When does the hot bite happen?

[eyecatcher04]

I was wondering when the best ice fishing for crappies up there is. I live in the cities and dont want to drive 4 hours to catch a few. i want to be there when the best action is. Any suggestions on what resort to go out of? How deep of water do i want to fish?

[KidWalleye]

I am heading up to red tomorrow and was wondering if we can drive the wheelers out. Also my old man has a sled is there enough snow to use that. Also how far are people going out? Is the bite going good right now? Thanks for any info. Kid

[W.W.BarTender]

The fishing has been pretty spotty so far, there is 6-7 inches of ice on our trail out from West Wind. We have been letting ATV's and sleds go out about 3.5 miles.

[NINETOE]

eyecatcher, the bite can happen anytime, however, it seems later in the winter say jan through march is a good stretch.

Good Luck! WestWind and Hillmans both have plowed/marked roads. Thier located on the east side of the lake in Waskish.

[Hastings gal]

Ninetoe,

Congrats!!! How is Ma T and the new one? Hope to see you all soon.

The hot bite usually always happens two days before you get there. Just kidding - Red is usually best right at dusk.

Keep Smiling.

[NINETOE]

Thanks, everyone is great. Jeremiah wants to go fishin this weekend but Ma wont let him go yet I guess it will have to be a solo trip.

[scott-z]

Glad to hear that everyone is doing well Ninetoe! I notice you are calling him Jeremiah....what happened to Pikey? Good luck this weekend. I will have to wait until after the new year before I get up there.

[NINETOE]

Well I pushed the issue of Pike for a first name as far as it would go. It got kinda ugly around the homestead,,,I got tired of sleepin in the garage:). So its Jeremiah Pike-Lorn.

[united jigsticker]

Ninetoe;

Do you live off 109th?

[scott-z]

You tried! What else can you do. Congratulations to you and the family. We'll have to hook up after the holidays up on URL.

[1DIRTBALL]

Right after I leave to go home!

[Joshmn]

We got 7 between 3:00 and 6:30 last night. We were fishing in about 12-14' using a red glow Angel Eye spoon. That was about all we seen on the vex too.

[Bass_Bully]

There is always a hot bite on Red. It's just a matter of how much work you want to do to find fish. I've been there before and didn't have to move once to limit out. The key is to stay away from crouds(harder said then done but it's true). There isn't any structure to the lake so the fish are always on the move its just a matter of getting on top of them.

[NINETOE]

United Jigsticker, yep I do.

ScottZ yep Im sure we will.

[upnorth]

Typically when I am not there