walleyemaster Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 whats your favorite time of the year to fish? its been a few years now that ive come to realise that ice fishing for me has become my favorite fishing time of the year... even though i just purchased my dream boat 3 years ago.. yes i love the feeling of being on the open water with blue skies and having a cold one....yes it is nice real, nice..... i bought a new skidoo last year after having older used ones and yes this did also help me in making my decision about my favorite season...skidoos are awsome...so now i fly down the lake punch a few holes drop the vexilar look for fish and if theres no fish i move on and punch another hole untill i find them and then wait for the bite..."tight lines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickster Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I am kinda partial to that time between jan 1st and dec 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have to agree!!! I LOVE my icefishing!!! Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'd have to say hard water simply because I can go where ever I want to go.... Also the fact that there's no bugs around either Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAsin Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 365 days a year from sun up to sundown dont really matter but the 4th saturday in june to Nov 30th! is my favourite time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyemaster Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'd have to say hard water simply because I can go where ever I want to go.... Also the fact that there's no bugs around either Leechman i agree i forgot to mention that during the winter you can go from lake to lake through the bush ...cant do that with the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 during the winter you can go from lake to lake through the bush ...cant do that with the boat Well you can.. but it gets expensive.. ! I'm still fairly new to this ice fishing thing.. going into my 4th season... but give me a lightly overcast..80 *F August day.. out in the boat and I'm good. A bikini clad, female, deck mate even makes it better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 My favorite time to fish is when I get to the lake... ... and I like to finish up just before I leave! Open water 24/7/365 here!!! No closed seasons and you can fish with 50 or more rods if you want (except for 2 lakes that have a 3 rod limit)!!! ... does it get any better than that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Never even tried ice fishing, too many nights on a cold truck dock, was even young and dumb once and came to work when it was 17 or 19 below zero back in the 70`s. I learned they gave us sick days for a reason! 25f balmy, 0F cold, anything below that doesn`t involve me! Like my water like my wife, soft and warm! Fished in snow, rain, cold, ice season is tackle prep time. As much as I loved it there was a time and place for me, on the water, not ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 12 months a year..I avidly fish the Niagara in the cold months so there are always open water fishing options. Although the last few weeks have been less than favorable conditions, and this big cold snap has been kind of bad, I can't wait to get the boat out over the next while, soon as it warms up about 5-10 degrees..lol and the windchill staves off. I do however have some hard water plans in the near future as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the spirit of fishing Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's been an evolution. When I was a kid-anytime! As a young adult, many years back it was late winter and the fall for migratory L. Ont. rainbows. At some point I moved onto then out of ice fishing walleye locally. Salmon on L. Ont in July held my interest for a number of years. Presently my favourite is May, after walleye opens locally and the trout are shallow and hungry in the north. I confess,however, I'm not very far removed from the kid who's favourite time to fish was anytime and look forward to my second childhood kicking in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hardwater rules!!!! Fish 12 months of the year....but I do LOVE the HARD STUFF!!! Dress warm.... and the rest is just plain fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well you can.. but it gets expensive.. ! I'm still fairly new to this ice fishing thing.. going into my 4th season... but give me a lightly overcast..80 *F August day.. out in the boat and I'm good. A bikini clad, female, deck mate even makes it better! I'm with postmaster Wayne on this one. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Every different fishing season has it's ups and downs. I love it all year long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonmoon Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 ICETIME ROCKS........C'mon it's the most fun you can have with 3 layers of clothes on....lol. No bugs, still fishin/jiggin without being blown by wind, relaxing in my chair, in the hut....can't beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 1st year i was here in Canada i would have said i like fishing on the ice and open water equally. 2nd year i found myself thinking about ice fishing whilst out in the boat, but would not admit to myself that i had a preference...because fishing is fishing. Now into my 3rd hardwater season i would have to say i love icefishing....i think it just opens up where i can get to access wise, Lake trout are a lot easier to target, and i love catchin and eating those, and when i get better at finding and catching big walleye through the ice i think ice fishing wins! But....lol...fishing is fishing....i love it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbs Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I prefer the soft water personally but then again i've never been on ice fishing before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Ice fishing... something about being in a small portable really helps me relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredfisher Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i like ice fishing more than soft water, think about it this way. When you go in the boat you dont come into any contact with anyone else(cause you dont want to get too close, or they are flying around the lake). But when you get out on the ice everyone is there, now you are making friends and meeting new people(kinda hard in a boat) but i also like my spring stealhead opener too (but people tend to be a little rude and inconsiderate, ie... bomanville creek rape hole last year. ull no what i mean if you were there). i like to meet new people and that is why i get out fishing. I feel that is what fishing is all about right??????? guys answer this question i want your prospective on this. thanks everyone bigredfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Softwater for sure... How ice fishing can even hold a candle to top water smallmouth in June is beyond me. Nothing beats waking up at 4am, hitting a dead calm lake and working a Zara spook over a nice shoal in 10-12ft as the fog burns off.. Not to mention my addiction to floatfishing... I'd do it all year if I could. Edited January 18, 2009 by BillM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 personaly i love the fall. fishing while watching the colourful shoreline is awesome! cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelfuN Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i would have to say the fall season. temperature is very confortable, and the beautiful scenary. AND the fall steelhead runssss =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profisher25 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 By far mid summer, to mid fall! I would say July to the end of October if my favorite time to fish, especially in the evening.. nothing beats a nice summer evening on the dock by your self.. you vs the fish, 1 on 1 ... thats my kinda' fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i find both are pretty equal. i love just ripping across a lake with the sled and watching my lines go off and pulling a fish out of a hole. and in the summer on a nice day pulling in fish after fish you cant beat that. its all about going out there and having a good time getting away for a while and bringing home a few fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Funny, ask this question in june and I bet 50 percent of the people who chose ice would be saying softwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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