Lake 5

[Jim F]

No his name was Calvin.
I don't know Kevin, but I know who he is and he was there one of the first days I went there.

IT was horribly slow today. I was the big dog with only 3 fish101thumbsdown101

got there at 6 AM, 3 fish instantly then nothing.

 

[Thunda]

Kevin is the guy who originally told me about the longer rod a few years back. However I had been fishing on georgetown for 15 years and never noticed anyone with a long rod. We always used a light.

Kevin at the time didn't use a light and it seemed to me not too many guys up here did.

If a 5' rod gives you such an advantage, why not use a 7' rod? a 10'? or a 60' spaghetti noodle for that matter?

I think the longer rod helps the PERSON set the hook better. Example- Most begginers to ice fishing try to set the hook like the fish is a shark or a bass. You know what im talking about, they hit the top of the shed with there rod and wonder HOW they didn't hook the fish. Takes a while with a smaller rod to learn to hook kokanee.

I do know that the light works at bringing them in for sure. So i think ill try some different rods and see if this helps up here.

 

[montanafishin]

Has anyone been up to lake 5 recently. Was thinking about heading up in the morning .
Nick

 

[montanafishin]

Has anyone been up to lake 5 recently. Was thinking about heading up in the morning .
Nick

 

[Jim F]

Last I was there was Friday night, 8 til midnight,
one fish was it, and hardly any bites, nice out there though, warm, and the whole lake all to myself
I was in between fish finders, old one dead, got a new one Saturday. So I have no clue what was down there.

 

[LarryPhan]

Jim bummer about the fishing on friday and your fish finder. I hope you like your new one. ill keep you posted on the Lakers on Flathead.

 

[asoom toto]

good fish this smull

 

[woodbutcher]

ecko lake kokes

2 years ago i fished ecko and caught my limit easy but the last 2 years it has been difficult and their are less fisherman on the ice, yet the stocking reports show they put lots of small kokes in. may be i will have to come with you jim to five, to get some action

 

[Jim F]

Wood,
Likely going Monday morning, montanafishin (Nick ) might be going Fri morning.
I got appointments Friday cant go early

 

[meat magnet]

I dont know if u like gettn up early but salmon fishn on lake 5 at 5am 75 percent of the time is awsm. glow in the dark swedish with tiny glow ratfinky

 

[meat magnet]

im gonna try goergetown tmro. i guess lake mary has 6 inches of ice. bitn good at nit time and early am

 

[meat magnet]

last year i switched to a fly dropper and it happened. a little size 18 scud
but i think the rainbow in there have put a smash on em. every year they plant 500000 rainbow according to fish and game