2014 Ice Season Recap

[steverowbotham]

Well it appears that the 2014 ice season has come and gone, despite the fact that we will still have ice for another few weeks or more. This year, I would have to say was by far the toughest ice season that I have had in recent memory. There were a few days that we could do no wrong, but there were several that I could do nothing right. Too many skunks for one season. I fished several locations, but was limited to walking for the most part, and my own laziness got the best of me on several cold, windy occasions, when I just stayed put instead of moving. Despite the tough trials, I was still able to find some good success here and there, mostly in the shallower ranges of 55-80 feet. I had my best lake trout success using an Imperium Ace rigged on a 3/8oz darter head jig and an Imperium Ice tube, also rigged on a 3/8oz head. There were a lot of "high flyers" this season, sitting in the top 30 feet of the water column, at one point I had a smallish (5-6 lbs) laker hit the tube just 5 feet under the ice in 122 ft of water. Pretty wild stuff. Hope you enjoy some of the photos from the season! Thanks for viewing.

 

 

 

I kept 3 or 4 this season for the pan, but for the most part I practice catch and release. To keep this fishery healthy, I encourage we all do our part to help, CPR. Catch, Photo, Release

Edited April 6, 2014 by Steve Rowbotham

[aplumma]

Excellent fish candy looks like a good season for sure.

 

 

Art

[pairofgreenhorns]

thanks for sharing, love the pics, some beauty fish there!

[4x4bassin]

Nice lakers Steve , looks like you had a good year to me

[davey buoy]

You did alright !! .Great pictures as well Steve!!

[alphaalpha]

nice fish, thanks for posting!

[misfish]

HA,HA,HA,HA

 

Those are some real pigs there Steve. No whities? Or were you just targeting huge lakers?

 

TFS

[manitoubass2]

Howah those are gorgeous!!!! I'm jealous

[Fisherpete]

Very nice Steve! Lots of quality lakers there.