Bryan, what makes you special is that you have the courage to try new things i.e. the mepps spinners. You are a great angler who tries new things and share it with the world. keep up the good work brother.
Thanks Bas Ali! I love to try new things. Gives it a challenge and cool to see some of these old lures work ice fishing. I wanted to try the Mepps last year but never got to it. Happy to share with the world and glad the world enjoys. Stay warm and take care man.
Bryan, I’ve been a subscriber for a long time now and you have really turned my son on to create his own channel. He just bought an Average media 2+ and we will be testing it out to make sure he gets the quality footage like you always provide. We look forward to each and every one of you videos. Keep doing what your doing! You rock! Thanks again for the inspiration!
Hey Steve, That is awesome! Glad you and your son enjoy the videos. Cool you picked up the Aver media too. I find it the best 3rd party recording device. If any questions just let me know. Tell your son hi and good luck fishing guys!
@@BryanProkuski We are in Wisconsin. His Fishing channel is Wisconsin Angling. He is green yet but getting better. He has been slowly aging subs, and he did have a video in the last month that got 6.6k views. It is all attributed to guys like yourself that have fueled the fire. Good Luck the rest of the season!
1st time viewer. I would never have thought to try summer lures through the ice but apparently they can be productive. Cool videos for sure. I look forward to seeing more.
Hey Martin, Welcome! I like to try new things for these pike. Fun to change it up to see what I can catch them on. Something different. Glad your enjoying the videos.
Really like your channel Bryan. One thing ive found with my camera is a snap swivel or a barrel swivel 3 or 4 feet up can make a big difference. I fish the same type of water you are fishing. The bass and pike dont like it when the lure is still and spinning in circles.
Thanks Jeff. Glad you been enjoying the videos. I have had lot of people this season mention the swivel. I gotta do that next time. Sounds effective! Line spine is the worst. Thanks for the tip.
Fishing for gills today, they were biting good. I had removed the treble from a medium sized chrome Swedish pimple and replaced it with a single salmon hook. Don’t know size , put on five or six spikes and dropped it down hole hoping to attract a crappie. Didn’t even jig it, and the line was limp. Thought I was stuck in vegetation, pulled up and holy smokes a thirty inch pike!!!! Caught a bunch of gills on it too! Ya never know till ya try!!
I caught my PB Northern on a mepps dressed Agile out of Lake Trenton North Dakota, 14lbs 8oz. Now that I live in Texas instead of central MN , I ice fish vicariously through you lol keep up the good work!
Heck yeah! Thats a solid pike right there. They love the Mepps! Ya no ice fishing in Texas. Least you got a taste of it when living up here. Until you come back to hit the ice, i'll give you your fix lol. Thanks man. Take care.
Fun vlog! The spoon spinner jigging is a great technique. I wanted to ask what camera set up and other equipment you're using there and once you started the underwater videos did you enjoy your fishing time more? Keep it fishing. Thank Bryan
Thanks Brent! I didn't know what was going happen when trying the Mepps ice fishing but man it worked. I am using a Aqua Vu HD 7i Pro underwater camera with a Aver Media 2 video recording device along with a powerbox to run it all with a Marcum lithium brute battery. I do enjoy fishing with the underwater camera. Like watching TV down there but I can go with out if need. I just like being outdoors.
Idea so panfish don't pay so much attention to your underwater camera. Add plastic leaf or Christmas type garland to the cable and have the garland go 12 inches below camera.
I was shown this almost identical combo of Mepps with minnow head on a small South Dakota slough several years ago. Absolutely SLAMMED the perch bite with it, then and several times since!
I just had the thought last night to use my spinners for perch...why not...flash,vibration,and noise all things to bring fish in for a closer look and hopefully bite.
I've been using spoons and spinners on my tip-ups since the 80s. Dang it, you must be 1 of the guys, since then, that has seen me on the lakes in Michigan. New viewer here Great content!! Keep em coming!! 👍😁👍
That is awesome! Welcome to the Channel Charles. This was a fun one. I'm not one of the guys on Michigan but that sounds like fun fishing out there. I'll keep them coming. Thanks.
