{"id":9637,"date":"2012-02-23T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T20:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2012\/02\/ice-fishing-brant-lake-again.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:17:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:17:41","slug":"ice-fishing-brant-lake-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2012\/02\/ice-fishing-brant-lake-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I Fished Brant Lake Again Last Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went up to Brant Lake<\/b> again over the weekend to do some more ice fishing<\/b>, and to try to catch another Brown Trout<\/a> like the week before. That didn’t happen, although I did have a good time.<\/p>\n

This time I went with my father and a couple of his friends, one of whom owns a small camp in the nearby town of Graphite. This marks the second year that we’ve all stayed at ‘ice-fishing camp’<\/b> for Presidents Day weekend. I hope to make it three next year.<\/p>\n

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\nI took that photo after I set my tip-ups up on Sunday morning. I’ve noticed that ice fishermen usually set their equipment up<\/b> in one of two ways. 1.) In a line heading away from the shanty or wherever they’re storing the rest of the gear for the day. 2.) In a circle, or group ‘claiming’ a portion of the ice.<\/p>\n

I almost always use the method where I cut five holes in a line<\/b>, and work my way out away from my gear. For some reason I think that I cover more water when I set my gear in a line<\/b>, providing a better chance of coming across some fish. When setting up in a cluster or circle, I feel like I’m putting a smaller limit on where I’ll catch fish. This of course comes with the chance that I might catch more fish if a school happens to swim directly underneath my tip-ups<\/b>.<\/p>\n

I also like to have one or two of my tip-ups a good distance away from where I’ll be standing\/sitting most of the day. I usually set a couple of my tip-ups a few feet under the ice for trout<\/b>, and I would rather not be shuffling past those holes all morning.<\/p>\n

How do you set your tip-ups up?<\/b><\/p>\n

I’ve also started to get the hang of jigging, and that’s what I spend most of my down-time on the ice doing. This last Sunday I caught 6 or 7 Perch on my jig stick, but they were all too small to keep. Believe me, they were tiny. I like to move around from hole to hole while jigging<\/b>, usually spending 20-30 minutes at each unless I’m catching fish. In which case I’ll stay at the same hole until they stop biting <\/b>(duh).<\/p>\n

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Lately I’ve been using a small Swedish Pimple<\/b> (white) with a couple grubs hanging off the treble hook. I would like to expand my box of jigs a little, but don’t really know what to look for. I’ve seen some jigging Rapalas<\/b> that look like small Perch that might work. When not using grubs, I have had a little luck with Perch eyes, and occasionally a portion of one of my bait fish (either the tail or the head).<\/p>\n

What kind of jigging set-ups do you guys (and girls) use?<\/b> I am generally jigging for Perch, until there is enough ice on Lake George <\/b>to try to jig up a Laker anyway (next winter maybe<\/i>).<\/p>\n

We ended up catching 12 Perch<\/b> on Saturday as well a Large Mouth Bass (yay<\/i>), and only three on Sunday. We did get to the lake a little later than normal on Sunday, and the spot we usually fish was already claimed, so we had to move on to the nearest open ice. This could have had a lot to do with our ‘luck’.<\/p>\n

The weather was great, bright sunshine both days until about 2:00pm when we loaded up our equipment and got off the ice. I’m guessing there was still about 10-11 inches of ice on the lake <\/b>last weekend. I saw two Jeeps drive from the south, past us to the north end of the lake across the ice, so there must be plenty.<\/p>\n

I have some work to do on my own Jeep this Saturday, which I hope to get out of the way early so that I can head up to the Great Sacandaga Lake<\/a><\/b> to try to catch some Walleye<\/b> on Saturday afternoon. I’ll be sure to let you know how that goes.<\/p>\n

Have any of you been fishing the Sacandaga this year? How has it been?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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