been looking at live scopes for the upcoming 2026 season and i seen vexilar is dropping a liveview but cant find anyone talking about it, big fan of the old school 1d sonar from them and wondering if i should stick with them for live view or migrate to garmin....
Damn bees... guess Ill go organize my tackle.
I am from Indiana and finally did a trip to LoTW with my Dad and Brother in an ice house last Jan. It was an absolute blast and I would happily book another trip.....but.....my Dad, who is getting up there in age, really enjoys catching a variety of species and would like to accommodate that for this year's trip, if possible. He is a huge pan fish guy but I love chasing eyes since we have very few lakes in IN with them. I'd worry any other place couldn't match the catch rate of LoTW, but wouldn't mind something with a good night bite to keep the action going longer.
What lakes should I be looking up?
Things I liked about LoTW:
- amount of fish caught
- able to drive out early January
- Having a town somewhat close just in case
Things I didn't like:
- one fish caught after 6:30pm - 24" eye at 1030pm.
- 12" sauger but shouldn't complain. A fish is a fish.
Appreciate any suggestions!
Here's my 29 1/2" walleye I caught on extremely light tackle. So close to that 30" mark lol (I was getting ready to release the fish when my co-pilot told me to pose for a quick pic, thats why I'm holding it like a goon)
I'm putting together a 2- or 3-day trip for 6 of us to go ice fishing.
We all fish, but none of us have ever ice-fished. We'll be flying in and travelling light. We can manage sleeping bags, etc., but we won't have any tackle at all.
I see that there's a large number of outfits that rent sleeper huts... but I'm struggling to find places that can also rent us the necessary fishing gear (and maybe give us a few pointers to get us started)
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!!
Looking to find the 8” for my 24v strikemaster. Have been looking since March time for replacements and I can’t find them.
Hope I'm all good to post this here.
A few days ago I created r/smokingfish , a community dedicated to smoking trout, salmon and everything else that swims.
I figured I'd find a few people who like to smoke their catch in here. If you want to share/learn tips, tricks & techniques for smoking all types of fish, check us out👊