.
LOVE your underwater camera, and you telling what you're doing and why, and your editing, and your being out there on the ice ! Keep up the good work !
Thanks Thomas! Glad you enjoy it all. Love being out on the ice.
The underwater footage is so sick man. Really cool to see that pike coming through! I'm gonna be out on Lake X this weekend in the eskimo Quickfish 3i
Thanks man. This one came out really good. Mille lacs is always great for the underwater camera. I wont be out on X this weekend but ill be out there next week. Goodluck! Let me know how you do.
What does that mean. We use to speak English and sick meant feeling like shit.
Awesome video. Love to see the perch vs pike interaction. Thanks!
Thanks Iron Man. Those perch sure know how to scatter when Mr. Pike is coming through.
Hello that was cool to see live on cam ,thanks for sharing,big hugs from Cedar MN
Thanks Dan! Glad you enjoyed it!
So.... many.. perch!!! I love it!
So many!
Oh man! Haven’t been out ice fishing yet. Your video gets my juices flowing for sure. I can feel your anxiety and excitement when that pike comes around and even the jitters I get with my own camera and a school of awesome gorgeous perch. Love catching the little ones too. Any action in my shanty is good action! Great tips about using a barrel swivel to prevent circling of my Swedish Pimple! Thanks! And love the idea of putting a minnow head on the lure. I use a wax worm but may go to a live minnow head. Good luck, friends! Stay safe out there! ❤️
Thanks man! Hope you get out ice fishing soon. The anxiety was real when that pike kept coming through lol. Perch school was very cool to see. Like you said any action is good action. The tips on the barrel swivel are great. Line spin is the worst! Love the Swedish pimple. Ya get a minnow head on there if targeting bigger fish. They like it. Good luck out there . Stay warm!
@@EatPrayFluff Good luck from Minnesota! Go get em!
I live on the west coast now..I am from Wisconsin and it fun to sit in my living room and watch you ice fish..I have a lot grat memories of ice fishing...
That's awesome Bryan! Ice fishing is the best! Glad I can bring the memories back for you.
I feel so relaxed watching these vids
Guys got great vibes
Glad you enjoyed Adam!
@@auto_5 Thanks
I caught the largest northern pike of my life on a launch out of Garrison on Mille Lacs probably 15 years ago. We were fishing with bobbers using huge suckers... they must have been 12 inches long. I didn't get a weight, but it was 42 inches long.... so probably over 20 lbs. There are some giants in that lake!!
Heck Yeah, Nice fish! You will find the big ones out there for sure, especially if using giant suckers too. Congrats.
Awesome video. Cheers.
Thanks Ben!
The footage is absolutely amazing. Your channel is criminally underrated! Your content is top notch! Keep up the fantastic work
Thanks for the kind words Brendan! Glad you enjoyed the video and channel!
Great vid! 😎👏🏻👏🏽
Thanks T Wizz!
Awesome!
Thanks Ben
super cool footage!
Thanks man! This was a fun one.
Cut the suckers tail in half vertically. It give the sucker more of a wounded action and will catch more lethargic fish. We had to do this with suckers using tipups to keep the suckers from setting the off.
I agree with you. I do that sometimes but just didn't this time. Might be what he wanted but then again looked like he was full of perch.
Can't wait to go this weekend!
Goodluck out there. Be safe!
@@BryanProkuski thanks!
That wind lol. Great perch population. Love how you know when they scatter. Very nice pike
Oh man that wind was something else. Should of stayed home lol. And I can call that perch scatter everytime. They know what's coming lol.. Time to go!
Nice footage! What size hooks are you using for perch, and what size for walleye?
😂 stung that first perch but then he still went back for it lol
They always come back for more. Hungry little guys.
Used the perch as bait . Is that legal ?
@@philipprebble7089 Check your regs, but in most Great lake states now, you can use the fish if you caught it on THAT lake.....
this is actually COOL!
