1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240 It's the Terrible at Fishing Radio show on Cold Country Radio. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Here's your fishing expert and host, Michael Rafino. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,640 Welcome back to Terrible at Fishing Everybody. 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,800 Well, it's been a crazy, snowy week. 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:31,040 Crazy falling power outages, tons of snow. 6 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,680 We are talking feet of snow. 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:40,560 So let's talk about fishing in the snow. 8 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:49,040 So Gerber Lake has good ice right now, but you're going to need a snowmobile to get there. 9 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,880 When you go ice fishing, you're going to need a snow shovel. 10 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:59,680 Do not forget to put a snow shovel on your sled because you're going to have to clear 11 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,760 out that snow to get to the ice before you start drilling. 12 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,320 So real important, we have great ice right now everywhere. 13 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,320 We got it at Fish Lake. 14 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:10,800 We got it at Lake of the Woods. 15 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:16,080 We've got it at Four Mile Lake, which again, snowmobile. 16 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,000 You have Diamond Lake. 17 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:27,200 We have so many, so we have a great season for ice fishing. 18 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:35,040 And Lake of the Woods will be throwing their free tight festival on the 14th, which is 19 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,840 nice that weekend. 20 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:45,120 And then of course, I will be cosponsoring the free ice fishing derby at Lake of the 21 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,320 Woods, which I will give away lots of prizes. 22 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:49,320 You will see me. 23 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,480 It's just a lot of fun. 24 00:01:52,480 --> 00:02:00,960 So bring a chair, bring a rod, and have a good time on the 22nd on the ice fishing derby. 25 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,800 So really some great stuff coming up. 26 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,040 We just got a lot of snow right now, and I hope everybody's safe. 27 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,600 And I know tree limbs are falling all over the place, including my house and stuff. 28 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:23,240 I mean, part of my backyard is kind of damaged because of the tree, but it can happen to 29 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,400 all of us, and I'm sure it is. 30 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:32,680 So shake the trees, try to get that snow out, and try to get your snowblower out. 31 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,960 If you got one, great for you. 32 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,120 Although the electric ones are not lasting very long. 33 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:45,120 So hopefully you got a gas-powered snowblower. 34 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,120 But we're having a... 35 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,120 It's exciting this time of year. 36 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,120 So this... 37 00:02:51,120 --> 00:03:00,320 I mean, I want to talk a little bit about the ice fishing fish finders. 38 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,080 All right? 39 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,840 Now a fish finder normally has a beautiful screen on it and stuff during the summer. 40 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,640 You got little waves and this and that, and it shows you the contours of the bottom, which 41 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:14,400 is very important. 42 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:21,680 Ice fish finders are very, very, very, very different and almost archaic in the way they 43 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,200 look. 44 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:34,320 And ice fish finder is a circle with annoyingly flashing red and green and yellow lights. 45 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,560 I mean, it's just flash flash flashers. 46 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:44,920 In fact, it's appropriately named a flasher. 47 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:58,240 And you know, people ask me because I have a Markham fish finder and they ask me how 48 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,720 much they cost and stuff like that. 49 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:09,640 And Markham is one of two fish finders on the market that make... 50 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,920 I mean, two main brands. 51 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,160 And so we... 52 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,400 There we go. 53 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:22,440 I'm pulling it up. 54 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,220 So flashers are circular. 55 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:29,880 They give you bottom read and extremely sensitive. 56 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:36,320 In fact, they can even see, you know, like a split shot, you know, or a tiny, tiny, tiny, 57 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:37,960 tiny little jig. 58 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:43,600 So there are two companies mostly that make these Vexlar and work. 59 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,400 And do you have to spend a lot of money on these? 60 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:47,920 No, you just don't. 61 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,920 I mean, mine's an M1, which is about 330 bucks. 62 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,400 And the Vexlar's FL8, that is 350. 63 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,120 So they're right about the same amount of money. 64 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:07,360 There are other companies like Common Bird and other companies that make these, but Vexlar 65 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,720 and Markham are actually the main two. 66 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,720 You have these. 67 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,120 These are all in, in compassing cases. 68 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:16,120 They're small. 69 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,680 They, they have a nylon bag around them. 70 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:25,680 They come with a 12 volt battery, which you're going to want to upgrade. 71 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,200 You know, it's not like it doesn't last long enough on the day. 72 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,160 It just doesn't last long enough in the years. 