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Scouting locations for winter


jvm1

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Do you guys look during open water for new locations to spear in the winter?

Is there anything specific that you look for when on the boat to mark as a possible hole cutting location?

There is a lake I like that has big pike swimming in it, I saw them all winter long. If it weren't for spearing I wouldn't know because after going there 3 times this summer the biggest pike I've caught was under 20"

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I look for where the weed edges are and mark them on my GPS during open water, I do a lot of just trolling with spoons to find new areas where pike might be hiding also.

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I'm starting to hate on myself for selling my old lowrance 522 this spring. As a sonar it wasn't the best but it was a decent portable unit for winter and the gps worked great. I just don't see myself taking out the bigger humminbird in the winter now.

This is totally off topic, anybody watch the show Ice Holes? They went spearing in MN, I think it was in Brainerd. Terrible show but the spearing part was neat to see.

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