Just found your channel and being from the Galveston area, ice fishing isn't possible here. It looks like an absolute blast. Looking at different channels it looks like Pike bite everything but from yours they almost seem skittish. The camera shows a neat perspective really enjoy it.
Hey George, Glad you Enjoyed the video and Welcome. Ya no ice fishing in Galveston, but can always make the drive up north if wanted the experience. It is a blast. Something to do to past the winter months. The pike on this lake can be skittish but that could be fishing shallow too and making noise up top. It's hit or miss. But yea they will eat anything, especially in the summer.
the Mepps Minnow spinner was the best bait in the 80's. I hooked a pike so big it drug the damn jon boat with a motor on it and a buddy with with me. Right off the bank by a log. I didn't even see her hit it. there was still in the lake and snow all over the ground. Maybe 36 and bit of sun. Counted as catch for me. You knocked the lure out of his mouth on the ice. He survived and didn't inhale it. that's good also.
Nice vids bud! Interesting to see how the pike react to minnow tipped jigging lures vs a dead tip up with bait. I almost always use tip ups with Swedish Pimple and minnow but I find the perch and blue gills keep stealing my minnows without being hooked lol. Mbe I should try the sucker on a spreader like you. But from your video it seems like the pike prefer the jigged lures … would you agree?
Thanks S Brooks! I love the Swedish pimple. A simple lure thats tried and true. Silver is my favorite. When it comes to pike, each day I'm out seems to differ from the jig to the dead stick. I feel like jigging for sure brings them in and its up to what the want at that point. But I do probably get them on the jog over the stick. I like big suckers on the spreader as give its more chances of hookup if they take it. And yeah, perch and gills are always bait stealers.
Lol a Mepps ice fishing! Awesome! I know vertical presentations work but I just prefer a horizontal bait. I just cant do vertical jigging spoons anymore, my brain tells me it's too unnatural. Yet I've used spoons and caught fish, my confidence lies in other baits. Weird huh? The in-line spinner though... that's cool!
lol.. Right. The ole Mepps. I have just been stuck for years using the same few baits I've been having fun putting these random baits on and seeing how fish react. Looks like the crappie love him the spinner! I hear you on the spoons but man they do work. If anything the flash will least bring them in to hit your other bait. Take care man!
Hello from Wisconsin Just found your youtube channel and you make some awesome content keep up the good entertainment. Have you planned any backpacking or camping/ice fishing trips for future videos? Im now a subscriber.
Hey JJ, Welcome! Glad you enjoy the videos. I love backpacking and camping but probably not any videos on it. I do like to stay least one weekend on Mille Lacs in a ice castle. Wish I could do more of that but life is busy these days.
When im targeting northern Pike and bass I set up in 8 feet of water and only put my minnow down 4-5 foot down the same if i were spearing works best for me hell i have even caught walleye in 8 feet of water.
Hey! Did you know that The blue gill you caught had back spot disease? A parasitic flat worm most noticable by it's mass colonization on prey and predatory fish and it's black pigment and it will mostly likely survive or sadly be eaten alive by the worms
At the first look at the mepps, the pike scared off from the bright flash. The second pike on you dead stick yes, didn’t get the hooks. Way too many spots on that bluegill. You have a like on your other line.
@@BryanProkuski I hate the NFL now, but still love my bears and that hat is rockin. Love the videos. Im going up to Lake County, MI in 1 week for the mighty ciscos and to try and spear pike.
I was hoping for bigger sucker minnows so I like to use the double hook harness. But any smaller yes plain hook. Could of probably went plain on this one. Like to switch it up.
Ya gave it a great try, at least. Not too bad, when you consider all the times that you tried, and tried, and tried some more...only to catch nothing. Not too bad of a day, at things considered.
