Northwest Fishing Reports

I was thinking since you can fish here 24/7 I might go hit the ice after work tomorrow any body ever caught trout on the ice at night????

thanks
BBT

You would be suprised what bites after dark!!:cheers:

I ice fish after dark here in the Rathdrum area alot. Never caught a trout but have caught a lot of kokanne and also crappie and perch. Gets really spooky if all you have is a lantern and there's no street lights where ya parked. LOL

I won't have to worry about light it is wide open prarie with snow cover just like an overcast day on the west side

:bounce: I can't wait :bounce:

Good luck bigbass, let us know how you did!!:-"

Yes, let us know.

I have fished at night through the ice and found that the fish tend to taper off as the sun drops over the horizon.

But ............. if I went in a tent or ice house, with a lantern that shown light down the hole, the fishing was often even better.

I have caught a lot of trout, bass, perch, and crappie through the ice at night when in the ice house.

Bigbasstaz, I don't know but maybe you or others reading this might remember fishing or reading about the night fishing through the ice at Williams Lk in Stevens Co north of Colville. That was the best time to catch the trout out of there. Often the drive took longer then to catch a limit of trout (even when the limit was eight) at Williams. It has been my expieince as long as the O2 level is high and you got a light shinnig the water your chances are pretty good you will catch trout at night through the ice. Small glow jigs or glow hooks like for Koks tipped with maggets or mealworms seems to work best for me. Good Luck!

I didn't make it night fishing but I have hit the ice a few times the other morning I got 11 in 3 hours:cheers: But mostly they have been SLOW:-&

i have caught many fish thru the ice at night it seems that for the first 2 hours after dark nothing then they really are drawn to the light if you can put a glow stick at the level you are fishing it is even better i have dont this many times in colorado. good luck and let us know what happened.