As a kid, I got transplanted from the abundant fishing grounds of Minnesota to the rather artificial, planted (read this as "welfare trout") fishless and overpopulated terrain of southern California. I sure miss those summer days catching all the species you showed, from a small boat with a 5.5 hp Johnson outboard to simply a dock, or even the shore. We did do some ice fishing, but had nothing like the technology you showed here. Back in "the day" a guy with an auger drilled a hole in the ice for us (I'm sure Dad paid him), we put our backs to the wind, and we fished. Thanks for the memories, GREAT video!
yeah it sucks fishing here in california unless you go to the shore. They used to stock a reservoir every summer until some environmental groups stopped them for some reason or the other, but everytime they did, the dam along the reservoir would be filled with people until there was no place to fish there, and within a couple of days, there would be hardly any fish left between the fishermen and birds.
My condolences regarding South California freshwater fishing. I grew up where ranches had small dams to catch winter rains for the livestock. My father had a copy of the county Soils Survey where soil types were delineated on black and white aerial photos. I would look for dull gray patches with one straight edge, which would be the dam. If practical I would ride my bike there because most involved trespassing, and hiding a bicycle is easier than hiding a pickup!
The ultimate irony of California: they preach environmentalism and protection of wild spaces, yet consistently destroy and eraticate wilderness in favor of water for a Population that would better benefit from desalination and not living in a fucking desert, water for farms that destroy unique wildlife areas, dams that destroy river systems, introduction of COUNTLESS invasive species of all varieties, and most of this is because of the state government itsself. The irony!
probably one of my favorite videos out of the bunch I've seen you do. seeing fish is great, but it's nice to see them in reference to structure rather than just on screen in no mans land. makes me want to get out this weekend a bit to target bluegills.
A friend of mine has dived under Antarctic sea ice. With year-round ice cover preventing the wind from stirring the water he estimated the visibility at a quarter mile. But no fish were seen. Cool video!
That would have driven me crazy. Seeing all those gills not bitting my language wouldn’t have been PG rated. I would have probably moved to a different spot. Underwater footage was great Kyle. Stay safe.
Thanks Kyle, I really enjoyed the video. Wow, there were lots of gills! I was thinking that they didn't bite because of low dissolved oxygen, but the bass were plenty active. Do you think that the DO might be low in that lake? Does it ever suffer from partial winter kills? Thanks again, Dave
Interesting and fun to watch. Parks and Wildlife banned any device that automatically sets the hook here in Texas. But, I always just use one pole anyway, so no big deal to me.
That crappie on the jaw jacker was crazy. It's like you had a crappie on a leash for a bit until it triggered. So surprised it put up with an that resistance and didn't spit the hook
We went out on Little Butte Des Morts yesterday afternoon below Menasha locks and took home 25 Perch, caught about 35 - 40 and one 20" Northern, all he wanted was our jigs. Watched him on camera I missed him and he turned around and nailed Tiffany's. But tons of 8" plus and few smaller.
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman It was, all in about 3-4 hrs. We called it quits because we didn't want to tear down in the dark with 2 inches of water on top the ice. Ice was about 16 inches though.
I don't know what pound line you were using but finicky bluegill can be very line shy. Next time try keeping some 2lb fluoro and try a lighter fluoro leader. Awesome video!
The one in inch industroSPIKE in red from fish frostbite USA on a 3mm or 4mm tungsten jig has done very well for me as well. I was out fishing live bait with those things. Then they would turn their nose up to it a few times I would put one maggot on and catch again. Good luck!
Found you with your Buddy Flex video recently, and see your back to the regular one. Did you figure out it the tip over valve has issues? I agree to be having fun vs fixing things though - keep er movin'
Like those jaw jackers, I fish in shallow water almost exclusively for bluegill and crappie. I don’t know why you have a bad vibe for bluegill I’d rather eat those than crappie. Where can I get those jawjackers?
@@Thea-gj2or I'd bet just about anything would taste funky soaked in that kind of water. Montana water flows much cleaner I guess. I wouldn't drink the Musselshell, but I eat the bass that come out of it.