73 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:41,840 And so what I did do is I purchased a, a lithium ion 12 volt battery, small one. 74 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:46,480 It's about a pound lighter, but it's just, it just does better job. 75 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,960 And so they don't cost much like 30 bucks for an extra battery. 76 00:05:51,960 --> 00:06:02,360 So these particular flashers, what they do is it shows you with red on the bottom. 77 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,480 And then, and you drop your transducer. 78 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,280 It's got a little arm that swings out. 79 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:13,120 You drop your transducer just below your ice shelf. 80 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,800 Drink your coffee. 81 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:27,560 And it has a conical display, you know, conical display where, you know, it actually senses 82 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,360 and it goes, it will see even particulates. 83 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,240 That's how sensitive a flasher is. 84 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,840 It will see particulates in the water. 85 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:44,840 And so you actually will adjust the gain in order to reduce the amount of particulates, 86 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:49,360 but still able to see your jig. 87 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,960 So you're going to drop your jig down and you're going to adjust your gain to where 88 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:02,420 you can see your jig, but try not and eliminate as much of the particulates as you can. 89 00:07:02,420 --> 00:07:07,720 Because I mean, even a blade of grass that sets free from the bottom will come up and 90 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,160 it will actually see it. 91 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,520 That's why it's such an important feature. 92 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:21,400 And a regular, let's say you have a regular fish finder, you want to put this on your 93 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:26,440 A like an Apple A Scope and it does very, very similar. 94 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:32,720 It just looks straight down and you're able to see things much better. 95 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,000 So that's something that you can use. 96 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 And I did. 97 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:49,000 And I used a Garmin Striker 4 on A Scope. 98 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,600 It also has a flasher mode, although I enjoyed the A Scope more. 99 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:59,200 And then a Striker 4 portable kit like the Markham or something, if you want to save 100 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,640 about 150 bucks and you could go there. 101 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:09,760 It's under 200 bucks on Amazon so you could get, grab a Striker 4 portable kit, which 102 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:14,120 you can use on your kayak and stuff like that. 103 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,720 So it actually works very, very well. 104 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:24,960 But if you want just a good down scope, then you're going to probably end up going with 105 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:30,400 a Markham or a Vexlar. 106 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:37,960 Adjust that gain to where it's just going to see what you want it to see, which is your 107 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,480 bait and the bottom. 108 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:48,440 Now you're going to get some days, you know, there's currents underneath in the lakes. 109 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:53,920 So you're going to get those particulates, but you know, they're not going to be red. 110 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:54,920 They're going to be green. 111 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:55,920 They're going to be flashy. 112 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,520 They'll move in and out, whatnot. 113 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:03,200 Or just, you know, could be bubbles or could be part of your bait that breaks off on your 114 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,200 hook. 115 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:09,920 Believe it or not, this thing can see it. 116 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:17,240 And that's the fun part about using a flashing system. 117 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:27,400 Now like I said, it is rather archic looking, but it's effective and that's what you want. 118 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:37,000 I can drop this all, you know, in any hole and probably get you a fish in a few minutes. 119 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:45,960 It's one of the most fun things to do when ice fishing is using a fish finder. 120 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,760 Much more fun than open water fishing in the summer. 121 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:57,800 Most of the time I'm just there, it's just there because it's pretty nowadays because 122 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:02,000 I know my lake pretty well. 123 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,600 And if I see a school or something like that, I'll stop my boat. 124 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:14,040 But the, I mean, to be honest, there is nothing fun, more fun than watching your bait descend. 125 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:19,440 And it descends really, I mean, please, and we'll talk about this in the next segment 126 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:28,920 about what to put on your line because this is, it's real important to let the bait fall 127 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,880 naturally and your, your fish finder is going to watch it. 128 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,680 And it's going to drive you nuts because I use 1 1 0 1 0. 129 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:44,640 I know, I probably don't exceed 1 1 0 1 0. 130 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:51,520 So it literally, it does sink, it just floats down, it's kind of swims down. 131 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:57,200 And as it swims down, it creates a very, very good presentation. 132 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,840 And then on my fish finder, I can see that the red, it tells me how deep it is. 133 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:10,880 And what you're going to see is your bait will be red and it will be going down. 134 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:17,840 What you're going to see is another red flash. 135 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,600 That red flash is going to be a fish. 136 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:28,000 And as this falls down, you're going to see a red flash appear between the bottom and 137 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,200 your bait. 138 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,800 This is real, really cool. 139 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:32,800 This is exciting. 