Trout Underwater: Ice Fishing Tactics

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

That underwater camera is so cool! Love watching the presentation and bite!

[@greatestever3827]

You make ice fishing look easy

[@SaskFisher]

Great video! What a beautiful place you're at! Them mountains!!

[@boattothebelly]

Glad somebody is out fishing! I’m stuck working but hoping to change that soon. Love the underwater bite cam

[@4boys1girl-2]

I just retired...fishing almost everyday....hang in there, your time will come.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

​@@4boys1girl-2 lol you're generation will be the last one to retire enmasse Thanks alot for preserving our country for future generations, you got yours though huh

[@4boys1girl-2]

@Whitey Fisk not sure what you are getting at.

[@4boys1girl-2]

@Whitey Fisk really wish I did though.....

[@codybertram6122]

I’ve found on my small public trout pond good days and limits very consistently by jigging a small vertical tungsten on 3# Max line. 1/32 oz tungstens and even going as small as the scud missile. I do a cadence similar to bluegill and have even caught fish just below the ice. The trick is to not change the cadence even when they are approaching on sonar. I’ve had them turn 4 or 5 times on a jig bumping and fake eating it before smashing it. Black vertical tungsten with a black silkie is 🔥

[@setheasite2289]

i learn alot by watching your video

[@tomgodzik2498]

Great video. I all ways learn a lot from you. Thanks 😊

[@coyakbrian3411]

It drives me insane the days they come in and don't hit. No matter how much I switch it up or change tempo it doesn't help. Some days land 3 and others 20. Thanks for sharing

[@chrisrapp6890]

Hitting waitts lake this morning just getting some tips for trout.

[@hypnosiscenternyc]

Neat camera. Great footage. I want one! :)

[@anthonymorgan8258]

Great video as always !

[@newspaperlightbulb]

Do trout generally have different feeding preferences under the ice? Usually when I go out to my favorite lake during the summer and fall and toss out a salmon egg cluster they absolutely light it up but when I drop one under the ice, they just can’t be bothered to come anywhere near it. I figured that while they’re under the ice they’d be trying to get whatever food energy they could but my success rate is so low that now I’m thinking they somehow become more particular.

[@kevins2386]

Nice vid

[@DylanWOWilliams]

Suckers and white fish spawn all winter and their eggs tend to thrown into the water column. Their super dense in nutrients and not hard to chase so trout LOVE to get their calories from them. Also, if their planted rainbows, the hatcheries feed them a kibble substance that is kinda bright in color, that’s why powerbait works so well on stocked fish, another reason the blob and other egg patterns can work.

[@reapergrim76]

Cool stuff! 😀

[@BC-ue3ku]

What are the red blobs floating around in the water, do you know?

[@danielcamarajr398]

They appear to be swimming...

[@spiltmilt]

They are most likely copepods.

[@treywallis9611]

Please do a video on how to tie a blob fly. I can't seem to find them anywhere.

[@treywallis9611]

Lol. It was literally the next video served up. You rule! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIbJi6qlmbd_mbc

[@mikethompson5966]

im glad you commented that and replied the vid! i never came across spilt milt fly tying vids.

[@wadecusack5433]

Great coaching! Question is your camera in the near by whole?

[@spiltmilt]

Yes I drill holes side by side.

[@danielcamarajr398]

I always marvel at the amount of debris in the water under the ice...

[@spiltmilt]

Most of that isn't debris. Its living organisms!

[@danielcamarajr398]

@@spiltmilt Yeah the pink ones are kinda cool... Scuds/midges?

[@icefisher1171]

What are the pink dots floating around?

[@spiltmilt]

Copepods

[@icefisher1171]

@@spiltmilt Yeah, after watching for a while longer, I saw them swimming and realized what they were. I've never seen them pink before. Anyway, great video. Keep them coming. Tight lines, my friend. Peace.

[@jonholmgren3342]

Blob flies 👍🏻

[@emmettkellogg5468]

I'd be happy to buy a few Blob flies if you sell them!

[@kylehaynes2385]

What are all those pink things floating in the water??? Are those shrimp?

[@spiltmilt]

Copepods

[@kylehaynes2385]

@@spiltmilt are you sure? I'm gonna respectfully disagree. No way those are copepods. Copepods are so ridiculously small. Ive also had enough aquariums, both saltwater and freshwater, to know what copepods look like and they are very very tiny usually, from my experience

[@mm700]

Hacked ice fishing. We spend hours on ice to fish but if ya got the money for it can’t go wrong

[@jonlobello7151]

What brand underwater TV do you use?

[@spiltmilt]

Link in the description

[@jonlobello7151]

@@spiltmilt Thanks

[@benwilson2119]

What depth do u typically fish at?

[@spiltmilt]

3-30' deep

[@lambertyazzie7971]

What is a blob fly.

[@spiltmilt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIbJi6qlmbd_mbc

[@MoElk_Outdoors]

Great video! I’ve been doing some ice fishing on my channel if you want to check it out! Nothing better than being on the ice. 🤙🏻