Its very hard to but you can try when spooling your reels put the spool of line in a bucket of water so it can about and freely in the water floating. That will help.
Wow, quality fish there. That's the beauty of living in Northern wisconsin. If you're a fisherman such as yourself, that's the place to be. If you're a trout fisherman, west/southwest Wisconsin is the place to be
I got done watching the vid when you lost your gear ice fishing . And yesterday my phone went right down the hole and I’ve been using a old iPad until I get a new one,
As a kid, I got transplanted from the abundant fishing grounds of Minnesota to the rather artificial, planted (read this as "welfare trout") fishless and overpopulated terrain of southern California. I sure miss those summer days catching all the species you showed, from a small boat with a 5.5 hp Johnson outboard to simply a dock, or even the shore. We did do some ice fishing, but had nothing like the technology you showed here. Back in "the day" a guy with an auger drilled a hole in the ice for us (I'm sure Dad paid him), we put our backs to the wind, and we fished. Thanks for the memories, GREAT video!
right on.
yeah it sucks fishing here in california unless you go to the shore. They used to stock a reservoir every summer until some environmental groups stopped them for some reason or the other, but everytime they did, the dam along the reservoir would be filled with people until there was no place to fish there, and within a couple of days, there would be hardly any fish left between the fishermen and birds.
I always had bad luck out ice fishing, walking around as a kid only to step on a old hole an have a cold boot😂
My condolences regarding South California freshwater fishing. I grew up where ranches had small dams to catch winter rains for the livestock. My father had a copy of the county Soils Survey where soil types were delineated on black and white aerial photos. I would look for dull gray patches with one straight edge, which would be the dam. If practical I would ride my bike there because most involved trespassing, and hiding a bicycle is easier than hiding a pickup!
The ultimate irony of California: they preach environmentalism and protection of wild spaces, yet consistently destroy and eraticate wilderness in favor of water for a Population that would better benefit from desalination and not living in a fucking desert, water for farms that destroy unique wildlife areas, dams that destroy river systems, introduction of COUNTLESS invasive species of all varieties, and most of this is because of the state government itsself. The irony!
I can't get over the quality of your under water footage. It's soo cool to see the fish and how they move and act.
Thanks! It’s a blast watching them!
probably one of my favorite videos out of the bunch I've seen you do. seeing fish is great, but it's nice to see them in reference to structure rather than just on screen in no mans land. makes me want to get out this weekend a bit to target bluegills.
Fascinating to watch their behaviour as they approach the baits. Thanks for a great vid.
Glad you enjoyed it
13:46 that was the cutest bass bite I’ve ever seen
I feel bad that he got hooked
A friend of mine has dived under Antarctic sea ice. With year-round ice cover preventing the wind from stirring the water he estimated the visibility at a quarter mile. But no fish were seen. Cool video!
Love watching pike on underwater camera. Such successful predators
You’re an absolute mad man for holding that treble hook on the end of a set jaw jacker
Never thought about use the fan on the buddy heater. Great idea
luv the under water camera I have a big screen tv in my tent
FLAMES 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
For bluegill, try a small tungsten jig with a waxworm or two.
with all those pike and bass swimming around I'm not too surprised the bluegills wouldn't bite! That looked like a ton of fun though!
they won't bite because he's using way to big of a jig, and jigs the jig way to aggressively for late ice Wisconsin bluegills
That would have driven me crazy. Seeing all those gills not bitting my language wouldn’t have been PG rated. I would have probably moved to a different spot. Underwater footage was great Kyle. Stay safe.
Right! hopefully as the temps warm up I can get them late ice!
Man you gotta fish there more often. I would love to see another video in this spot.
Will do!
Some good looking fish. 👍
Bluegills often stare at minnows, but rarely bite. Try a small jeweled teardrop lure with a waxworm.
Great footage of their behavior. Crappie are beautiful and delicious!
I'd be tempted to toss a net down there it's so thick with slab gills!