Thanks Ryan! Glad you enjoyed.
Too cool 😎
Thanks
Some unreal looking underwater footage man! Wish that Pike would've bit
Thanks! Some of my best footage for clarity thats for sure. I wish that pike would of bite too. Man my heart was pumping just thinking of that fight... Next time.
Man your lucky to live in a place where you can ice fish like that. I’m 53 years old it’s never been cold enough to freeze over here in Tn enough to ice fish. I’d love to do that if i didn’t catch much. I crappie fish in the winter time and do good at it but it’s been awhile I’m having open heart surgery this coming Thursday so it’s slowing my year down. Be safe and GOD BLESS
Hey Randle, Hope your surgery went well and wishing a fast recovering. Lets get you back out fishing. Also, never too late to try ice fishing, Just might have to travel a few states for it.
This video gave me the fishing bug…. Tight lines brah!
Thanks! Good luck this season!
Great video getting me super pumped for ice fishing up here in Alberta
Camera is a total game changer
Thanks Art! Good luck ice fishing this season. Go get em!
Yes it is! Camera is more fun to watch but I can catch more with the flasher.
That’s the best attitude I’ve ever seen someone have catching micro perch
Lol
Yep, those were all dinks, and that's the problem with sitting in a shack all day--- You never move trying to find better fish.....
lol that's awesome. I'm always in a good mood even when mother nature gets the best of you.
That fish so calm , and come another big fish.. view under water for fish so clearly. Greeting from indonesian.
Monster pike and just calm as can be. That's probably because he is full of perch all ready lol. Man he was fat! Awesome your in Indonesia. Greetings from frozen Minnesota!
I could watch the underwater footage with the fish all day; how neat!! Growing up at that resort, we never had cool equipment like this!! haha! Sweet!!
Iam old school we had to guess where to fish or have a good spot when i was younger😉👉👈
My nicknames "Old School", and I still don't use electronics-- much!!! Only on the big deep water lakes... But, if anybody can't catch perch on Mille Lacs, Leech, or Winny, your doing something seriously wrong!!!!!!
Love it !!!! Old school🐟
What we did on Mille Lacs to find em was to use the contour maps of the lake, and drill holes trying to follow the those contour lines and slight dropoffs... We never came home without a bucketful of perch, and a couple of walleyes......
Dito!!!!!👍
Cool footage
Thanks Chris!
Love the Chicago Bears hat in Viking country!!
Me too! Born and bred. Go Bears!
I’d like to live where the ice got thick enough to do that kind of fishing maybe one day who knows great video GOD BLESS
Whole lotta perch on mille lacs 🤣🤣. I enjoyed seeing this because ive never fished mille lacs. Im from Northern Wisconsin and love fishing pike/musky
Whole lotta perch for sure! Mille lacs is a pretty popular lake. Great fishing. Northern Wisconsin I bet your on some good fisheries around there.
Why not change lures? If see my lure get denied twice I'm changing immediately, when the fish tell you something listen to them. Sorry for the rant, I enjoy your videos keep em coming.
After the second look I did reach over for my big spoons and saw I only had a bunch of walleye jigs with. Ya I could of changed it to different color may have worked but figured he wanted a bigger bait. But I do fall victim to not switching. I need you out there with me to remind me lol. Man that pike was fat. I thought couple times this was it....
You should make it out to shakopee the bite is pretty hot we maxed a 3 person limit in 6 hours on sunny and pumpkins and the crappies were pretty good that night too and the ice is like 7-8 inches
That is a fun day right there. I have fished it before. Good panfish lake.
Cool. Fun to watch. That might be a great screen saver. 2 hours of perch frenzy.
I think you have something 🤔
That was not a perch frenzy--- they were basically ignoring his presentation. But then again, his line was spinning around. A good day of perch fishing is when you can only handle one rod, and you've got a bunch of perch flopping around in the snow, and go home with a bucketful......
