Bellwood tomorrow

[lovetofish]

Hey guys. Me and a buddy are taking the kids to Bellwood tomorrow to target some pike. Have never fished there in the winter. Any advice on where to start or a depth to look for? Thanks in advance for any help

[Wallyman]

I found you didn't have to go far.  I would stay in the 10 -20 ft range.  Pike cruise at all depths.   There are two bays you could try.  One is straight across the other is to the right of the boat ramp.

 

Good luck.

[lovetofish]

Thanks for the info. 

[Rizzo]

let us know how it goes!

[lovetofish]

Not a bite! Sooo many people out too!

[Rizzo]

I have some friends who fish walleye there. Pretty far from the access point though. Don't know what the pike fishing is like

[AKRISONER]

2 hours ago, lovetofish said:

Not a bite! Sooo many people out too!

Go to island lake, there’s a billion pike in there

[Rizzo]

agreed. I have heard nothing but success stories about Island Lake and pike. I don't think you will get big ones there but the numbers are apparently good. And for a kid...even a 20 inch pike is a huge fish

[lovetofish]

Gonna hit the Grande River tomorrow on a solo mission.

[AKRISONER]

This was in 2016 (Wow i cannot believe it has been that long yeeeesh)

but we caught if I remember, 4 this size on island lake that day. Theres a million snot rockets too, plus a pile of perch. Any time we dead sticked a minnow head on a small jig on bottom we would catch perch.

[lovetofish]

Did get out for a few hours today. Marked some fish, no hook ups. Weren’t there for any prime time action. Got there at 10:30, left at 1:30. It was nice to get out and explore some new ice

[akaShag]

22 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

This was in 2016 (Wow i cannot believe it has been that long yeeeesh)

but we caught if I remember, 4 this size on island lake that day. Theres a million snot rockets too, plus a pile of perch. Any time we dead sticked a minnow head on a small jig on bottom we would catch perch.

Thanks for adding to my education.  I did not know they made pants in "teal" colour.  😁  I had an F-150 that colour..............

Doug

[misfish]

4 hours ago, akaShag said:

Thanks for adding to my education.  I did not know they made pants in "teal" colour.  😁  I had an F-150 that colour..............

Doug

I finally got to me this young fella a couple weeks ago. He drives a black ram. The teal pants I will let slide, this time.LMAO

I had an F-150 that colour..............

And Doug,I am not sure I would be telling anyone that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

Edited February 3, 2022 by misfish

[akaShag]

10 minutes ago, misfish said:

I finally got to me this young fella a couple weeks ago. He drives a black ram. The teal pants I will let slide, this time.LMAO

I had an F-150 that colour..............

And Doug,I am not sure I would be telling anyone that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

Yep.  It cost me about $1500 on a trade-in value.  When I wanted a new pickup, the sales guy said the only one they could find was TEAL.  I said I did not care what colour it was.  But when it was time for a new truck, it turned out that people DID care about colour.  Oh well, live and learn...............🙄

Doug

[AKRISONER]

Funny story about those pants, had an old roomate/tennant that left my place in a hurry and left a bunch of crap behind. My buddy wanted to go ice fishing and all of my gear was up north. I found those teal snowboard pants in the storage room. They were wayyyyy too big for me but I made them work for the day. I specifically remember my feet being so damn cold that day because I only had a crappy pair of Walmart bush boots that I borrowed from my other roomate lol