GO-TO Mid Winter Ice Fishing Tips to Catch MORE Walleyes!

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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    Welcome back to another ice fishing video. Today I am ice fishing for walleyes on Red Lake in Minnesota. I am staying on the ice in a fancy Ice Castle with First City Guide Service. In this video we are dealing with some finicky fish due to a massive weather change. I talk about some tips you can use to catch finicky walleyes during the midwinter time frame. Thanks for watching!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 71

  • @craigwavra3495
    @craigwavra3495 8 місяців тому +5

    Really enjoy you showing the Live view when you are working the fish!! Good teaching method!!

  • @mattress2331
    @mattress2331 8 місяців тому +2

    Being mobile I'm sure is Relative, especially with camera gear and all! You do such a great job, taking us on adventures, Thank you!

  • @dylanwalker5248
    @dylanwalker5248 8 місяців тому +2

    I love seeing you get as amped up as the rest of us over a low 20s inch fish. A good eye is a good eye 🎉

  • @PolarisJD
    @PolarisJD 8 місяців тому +1

    Just booked my trip with Chaz at First City Guide Service. Can't wait! Should link up with Chaz on a rental discount code for viewers 😉.
    Great content as always Tom. Thank you for what you do. You are my favorite fishtuber.

  • @johneckendorf7021
    @johneckendorf7021 8 місяців тому +14

    Un-thaw your equipment? Wouldn't that be freezing it?

    • @fishman8662
      @fishman8662 8 місяців тому

      Thats funny, I thought the same thing. A buddy and I always give each other crap about that. lol

    • @DROutdoors18
      @DROutdoors18 8 місяців тому +1

      One of my pet peeves. That and "hot water heater" lol

    • @TheLoopy989
      @TheLoopy989 8 місяців тому

      @@fishman8662I think this means you live a charmed life. God for you my dude!

  • @midwestoutdoorconnections9204
    @midwestoutdoorconnections9204 8 місяців тому +3

    Another awesome vid buddy keeping us entertained and giving us hope for good ice in MN

  • @thomasarnold5508
    @thomasarnold5508 8 місяців тому

    Glad to see the fish didn't have bloody gills when released ...thank-you

  • @toddjensen5689
    @toddjensen5689 8 місяців тому +2

    Oh, and Mitch is the SH!+. Keep on fellas, ya make a great team.

  • @89shmike
    @89shmike 8 місяців тому +1

    So good to see the crappies coming back up there.

  • @BrianBontrager-o2g
    @BrianBontrager-o2g 8 місяців тому +1

    Hey Tom, Love your videos and your passion for fishing. I've just begun learning to fish for walleyes and just getting started ice fishing as well. You do great at teaching products and presentation of baits. Could you spend more time and specifically show, like on topo's what types of locations you are fishing and why. Locating fish is my biggest challenge and we only have a short ice season here in southwest Iowa so don't have a lot of time to learn. Especially this year.

  • @brianfeeney9493
    @brianfeeney9493 8 місяців тому

    Still NO safe ice 🧊 here in NW Michigan Tommy !!!!! Got boatloads of snow ❄️ from that weekend storm ⛈️ !
    Worst possible situation we could have, prior to ANY ice 🧊 formation !!!!!!
    Dang EL NINO sticking it to us …………….
    Thanks for the content and we continue to live vicariously through Your Adventures !!!! BE SAFE 🌟

  • @ontheone9559
    @ontheone9559 8 місяців тому +1

    I am so glad that I subscribed to you a few years ago! Always great stuff!

  • @fishman8662
    @fishman8662 8 місяців тому

    I love it. Makes me laugh of how many people say it. It's good humor. 😅😅

  • @lolgotchya
    @lolgotchya 8 місяців тому

    Dude you’re awesome thanks for the videos!!

  • @anthonywhelchel5155
    @anthonywhelchel5155 8 місяців тому

    Hey Tom LOVE your info and videos. would love to see you come over to Rainy Lake!!!

  • @waynesell3681
    @waynesell3681 8 місяців тому

    Stretch those legs! Great time on the ice with Tom Boley!

  • @davidspoonholtz6900
    @davidspoonholtz6900 8 місяців тому

    Another awesome video Tom. Finally get it going down here in south central Iowa

  • @Mortarman-Nowinsky
    @Mortarman-Nowinsky 8 місяців тому

    Love the grind Tom! Was curious if you could do a “location” break down video on the Walleye Now app of the Bay of Green Bay for the Eastern WI guys that may not fish in MN or ND. Would love to see a big fish or nothing type video from the Bay! Good work!