Glad you enjoyed! I had couple other people tell me same thing about the screen saver. It would be cool. I have couple hours of them just swimming around too.
Thomas Foss - I wasn't trying to catch any of them. I could of put my tungsten jig on and probably caught them all. I was hoping for some walleyes to come through. Wish these were jumbos then I would of had a bucketful flopping around.
You don't need to keep your windows open with the buddy heater in a tent. The tent breathes well under the tent and air can get in fine. No issues with those heaters
Correct. They weren't open for the heater. The hub has 2 air slots top for that.
That looks like a whole lot of fun! It’s December the 27th and here in the great state of Texas and it’s 83 degrees!!! That’s a bunch of bull! As a hot natured lad I’d love to join you.
83 degrees! I was out fishing all day today and it was negative 7 lol... Come join me. If you haven't experienced it, you need to!
I see pike are the cold water cousin of the barracuda. You can cast onto their face and they don't flinch lol.
lol... Seems about right!
If it weren’t for the wind I know you would have drilled more holes looking for bigger perch. Boy if that school of perch were bigger you would have limited out. Very cool to see!
Oh man that wind! Never again. If it was calmer I would of hole hoped all over till I found the walleyes. I'll be back up this weekend for them!
Why do you use just the minnow head hooked on the lure? Does the other parts of the minnow appeal or does it need to have the eyes?
We just use the minnow head to tip the bait to give it the scent of a real bait fish and appearance. When the bit is hot a tail will work too but the head is what we normally use.
Next time you do this in a storm, let me know so I can show up with the popcorn and a chair!! 🤣
lol.. oh man you would of love to watch this one. The take down might have been even better lol. The resort people had a good laugh for sure. Least I didn't loose my shack. That was my only goal.
@@BryanProkuski honestly bro I've been in the same boat. Went on a trip to red for a couple days. Last day was 30mph plus. Buddy literally had to lay on the hub to stake it down.
@@michaelschnoor7594 You never know with them big lakes. Wind can get crazy!
Should be up on lake of the woods after the 1st of the year looking forward to that
Awesome! Goodluck and sounds like fun.
pretty cool, guy
Thanks!
Little sad we didnt get to see a Muskrat this time. haha
lol... Awesome. Maybe he will come back for a cameo this season.
quick tip: use smaller hook to catch a baby perch and use that for bait. The pike will smash it for sure and just use a small single hook. Less spooked.
If we could use perch as bait here in Minnesota I would of. I'm sure thats all he has been eating on. That one was fat!
Nice underwater video. What camera are you using? Know a lake here with some huge pike,Buddy had one he lost not sure it would've fit thru 8" hole as head filled the hole as swam under thru it before breaking/bitting off.Curious you ever been to the ultimatefishingshow?
Thans Ron! I am using an Aqua Vu HD7i Pro. That sounds like a monster pike your buddy had one. I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one that big. I heart was pumping for this fat pike to bite. No I have not heard of ultimate fishing show?
Yvmw sir. Ok nice is very clear. Yes wish would've got to see it as grabbed gaff headed to him but was gone before i could get there. Congrats yours was very nice. Ok is a yearly event,This year is Jan. 6th thru the 9th.
Put that Daredevil back on 😆
Right! Why did I take it off!
When conditions are like that I find it easiest(although kind of annoying to collapse the top of the shelter less room but also less surface area to blow around and heats alot easier.
Interesting tip. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks
Wow those perch are stunted there.
On the south end of the lake yes they are!
@@BryanProkuski Interesting. It's a big lake!
Now I see why all those walleye and smallmouth get so big on that lake !!
Right! Man what a food source. No wonder why that pike didn't bite. He was a blimp with all them perch in his belly.
It doesn't look deep where youre fishing...maybe only 3 to 4 feet max or so is that about right? And is that typical when fishing for those species?
It was in 14ft. This lake is super clear.
