First Icefishing Experience

[mtyburski]

Fishing is one of the most enjoyable sports out there, but if you take it too serious. It can be one of the more stressful one's out there. I learned flyfishing about 10 years ago and recently went Icefishing for the first time this past January. I've learned to teach myself to enjoy the sport, relax, and it's never a contest of who catches the most fish. Being out there on the ice and cold air was draining, but did get some good size white crappies. Fishing about 8 to 12 feet down over brush, produced only about 4 fish for myself, as my buddy caught around a dozen using beemoth. I could have switched to livebait, but refused to lose confidence in my artificials and Berkley Power Baits. I also enjoyed the action of twitching and wanted to fish more actively. Either way, it was an enjoyable trip and looking forward to more trips next year!