Solo Ice Fishing for Rainbow Trout in Cariboo BC | Fishing with Rod
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ม.ค. 2022
- I started 2022 with a solo ice fishing outing to the Fishing Highway 24 in Cariboo BC for some rainbow trout! I used a VMC Mongo jig tipped with tiny pieces of shrimp for these fish.
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Terrific video as always Rod! I have a bit of advice when scouting a new lake. Drill your first hole 20 paces from shore (or relatively shallow), and then walk out in a straight line drilling holes every 20 paces until you have 3 or 4 consecutive holes. These holes should represent consecutively deeper depths at which fish may be holding. Fish the first hole for 15-20 min and move to the next hole until you see activity. If there is absolutely no activity then I'll repeat the same procedure in a different part of the lake. Finding where the fish are is a guessing game especially when ice fishing, but this strategy may help to find them faster.
Thanks David! 🙂
I live in the Cariboo. I usually fish with a tent so I can watch the fish and how they react. Always seems like just hanging a shrimp with a hook works best. But I've seen fish go nuts when you first drop the hook down into the water. So maybe slight jigging and then let it sit works best. Been experimenting with flies for hardwater season... not as good as shrimp but I've found that a green, balanced leech works alright. Nice video! Makes me want to go out again!
Yeah the trout behaviours under the ice are so unpredictable and fascinating (and frustrating at times haha). I love being able to see it through the holes, best part of ice fishing.
@@FishingwithRod Yes definitely. Do you think it's worth making note of certain behaviours? I went fishing with someone the other day. Nobody on the lake had really any luck. Then we moved to one spot and caught two fish. Then, as quickly as it started, everything stopped again. Frustrating for sure lol
I think it's totally worth noting all the findings plus water temperature, weather, etc from each fishing outing so you can develop some kind of a pattern over time. 🙂
@@FishingwithRod Yes, this is the first year I'll be doing a fishing journal. Should be interesting to see if there's a pattern. Maybe it'll mitigate some frustration as well. 😵🍻😁
Thanks rod for the nice video!
You're welcome David!
Great video! Looking forward to more ice fishing videos with top secret fishing spots on Highway 24😝🎣
Top secret, no wonder nobody was out there. 🤣
When I lived in Tucson, Arizona, that same silence could be experienced while hiking in the Sonoran desert 🌵. Almost all the trees and shrubs have extremely small leaves. So when the wind blows, you can’t hear it. Very peaceful.
Thanks again Rod.
You are very welcome Dennis!
Beautiful fish! Great work as always Rod 👍👍
Thank you!
Excellent video Rod 🎣👍. The part of the trout swimming in , & taking the bait wicked photage 😃
Thanks Andy! Yeah I love the underwater shots whenever I am ice fishing. :)
Thanks for making this video. It makes me relax.
Please make steelhead fishing in vedder river.
Glad you enjoyed it, I was definitely going with the relax theme!
Gotta catch a steelhead first before making an episode, hopefully later this season. 🙂
Ice fishing is my favourite!
It's pretty fun, but also frustrating at times haha. That's why it keeps bringing me back.
Thanks for the video!
My friends and I are heading up there for a weekend I appreciate the tips
You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Glad you're ok Rod!
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Very nice Rod. Heading up to 100 mile this weekend to get some fishing in. Good to see they are biting!
Have a great trip, conditions are looking good!
Love the underwater shot keep worm and see you at steelhead season.
If it keeps spewing out dirty water like that, nobody is going to be fishing for steelhead this season lol.
Great video... very relaxing.. ice fishing is my all time favorite!.. oh btw .. love the underwater GoPro setup 👍🏽👍🏽 gonna have to make one up!
Thanks for checking it out. 🙂 Here is the underwater camera setup:
th-cam.com/video/aFf0epgv2jI/w-d-xo.html
@@FishingwithRod Thanks! much appreciated 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Good cold water tasty vittles 👍
They're fantastic. Great source of sustainable protein.
Nice video Rod I know the lake some good fly fishing there in summer.
Yeah I've fished it quite a few times now during the open water season, so have always wondered how it produces in the winter months. 🙂
Great video! Curious to what lake you're fishing looks like Sheridan.
I always enjoy watching the fishing videos especially with the down view on them. I like your happy place, Rod. What lake was that again? I used to live in 100Mile and my bro did for many years. We fished many of the lakes but no way near even 1/4 of them all. See you next time and watch out for the ditches they can be deep and expensive to get out of!
Thanks Terry. That one was just Irish Lake. 🙂
Rod he doesn't mind bringing a tackle shop to go fishing with him. He has a big heart for fishing I guess
Hey you never know what you're gonna need out there. 🤣
@@FishingwithRod true, good luck fishing and happy Chinese new year to you n your family
Thanks Jean! Happy Chinese New Year!
have you ever thought to make a travel fishing to borneo? the fish here is good but the ocean 😔
No, but I might have to now. 🙂
Need so many equipment to go ice fishing, I don’t know if one day i gonna try this kind of fun.
Enjoys
Not necessarily
Many people have done it before with a chisel or axe to open the ice and a stick with some normal fishing string and any lure of your choice and then hand bomb the line.
Don't be overwhelmed by what you saw me carrying in the video. You really don't need much to start ice fishing. Ice rods and reels, some terminal tackle, an auger/drill and a scoop are pretty much what you need if you just want to try it out. That's all I had at the beginning too. The depth sounder/fish finder makes it a lot easier. I also use that same one in the video in my boat, so it's not just for ice fishing. A tent is a luxury, to keep you warm and a dark area where you can see the fish through the holes. Start with little, then build it up if you like it a lot.