What part of the lake were you, going up to the northeast corner and wondering if the bite is good there?
I was out of Red Door. The entire north end is great fishing. You guys should do good.
Great job with the content! Id suggest to quiet down the jig.....at one point he may have taken it but it was twirling in circles
Thanks Man! Ya the line spin didnt help any.
How do you get the minnow head off the minnow like do u cut it off with scissors or sum
I use a knife or sis, some people just pop it off with finger.
This may be a noob question, why use a vexlar when you have a camera?
I only left it in case a bigger fish wanted the chase up, I could use the flasher to watch the fish after it was out of the Aqua Vu frame.
Great video It would drive me crazy seeing a Pike like that and hes not hitting the lure Aughhhh
Thanks Cathy! It did drive me crazy but by the looks of it he is already full of perch lol
Dude, that Pike just wanted his 15 Minutes of Fame... several times over! He didn't want to bite. He just wanted his "Camera Time"! 😀😀😀
I love this video. That pike was all about his camera time and nothing to do with coming up the hole lol. What a beast!
That’s a bunch of perch now wow
Best school I have seen on camera so far!
4:58 my favorite kind of fish to catch! I would use one of them perch for bait!
I love catching pike in the winter! Perch is illegal in Minnesota to use for bait but I'm sure that's what he wanted. Look how fat he was. Probably just got done eating dozen of them. lol
@@BryanProkuski I'm sure you could get away with using them for bait with nobody around watching you. In Colorado where I live theres a lake that I like to fish at with Pike. They like feeding off of bluegills and sunfish. I gave up using lures and spinners. I was using small bluegills and sunfish for bait. I was catching one after another!
@@Angry.General1461 Sounds fun! DNR are out like crazy so wouldn't want to attempt up here but next to use in Wisconsin you can use fish as bait I believe. Like you said. You probably get into them one after another like that!
Question????...why arent you keeping any perch?
Just catch and release. Was hoping for some walleyes to come through.
Who’s goin out this weekend😎 got the itch boys
I'm headed back up this weekend. Itch is real! Ready for them walleyes. Goodluck to all coming up.
The underwater footage seriously looks like a video game
Yes it does. Especially that day. Man was it clear.
Seems like the pike was distracted by 2 baits. Paradox of choices makes it hard to make a decision even for humans.
lol... That's awesome. The struggles in life.
Looked like a monster pike
Right! Looked like a beast for sure.
What camera setup are you using?
Aqua Vu HD7i Pro
You can have the ice and the fish under it. I'll stay in the tropics and catch Dorado Grouper and other fast seawater fish 🤣
lol... Awesome! It was -30 below this weekend. I'm sure you don't want any of this lol. Enjoy the tropics. I am little jealous!
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My wife caught her first lake trout through the ice today at Nemeibin lake Northern Saskatchewan bout a 7 pounder it was good day this evening we went to big stone lake an got some perch was a good day but the wind was cold
Heck yea! Tell her congrats! That is a very nice trout and ya wind is the worst!!!
@Fishing With Bryan Prokuski 7 ish pounds we ate it lol
I couldn’t watch that pike come by like that without throwing down something different to try to entice him.
What about clipping part of the sucker tail so it can’t move as well? The northern seemed lazy and might just not want to chase.
Yes I would agree with that. Sucker was everywhere. Pike seemed lethargic or just full of perch already lol.
Braid to a barrel swivel and a 2ft of fluoro. The line spin is tough
Thanks for the tip. I have had others tell me same thing about swivel. Line spin is the worst.
What otter do you run with? Resort,lodge or cabin?
XTH Pro Lodge
I love ice fishing, no ice in ny yet
Me too! Cold weather is upon us. Hopefully you get ice soon! Be safe and good luck when you do!
It took you 2 hours to set up a popup ice tent?
lol.. in that wind and by myself. That was an ultimate challenge. Everything was blowing away.