140 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:33,800 Okay. 141 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,400 Just let the bait continue to fall. 142 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:38,400 Okay. 143 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:45,240 And let it fall until that either that red flash that appears hits it. 144 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:51,520 And you can see it because it'll merge with your red dot, your bait. 145 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:52,520 And it'll merge. 146 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:58,800 And at that point, you can kind of, you can stop your, your descent and wait for that 147 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:05,600 little itty bitty and it's a tiny, bitty, bitty little nibble. 148 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,600 But don't set it hard. 149 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,880 Please don't set it hard. 150 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:16,280 Just lift up, you know, on your rod and start reeling. 151 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,600 Now the ice is thick. 152 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:20,600 Okay. 153 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,080 Ice is thick. 154 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:31,040 And I lose a lot of fish on the bottom lip of my hole. 155 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,040 All right. 156 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:37,840 You know, when you, when you drill that hole, it's about, you know, 12, 15 inches deep. 157 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,680 So it's a tube. 158 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:43,480 And at the bottom is this lip. 159 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:48,320 And so you can see the fish, you know, through the hole. 160 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:55,120 And if it's a big fish, you really need to keep the line tight and tire it out. 161 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,960 All right. 162 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:03,600 So a lot of times, because I use very light line for a bound test, really light one. 163 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:11,640 I dip, I actually put my tip of my rod into the hole so I can, I don't, you know, no 164 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,480 abrasion on my line. 165 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:20,040 And I can tire out the fish by just keeping the line tight, letting it take the drag, 166 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:27,120 you know, and just tire it out and enough to where I can get my rod tip back up above 167 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,480 the hole. 168 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,840 And this is where your towel comes in handy because you're going to put your arm in the 169 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:41,000 hole and you're going to, if it's a big fish anyway, you're going to put your fingers into 170 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,080 its gill. 171 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:49,160 If it's a toothed fish and then pull it out of the hole. 172 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:55,320 And that is how you're going to land a big fish through the ice. 173 00:13:55,320 --> 00:14:02,720 The problem about keeping your tip above the hole, which you're going to do when the ice 174 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:09,840 is really, really thick, which we did a couple of years ago because it's 36 inches thick. 175 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,240 We are poles, our rods are not 36 inches. 176 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:21,000 So we had to, we had to, we had to clip off a lot of our line. 177 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:27,880 So what ends up happening is if you keep your rod tip above the hole, that lower, that lower 178 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:34,440 part of the lip will start to be abrasive against your line and it'll weaken it. 179 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:44,040 So you're going to have to re set your tackle on a regular basis if you keep your line above 180 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,040 the hole. 181 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,200 So that we're going to go into the next segment and we're going to talk about what to put 182 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,720 on the line and what not to put on your line. 183 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,920 So stay tuned after these messages. 184 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:04,720 Out in the backwoods under the stars, I tune in the radio from my old car. 185 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:13,000 Gold Country Radio on Friday night, terrible at 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Welcome back to Terrible at Fishing. 197 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:08,440 So this is an, you know, we're doing a new format on my show and it's going to be, you 198 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,440 know, it's a half hour long. 199 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:17,080 It's at a whole hour, you know, I didn't know if you guys were getting tired of me or not, 200 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:22,440 but I try to keep it interesting and practical and informative. 201 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:27,720 So now we're going to talk about what to put on your fishing rod for ice fishing. 202 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:33,280 Now it's real important to do, you know, to do a few things. 203 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,560 One of it is choosing your line. 204 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,120 All right. 205 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,640 Choosing your line is real important. 206 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:44,800 Now I like using fluorocarbon. 207 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:50,600 Fluorocarbon line completely is invisible in water. 208 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,920 It has the same refractive properties as the water. 209 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,440 Ice fishing water is clear. 210 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,080 It's really clear. 211 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,600 I mean, it's got 14 feet of clarity, you know, visibility in the water. 212 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,600 If you were diving, you could see 14 feet in front of you. 213 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,560 It's just that clear. 214 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:18,400 So it's important to have a line that the fish cannot suspect and see and scare them 215 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,960 away. 216 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,920 So fluorocarbon or a fluorocoded line is important. 217 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:33,520 Now another reason why fluorocarbon is important is that it has very little stretch to it. 218 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:39,080 Now monofilament, which is the most affordable line on the market, it has a lot of stretch 219 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,520 to it. 220 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:45,400 One thing about, and I've said it in the first segment and every other segment, ice 221 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,920 fishing is very, very, very, very finesse. 