Beginning Ice Fishing

8gv · 09-20-2020, 04:37 PM

Spikes!

On wrists at all times in case you fall in.

camp guy · 09-20-2020, 04:48 PM

Well, I hate to over-state the obvious, but first of all, you need ice (then, spikes are very nice).

Hillcountry · 09-20-2020, 05:35 PM

1. Safe ice and a fishing license
2. Chisel or “spud” as some call them. Serves 2 purposes, one to check ice thickness as you walk out and two, to actually chop your hole.
Nowadays fishermen are using expensive augers both gas and battery. The chisel does what an expensive auger can’t do; walk out and check ice as you go.
2. Bait bucket and live bait (smelt or shiners or even small suckers)
3. Ice fishing traps or “tip ups” as some call them. You can also sit by a hole and jig with a small jigging device with a lure and cut bait, NO JIGGING WITH LIVE BAIT IN NH.
4. WARM, Waterproof clothing. Nowadays you can spend big dollars on ice fishing clothing but a good wind breaking coat will do. Wool or synthetic.
5. Keep the kids from getting bored by targeting species like sunfish and bass which readily take bait through the ice. The salmonids like lake trout and rainbows are more finicky. NO TAKING OF SALMON THROUGH THE ICE in NH
6. Stop by AJ’s in Meredith and he will set you up with the basics or cruise craigslist, if you don’t mind “jumping the shark” as there is usually lots of used stuff for ice fishing for sale.

Slickcraft · 09-20-2020, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8gv

Spikes!

On wrists at all times in case you fall in.

Well yes these:
https://www.amazon.com/Celsius-ILP-1...F698KF2DRQ9YND

but also these:
https://www.amazon.com/Kahtoola-MICR...g%2C220&sr=1-4

09-20-2020, 04:48 PM	#2
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,197 Thanks: 303 Thanked 529 Times in 296 Posts	Beginning Ice Fishing Well, I hate to over-state the obvious, but first of all, you need ice (then, spikes are very nice).

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8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,121 Thanks: 64 Thanked 751 Times in 485 Posts	Spikes! On wrists at all times in case you fall in.

09-20-2020, 05:35 PM	#3
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	1. Safe ice and a fishing license 2. Chisel or “spud” as some call them. Serves 2 purposes, one to check ice thickness as you walk out and two, to actually chop your hole. Nowadays fishermen are using expensive augers both gas and battery. The chisel does what an expensive auger can’t do; walk out and check ice as you go. 2. Bait bucket and live bait (smelt or shiners or even small suckers) 3. Ice fishing traps or “tip ups” as some call them. You can also sit by a hole and jig with a small jigging device with a lure and cut bait, NO JIGGING WITH LIVE BAIT IN NH. 4. WARM, Waterproof clothing. Nowadays you can spend big dollars on ice fishing clothing but a good wind breaking coat will do. Wool or synthetic. 5. Keep the kids from getting bored by targeting species like sunfish and bass which readily take bait through the ice. The salmonids like lake trout and rainbows are more finicky. NO TAKING OF SALMON THROUGH THE ICE in NH 6. Stop by AJ’s in Meredith and he will set you up with the basics or cruise craigslist, if you don’t mind “jumping the shark” as there is usually lots of used stuff for ice fishing for sale.