Oh man it's hard to get away from that when your talking to a camera with no one around but yet thousands will be watching. Guess makes me feel engaged with the audience. Don't even know I'm doing it sometimes. Hope I'm not as bad as some I have seen lol. Take care!
Bryan, what makes you special is that you have the courage to try new things i.e. the mepps spinners. You are a great angler who tries new things and share it with the world. keep up the good work brother.
Thanks Bas Ali! I love to try new things. Gives it a challenge and cool to see some of these old lures work ice fishing. I wanted to try the Mepps last year but never got to it. Happy to share with the world and glad the world enjoys. Stay warm and take care man.
Love videos with any meps lures. The meps factory is only 45 minutes away from my house. Cool video
Thanks. That is awesome! Where is the factory?
The factory is in antigo Wisconsin
Wow! Looks like a blast. Thanks for sharing.
This was a fun one. You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed.
Bryan,
I’ve been a subscriber for a long time now and you have really turned my son on to create his own channel. He just bought an Average media 2+ and we will be testing it out to make sure he gets the quality footage like you always provide. We look forward to each and every one of you videos. Keep doing what your doing! You rock! Thanks again for the inspiration!
Hey Steve, That is awesome! Glad you and your son enjoy the videos. Cool you picked up the Aver media too. I find it the best 3rd party recording device. If any questions just let me know. Tell your son hi and good luck fishing guys!
@@BryanProkuski We are in Wisconsin. His Fishing channel is Wisconsin Angling. He is green yet but getting better. He has been slowly aging subs, and he did have a video in the last month that got 6.6k views. It is all attributed to guys like yourself that have fueled the fire. Good Luck the rest of the season!
Really awesome footage. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! I love filming underwater. Very fun to watch. Glad you enjoyed.
I like that you try different tackle, fun to watch.
Thanks. I enjoy the challenge of trying new tackle. Let me know if want to see anything.
1st time viewer. I would never have thought to try summer lures through the ice but apparently they can be productive. Cool videos for sure. I look forward to seeing more.
Hey Martin, Welcome! I like to try new things for these pike. Fun to change it up to see what I can catch them on. Something different. Glad your enjoying the videos.
Love the underwater cam footage! Fun day of fish'n right there.
Glad you enjoyed! It was some fun for sure. Didn't expect them crappies to come through.
You would have never caught that crappie without a camera. That was fun
I agree. He was just hitting the bait, not the hook.
you earned A NEW SUB i love your channel
Thanks Patrick! That is awesome. Welcome to the channel.
Really like your channel Bryan. One thing ive found with my camera is a snap swivel or a barrel swivel 3 or 4 feet up can make a big difference. I fish the same type of water you are fishing. The bass and pike dont like it when the lure is still and spinning in circles.
Thanks Jeff. Glad you been enjoying the videos. I have had lot of people this season mention the swivel. I gotta do that next time. Sounds effective! Line spine is the worst. Thanks for the tip.
Ok this is the 50th time I've read about the swivel....I'm gonna try it
Fishing for gills today, they were biting good. I had removed the treble from a medium sized chrome Swedish pimple and replaced it with a single salmon hook. Don’t know size , put on five or six spikes and dropped it down hole hoping to attract a crappie. Didn’t even jig it, and the line was limp. Thought I was stuck in vegetation, pulled up and holy smokes a thirty inch pike!!!! Caught a bunch of gills on it too! Ya never know till ya try!!
Wow nice pike! Bet that was fun. Sounds like a good day. Even better when you try something new!
I caught my PB Northern on a mepps dressed Agile out of Lake Trenton North Dakota, 14lbs 8oz. Now that I live in Texas instead of central MN , I ice fish vicariously through you lol keep up the good work!
Heck yeah! Thats a solid pike right there. They love the Mepps! Ya no ice fishing in Texas. Least you got a taste of it when living up here. Until you come back to hit the ice, i'll give you your fix lol. Thanks man. Take care.
