First ice Connecticut! Finally got to do some southern New England ice fishing after a long wait for cold temperatures. Decided to hit one of my favorite small lakes and was rewarded with a hot bite consisting of crappie, perch, bass, sunfish, and more! Can’t wait to hit some more ice this season!
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What is up everyone welcome back to another episode I know I look like an absolute goofball with the GoPro on the but I am standing on a frozen pond and it is first ice Connecticut 2024 I’m super excited because I’ve had this is my first week of classes and I wasn’t
Able to get out even though the conditions were good people have been ice fishing for around 4ish days I want to say in the state so this will be my first time getting out but hopefully this will be one of the First videos for Connecticut for the ice season so I’ve
Drilled a ton of holes and there are a ton of fish in here so without further Ado I’m going to get straight into the fishing if you haven’t already please subscribe down below like comment let’s go catch some Giants all right guys this the first thing that we’re going to have to do
Because we’re targeting crappie is drill a ton of holes so I’m going to drill like probably 30 of them along the shoreline here it’s around 15 ft deep along there in the middle will be about 16 and over there on the other side will
Be 17 so I’m going to drill a bunch of holes coming from all the way over here all the way down there and around just we want to cover as much water when crappie fishing because they move fast and they don’t stick around so guys I’ve essentially turned the pond
Into swiss cheese I drilled like 30 plus holes I got a little cared away I definitely don’t need that many but without further Ado it is time to start fishing so I’m going to grab my rods put on a wax worm and drop down all right
Guys while our fish finder is turning on I’m going to show you guys the setup that I’m using this is the frostbite royal flush and then the frostbite Diesel with the a frostbite braid as well these are super nice setups super thankful frostbite was kind enough to
Send me a bunch of their lers they also gave me the head spinner with one of their um little soft Plastics on here which will be perfect for the crappie perch bass and other stuff in here so I’m really grateful that they sent this to me so please make sure to go check
Out frostbite in the description of my video I’ll leave a link but without further Ado we have 12 ft of water which is not necessarily what I was looking for but you have a ton of holes so we can move around as needed but I’m going
To drop down either fish is going to come out of nowhere right away or I’m not going to see anything oh yep fish right away of course this is I love this place I’m always seeing fish right away oh come on oh come on o something smoked it oh my gosh they’re smoking
It it’s got to be like a little perch or something ah man there we go there’s a good fish what do we got what do we got bass yeah it looks like it there we go guys first fish of the day on the frost white head spinner he
Smoked it in a school of bluegill or tiny perch or something so it was nice to feel a bigger bite but that is a beautiful fish I’m going to get some pictures for frostbite and then send this fish on its way all righty thanks for biting Mr Bass oh that was a
Terrible to release all right come on there you go heading right back down perfect that’s awesome first fish of the day one of the greatest Parts about having a Fisher and even just a simple one like this is you can really see how the fish react to your bait so I jigged
It and the fish spooked so there’s a nice fish on the bottom but I’m guessing it might be a nice crappie or something this presentation could be a little too large for it there we go what we got small probably perch oh crappie nice so they do want the head
Spinner so yeah so that that entire school of fish is probably crappy probably a whole school of them but they just like weren’t into it so I’m glad that one fish ate it but we might have to switch up to something smaller all right we’re going to briefly try something
Else we’re going to go simple I’m not a huge fan fan of using wax worms for ice fishing cuz they’re honestly like a cheat code especially in these like more unpressured places so it’s going to be pretty instant getting a bite which won’t be a surprise but the
Other bad thing I don’t really like about wax worms is it you’re kind of weeding out your opportunity to catch bigger fish on average so see that was like instant see this this is what the majority of the fish are down there you got these tiny little perch and using
Wax worms for these things like they’re just going to be all over it and you’re going to have to replace your wax worm so if this is a problem I’m actually going to switch to a a small soft plastic that they won’t be able to rip off and it’ll be a lot lot
Nicer oh here comes a nice fish this is what we want this is what we want man it’s the same size perch probably yeah yeah what we got what are these fish oh he smoked it what do we got oh that’s a nicer [Applause] perch I was reing I was reeling up to
Like drop it back down and he hit it before I could even get it up like a lake trout oh that was a nice fish what the heck was that here we go just a whole school of perch probably there we go there’s something a little heavier all right that’s a nice perch
We’re icing him I am planning on keeping fish today so this will be probably the lower size of what I’d want to keep there we go there we go smaller there you go oh is that a smallie is it a smallie oh yeah nice dude I actually haven’t either I’ve only
Lost them I’ve only lost them you want to picture hell yeah yeah but must have fought pretty hard oh yeah here move those fingers move those fingers get it behind yeah there you go yeah come on oh I got I can just do and I’ll get one
Sideways there you goce nice dude let’s go ni kill it just kidding all right where are these crappie at what the hell all right there’s a giant school or something right here come on oh that might be a crappie oh it is let’s go no there we go is crappie crappie there’s a