Great camera footage. I'm not a perch expert but I've been told many times: "If you're on a school of smaller perch move on" In other words the dinks like to school up together, larger perch travel and school in smaller groups.
Thanks man! This footage came out good. Mille lacs lake is super clear water which helps. I agree with your Motto too. But if you saw the winds I was dealing with, I wasn't moving lol.
Shouldn't you ditch the jig when a pike comes through? I could be wrong because I've never ice fished before but it just seems like a distraction from what he's really after. Drawing them in with the flash and exciting the perch works great but when he's there I'd pull it out and work the sucker.
Killer underwater footage. Best in the game.
Thanks Slop!
Lots of perch. That pike looked about a 5 or so pounder..
Too many perch!
Ice fishing is interesting I thought the fish may be much slower due to cold water they seem to move very well
Biggest myth in ice fishing!!! While bluegills may sit on bottom during a bad cold front, perch are active feeders, and when hungry will fight each other for the bait!!!! That's how we approach it, if it's a bad front, we'll go for perch, instead of gills or crappies......
They can be just as fired up during ice fishing.
Thomas - Solid tip right there.
Fishing below Alexandria sucks
You gotta get pretty far north to fishZ like 3+ hours north of the cities
Agreed man. I'm from Bemidji. I know all about fishing up north. Live down south now and took all that fishing for granted. Tough down here.
What was the spoon lure
VMC Flash Camp Spoon. Gold and black.
Using a camera to fish 🤣 I love it.
It is like watching TV!
"welcome to Minnesota" .... wow !
lol... She was brutal this day!
Watching the fish is fucking hilarious man hahaha……they’re all watching and it’s like one is saying “you get it”, then another one is saying “no you get it”….then one says “ I’ll watch it”, then one says” ok I’ll get it” 🤣….. might be funny cause I’m stoned as fuck though too, that’s quite possible……look at the big one hahahaha he’s like nope been there done that
lol... That is awesome man! It does look like that's what there doing down there.
not stupid but dedication brother
This is true. Very dedicated in this one!
This man sounds like uncut angling
Thanks man. Uncut is the best!
“Thaaat was a mondoe pike brah, mooondoe pike. Shit!” 5:30
MONDO Pike! Not sure what I would of done if he bit lol.
@@BryanProkuski you woulda pulled his ass in man!!
That would have been a nice pike to catch, hard to tell but looked to be around 30 inches and 10 lbs
Yes it would of!
He was bigger than 30 inches. Personally I would say more like 36 to 38. Hell that one perch u caught was 5 or 6. And that pike was 6, 7, 8 times bigger
After re watching a few times. I think he's about 32. But hell who knows 😆
Why do you leave door open with heater on? Loose less heat and shelter would be more rigid with door zipped up so air flow doesn't get inside shelter.
oh man. I had to go back and forth to tighten the outside straps every few minutes Which you didn't see in the video. At that point zipper was froze and I just left it open to go out and in. It was nuts out there. No need for that again. If I could of set that shack up properly on all sides before it got windy be a different story.
Gotta get rid of that line twist... try a small swivel
I have had few others mention that too. Thanks for the tip. Just may try that. Line twist is the worst.
Five of diamonds woulda got that big pike that thing was a beast
Funny thing is after about the 3rd pass I went to my tackle to grab the 5 of diamonds too, just to realize I left all my spoons at home :( He was beast for sure!
Walterz like more of a rocky gravel bottom
Yes they do! Not sure if you know about this lake but its huge and pretty much all mud and rock. I was amazed to even find weeds. If it wasn't a blizzard I would of moved.
Did you see any perch
LOL.. Not that I recall
Always seven stripes.
lol.. Always 7 or more
@@BryanProkuski have you witness one with more than 7?
@@chrislaprise398 No but Never started counting till Aaron mentioned it. Now I count lol.
That's a lot of perch
Right! Biggest school I have seen.