Procrastinating Preparation for Ice-Fishing

December 12, 2008 at 8:09 pm

I am going ice-fishing tomorrow and for some reason I can’t seem to get my butt going to prep.  Its the first ice-fish of the season and I can’t say that I have my gear in order.  I’ve organized my garage so I have a section dedicated to this winter pursuit, but I expect it will be an early morning running around grabbing far too much to drag onto the with me.

Not having even confirmed the lake I am fishing, I do know that I will target Pike.  Here is what I’ll have to pull together in short order:

- a series of spoons and large jigs
- a bunch of treble hooks
- ice fishing line
- two tip-ups
- some herring left out overnight to get nice and stinky
- an auger
- a large spoon for scooping and scraping the hole
- snacks
- digital camera
- notebook and pen
- gps to find any holes from last year and mark any new ones or structure
- spreaders for Pike jaws
- bonker
- a fishing rod
- waterproof matches and firestarter

I’ll probably drill two holes, set up a tip-up with herring in one and then jig another.

Looking forward to it.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

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