Whole school right here come fish the holes next to me whole school crappie right Here imagine fire actually that’s a decent one too huh yeah it’s actually on the smaller side for oh my gosh they just don’t want they don’t want anything else one bit and there the rest of them were like nah I’m good oh no here comes one there we
Go oh that’s a nice that’s actually a nicer one oh yeah come on is that even a crappie that might not even be a crappie to be honest oh it’s a SMY I think no it’s a big perch okay I went through every fish species there in a matter of a couple seconds
Slammed some C there we go what we got what we got nice crappie nice crappie nice crappie we on them boys all right unlike Sam soie I’m actually keeping these fish oh there’s a good fish come on what are you big nice crappie I think oh it’s a giant crappie come on
Oh I’ve got like three lb test so I can’t really just like flip them that’s a nice one that’s a nice Mark H maybe it’s not oh nope it probably is oh it’s just a nice Birch I didn’t realize in Connecticut but like the limit and size is like
There’s no there’s none you just keep any amount of any size Sunfish you want and pan fish you want in Connecticut which is wild to me but I’m not that greedy i’ would never be that greedy this will be my first time keeping fish from here anyway come on just a
Perch oh that’s a good fish come on no it’s not maybe maybe it is actually that is a good oh is a big perch there they are there they are sometimes in these ponds like it just it takes a while you got to move around until you get marks
Cuz they’re just moving so fast I’m going to drop this little jig down to them something’s going to smoke it I know that oh I have a fish it’s got to be a crappie I didn’t even realize he hit it oh it’s a nice crappie oh no no all right whatever see
It was not about to soak my glove for a crappie there we go crappie slab daddy slab daddy hell yeah nice crappie good fish come on oh it’s a huge Mark oh yeah oh yeah they smell amazing I don’t know what is up with it
But that a good one fig I don’t know is it a crappie it is oh goodbye fish I see I lost a couple of the hole doing that and I don’t feel like you know getting my hands wet yeah should I should Gaff him I need a
Gaff there we go that’s a good one stay on there boy oh that’s a slab good crappie yeah all right I’m only going to keep like one more of these things I don’t want to destroy the population Von would not be proud of me right now more than just my hands are
Cold yeah that yeah that little damn Dam so that’s funny cuz I I was sweating when I got here oh thumbed oh that’s a stud perch wow Dam that thing’s going on the ice nice anything yeah there’s a fish down here I think this jig’s a little too big for him though
I did catch one craie on this thing early on but the rest of them have completely swerved it over here comes something come on there we go oh there we are there’s a crappie I’ll keep one this will be it last crappie last fish last fish I’m keeping
Nice crappie on the head spinner what are you staying out here oh yeah I’ll yeah I’ll be out Here there we go came all the way up for it nice crappie I’m assuming yeah all right another crappie so many of them in here it’s insane wow all right we’re going to start releasing them we don’t we don’t need anym we’ve kept more than enough for a
Meal for tonight and then probably for tomorrow so I want to start letting these fish go no need to be greedy this is all about sustainable Harvest only take what you are actually going to eat there we go wow that fish like came up like a
Lake trout for it feels like a crappie yeah it is oh we’ll see you later dude other way buddy other way yeah I mean it’s really cold outside so it’s kind of the point where if a fish comes off of the hole I’m not really racing to grab it it’s too cold for
That I just caught two more crappie in a row over here just like that yeah I’ll come over one of these holes there’s a bunch of fish on my screen both of them I lost both of them with the hole trying to pull them up though okay
Oh man destroyed it did yeah it’s not a huge fish but he CR nice crappie crushed it though wow almost lost him again these things just do not like staying on grab that out the hole Yeah I just really don’t want to get my gloves
Wet around and even around here I don’t I don’t know I don’t think Connecticut does win stock yeah in some Rivers they do do that they I know they winter stock um oh there’s one I know they winter stock um H what’s the west hill and people people Crush trout
Through the ice there in the winter oh there there’s another crappie damn people Crush trout through the ice at at West Hill I’ve always wanted to try and uh catch the Cy through the through the ice there but it’s like it’s just so tough people are catching um trout on power
Weit with tip ups though yeah was funny all right someone else come fish this hole I just caught like five crappie out of this thing in no time damn honestly this might be one of the best crappie days I’ve had here you’re killing it yeah B yeah my hands are just shaking like
Crazy oh God they’re all over it dude come on there you go Blue all that again I’m I’m shocked no one has caught a pumpkin seed yet they’re normally everywhere here all right everyone the Sun is setting and our fishing has come to an end like always
Here it was an absolute slay and we caught a ton of fish a ton of perch a ton of nice crappie some bluegill and Brandon somehow caught a smallmouth which was like something that I’ve lost here before and super jealous that he caught one but also happy for him cuz
There’s such a cool catch to the ice but without further do we’re going to f some of these fish up and cook them up so uh thank you for watching please don’t forget to like comment and subscribe I will see you guys on another episode peace out
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Nice!!! Where at in ct?
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