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[frozenfire]

This forum generally goes dead in the winter as we don't have many hardwater fanatics

I just recently got into it this year and I can't believe how many past seasons I've missed. The action is fantastic and it's better than sitting on the couch at home in front of the TV waiting for spring to come along.

Get out there and fish hard!

[vicdeedee]

i dont know how people who fish the summer months dont ice fish or find open water in the winter. it doesent matter wether its oceans, lakes rivers or hardwater, as long as theres fish there, fish it.

my tv is stuck on WFN and ive got fish as big as a 40" gar swimming around at my house and it still doesent cure my obsession.

fishing is like an addiction you just need that next "hit"

[frozenfire]

40" gar? Alligator gar?

How big is your tank?
Good to know we have another aquarium hobbyist here!

[vicdeedee]

ya its a gator, i have a florida gar too but its only about 12"

stock list is
gator gar 40"
gator gar 28"
motoro stingray 14" disk
silver arowana x 3 30" 22" 18"
peacock bass" 14"
florida gar 12"
tiger shover nose cat 16"


ive got a 300g a 265g a65g and a 30g for my ice fishing minnows

[vicdeedee]

hey look, people like us

(not me by the way)

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[frozenfire]

nice to see you're into monster fish....

i've got a 180g with:
asian chili red arowana
indonesian tiger
new guinea tiger
northern thailand tiger
and a couple loaches.

i've also got 7 other tanks ranging form 35g to 120g with african cichlid groups... which are what i'm really interested in.

[vicdeedee]

well if your really into chichlids, you should give up that chili red to me hahahahaha

[frozenfire]

My ice fishing gear currently consists of:

Frabill outback portable 2 person hut
Coleman blackcat 3000 BTU propane heater
Humminbird 345c portable sonar
8" Normark Swede-bore manual auger
A couple of sweet foldable chairs

[frozenfire]

well if your really into chichlids, you should give up that chili red to me hahahahaha

neverrrrrr

[tangledline]

frozen fire....the bowfins...you don't have bowfins in your tanks????
if i can get you a baby bowfin this spring or summer from the islands do you want one ???
i have seen them...the trouble is that i gotta have daddy bowfin on shore before i try to take one
or i will be missing fingers....

vicdeedee i am in awe that you have a gator gar pike and a florida gar pike....pictures??

[Mark101]

Frozenfire,

How do you like the 345C? I have the 343C and I'm happy with it, although it's my first fish finder so I'm not exactly an expert. Are you using an ice transducer? I just got into ice fishing last year, my equipment is list is as follows:

- 4 man Eastman Ice Cube
- Snow Trek Sled
-Coleman 318B heater
-343C Humminbird Fish Finder
-8" Normark Manual Auger
-Sub Zero Ice Cleats (come in handy if you want to keep all of your teeth)
-HT Ice picks(thankfully never had to use them but I won't venture on any ice without them being within easy grasp)

Mark

[frozenfire]

Hey Mark,
The 345c replaced the 343c for 2010. They are essentially the exact same unit with the same specs, aside from the 345c having a little bigger screen.
I absolutely love the 345c. I mark lakers and whitefish 120 ft down without problems...can also see tiny lure down at that depth without issues as well.
I much prefer a finder over a flasher... I can't stand looking at a circle of lights all day. I would get headaches.
No ice transducer for me yet. It's 80-100 bucks! I'm just rigged up with a wooden stick and a clamp. No issues thus far.

Got skunked today at Simcoe. We were pretty much one of the few anglers out there which is weird. Perhaps they all stayed home to watch the superbowl.
Marked quite a few fish, and had lengthy chases as well, but none commited. My buddy next to me managed to get a fish to follow the lure from 120 ft up to 60ft before it hit. Turned out to be a herring. hahaha. There are huge schools of herring that are making rounds on simcoe. About 20 feet below the ice. You can see them swimming. Quite the sight. Very much like watching them in an aquarium.
They are making a comeback. Surprisingly the MNR didn't open up a season for them as I've heard of quite a few catches this season. They can be easily mistaken for whities.

[vicdeedee]

ya heres a pic of my tank with the gator gars, its hard to get a pic of my florida gar though cause he stays behind the driftwood

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[frozenfire]

Sweet tank man!
You should get some black aros.

Nice effort at Frenchman's Bay too... perch are better than nothing!
Good for that guy that pulled the pike up. It must be crazy to pull a 14lb pike through a small hole!

[vicdeedee]

ya a couple ppl hooked up but broke off at the hole, i was very surprised that about 70 % of people wernt using leaders.

and if i get any more aros they'll be asains its just hard to spend like $2,000 on a fish

[frozenfire]

They have really come down in price over the last year or so.
You can get nice RTGs for about $500 and Reds and Golds can be had for about $1000.

Check the local fish stores in the Markham/Scarborough area.

[frozenfire]

This was my tank over 2 years ago.

[ec1]

Vicdeedee your gar pike tank is looking awesome! What do you feed them anyways?

And That's some impressive fish tank you have there Anthony! Gotta go see them in person one time!

[Mykester]

ya heres a pic of my tank with the gator gars, its hard to get a pic of my florida gar though cause he stays behind the driftwood

Stingray!

[jeremonster]

im new to ontario (borden) but want to go ice fishing...what is near me??