222 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,480 Those bites come very, very light. 223 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,760 The fish are lethargic in cold water. 224 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,200 They're still hungry, but they're just not aggressive. 225 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,000 So they're not, it's not going to take your hook and start running. 226 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,920 It's just not. 227 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,080 They're just going to be nibbling and you're going to have to look at the tip and just 228 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,320 keep an eye on it. 229 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:15,480 If you have a stretchy line, the fish has more options to spit it out. 230 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,640 Slack can be created and they can spit it out. 231 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:24,640 If you have a tight, you know, a line that doesn't stretch, the, when you set the hook, 232 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,920 the odds of you landing it is much, much greater. 233 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,400 So two good reasons to go with fluorocarbon. 234 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,360 It doesn't stretch and it's invisible in water. 235 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:41,880 Yes, it costs more money, but you will land more fish, a lot more fish. 236 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:50,080 I use fluorocarbon on every lure that I have, even in the summer fishing. 237 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,880 I just use it as a leader on my bigger stuff. 238 00:18:53,880 --> 00:19:01,200 So I just, you know, I might use braid and then fluorocarbon as a leader, but ice fishing, 239 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,320 I use pure fluorocarbon. 240 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,160 You're really only dropping your line about 20 feet. 241 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,320 So it's really what you're working on. 242 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,200 Now the weight of it, two or four pounds. 243 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,000 Now the reason, the lighter, the better. 244 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:23,960 The reason the lighter, the better is that you're using really, really, really light 245 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,480 jigs and heavy line will not feed the drop. 246 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:30,720 It won't do it naturally. 247 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,480 You would have to just start hand feeding it and hope, and then it will actually have 248 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,960 a curl to it. 249 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,680 It drives you nuts really. 250 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:44,560 So I use, you know, four pound, but you can use two pound. 251 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:49,960 Now you may ask yourself, can you catch a five pound fish with two or four pound? 252 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,840 The answer is absolutely yes. 253 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,600 Yes, yes. 254 00:19:54,600 --> 00:20:03,680 The pound of the line does not dictate the size of the fish, but it does dictate the 255 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,840 play that you have to do in order to land a big fish. 256 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,280 Does that make sense? 257 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:16,560 So if I use four pound test, which I do, and I hook an eight pound fish, which you can 258 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,320 easily do. 259 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:28,040 I have to let it run longer and play it longer to tire it out, because you get it to the 260 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:34,280 ice, you know, to the hole in order to pull it up with my arm. 261 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,280 Okay. 262 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:41,080 I'm not going to pull it up through the hole on, on line because my line's only four pounds 263 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:42,680 and it's eight pounds. 264 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,880 My line will break. 265 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,280 So I'm going to get my arm wet, which I get my arm wet a lot. 266 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,080 I always have a nice big dry towel with me. 267 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:58,400 I'm very important to bring a towel or lots of reasons, but you know, why, you know, drying 268 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,800 your hands after you handle your bait and your fish and stuff like that, de-hooking 269 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,480 it. 270 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:10,720 So you can land any size fish with four pound test, any size. 271 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,640 I mean, it's in a lake. 272 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:18,080 I mean, if you get a 20 pounder, harder, but definitely doable. 273 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:19,440 I mean, you could do it now. 274 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,040 I don't know what's in the lake. 275 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,040 That's 20 pounds. 276 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,600 But let's say, you know, you hook Moby Dick. 277 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,600 Okay. 278 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,840 It's just going to take a couple hours to do what, you know, wear out, you know, Moby 279 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:33,840 Dick. 280 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,440 What a fun video that is. 281 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:42,160 We don't have sturgeons in Lake of the Woods, but you did. 282 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,080 Oh my goodness. 283 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,480 So that would be, I mean, that'd just be a lot of fun. 284 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,440 You don't think you can get it through the hole though. 285 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:57,280 You'd be bringing a, you know, your, you know, your buddy's going to be drilling more holes 286 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,840 next to yours in order to get it through the hole. 287 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,920 You know, it's amazing too. 288 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,920 In eight inch holes, actually six or eight inch hole is, is plenty big. 289 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:07,920 That's a big girth. 290 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:08,920 Okay. 291 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:09,920 Of a fish. 292 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,640 So don't worry about the hole size either. 