Fun vlog! The spoon spinner jigging is a great technique. I wanted to ask what camera set up and other equipment you're using there and once you started the underwater videos did you enjoy your fishing time more? Keep it fishing. Thank Bryan
Thanks Brent! I didn't know what was going happen when trying the Mepps ice fishing but man it worked. I am using a Aqua Vu HD 7i Pro underwater camera with a Aver Media 2 video recording device along with a powerbox to run it all with a Marcum lithium brute battery. I do enjoy fishing with the underwater camera. Like watching TV down there but I can go with out if need. I just like being outdoors.
Mephs spinner is my all time favorite bait for fishing.
Awesome! Its a solid bait! Catch about anything on it.
under water footage is so great
It is! Lot of fun to watch.
Best underwater ice fishing videos on TH-cam, PERIOD!!!!!
Thanks my man!
I’m going to start trying those type of blade baits and open water spoons! Great fun !!!!!
Too much fun. Why not!
The Mepps spinner just like that with the rubber minnow on it is really good too
For sure. That is a popular one.
How much ice are you fishing on? Doesn’t look like much, are you ever nervous?
I bet it was least 6" by then. Plenty for ATV traffic but I was only walking out.
Idea so panfish don't pay so much attention to your underwater camera. Add plastic leaf or Christmas type garland to the cable and have the garland go 12 inches below camera.
That was about to be one hot crappie.
Yes it was!
nice job! multi-species
Thanks! Usually turns into a multi species day when fishing in the weeds. Never know what will pop out.
I was shown this almost identical combo of Mepps with minnow head on a small South Dakota slough several years ago. Absolutely SLAMMED the perch bite with it, then and several times since!
Awesome! I haven't seen it used before but think were on to something... Those SD sloughs sound fun to fish!
I just had the thought last night to use my spinners for perch...why not...flash,vibration,and noise all things to bring fish in for a closer look and hopefully bite.
Nice catch my friend.👍👍👍
Thanks!
I've been using spoons and spinners on my tip-ups since the 80s.
Dang it, you must be 1 of the guys, since then, that has seen me on the lakes in Michigan.
New viewer here
Great content!! Keep em coming!!
👍😁👍
That is awesome! Welcome to the Channel Charles. This was a fun one. I'm not one of the guys on Michigan but that sounds like fun fishing out there. I'll keep them coming. Thanks.
Nice! Glad they worked for you
Yes it did! Thanks
Crappie are beautiful fish!
I agree
Just found your channel and being from the Galveston area, ice fishing isn't possible here. It looks like an absolute blast. Looking at different channels it looks like Pike bite everything but from yours they almost seem skittish. The camera shows a neat perspective really enjoy it.
Hey George, Glad you Enjoyed the video and Welcome. Ya no ice fishing in Galveston, but can always make the drive up north if wanted the experience. It is a blast. Something to do to past the winter months. The pike on this lake can be skittish but that could be fishing shallow too and making noise up top. It's hit or miss. But yea they will eat anything, especially in the summer.
That crappie 🤣 He wanted that really bad
Oh man did he ever! Never had so many chances lol.
I like watching this fella he's legit and his videos aren't a long ass infomercial.
Also love fishing pike I think they taste good.
Thanks man. I like to keep it simple and just straight fishing. Pike are fun to fish for!
the Mepps Minnow spinner was the best bait in the 80's. I hooked a pike so big it drug the damn jon boat with a motor on it and a buddy with with me. Right off the bank by a log. I didn't even see her hit it. there was still in the lake and snow all over the ground. Maybe 36 and bit of sun. Counted as catch for me. You knocked the lure out of his mouth on the ice. He survived and didn't inhale it. that's good also.
lol That is awesome! The Mepps never fails! Thanks for sharing that story.
I’d love to live somewheres I could go ice fishing 🎣
Your channel is growin bud. Keep up the content!
Thanks! It's getting there. I'll keep them coming.
Nice. I was in mepps magazine as kid with a citation rock bass..
Awesome! Rockbass too lol. Wish I could see that.
Dude that's awesome how you recorded this!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed man!