@@FishingwithRod I still fish with basic gear today because i enjoy finding fish with my knowledge and skill, for me the fishfinder is something clueless people use to hide the lack of knowledge. i dont use a fishfinder out on the sea either. just a handheld gps. it probably sounds very cocky to many people but as kong as it works i am happy with it.
Yep, use whatever keeps you happy. The sounder is just another tool, a set of eyes below the ice if you'd like to be more efficient.
GOOD EATING !!!
Yes!
Looks like a fun time! Is the hand auger a backup to the electric one?
Yeah it is. I really should have just left it back in the truck because that electric auger has been amazing. It can do over 100 holes in one charge and usually I only end up drilling two or three per day so I don't even recharge the battery for the entire week.
Hey man big fan here just moved to the okanagan ... where would you recommend some winter river fishing?
Thanks! I actually don't really have a lot of experience on rivers in the Okanagan region. You should pay a visit to Trout Waters Fly and Tackle in Kelowna. Nick and Savas are the owners, and they can point you to the right directions for sure.
Hey rod love the channel 😊how do you cure your shrimp ? Mine always turn to mush lol do you ever dye them colours ? Thank you my friend ❤
I use Pautzke Bait's Fire Cure (red) to cure my shrimp. Just sprinkle some onto the shrimp in a bowl, and after a little while most of the water will come out from the shrimp while they are being dyed. Drain, and place all the shrimp on some paper towel to dry them until the firmness is what you like. Usually I dry them for a few hours. Thanks for checking out the video. :)
@@FishingwithRod thank you for the reply I will try that I have been bottom bouncing with flys this winter and had a lot of success in the rivers 😃
You're very welcome. 😊
It looked like you had a little flasher and then a line connecting to a hook with some sort of bait on there with that first fish. What were you using? Dough bait?
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@@FishingwithRod Oh, I am sorry. I made the comment before the whole video was over! Thank you.
No worries. 😉
You might consider bringing a small snow shovel to remove snow from the setup area. More comfortable?
Funny story… I usually do have a small shovel with me (my kid’s snow shovel actually), but I broke it in half at the start of this trip when I was trying to dig my truck out. 🤣
@@FishingwithRod Yikes! “Mom, Dad broke my snow shovel!”
Haha, exactly!
Where are you Rod?, no steelhead videos yet☹️
They're coming. I've been ill for the past few weeks, new videos are coming shortly. :) Thanks for checking in!
What route did you drive up there?...I have 10 acres at bridge lake up there and thought the highways were still down
Yeah this was before Hwy 5 and 1 opened a few days ago. I went up via Hwy 3 (Hope-Princeton), then 5A to Merritt, then to Kamloops, Little Fort until final destination.
@@FishingwithRod good to know....cant wait until ice off end of April beginning of May.....kokanee time with my 2 boys
Yeah hopefully by then all of the highways will be operating normally. This drive was uneventful (minus the little visit to the snow bank near the end 🤣). It took 7 hours on the way up, but just over 5 hours on the way back because conditions were great.
Do you know if it is legal to ice fish at night?
Yep! As long as the lake/water body does not have a night fishing closure, then it is totally legal. In the Cariboo region, many anglers in fact fish at night for burbot, as they are most active during that time.
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@@FishingwithRod get any hot tips from Mark at Lone Butte?
For driving or fishing? 😂
I didn't get a chance to stop by at Mark's this time.
What kind of truck do you have? Is it 4x4?
Toyota Tacoma
That first rainbow you caught has so few black spots it’s unlike any rainbow I’ve seen… any idea what could cause that?
Yep, that is a specific strain of rainbow trout found in BC, called Pennask rainbow trout. They are found in, as the name implied, Pennask Lake. Broods have been collected from the lake to produce stocks for all the lakes like this one I was fishing at. The third fish I kept, with many more spots, is known as a Blackwater rainbow trout. Different physical characteristics, and also different behaviours when hooked on a line. I have a video which talks more about these strains in details:
th-cam.com/video/BCmuLEYXSUo/w-d-xo.html
@@FishingwithRod rod you are the man, that's great to learn, hope washington DFW can get some brood to produce and stock some in our lakes because I love how clean it looks
The Pennask is definitely most anglers’ favourite around here, because of their look but also how powerful and acrobatic they are. They don’t do well in all of the lakes. If there is a presence of competitors (eg. other species like shiners) then they don’t grow as well.
Wow $180 for a act of kindness,
Yeah unfortunately the heart maybe in the right place but mistakes happen at times and there are consequences. 🙂
Did you get a new Toyota Tacoma Rod?
I've had it for over three years. 😂
@@FishingwithRod interesting I barely noticed till now. Toyotas are amazing!
Wait! People stopped and no one pulled you out?
lol nobody was going to be able to pull me out beside a tow truck... It became part of the snow bank. 😂
@@FishingwithRod Lesson, don’t pull over for a semi. Lol
Stay safe out there Rod.
I’d pull your ride out of the ditch 😆
😆 ok!
"Please don't' make fun of Asian drivers" - classic.
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That first fish would of been caught if you had a jaw jacker..
Yeah for sure. I actually had one with me but just didn't use it at the time. Next time!