Dragonmaster's Blog

The ice fishing was good at Waubay even with the two cold fronts that came in on us. I stayed with the same old Jigs that I alway use. And as always they paid off. They have worked in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

This year at the Iowa Great Lakes the fishing was outstaning And with the new slots it's only going to get better. You can keep any walleye under 17in and one over 22in. It is still a 3 fish limet. If the DNR can keep this program going in a few more years eveyone will have a chance at a walleye of a life time.

The 3 main jigs I use are a black and silver Jig-N Rap, a glow rap and glow jig. The best way I have found to charge a glow jig is with an old Kodak Dc3200 Digital Camera. With a Digital cam you only have to recharge about evey 45-50min or so. I also tip my jigs with a minnow head. I like to put the hook through the brain and out the bottem. If you go the outher way, or start from the lower jaw and up through the nose. The head will not stay on the hook as long.

The Vexilar and Aqua-Vu play a big part. I use the Aqua-Vu to look for what I want to find. Sometimes I may have to drill 20 holes or more. This year I was lucky ( good old GPS ) only had to drill 3. Once I have what Iam looking fore. I put the cam away. Don't need no big eye gettin tangled up in the cam or some big old muski takeing a swip at it. Been there , done that. I set the iceshack on the weed line in a horseshoe pocket. Weeds behind and to the left and right. Sand below and to the front. I put a big minnow down on a plain hook and split shot at 12-18in off the bottem on the out side holes and jig on the two inside holes.

This is were the Vixilar comes into play. With the vix not only can you see your jig but can also see the fish. I jig the same 12-18in off the bottem. When a fish comes in and dos'nt slam the jig right off the bat, I will start to pull the jig up slow. 99% of the time the fish will fallow. When the fish stops I stop. Wait for the fish to start to drop back to the bottem. When the fish starts to drop, drop the jig down with it. 6 out of 10 times the eye will trun and slame the jig.