Thanks Kyle, I really enjoyed the video. Wow, there were lots of gills! I was thinking that they didn't bite because of low dissolved oxygen, but the bass were plenty active. Do you think that the DO might be low in that lake? Does it ever suffer from partial winter kills? Thanks again, Dave
wrong bait, use waxy and spike you will catch gills all day
Most definitely it’s a local lake you drive by a lot and probably don’t think it would hold this potential. We’ll chat about it later
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman A lot of ranchers see big fish and ignore it on the Musselshell.
Over 100 fish chilling there
what do/did you use to film underwater like that? did you just glue a gopro to a string and down under it goes?
I use an Aqua-vu you can find a link in the description
Man you are brave grabbing that hook with the jaw jacket set up, lol.
Yeah.. it was out of the trigger tho lol
They've come to pay their respect.
I have that fan. Works good!
There's a big bowfin in the top left corner at 26:40. Don't see those on underwater cameras too often.
I saw that!
I noticed too; it was nice!
This is awesome didnt know Crappie would be that shallow
Sweet video. Bluegills are awesome !
Just got a ice shany this year for Xmas. Super excited to throw it out on my pond. I have a question tho. I never heard of jaw jacking. What’s that?
Ready for another banger😎
Interesting and fun to watch. Parks and Wildlife banned any device that automatically sets the hook here in Texas. But, I always just use one pole anyway, so no big deal to me.
Video was super cool my guy!
Thanks!
great video, really fun, watched entirely really cool
Thanks Simon!
Dope video dude!!!
Thanks man!!
Great video. Cool underwater cam action. Cheers.
Thanks 👍
That crappie on the jaw jacker was crazy. It's like you had a crappie on a leash for a bit until it triggered. So surprised it put up with an that resistance and didn't spit the hook
Right! He wanted to go for a walk!
My fav bait to use is a 1" curlytail grub they just cant resist
Very cool!
Sun is getting higher in the sky for longer each day. Spring slowly coming. Fish know. Temps warming here and there fish come in shallow start moving
Nice video
I love 18’s on dead sick and 14’s on tip ups
Nice! What lake is this?
We went out on Little Butte Des Morts yesterday afternoon below Menasha locks and took home 25 Perch, caught about 35 - 40 and one 20" Northern, all he wanted was our jigs. Watched him on camera I missed him and he turned around and nailed Tiffany's. But tons of 8" plus and few smaller.
Dang! sounds like a blast!
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman It was, all in about 3-4 hrs. We called it quits because we didn't want to tear down in the dark with 2 inches of water on top the ice. Ice was about 16 inches though.
Do you use this underwater camera in leu of a typical vexilar?
Yes you’ll catch way more fish at lease getting the hook in their mouth sometimes the camera head scares them tho
Done very well late ice. Shallow water
Best thing i ever used for blue gill are red earth worms for all seasons.
Dang, it looks like the Cabelas aquarium!
I notice when fishing for blue gill they tend to bite more on smaller baits for some reason they don't go after minnows much.
that's amazing! How deep are you?? we were fishing in 5 ft of water yesterday and caught 57 bluegill and 7 crappie.
Ha ha those big gills ain’t so easy always, go to a tiny tungsten jig with a spike or two, or a tiny jig with a little hackle and a spike!
Next time I'll get them!
I don't know what pound line you were using but finicky bluegill can be very line shy. Next time try keeping some 2lb fluoro and try a lighter fluoro leader. Awesome video!
Defiantly will!
The one in inch industroSPIKE in red from fish frostbite USA on a 3mm or 4mm tungsten jig has done very well for me as well. I was out fishing live bait with those things. Then they would turn their nose up to it a few times I would put one maggot on and catch again. Good luck!
What kind of fan are you using and how does it work, does it move the air around very good?
Link in Description. I love it, it works very well!
Found you with your Buddy Flex video recently, and see your back to the regular one. Did you figure out it the tip over valve has issues? I agree to be having fun vs fixing things though - keep er movin'
So it ended up being the regulator where the tank screws on.. It's not a hot enough heater for me. But they did send me a new one.. so that's cool!
