| An ice fishing fish finder or flasher will determine | | | | so nuts anymore. The point of this story is simple, |
| water depth, show structure such as brush piles and | | | | why spend time fishing when there's no fish? Using |
| weed beds, and most importantly identify any fish | | | | modern day ice fishing electronics you will know for |
| below your hole. Modern day fishing electronics will | | | | sure whether there's fish in the area or not. |
| clearly mark crappies, bluegills, walleye, and perch. | | | | After fishing this sand pit for several weeks and |
| Actually knowing if fish are below you is a huge | | | | watching these crappies with my ice fishing fish finder |
| asset when determining the best locations. Once you | | | | I soon realized that in the twilight hours when these |
| have used one I guarantee you will never fish | | | | crappies were the most active they could be |
| without it. | | | | anywhere in the water column from the bottom at |
| Years ago a good friend of mine informed me of a | | | | 23 feet all the up to 10 feet below the ice. By seeing |
| large sand pit that was giving up really nice slab | | | | these fish on my flasher along with my jig I would |
| crappies. Needles to say another buddy of mine and | | | | raise or lower my bait to the fish and presto, another |
| myself headed out in pursuit of these fine fish. While | | | | slab crappie. Needless to say after these weeks of |
| my buddy was anxious to start drilling holes and get | | | | catching crappies I was firm believer in my flasher, |
| started fishing I was more interested in looking down | | | | along with my fishing buddy. |
| the holes with my fish finder first. After several holes | | | | By using an ice fishing flasher or fish finder you can |
| were drilled I still wasn't marking any fish. Having a | | | | also determine what type of jigging action will trigger |
| power auger I kept on drilling holes through the ice. | | | | the fish into biting. Since a flasher or fish finder will |
| Meanwhile my buddy had no faith in my flasher and | | | | show both the fish below you and your jig simple |
| started fishing. After drilling and checking a dozen or | | | | raise your jig just above a marked the fish and start |
| so more holes I noticed the bottom being marked by | | | | varying your jigging motion. Maybe the fish want a |
| my flasher was moving. Since the bottom of a lake | | | | slow seductive jigging motion or a quicker aggressive |
| doesn't move up and down, I realized that I finally | | | | jigging motion. The key here is that your electronics |
| found them! After lowering my bait down 23 feet I | | | | will tell you this. |
| caught the first slab crappie in just a few minutes, | | | | If your like me and enjoy catching as many fish as |
| while my buddy fishing a dead hole still hadn't caught | | | | possible when ice fishing you will certainly want to |
| anything. After I caught few more slab crappies my | | | | invest in an ice fishing fish finder or flasher this |
| buddy was next to me and didn't think I was quite | | | | season. |