Cousin bought a cottage on Rice lake!

[cityfisher]

Hi all,

 

Cousin bought a cottage on Rice lake!

 

Hes not a fisherman but wants to start at his cottage and really has no clue what to use or where.

 

I want to buy him some lures specially useful on rice for xmas, can anyone recommend some lures that are popular on the lake?

 

I know there are muskie on rice but he will most likely being trying for bass and walleye.

 

Thanks All

[misfish]

Anything bass related.

 

[Harrison]

No Brainers for a Novice angler on Rice:

 

All easy to fish and mostly weedless. Key for the novice.

 

Spinnerbaits.

Topwater baits (frogs/poppers/buzz baits)

3 or 4inch twister tails

tube jigs

Bucktail jigs

#7 Shap rap and/or HJ12 Husky jerk

weedless senkos

 

Your bass and walleye ready on Rice. You can add a wack of stuff to that list, but is it a good start and covers all the water columns IMO.

 

Good luck,

Phil

Edited November 16, 2011 by Harrison

[bigugli]

Bucktail jigs and twister tails.

For in the boat, nothing beats drifting harnesses, especially for a novice.

[northernpike56]

jigs and husky jerks

[BillM]

A red and white bobber, some hooks and sinkers

[misfish]

A red and white bobber, some hooks and sinkers

 

And whats the bait of choice?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say LEECH

[bassman87]

hes going fishing on xmas? id think ice fishing baits

[bassman87]

oooohhhh for a xmas gift, i thought you meant hes heading out to fish on xmas. my bad

[BillM]

And whats the bait of choice?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I say LEECH

 

Leech is a good bet, but you can't beat a nightcrawler

[Rizzo]

algae scooper...the only time I was at Rice that lake was greener than pea soup, couldn't see 2 inches! That was years ago, and I'm sure only a short term problem (ie I just got there on the wrong day). Congrats to your cousin (and good for you as well!)

[esoxansteel]

A Trent Severn chart of Rice lake also would be a must, all those baits are great choices, but a lake chart will help to shorten the learning curve, and he will have 3 to 4 months to study it before the ice turns to water, also ice fishing for panfish is open, and he can mark productive spots on the map in pencil of course, as hot spot do change.

[beagle dad]

HAVE FISHED MANY TOURNEYS ON RICE

WALLEYE AND BASS

BUCKTAIL JIGS IN DARK COLOR YELLOW TWISTER WALLEYE STACK ALONG THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WEEK EDGES IN EARLY SEASON

FLIPPING JIGS DUNKED IN THE THICK WEEDS THAT ARE LEFT AFTER THE ORIGINAL WEEDS DIE PRODUCE NUMEROUS LM BASS THROUGHOUT SUMMER

BELIEVE ME THE LM SCHOOL ON THIS LAKE ...CATCH 1 DON'T JUST KEEP GOING WORK AREA AND FILL THE BOAT

 

GOOD LUCK OH YEA MERRY XMAS TO ALL

[Muskieman]

think outside the box; get it for the camp not the relatives

 

buy some wild rice it's a long grain...give them various paint jobs with nail polish, Super Glue some hooks and a lip on 'em?

 

Give it to them like a "Ship in a Bottle" or a "Box Frame".........

 

That way you can be guaranteed that it will find a place on the mantle and never end up stuck on a stump or lost to a Smallie...

 

It's just an idea.... something I would do.

 

Randy

Edited November 17, 2011 by Randy from Sturgeon

[smally21]

all great lure ideas - the idea of the chart was a great gift idea. a few friends have fullsize govt charts framed on the wall of their cottage. people will always ask where when you tell a story and we find ourselves in front of the chart everytime im there..,.

[crappieperchhunter]

A Trent Severn chart of Rice lake also would be a must, all those baits are great choices, but a lake chart will help to shorten the learning curve, and he will have 3 to 4 months to study it before the ice turns to water, also ice fishing for panfish is open, and he can mark productive spots on the map in pencil of course, as hot spot do change.

 

Excellent idea.

[cityfisher]

Awesome guys!! Im off to Lebaron to drop some cash!

Edited November 17, 2011 by cityfisher

[northernpike56]

Leech is a good bet, but you can't beat a nightcrawler

 

 

minnows, leeches, worms