Some of those fish are highly intelligent, it's in their eyes, they know it's a trap. Others just don't give AF and are hungry.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Like those jaw jackers, I fish in shallow water almost exclusively for bluegill and crappie. I don’t know why you have a bad vibe for bluegill I’d rather eat those than crappie. Where can I get those jawjackers?
You'll have to check the description or their website
Kyle, you need to come fish Fort Peck, MT for some monster lake trout - Aaron A
How much was your aqua view and do you think it’s worth it if you go about every weekend
It's totally worth it you'll have to check the link in the description
A school of fish is what I see. Nightcrawlers or maggots in the BIG SKY.
me: "i haven't caught anything in hours... are there even fish here?"
the fish: 16:48
3:42 a bass loses 2 pounds in body weight between the seasons?
I have never heard anybody say this I’ve never read it this is mind blowing.
Here in south central Montana we think Bass filets are pretty good on a plate.
Here in southern wisconsin they taste muddy and green. Must be a water quality thing.
@@Thea-gj2or I'd bet just about anything would taste funky soaked in that kind of water. Montana water flows much cleaner I guess. I wouldn't drink the Musselshell, but I eat the bass that come out of it.
They definitely look bigger in the water lol.
WAX WORMS WORK REAL GOOM😄
15:02 at the lower left corner, you can see that toothy critter's snout before that minnow gets destroyed.
Right seen that as I was editing! wild!
-7 Celsius is 19 Fahrenheit, not -21.
Where did you get the fan for the heater at?
Amazon
I’ve never seen fishing from the fish side
What lake were you fishing?
Haha
Hate it when the gills won't bite, watching them on the Vex follow my jig up and down and won't smoke it.
when ever I went ice fishing as a kid, I sat there hoping I do not catch a fish, that way I do not have to take my hands out of the warm gloves
What lake is this
That was wild! How deep is the dropoff?
About a 20' drop!
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman perfect! I’m in that kind of structure today and will go shallow near the shore/bank. Thank you!
Your camera makes all those fish under water look like 4 times their actual size.
How do u prevent line twist?
Its very hard to but you can try when spooling your reels put the spool of line in a bucket of water so it can about and freely in the water floating. That will help.
Jawjacked
Been fishing 5 times haven't gotten squat
Bluegill will eat minnows, but mainly really big bluegill only.
Try downsizing your jig when they dont bite.
What lake was this at?
Lake uwontknow.
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman shucks worth a try
Negative 7 Celsius= 19 f.
It was -7°F is -21C
Where are you fishing
On the Ice of a lake
What kind of acid guys is that
None
Don't you think that he is warning the other fish? " Don't do it its a trick!"
I enjoyed the jaw jacking video
Wow, quality fish there. That's the beauty of living in Northern wisconsin. If you're a fisherman such as yourself, that's the place to be.
If you're a trout fisherman, west/southwest Wisconsin is the place to be
Yeah sometimes it surprises me to see that many quality fish!
Where are you fishing??
On the lake
Wtf says "Celsius" in the US of A?! This dude is really something else!!! Lol
Well Tom if you didn’t know I have many international viewers that don’t know the US F° System. Thanks!
@@Wisconsin_Fisherman ok fair enough
classy move grabbing the small pike by the bottom of the jaw and jabbing your thumb into its eye very sportsman like. 12:20
My thumb was between the upper inner lip not its eye quick shot with the camera
I got done watching the vid when you lost your gear ice fishing . And yesterday my phone went right down the hole and I’ve been using a old iPad until I get a new one,
DANG!!!
Are you on white potato lake
Why didn’t the bass eat anything
How come you said Celsius you’re in wisco
Because I have international views. They like the conversion
eating crappies over gills?? to each their own I guess :)
13 blue gill.
I think your bait was too big for the bluegills. Try a wax worm or something small. Remember how small their mouths are. The jig is spot on.
There’s no o in crippie
Said your crappie minnows is sus.
Miñnows aren't bluegills favorite food. Wax worms are one.
Bring that minnow up to a foot off bottom.
i don't understand why he didn't move to where the 1000 fish were
Check out one of my latest video I went there!