293 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,920 So your line should be settled, right? 294 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:19,920 It should be. 295 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:26,400 I mean, that's, that's, and this is, it's, and then if you'd keep your tip above the 296 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:32,240 hole, like I did said in the last segment, you're going to have abrasion and fluorocarbon 297 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:38,360 is more abrasive, you know, tolerant, but you're going to, you know, if indeed you have 298 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:44,360 that big fish and you, you had, you had to fight it under the hole and that line was 299 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:46,960 rubbing against that bottom lip. 300 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,720 You're going to, after you land the fish, you're going to cut the line. 301 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,640 You're going to resect your, your jig because now you've got a weak spot. 302 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,960 So just cut your line and retie it on your jig. 303 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,760 No big deal, right? 304 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,080 You just had the fight of your life and you landed a butte. 305 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:12,000 So, and then hopefully, you know, put it back in the lake and reset and get another or, 306 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,280 you know, him again. 307 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,280 I don't know. 308 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:19,960 I don't think I've ever caught a fish twice in a row, the same fish. 309 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:20,960 Maybe I did. 310 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:21,960 Probably I did. 311 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:22,960 I've catched a lot of fish. 312 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:28,120 It's not like they all have names and, you know, ID tags on it. 313 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,760 Now what to put on the line. 314 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,080 This is real important. 315 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,760 Now, light line, light jig. 316 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,360 All right. 317 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,160 Don't worry about the hook size because these hooks are tiny. 318 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:45,520 These are 18s, you know, tiny little hooks. 319 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,320 The bigger the number, the smaller the hook. 320 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:54,200 These are tiny little hooks and believe me, they will stay in their mouth. 321 00:23:54,200 --> 00:24:04,600 So this is the, this is an important part of today's broadcast. 322 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:12,400 Four pound fluorocarbon and you're dealing with a one sixty fourth of an ounce or lighter. 323 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,960 Now, I've only seen mule fishing make one eightieth of an ounce. 324 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:23,080 If you go to mulefishing.com or whatever it is, he makes a one eightieth. 325 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,880 One of the most effective jig I've ever used. 326 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:31,040 So but you don't want to go heavier than one sixty fourth of an ounce. 327 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,400 You want to stay as light as you can. 328 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:42,440 I mean, one thirty two, maybe that's pretty heavy, believe it or not for ice fishing, but 329 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:47,600 I would never go above one thirty two ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. 330 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,600 All right. 331 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,120 You're not going to add more weight to this. 332 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:55,360 You will not add more weight to this. 333 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:59,240 So when you ice fish, you're going to use a tiny little jig. 334 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:04,800 Now there's a recipe that all lakes want. 335 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,280 I don't know what that recipe is all the time. 336 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,740 So I try different recipes. 337 00:25:09,740 --> 00:25:13,000 This is color and present and profile. 338 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,280 So and maybe even bait. 339 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,440 Now, a lot of people use worms. 340 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,600 I'm not a big worm guy. 341 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,080 In fact, I seldom ever use worms. 342 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:26,280 If you do use worms, you're going to tear off a tiny little piece. 343 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,880 Do not put a large piece of worm on this hook. 344 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,000 You'll just give the fish what they want and you'll never, you won't get what you want. 345 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,880 You're going to take a little tiny piece of that worm. 346 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,720 You're going to put it on the hook. 347 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,760 You want to make sure that if they attack that worm, the hook goes in them. 348 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:45,840 All right. 349 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:46,840 That's how small. 350 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,560 And this is small. 351 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:56,040 Now for a bait, I will, you know, you know, a dough bait. 352 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,040 You guys have seen me use different dough baits, you know, power bait. 353 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:07,200 I prefer the tequila sunrise power bait tequila sunrise. 354 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:14,280 This is a black and purple bait that has hard garlic sent to it. 355 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:22,400 This little, this black and purple bait is really the one I have the most success with 356 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,160 in any ice fishing situation. 357 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,160 I've tried, I've tried rainbow. 358 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,800 Everybody loves rainbow. 359 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,720 Don't get as many hits with rainbow. 360 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,400 I've tried red, white and blue, which is a good date, by the way, because it has blue. 361 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,600 And but when you, when you roll it, you kind of lose the blue color. 362 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,040 You're going to go with tequila sunrise. 363 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,440 Now, where can you get it? 364 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,920 I can't find it locally unless you buy it at Lake of the Woods. 