Devils Lake Ice Fishing

[Buuur]

oh man not what i wanted to hear I will stay aay from black tiger bay lol i'm thinking of trying deeper water on east bay

 

[FishSticks]

We had a tough trip this weekend too. Set my house on the west end of the lake in 12 FOW the previous weekend with some OK results (lots of marked fish, landed 15 or so eaters)...This weekend we had more guys and a good spread of tipups and only landed a handful and did not have nearly as many marks. Explored a flooded bridge on Alice midday and didn't do well. Too cold to move the permanent. Had some friends in Creel with similar results. Bad weekend to be on the big devil.

Also - Lots of unmarked spearing holes in some back bays near the highway. Leaving giant blocks of ice on top of the frozen lake is not the proper way to mark a spear hole. Be careful out there.

 

[Buuur]

Well hopefully the bite will be better this weekend I'm just bringing portables up and be as mobile as possible IDK first time up gonna try all over

 

[Chas'n Tail]

Same here, gonna try the whole west side if that's what it takes. Bringing the hard side for sleeping but run and gun with a portable. Hope this weekend is better than last. Should be warmer by the looks of it.

 

[snow]

Holy sheep shit lung,after a weekend like that a guy might try bowling...But its always a tough bite during cold snaps like we've had this winter.We've always done well in creel and six mile,don't pass on fishing in the flooded tree's.

 

[Buuur]

Same here, gonna try the whole west side if that's what it takes. Bringing the hard side for sleeping but run and gun with a portable. Hope this weekend is better than last. Should be warmer by the looks of it.

I'm gonna be in east bay and 6 mile bay on thursday afternoon and friday morning depending how I do would you like to trade information after a day of fishing and try to get on em?

 

[Chas'n Tail]

I'm gonna be in east bay and 6 mile bay on thursday afternoon and friday morning depending how I do would you like to trade information after a day of fishing and try to get on em?

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Ok I lied Burr, was gonna send a pm right after saying that, but i see that i can't pm you. can you pm me?

 

[Lungdeflator]

Yeah no kidding. It seemed like everything we did something broke. We would've loved to be portable and move around but as cold as it was getting stranded somewhere with broken equipment didn't sound smart.

 

[Buuur]

ChasnTail you can text me my phone # is 3193303463 I can PM either

 

[risingsun]

Holy sheep shit lung,after a weekend like that a guy might try bowling...But its always a tough bite during cold snaps like we've had this winter.We've always done well in creel and six mile,don't pass on fishing in the flooded tree's.

Do you bend any auger bits doing this? I know with my luck it would happen.

 

[Lungdeflator]

First time I ever fished Devils lake, we decided to try spearing in some timber. Drilled and cut a nice hole, and once we got in we noticed I missed a dead head with the auger by 3-4". Probably would've ended our trip.

In the timber it might work to shovel off the snow, then pour some water on the ice where you want to drill. Might be able to see if there are any trees in your way.

 

[SDMF]

1st and foremost, I’m a cruddy ice fisherman. No fish and broken shit is my typical cold-snap Sub-zero fishing trip results.

 

[shorthairsrus]

stump or branch -hit em both - didnt do much other than dull the blades.

 

[scrotcaster]

Devils lak/Lake Irving or Audobahn this weekend ? What would you do

 

[Migrator Man]

Audubon has been hit and miss too lately.

 

[Bfishn]

This time of winter tends to be tough everywhere, February is the time to head to the mountains or a beach for a week or two.

 

[Davy Crockett]

I heard the fish shed their teeth and grow new ones, The old timers used to swear by it. #$%^&>

 

[lunkerslayer]

It's true detective crocket I seen it

 

[Walleye202]

The 100 plus guides running around DL this year pretty much pound spots until there is nothing left and continue to roam and do that. Wish there would be a limit on the number of them.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Fishing guides are the best especially if they are driving a snobear, with my trusty vortex diamondbacks I can see a snobear from atleast a mile away. Never have to clean out slush from the holes usually have multiple choices to pick from no need to pull out the auger. Also I have a nice semi groomed trail so I don't have to put my truck into four wheel drive. This is the new way to ice pirate I can spend all day just driving around following behind a snobear :icegif: