Ice Fish Ohio Forum
Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: takingupspace on January 23, 2018, 04:13:48 PM
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cause I was fishing off the dock in open water created by an aerator. I've been checking the ice last week and it just wasn't thick enough. So, I plugged in the aerator and it was open for the nice 60 degree day yesterday. Caught them on frozen minnows in about an hour. Had a very fresh supper and need to get out more!
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nice my fav fresh fish
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Fat perch! Nice work!
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Might not be ice fishing,but it's still fishing,nice job improvising...... ;)
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Well I feed them AquaMax all summer and have approx 60 Walleye to keep them from stunting. I'm hoping to catch some Walleye before spring comes. I'm glad I found this site and hope to learn and enjoy the ice fishing scene. I have a pic of a WE I caught this summer....nice and healthy around 4 pounds.
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Nice catch, and welcome to the site!!
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Nice! When do we get invited over?
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It's hard to say no to people but it is very hard to keep some balance in a small 1 acre perch pond. It is set up and successful for perch spawning and hatch. I have another acre pond that flipped and froze out 2 years ago(still crying). I'm trying to bring it back as a trophy bluegill pond and have let people fish that pond many times for meat. So, maybe in a year or two I would love to sit on the ice with some folks here.
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I was just messing with ya anyway. I'm curious. You said it's a 1 acre pond. How deep is it? Sounds like you have a pretty cool setup. I was wondering what kind of depth you need to keep a perch/walleye population healthy?
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It's was dug in 2012 and was approx 15'-16' deep. Both can tolerate warmer water temps but some claim they can become "stressed to death" by fishing in the warmer water temps. The redear sunfish are very important for a healthy tank. They eat the snails that are one of the host for yellow grub(you might have seen these small worms in your fish flesh). Some people just eat them but I don't.
There are many Fish Ohio 13"+ Perch in this pond. When these were caught I threw back two huge ones that I leave for breeding stock. Sorry if this is long winded for a ice fishing site!
(if they load)Here is a pic of the pond and the happy day I trapped my first spawn. It takes some planning to provide spawning structure that works.