The mouths of bays and rivers are high-end spots. Northern Pike spawn immediately after the ice goes out, so late in each ice season, these fish make a predictable migration to the shallow, weedy bays where all the action goes down. Until the ice actually melts, most of these fish hang around the first drop off where the shallow water starts to taper off. It's a great time of the year to film videos and take pictures as well, because it is usually warm, so the fish don't freeze and all of our equipment works properly.Ī beautiful northern pike! Monster Pike Time I invite good friends to visit from all over and have been fortunate to catch some of the largest pike, lake trout, and walleye that I have ever had my hands on. Over the past decade, I have spent as much time on the ice during this period. My trips right now are usually heading out in the afternoon to catch a few walleye and crappie for dinner. My fishing tournament schedule, fishing the Walmart FLW Tour, has me on the road quite a bit in the winter to the southern U.S., but I am really excited that this year I will be home for the last two weeks in March, which is in my opinion, a prime time to ice fish. We have quite a bit of snow on the ground right now so traveling around too extensively is a bit of a workout, even on a snowmobile. Add some cold temperatures and short days, and fishing is not nearly as appealing as it is later in March when the temperatures improve, the snow melts, and the days get longer. It's just much faster and easier to bottom fish and you can generally catch the exact same species bottom fishing as you could float fishing.As we roll through another winter here in Northwest Ontario’s Sunset Country Region, I try to get out fishing here and there when I can. You could theoretically float fish in this lake, but honestly? Float fishing has taken a back set to bottom fishing on almost all lakes. It hooks the fish automatically this way and is much easier than trying to manually hook it with the bottom rod, which is possible too but much more difficult as it requires weird timing. Only pull the bottom rod out of the water when you see the line start to move and the bite alarm/bells start to go crazy. Hopefully you're high enough level to get one with a bite alarm. If you are not high enough level to afford a two-rod stand, just stick with the simple one-rod stand. If you really want to go all out, pick up a second bottom rod and fish with it on the rod stand at the same time as the other rod and your lures. If you are a pure F2P player (which I respect), you will have to simply fish as much as you can to maximize profits. Premium access account for $10 a month also nets you +50% experience and cash from every fish, so that is also something to consider. They're one of the better investments in the game with the exception of the very high level lakes, and I feel like if you really like a game, you should support the developers with a little cash flow anyways. You could also potentially buy unlimited licenses for real money. Obviously you'll never get anywhere if you buy a license and don't fish as much as you can while the license is up. You will struggle to make any headway at first, since the cost of license and travel to Alberta is relatively high, but you should be able to overcome it if you play a decent amount and fill your keepnet. Obviously larger keepnets and stringers equal more money per day, equaling more profit for you. A 90KG fishnet should be plenty to cover the cost of staying there daily and should be able to cover travel and license costs after a few days of full keepnets. You'll want a rod stand too, if possible, because you're going to spin fish while you bottom fish for maximum efficiency.
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