Ice Fishing Whitefish (The Complete Guide)

[@chuckguerin8141]

The best fish I ever have eaten, was beer battered whitefish at a little proper resturant. They cooked it perfectly with a perfect batter. And my neighbor, when he went fishing he gave us everything but the whitefish. Said he loved them too much to share. lol So we ate red snapper and flounder.

[@eleanoreperry1231]

Wow just seeing this out of the box kzbin.infoUgkxQr1yd4Zc6qJF-scTB6Zb9dQbVpviuRxB recommend I have yet to fish with this set up, but based on the first hands on appeal, I can tell this is going to change the way i pack and carry to a whole new level. If you fish like i do, you know the smaller and less stuff the better. I’ve added a photo of just some of my gear so you can see how serious i am about fishing.

[@tercelfish00]

Whitefish always fascinated me. I always target them in the boundary waters because they are such a challenge out of a canoe but so rewarding when you figure them out. Some real giants up there too.

[@zbassr2106]

Would like to see more videos of you guys targeting lake whitefish in MN inland lakes. Catching them through the ice is a blast!

[@royheilman6662]

The Coregonus family is seriously underappreciated, IMO. I feel conflicted, however, because they're hurting in a warming climate. Would hate to see them have to take much fishing pressure on top of that.

[@danielmccabe8164]

I've always been fascinated with how aggressive whitefish are in other lakes. Where I am on Lake Superior (Haviland Bay) they are extremely passive and you need to use tiny teardrops.

[@richardcontant4659]

They are sooooooo good eating.

[@danielgerman4459]

What size jigging spoon?

[@fishinghunting7275]

Nice job catching them I go up the gunflint I can never catch them but always catch monster Lakers

[@andand1219]

Great post ,😀 wondering how can you tell its a whitefish under or lake trout just with a fish finder? No underwater cam. Is it same technique as u show?

[@Skank_Hunt42]

I find it strange catching whitefish up so close to the hole. I've only fished for whitefish on the bay of greenbay where the whitefish hug close to the bottom feeding strictly on goby in 40 ft to 70 ft of water

[@FishDonkey]

nice video. looks like fun... i need to say though, be careful and don't stand up like that when in reverse on snowmobile because it can pin you to the throttle.

[@fishlovme]

Where I fish whitefish on Green Bay it's necessary to drill a second hole in order to read your jig. There's so much current your jig is often a good 2-3 feet, if not more, away from the hole you're fishing out of. Also some people drill their hole at an angle, but I prefer to just have a second hole. The current always goes north or south out there, so it's easy to predict.

[@marciepiper6386]

What do ya think about that? That's a real aggravation!!! LMAO "Subscribed bc of that comment"

[@codyprice1987]

The other day I was rippin a hyper hammer about a foot off bottom and when I would let it settle out they would smash it

[@SpoonierMilk]

I've caught some big whitefish on green bay. I wonder if they grow faster in the great lakes

[@michaelo6124]

How do you guys freeze whitefish? Mine turns out mushy even in vacuum seal...

[@derickchristensen3219]

Try thawing them out as slow as possible. We don't freeze them unless absolutely necessary

[@nealfoster6506]

where can u go fishing the white fish in minnesota?

[@kirillkhizhnyak3749]

do you know what a Canadian fish finder is ? Its A tip up and a proper set up

[@robgionet9582]

On Lake Simcoe up here in Central Ontario a 4 lbs whitefish is thrown back as too small. Most whitefish here are in 8 to 10 lbs range. You should come up and fish Lake Simcoe for whities and Lakers.

[@dustinj7650]

Ontario stocks Simcoe with tens (or hundreds) of thousands of whitefish every year. This probably allows some to escape catch and grow to large sizes.

[@jaykay1191]

On average whites live 6-8 years but can live up too 14-16 years , not sure how that bio aged a white at 62 years old !

[@joshandthejam7806]

I thought that was weird as well. I recently caught a whitefish that was way bigger than that. That'd be pretty crazy to think it'd be about 75 according to that theory.

[@wiscoworm5971]

@@joshandthejam7806 buffalo species live over 100

[@dustinj7650]

From Maine: Lake whitefish in Maine have much longer potential life spans than previously thought. Recent age analysis using sagittal otoliths (an inner ear bone) has shown whitefish in many populations living for 20-30 years. In one example, we found an 11-inch long whitefish that we estimated to be 43-45 years old.

[@dustinj7650]

@@joshandthejam7806 size and age don't necessarily correlate. Depends on food source/availability and competition for food and likely other factors. Brook trout are usually small because they compete with each other for resources. In lakes that have brook trout predators - they can grow much bigger than normal.

[@huntershi3357]

60 years old white fish??? Maybe next time I would ask it to tell me a history story!

[@McKeonhugh]

Nice day for a Pepsi

[@idasnow2081]

I love white fish, ice fishing you don't need tents and all the silly material gear those men have,, As kids we caught lots of white fish with little black trout hooks fish line and a alder stick about 12 inches long. My sister caught one with a babies napkin pin. Dad always measured the thickness of the ice first and cut a hole in ice when we finished ,we'd stick a Christmas tree in it to keep hole open for next day.....

[@dustinj7650]

of course you don't need all the gear..but the hut and heat is nice to have when its windy and -30 out.

[@danreid6712]

Bleed them out to taste better.

[@Evobassfishmn]

Was this in Canada?

[@NickLindner]

Minnesota!

[@Evobassfishmn]

@@NickLindner when was this episode shot?

[@wendyandrews227]

@@Evobassfishmn whitefish

[@richardcontant4659]

Fish’s that are getting old like those Whitefish are very fragile populations.

[@silverback7659]

Bonk and bleed the fish right away. Increases the taste ten fold

[@marciepiper6386]

I was wondering why they didn't do this! Any experienced fisher would generally know to do that. I wonder if it doesn't matter as much with smaller fish. To each our own.