365 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:57,280 Lake of the Woods is the only store I've seen that stocks regularly, the tequila sunrise 366 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,280 power bait. 367 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,680 So you can check that out. 368 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,840 If you're at Lake of the Woods, definitely get a jar of this and you're going to make 369 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,080 smaller than a pea size. 370 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,360 All right. 371 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,040 So it lasts a long time. 372 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:18,920 So you're going to just roll it in your hand and make a very small ball and put it on the 373 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,000 hook. 374 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,360 Now what color jig? 375 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,600 That's the recipe. 376 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:25,960 I don't know. 377 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:30,520 I typically will choose between two colors. 378 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:37,120 Chartreuse, which is a neon yellow, yellowish green or red. 379 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:41,080 Those are my two colors that I usually choose from. 380 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,680 So I don't know if they're going to hit red. 381 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,240 I don't know if they're going to hit chartreuse. 382 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:50,920 Now I have more success with red, maybe because it kind of represents blood. 383 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:56,640 So that's kind of my experience with it. 384 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:01,960 Now profile profile is sort of the shape I use. 385 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,600 Again, I use mule fishing. 386 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,240 You guys got to check them out. 387 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,280 It makes great baits and they last forever. 388 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,720 But I use what's called horse fly. 389 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:21,480 And it's a, it really is a tiny little plastic, you know, plastic has a really good profile 390 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:22,480 to it. 391 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,080 And I use white. 392 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,600 Now sometimes they want purple. 393 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,720 Now I like purple a lot. 394 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,960 I mean, remember you're using a purple power bait too. 395 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:40,160 So you don't want more, you want, you want the plastic to be as small as possible. 396 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,480 So when they hit it, they can get hooked. 397 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,480 All right. 398 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,480 It's really important. 399 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,280 So we got this, let's say a red jig. 400 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,920 It's 1 64th of an ounce. 401 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,760 We put on a little lady, baby trailer, little lady, baby trailer. 402 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,880 Let's say it's white. 403 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:08,000 And then we're going to put a tiny little pea size amount of tequila sunrise power 404 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,480 bait on that hook. 405 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,480 Nothing else. 406 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,480 Okay. 407 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,120 Nothing else. 408 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,560 Don't add a split shot to it. 409 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,120 Don't add any weight to it. 410 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,120 Nothing else. 411 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:30,560 I mean, and then let your, let it free fall down through the hole. 412 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,440 Watch it on your fish finder. 413 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:37,240 If you got one, if you don't have a fish finder, just wait for it. 414 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,240 Okay. 415 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,240 Suspense. 416 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:44,720 It's like watching a mystery movie and drop it down to the bottom of the lake and then 417 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,720 lift your tip up about 12 inches and jig it. 418 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,520 Just jig it really slow. 419 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:59,320 Jigs, I mean, you can lift it up and just let it fall again and then stop. 420 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:00,320 Pause. 421 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:07,240 You're going to do this one minute on one minute off, one minute on one minute off. 422 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:15,360 You will be surprised at the results you're going to get by doing it this way. 423 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,720 Now I know I'm running out of time here, but go to at Lake of the Woods. 424 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,440 You can rent shelters, sleds and augers. 425 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,940 Okay. 426 00:30:25,940 --> 00:30:28,280 This time here, I would recommend a shelter. 427 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:34,760 Now I own a shelter, but using a shelter will keep you nice and warm, keep the whole dark 428 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,120 and it's a beautiful setting. 429 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:41,200 So I want to thank you guys for tuning in this week. 430 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,320 Please be safe out on the ice. 431 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,200 I would, you know, bring your snow shovel. 432 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,320 If you got snow shoes, great for you. 433 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:56,840 So keep you above the snow and dress warmly with a good water repellent overalls. 434 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:01,080 So we will see you guys out on the lake. 435 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,080 Take care. 436 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:08,440 Everybody remember February 22nd at Lake of the Woods. 437 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:14,880 That was Terrible at Fishing, the radio show with fishing expert Michael Rafino. 438 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:20,280 Check out Terrible at Fishing on YouTube and tune in next week for the next episode and 439 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,640 more great fishing tips. 440 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:45,400 Terrible at Fishing Fridays at 7pm on Gold Country Radio.