sstaz69
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 314
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/05/31 00:21:29
- Location: Erie
- Status: offline
Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
What kind of bait is usually used to get Steelies in the bay ice fishing. I have all the set ups needed as I usually go for pike in the inland waters
|
Jim_R
Avid Angler
- Total Posts : 112
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2003/08/11 09:42:02
- Location: Erie, PA
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/10 09:13:21
(permalink)
Any bait you have down the hole may get hit by a steelie, but if you are targeting them, try using swedish pimples or kastmasters. Anywhere between just off the bottom to just under the ice.
You'll need a little heavier line than on your panfish rods to hold up when they run and the line scrapes on the ice at the edge of the hole.
Jim_R "There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." "The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted air."
|
sstaz69
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 314
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/05/31 00:21:29
- Location: Erie
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/10 17:54:29
(permalink)
Thank you Jim, any size preference?
|
Jim_R
Avid Angler
- Total Posts : 112
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2003/08/11 09:42:02
- Location: Erie, PA
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/11 11:10:56
(permalink)
Jim_R "There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." "The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted air."
|
sstaz69
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 314
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/05/31 00:21:29
- Location: Erie
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/11 21:51:10
(permalink)
|
stevepf
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 287
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/08/13 11:31:15
- Location: Clarion,PA.
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/17 09:37:14
(permalink)
Do you catch many thru the ice?The way they fight in open water it should be a blast thru the ice.
I'm gonna fish more and work less. Have A Crappie Day 
|
eyeofhorus
Avid Angler
- Total Posts : 189
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/03/20 13:46:10
- Location: Waterford, Pa
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/30 15:53:57
(permalink)
 This is a steeley I caught at the fisherie ice out last winter. 2# test 24" UL rod. The fish measured 20" on the money. Caught him on a tiny chartreuse genz bugz jig with a meal worm. The fight was awesome! Earlier that morning a much larger steelhead broke off at the hole but the smaller 20" fish was still cool and a bright as a new silver dollar! 
|
stevepf
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 287
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/08/13 11:31:15
- Location: Clarion,PA.
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies thruogh the ice in the bay
2007/10/31 10:27:02
(permalink)
Nice fish ,I bet that was fun.Might have to try it this winter.Haven't fished the big lake in a long time.Never tried steelies either.Had a buddy at work that fishes for them he got a different job and don't see him much.Maybe sometime.
I'm gonna fish more and work less. Have A Crappie Day
|
Presquisleanglr
Avid Angler
- Total Posts : 185
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2006/09/07 17:59:02
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/01 18:48:17
(permalink)
sstaz
If you are thinking of steel head under ice stop at east Ave its a short walk from the car its always plowed out if the snow is deep and there will be plenty of anglers out to give you a few pointers, Just watching you'll pick up on it soon enough. Lampi marina is also a steel head hot spot when the ice comes on Its much like the pig pen was at trout run.
|
sstaz69
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 314
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/05/31 00:21:29
- Location: Erie
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/01 21:03:28
(permalink)
Thank you Andy, I will certainly do that. I may be down again this weekend to fish off the rocks. I'll stop by and say hi
|
FreshSteelfeel
New Angler
- Total Posts : 34
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/11/05 19:31:45
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/16 17:37:38
(permalink)
I always thougth steelhead bite through ice was hit or miss in bay is there really good hotspots to target a day of steelhead on the bay
|
justinl8688
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 330
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2005/12/10 20:45:21
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/18 22:27:16
(permalink)
Do you just use ice jigs and minnows or waxies on rods? and what should be used on tip-ups? Where are some good spots I have seen ppl at Walnut marina and we see a few on teh aqua vu out on presq.
2005 Triton TR21X 225 Mercury Optimax
|
krott243
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 954
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/10/07 09:02:16
- Location: Fairview, PA
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/26 11:44:42
(permalink)
Pimples or other smaller spoons tipped with a shiner straight down, long slow jigging right off the bottom. I catch most during the first ice(earlier in the season.) Anywere 6-10 ft with sand is always a great spot.
The Lord has blessed us all today... It's just that he has been particularly good to me.
|
cp13
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 542
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/10/24 11:44:35
- Location: Erie, PA
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/26 14:00:32
(permalink)
do you think you could catch them in the mouths of the creeks when it ices over?
|
krott243
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 954
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/10/07 09:02:16
- Location: Fairview, PA
- Status: offline
RE: Pulling steelies through the ice in the bay
2007/11/26 14:34:34
(permalink)
ORIGINAL: cp13
do you think you could catch them in the mouths of the creeks when it ices over?
Yes, get the right day and you could hammer them off the wall at walnut mouth and the marina, make sure the ice is safe first.
The Lord has blessed us all today... It's just that he has been particularly good to me.
|