  • @walleyperch
    @walleyperch 8 місяців тому +1

    Winter just started🙂

  • @tylermaassen
    @tylermaassen 8 місяців тому +1

    Banger video man 🔥

  • @levitninja
    @levitninja 8 місяців тому

    Gangster walleye channel! Facts

  • @CaseyBluestone-kt4xx
    @CaseyBluestone-kt4xx 8 місяців тому

    Awesome walleyes, keep up

  • @paulkramer7698
    @paulkramer7698 8 місяців тому

    Another great video!

  • @jamesnichols8893
    @jamesnichols8893 8 місяців тому

    well done 👏👏👏. what are your thoughts on underwater cameras? Do the led lights spook fish?

  • @wesvohnoutka625
    @wesvohnoutka625 8 місяців тому

    First I want to say I enjoy all your videos Tom. Now, I know the more often a fish story gets told the bigger the fish keeps getting😂, but your little walleye went from 15" to I believe you said 16" and you hadn't even thrown him back yet..😅 I was always told, an inch aint much unless it's on the end of your nose. 😅 I also grew up around people that said unthaw so I get it, but I believe you were thawing out your fishing gear in the warm garage.. Ok, go make another video. Good job!

  • @visionbdfishing
    @visionbdfishing 8 місяців тому

    nice

  • @jasonrosenberger8157
    @jasonrosenberger8157 8 місяців тому

    Been watching tons of your videos new to walleye fishing still haven't quite put it together

  • @goodbyemr.anderson5065
    @goodbyemr.anderson5065 7 місяців тому

    You would think a guy who catches and releases would handle the fish a little better. Great videos though, and tons of good info to help those starting out.

  • @TheEzrider403
    @TheEzrider403 8 місяців тому

    Nice !

  • @hunt_trap_fish
    @hunt_trap_fish 8 місяців тому

    Soooo.... we finally have ice here in the WI / IL Stateline area. But this is, w/o a doubt, the first ice we've had all season long. So are we in early ice? mid season? What... where... where in the season are... are we?

  • @JordanSaathoff
    @JordanSaathoff 8 місяців тому

    Tom, what boots are you running this year? Trying to figure out a good long-term solution for ice fishing boots.

  • @douglasalounsbury407
    @douglasalounsbury407 8 місяців тому

    Hey Tom love your videos! What is the name of the auger you’re using? Thanks if you have time it looks like a 8” what brand?

  • @benrmr
    @benrmr 8 місяців тому

    What if we are already booked? A bunch of us are booked for Feb.? Could we still get in for the giveaway?

  • @jjmcg9688
    @jjmcg9688 8 місяців тому

    I see that on walleye now you have settings for some things but can you share your mega live settings?

  • @scottrouwhorst881
    @scottrouwhorst881 8 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @bobistuff
    @bobistuff 8 місяців тому

    mid winter but really first ice where im at. weird year.......

  • @claudesylvanshine6551
    @claudesylvanshine6551 8 місяців тому

    Goddamnit Cody.

  • @marknikolas1356
    @marknikolas1356 8 місяців тому

    Tom, what brand of Mega live ice pole are you using?

  • @basschaser9356
    @basschaser9356 8 місяців тому

    What’s your mega live setup? Your image is so clear

  • @mattbrown8049
    @mattbrown8049 8 місяців тому

    Do you ever measure the fish or just go by guesstimates?

  • @jjmcg9688
    @jjmcg9688 8 місяців тому +1

    I’ve heard people say that on pressure spots like red that the walleye are shy of the mega live. What do you think? Thinking that’s why you are marking a bunch but they are not engaging.

    • @danholtbk7008
      @danholtbk7008 8 місяців тому

      My fishing buddy and I have been using older model Humminbird side scanners (698si and 798si) for crappie and walleye for several years now. We have the transducers rigged up on pvc pipes that we rotate under the ice to locate fish. We have been wondering lately if the sonar is affecting the fish. We do catch quite a few but sometimes it seems they are awfully finicky. ???

    • @jjmcg9688
      @jjmcg9688 8 місяців тому

      @@danholtbk7008 I’ve had some people that are more experienced than I have multiple occasions where the only difference is they are using live/livescope and the other is using vexilar and massively out fishing them. The fish come and then hug bottom. Idk.

    • @finsfeathersandbone2823
      @finsfeathersandbone2823 8 місяців тому

      That makes zero sense it’s not a camera sitting right off bottom. Mega live or live scope the transducers are only at most a foot below the ice. The fish can’t see it like a camera which they can see.

    • @danholtbk7008
      @danholtbk7008 8 місяців тому

      @@finsfeathersandbone2823 What’s being questioned is if they can sense the constant sonar and if it affects them. No one knows for sure because fish don’t talk.

    • @jjmcg9688
      @jjmcg9688 8 місяців тому

      @@finsfeathersandbone2823 It is the frequency of the sonar think of it like a high pressure system, fish always bite better when pressure is falling or lower than 30.

