Spring Pike Fishing
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
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Just before ice out in March and April is an excellent time to target Northern Pike. Fish will move shallow and become hyper aggressive as they prepare for the spring spawn. I ventured out on the last ice of the season on Tiber Reservoir in north central Montana near the town of Shelby.
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- Ugly Stick MH 30" GX2 Ice Rod: amzn.to/3PL3zKm
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I remember when you and your wife came over and fished Smith for snot rockets and I gave you some info on fishing it over on iceshanty. You have come a long way in your pike knowledge since then, that's for sure. Another good one to fish over on the east side is Nelson reservoir. I go over and fish it sometimes with my brother. It's a lot easier to get dialed in on that one than it is to try and fish Peck and the fishery is quite diverse and robust e.g. pike, perch, walleye, and whitefish are all species we have caught on it. If you do fish it, do not stay at the Sleeping Buffalo, either camp or stay in Malta. Malta is a most excellent small town with a number of places to stay that are quite nice.
I love the GX2's as both a fun Dock fishing rod and definitely for my JawJacker and Jigging JawJacker. I own some spendy ice rods ( spendy to me) that could fill the bill but totally Overkill for the job at hand.
Those are thick Pike! They must be eating very well!
You said you were going to turn them into “fish fry or GA”. What’s GA?
Jigae...traditional Korean dish
@@spiltmilt ahh thank you! I am showing how uncultured I am 🙈
The winter before last, we had enough ice on Flathead lake to ice fish, We caught a dozen pike over 10lbs and we caught one at 23lbs. The guy next to us was fishing for his first time at flathead and pulled a 36 pounder out. Pike ice fishing is a blast
@shawnclements14 I have yet to catch a pike on Flathead lake. Last year was my first time hitting it and I fished it in March 2023. Caught a bunch of lakers and whitefish, but not any Pike. I even saw a picture of a huge pike, maybe that 36 pounder you saw. I went back this year Begining of February 2024 and Ice Fished Flathead lake again a couple days. But fishing was much tougher than last year. Soaked baits for pike and not even a bite. Caught a few lakers and one white, plus some small perch. Not sure where all the fish were this year. The guys I talked to in 2023 in the parking lot said they have good luck on Hot Dogs apparently, haha. Guess I'll have to get some next time.
@Zak-tp6yq Well, my photos would prove other wise lmao. Somers Bay is where we were killing them. Hell you can get 40 inchers out of the river 🤣🤣
@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures I have heard of people using hotdogs but for us we were just using green label herring.
@Zak-tp6yq Flathead is my home lake
@Zak-tp6yq how do you know that there are not pike of this caliber in Flathead lake? Have you fished it. I've seen many photos of 20 plus pound pike out of flathead and the one I saw last year was huge. Probably pretty close to 50 inches.
At 13:10 and after, super cool to have pike in the ice and hear meadowlarks in the background!
i am not an ice fishermen, but this was fun to watch! hope you enjoyed your table fair!
Thanks!
Just need one more line. You can handle it!
Probably would of caught a bunch more on that one rod 😂
A fun day.
Brother and I were scoping that Reservoir out and wanted to head there at some point. Some big fish in that reservoir pike and walleye. Whitefish I've been told as well. How was the water clarity?
Not great
@@spiltmilt When I watched videos from summer there the reservoir seems to have pretty murky brown water with was seem to be poor visibility. So I wondered if it cleared up in the winter. Maybe already have some spring run off stirring things up already.
I believe so lots of water coming in the past few weeks
Some day I might actually do something other than work in Montana. I actually spend more time there than at home in Oregon. Just not for fun or to see what the State really has to offer.
I drive by that exit on I-15 twice a week, but I take the next exit (44/Valier) to go to Kalispell.
Ever fish Frances? I rarely see boats out there, but come the ice I see lots of people fishing. No idea what they are fishing for.
The ice has been too thin to fish Frances but it has pike, walleye, and really big perch
Wow you picked a day when there was no wind, that's a miracle.
pike are such nice fish
A lot of fun!
Glad to see you made it over in our part of the world. Been a weird spring but glad you found some good ice and some fish to play around with
Coming back for fall work should be better fishing then
@@spiltmilt oh yeah fall fishing is fantastic just about any lake or river you’ll have a good time.
Lucky I’m jealous
Another great video! Keep up the good work. I'm heading to Lake Wannacut this season for monster trout.
Awesome good luck!
Looks like a blast!
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Love your work keep it up! You got me started in Kokanee fishing
Thank you! 🙏
Have you ever fished for them in the Spokane area!? I need to get some leaders like that instead of praying on 25lb floro leader holding up 😂
I am not aware of any in the Spokane area I know a few places in north Idaho have them
@@spiltmilt I know they are prohibited in WA, but there’s been some sightings of them. Seattle area and I believe one in Spokane area. I’d have to double check the Spokane area one since it’s more likely Tiger Muskie.
You would have better luck using mono. Mono is way more abrasion resistant and is stronger when knicked. But steel leaders are they way to go for pike
@@JLM_Fishinglong lake near Spokane. I used to fish there all the time. there’s a ton of different species in that lake, but I’ve never caught one, but I’ve never fished for them. I didn’t even know they were in there until a couple years ago. they might be hard to find since the lake is 9 miles long. Lol northwest fishing reports did a show on them two years ago if you look at their channel and scroll through all their episodes, you can find it..
@@jonwhiteley5651 Yeah there’s a couple popular or known areas I should say, but there’s a good section that’s on the Spokane Reservation. Permit or having a tribal friend would be the options for that area!