Video is so clear... what camera system are you using to get that clarity...
Thanks! Im using an Aqua Vu HD7i Pro. This lake is super clear which helps as well.
Tht crappie wanted to be eaten lol he tried to cook itself 😆
lol right! He's like, lets get this over with.
Nice vids bud! Interesting to see how the pike react to minnow tipped jigging lures vs a dead tip up with bait. I almost always use tip ups with Swedish Pimple and minnow but I find the perch and blue gills keep stealing my minnows without being hooked lol. Mbe I should try the sucker on a spreader like you. But from your video it seems like the pike prefer the jigged lures … would you agree?
Thanks S Brooks! I love the Swedish pimple. A simple lure thats tried and true. Silver is my favorite. When it comes to pike, each day I'm out seems to differ from the jig to the dead stick. I feel like jigging for sure brings them in and its up to what the want at that point. But I do probably get them on the jog over the stick. I like big suckers on the spreader as give its more chances of hookup if they take it. And yeah, perch and gills are always bait stealers.
Lol a Mepps ice fishing! Awesome! I know vertical presentations work but I just prefer a horizontal bait. I just cant do vertical jigging spoons anymore, my brain tells me it's too unnatural. Yet I've used spoons and caught fish, my confidence lies in other baits. Weird huh? The in-line spinner though... that's cool!
lol.. Right. The ole Mepps. I have just been stuck for years using the same few baits I've been having fun putting these random baits on and seeing how fish react. Looks like the crappie love him the spinner! I hear you on the spoons but man they do work. If anything the flash will least bring them in to hit your other bait. Take care man!
More challenge videos heck yea!!
Love a good challenge. Let me know if want to see anything.
i tried a spinner for ice fishing once but had no luck with it, but i also didnt have luck with anything that day. might have to try it again sometime
Mepps spinners slay perch
Mepps never fails!
Pls do a catch n cook on the ice
I may try to when I can drive to my crappie hole.. Yum!
Hello from Wisconsin Just found your youtube channel and you make some awesome content keep up the good entertainment. Have you planned any backpacking or camping/ice fishing trips for future videos? Im now a subscriber.
Hey JJ, Welcome! Glad you enjoy the videos. I love backpacking and camping but probably not any videos on it. I do like to stay least one weekend on Mille Lacs in a ice castle. Wish I could do more of that but life is busy these days.
You don’t suck at fishing we all have bad days at least this early in the winter keep trying
Thanks man! Thats fishing for you.
i love it...
Thanks!
You should try a Rapala Countdown next lol!!!
lol hahaha. I'd have to cut a long hole for trolling lol. Otherwise why not, I try it. Broken back raps are my favorite.
Dang bro pike this year seem to be on fire 🔥
So far they have been!
Love it
Thanks Darren. This was a fun one.
Crappie goes towards buddy heater 🤣💀
lol.. He wasn't even aware what was about to hit him.
I think you caught the same crappie twice 😂😂
lol Maybe. He was hungry!
Calicocat is my favourite colour.
Never seen that one before. I had to google it. Sweet!
Have you noticed that jigging brings them in, but dead sticking gets them to strike !
I would agree with that.
Amazing footage
Thanks!
Swear a plain old daredevil works
Yes it does. Got few videos on the daredevil. Pike cant resist summer or ice.
Awesome video
Thanks Craig!
Mepps for pike. Never would have guessed that lol.
lol...Right!
why are you using openwater lures on ice? :D
I like to have fun and try new things.
The black dots on that blue gill was they a parasite or something I've never seen that on a fish before
Most likely
When im targeting northern Pike and bass I set up in 8 feet of water and only put my minnow down 4-5 foot down the same if i were spearing works best for me hell i have even caught walleye in 8 feet of water.
I'll give it a try, Thanks
Favorite part was when the Pike realized it made a mistake and tried to spit the lure out. Too late!
Too late!
The underwater vids are sick brother, I got an underwater camera this season but we're still waiting for local ice down here in Central Iowa.