  • @wayne-oo
    @wayne-oo 8 місяців тому +1

    Not a big fan of red lake ! With the slot limit and being charged $60 a day to pull out a wheelhouse, there are better lakes out there…

    • @finsfeathersandbone2823
      @finsfeathersandbone2823 8 місяців тому +1

      If you’ve ever plowed a road 7 miles out on a lake and multiple side roads to accommodate you and your wheel house you would understand why it cost you that price. They beat the shit out of there vehicles and the price of gas plus maintaining the roads is very expensive but obviously you want everything for cheap so it’s not worth talking about it with you because you don’t understand or care to because you feel entitled like kids these days

  • @ontheone9559
    @ontheone9559 8 місяців тому +1

    So do you keep your dead stick 2-3’ off of bottom?

    • @FoulMouthFishing666
      @FoulMouthFishing666 8 місяців тому

      Prolly depends on their mood or where youre markin fish in the water column. But generally higher is better than too low because Im sure you prolly know, theyre eyes are on top of their head and theyre constantly looking up.

    • @danholtbk7008
      @danholtbk7008 8 місяців тому +2

      Last January I was fishing on Trout lake by Coleraine and my fishing buddies and I were deadsticking 8-10 inches off bottom. A game warden came by in the afternoon and in our conversation he mentioned that because of the clear water we should be about 2 ft off bottom. At 3:15 in the morning I got up to pee and I remembered what he said. We hadn’t caught anything yet. I raised my minnow to about 2 ft and less than 2 minutes later I caught a 29”er. She’s on the wall.

  • @toddjensen5689
    @toddjensen5689 8 місяців тому

    Tom, talk to me about your auger setup.... I have a 8 inch Nils with a Tecumseh powerhead that I bought about 15 years ago. Still runs like a champ, weighs 23 pounds, and drills holes like Peter North. Back in the day it was the sh!+ for light, run and gun, while drilling a ton of holes quick. But it (and you) got me wondering: Have the lithium drills caught up? Is it significantly lighter? Reliable? Are you packing 3+ 6aH batteries to cover your power needs? Love ya knowledge and content. Totally agree that fish are certain to bite when ya dingin' with your phone or take the first bite of your sandwich.

    • @sampowell9061
      @sampowell9061 8 місяців тому

      The new 8” Eskimo e40 composite augers weigh 13lbs and can drill 100+ holes on one battery, but I have heard that the 40v strikemaster composite auger is the best. The price is definitely there with electric augers though.

    • @isaiahspigner9352
      @isaiahspigner9352 8 місяців тому

      That k drills nice. Ripper blades holds up the best on wind blown sandy ice. That and any hammer drill weighs under 10 lbs cuts fast and hasn't let me down in 3 years so.. worth it if you got a hammer drill otherwise it's the same price either way

    • @isaiahspigner9352
      @isaiahspigner9352 8 місяців тому

      8.5 " k drill

  • @pinhx38
    @pinhx38 8 місяців тому

    Are you fishing shallow?

  • @emersonprey3029
    @emersonprey3029 8 місяців тому

    Whats your biggest eye through the ice?

  • @evanmalison4489
    @evanmalison4489 8 місяців тому

    🎣

  • @epicka55
    @epicka55 8 місяців тому

    I think you need to tighten up your drag. You’re pulling drag on a crappie for crying out load.

    • @FoulMouthFishing666
      @FoulMouthFishing666 8 місяців тому

      Thats the youtuber special bud lol ive never had as many small fish pull drag as these guys lol. Makes for a better vid i suppose

    • @jayjackson4622
      @jayjackson4622 8 місяців тому

      Can always tell a good fisherman, their drag is set to go before the line does. If you pay attention he tightens it when fighting a bigger fish. I will give you maybe he doesn't lose the bigger one if a dealer hook set but who knows.

    • @FoulMouthFishing666
      @FoulMouthFishing666 8 місяців тому

      @@jayjackson4622 there's having your drag set right and then theres youtubers lol. Crank the drag for hooksets turn it down a bit after hookset, dont need it turned down to the point that crappie peel out though lol

  • @DreadyEDDY710
    @DreadyEDDY710 8 місяців тому

    Remember the days when you didnt have to spend hundreds to enter a giveaway

  • @6415DK
    @6415DK 8 місяців тому

    Anybody know what kind of heater he is running? My big buddy is trash

    • @gregdutton8219
      @gregdutton8219 8 місяців тому +1

      Heat Hog

    • @6415DK
      @6415DK 8 місяців тому

      @@gregdutton8219 awesome thanks

  • @MH-yu5yp
    @MH-yu5yp 8 місяців тому

    Heat hog