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Trout have been testing angler skill and patience as they have been less than cooperative by most reports. Fishermen have been reporting a late start as trout often wait until mid morning before starting a bite. Anglers have also reported a wide variety of baits trout go after. There seems to be no bait that trout have consistently sought. It could be small shiners, trout bait, trout worms or bait tipped small ice jigs. Trout behavior dictates light lines, tiny baits andextra patie3nce.
Panfish anglers have been kept extremely busy baiting traps, chasing flags and cleaning fish. Fat yellow perch and husky crappie have been receptive towards offerings of small shiners, trout worms and meal worms, At times these "little" fighters will hold out for small ice jigs like the Rapala ice jig and tear drop jigs. Sometimes tipping the jig with a trout worm will increase the jig's effectiveness. Catches have been good with some anglers numbering catches into the dozens. It appears that the perch prefer the live bait while the crappie prefer the moderate movement of a small ice jig. The action has been good at Chebacco :Lake, Pillings Pond and Round Pond. Brown's Pond generally gives up good numbers of hefty perch.
Ice thickness continues to build and now stands between four and six inches at most ponds and lakes. Caution is advised as running water and springs weaken ice.
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Crappie fishermen have been reporting good catches when presenting small shiners in mid level waters. Successful fishermen have also scored nicely when working small ice jigs at mid level waters over uneven bottom. Some anglers were reporting catches into the dozens.
Trout fishermen have scored at most trout waters when they present small shiners, trout worms and power bait. Morning fishermen seem to score best with a secondary spike in the activity taking place right around dusk. Salmon fishermen have been frustrated as salmon have been fooling them. After a couple of strikes on shiners,salmon will switch their preferenc to another bait. Salmon were xtocked in Pleasant, Sluice and Horn Pomnds.
Perch fishermen have had a great week chasing flage, baiting hooks and fighting feisty perch. Perch activity continued to be strong again this week with some anglers tallying perch catches numbering into the dozens. Small shiners, crawlers and medium shiners were the preferred baits. Some fishermen did very well working jigs over an uneven botton.
Pickerel activity has been good at most local ponds and lakes throughout the North Shore. Pickerel have been feeding steadily on all sizes of shiners but the largest pickerel seem to hold out for the biggest shiners that were presented. Shallow coves and soft bottoms with remnants of decayed weeds proved to be the most productive areas for pickerel fishermen to set their ice traps. Some of the better pickerel areas turned out to be Pillings Pond, Chebacco Lake and Gardner Lake.
Good numbers of largemouth bass fishermen have been reporting fair to good numbers of bucketmouths being pulled through the ice at many local ponds and lakes. Although most of thre bass that have been caught have been in the two and three pound range, there havw been fair numbers of bass in the five pound range ca8ught. Medium and large shiners have been the preferred bait of successful ice anglers. Chebacco Lake, Beck's Pond and Round Pond have been among the successful locatioms reported by fishermen.
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