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$10000 on the line
What is your best icefishing lure/ tactic to catch monster pike through the ice

and if anyone else is interested there is an icefishing derby in Chapleau on the 13th of febuary

all cash prizes
$10000 and increments down from there

Any help would be great! I think I know things but I know that there are guys out there that really know

Thanks boys and have a safe and Happy New Season...errr year

Good luck up there Bruin.
I would give you some tips but you be better to get them from someone who knows how to catch em BUNK?

Quick strike rig with big live sucker suspended in the top 1/3 of the water column... it's a great shallow water tactic.

i like to use a big dead sucker on a quick strike rig a little bit off the bottom
good luck

Try and get some HUGE lively GOLDEN SHINERS from the Quebec side!!!!....

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:Try and get some HUGE lively GOLDEN SHINERS from the Quebec side!!!!....

Won't make a difference ...If the Big Boys are '' Not '' in the mood to come out and play..........

Bruin wrote: <snip> I know that there are guys out there that really know <snip>

Hey Bruin
I don't profess to "really" know, but what catches Pike for me are 5" half-half Williams Whitefish spoons - jigged fairly agressively.

I think the location on the lake is more important than the spoon or lure used... I would setup 100-200 yards into the lake near an inflow...

Good Luck in the tournament!!

lively minnow suspended 1 foot off bottom near structure. worked like a charm earlier today

Try and get some HUGE lively GOLDEN SHINERS from the Quebec side!!!!....

Quebec is quite the drive for me to pick up bait!...but I get the point

Thanks alot gents...I know I can count on ya!!!!

Now the key is to put the 10 g's in my pocket, but really, thats just the bonus of a day....Big bonus but a bonus non the less.....
I am hoping the vex gives me the edge....Not to may people willing to pay for an icefishing rod let alone a vexilar...Old school branch and spool for many Northern Ontario Anglers
thanks boys

Chapleau here I come

Good LUCK Bruin.....if it wasn't so friggin' far, I'd drive up and join ya!!

If I win it, I'll be heading back to Ottawa for a visit...been way too long but the 10hr drive is a killer.....

Chapleau is a days drive for anyone in the ottawa area.... something to think about....Make it a weekend with the boys....accomodations are cheap thats for sure.... Early bird sign up last day today, so get er dun!!!

I'll do my best to take lotso pics, but please don't expect a "bunk" calibre report, I just don't have that sort of talent

I'm with Eli on the sucker 1 foot off the bottom near structure. Got me a monster pike with that Thursday. It's been a pretty good producer for me.