Thanks man! With this cold snap I hope you get Ice soon. Enjoy the camera!
What camera is that. It’s awesome
Aqua Vu HD 7i Pro
Ice fish with a wacky worm
I love the wacky worm! I did try couple times last year but nothing. Maybe I'll give it a go again this year.
I was thinking of trying a small daredevil the other day
Do it! I have couple videos on it. Works great!
Hey! Did you know that The blue gill you caught had back spot disease? A parasitic flat worm most noticable by it's mass colonization on prey and predatory fish and it's black pigment and it will mostly likely survive or sadly be eaten alive by the worms
I did not but I figured it had something going on. Thanks for the info!
Awesome😀
Thanks
All those pike looked like the exact same fish !
Right! Lot of cookie cutters in this lake.
I was just thinking the other day about using a mepps for ice fishing
There you go. Know you know lol
You have Steel leader on there
No but I was using Braid.
Just found your channel
Hi, what's the heater model/name? Thank you
Mr Heater - Big Buddy Heater
At the first look at the mepps, the pike scared off from the bright flash. The second pike on you dead stick yes, didn’t get the hooks. Way too many spots on that bluegill. You have a like on your other line.
Yes, Yes and Yes
You missed that pike on the dead stick. We could see it.
lol..Yes I did. He spit that out so fast didn't even notice.
Where did you get that Bears hat?
Bought it years ago when I was in Chicago. Might have been at Kohls.
@@BryanProkuski I hate the NFL now, but still love my bears and that hat is rockin. Love the videos. Im going up to Lake County, MI in 1 week for the mighty ciscos and to try and spear pike.
i subbed, this is a good channel 👍🏼
Thanks Jimbo and welcome! Can't wait to get back out there this ice season!
Is this fish lake I could have sworn I seen u
No. Is that in Maple Grove?
that was the nastiest work infested blue gill i’ve seen
Right! There is a bunch like this in this lake.
I think he caught the same crappie twice.
Could have been. I had a lot coming through that day.
Why can't you put the minnow on a regular hook? It makes the bait look less natural to the fish!
I was hoping for bigger sucker minnows so I like to use the double hook harness. But any smaller yes plain hook. Could of probably went plain on this one. Like to switch it up.
Ya gave it a great try, at least. Not too bad, when you consider all the times that you tried, and tried, and tried some more...only to catch nothing.
Not too bad of a day, at things considered.
Just a tip try to jig a bit less
Sounds good. Thanks
You will get bit!
i swear, i looked at veiws it was 2k i look homy hours ago this was uplaoded. Then with i come back its 3k wow, 1k in less then min
lol.. This one is doubling fast.
9:11 BRO
lol ... Right. What are you thinking!
Northen pike will eat hot dogs! :)
Yes they will James! I used it last year and worked. Probably try it again this year.
I think they might have been shying away from your camera,?take a look, see what you think…
It is possible. They call it the camera curse.
Brrrrr
Brrr is right. It is cold up here!
The only difference is I catch those crappie and pike I eat them
I love me some crappie.
The spots on the bluegill is geese poop and it is not good for you
Nasty. Don't plan on ever eating them.
@@BryanProkuski just helping you out bro big fan to love the underwater camera vids keep it up
@@jigginwithlance4538 Thanks man, appreciate the info! Glad you been enjoying the videos too.
Your better at scaring the fish away then catching them..
Looks so. Least for my pike that is.
You horsed him up to fast
Probably. Was happy to least get him to bite after all the lookers.
Why does every God damn TH-camr use the word “guys” every third word in their sentences??
Oh man it's hard to get away from that when your talking to a camera with no one around but yet thousands will be watching. Guess makes me feel engaged with the audience. Don't even know I'm doing it sometimes. Hope I'm not as bad as some I have seen lol. Take care!
Your not pike fishin your crappie fishn!!
lol Right!
I started watching but had to stop. I just can't watch someone holding the ice rod with that silly grip.
You’re jiggingtoo much