smallmouth bass, ice fishing

[apz245]

has this happened to anyone else ?

i released it obviously

 

[apz245]

oops wrong board, could someone move ot icefishing please, thanks

edit: thank you good sir

 

[NADO]

ya we hit into a few on a crappie hunt this year, it was a heck of a fight on the light tackle.

 

[Woodsman]

I have caught a few over the years.
BTW: They are in season in some zones year around & open through 31 Dec. in zone 11.

 

[Dozer]

Largies, not smallies.

 

[Woodsman]

Seasons the same for both large and smallmouths.
I have caught both through the ice.

 

[apz245]

i figured they were basically hibernating/not feeding

 

[O.My.Buddy]

no, they swim around and expend energy and feed like every other fish...ya NADO, that was fun, went thru a crack on Simcoe yesterday - not so fun...When are you gonna send me that pic of that big un?

 

[CanadianAngler87]

Gotten Largies threw the ice before...seen a smallie once..but when we got the largies we were fishing walleye. After the 4th Largie we decided to move..obv all released...acctualy never kept a bass in my life, only ever tried erie bass when my grandpa fed it to me..

 

[MartyLee]

have caught large mouth through the ice before when crappie fishing, Seen a really nice 6 pound smallmouth caught lake trout fishing on Joe one year, in 80FOW