I just wanted to start a discussion about what kind of baits you target saugeye with and what kind of presentation do you use typically?

I'm sure most will say the obvious in Vib-E's but what else do you use?  What kind of action do you try?  I generally try lift... lift... pause... I sometimes use a quick lift and others just enough to feel the bait. 
What works for you?

Tried to catch some crappie with my girlfriend and her two boys off of Howard rd but only had a few bites with another few lost minnows.  The boys were bored and complaining, which stinks because it was their first time on the ice.  The good thing is the girlfriend said she enjoyed herself and would do it again.  She was fishing and using the Humminbird.  I taught her how to properly read it and she was having fun seeing the few fish that came through.  I think if we would have stayed a little later the bite would have turned on some.  There were only a few other guys out there and they didn't have much to show for their time either.

I hope this warm spell doesn't mess the ice up to bad.  If it rains and gets windy it may.

BTW, I want to thank CRV a ton for hooking me up with bait for the evening.  I put down what he gave me but nothing was cooperating.

I'm heading out tonight after I leave work @ 3.  I was planning on going to Buckeye but haven't heard any good saugeye reports so I'm going to Alum.  I'm probably going to try near the Galena ramp if anyone wants to stop by.  I'll be bucket fishing in a black and grey jacket with black pants.

Shoot me a PM or give me a call if you want to go.
614-623-9088
Jason

I just went over to take a look and get some bait so I wouldn't have to worry about it in the morning.  I went to Levans and got regular spikes and red spikes.  I went across the street to Mikes and had a long conversation with hiim.  He's a quality guy it seems.  I didn't have much cash with me nd he doesn't take credit so I only bought a couple of things and he threw in some glow jigs as well.  Anyhow, I went to Blackhawk and there weren't a lot of folks out on the ice there.  A few shanties, maybe 4 and a few pairs of people.  I saw one bluegill caught not terribly far from the end of the docks.  I went on out toward where I saw a couple of shanties and tried to jig for eye's but didn't hook up with any.

On another note, when I was leaving I went over to the shanties who were also getting off the ice and I saw something that wasn't very cool but I didn't say anything.  These guys had caught a bunch of gills over two days and kept some very marginal fish.  As the one guy was putting them in his bucket he would throw the small ones, dead, back in the hole.  Kinda made me a little sick since they weren't released when they were caught if they were marginal.  Oh well, hopefully tomorrow will be a great experience.  I'm stoked to get out and meet some of you.

I was just curious if there were any ice reports for Buckeye this week?
I won't make a trip out there if I don't know at least one person is on it as the drive is about 45 minutes for me or so.

Thanks!

Well I didn't get a chance to ice fish any Ohio waters between Christmas and New Years but I did go to Indiana and catch a few bluegill and eater size walleye with my brother in Warsaw, Indiana. 

I had my 6yr old son from Maryland who I had to drive to and from so that took up some of my time BUT I did stop at Cabela's yesterday and hit the Bargin Cave and finally got a piece of electronics to add to my ice arsenal.  I bought a ICE 35 by Humminbird.  I don't know a lot about it but it was only 200.00!  I had the clerk take it out of the box so I could look it over.  It looked like it had just been opened and everything looked good.  They have an in store 30 day guaranty so that plus the 2yr warranty from them so I feel pretty good about it.  Now all we need is safe ice!  Oh I also bought 4 more HT tipups as well so I am pretty much set when we get some good ice back from the thaw.

GAME ON!!!

I have never used tip ups and wondered if someone could post a tip ups for dummy's guide here.
I'm not sure this is exactly where David wants posts like these but it's worth a shot!

Thanks
MDBuckeye  (Jason)