Simcoe Sight fishing - Found some Jumbos!

[Wild Lyle]

Had an awesome day of solo sight fishing using some artificial baits for some simcoe jumbos - thought I'd share! Does anyone else get extra excited getting to watch the bite?
I hadn't sight fished for a while through the ice and forgot just how intense it is trying to trick a 13 incher to bite.

It looks like a good portion of the lake has locked in with decent ice...so happy fishing to those getting out!

[stragglelake]

Sight fishing jumbos is addictive!!
Crazy when a big pike cruises through as well !!


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[fishfood]

Nice going on the Jumbo's

Thanks for sharing .

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[Wild Lyle]

Sight fishing jumbos is addictive!!
Crazy when a big pike cruises through as well !!


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The "by-catch" can be the best part sometimes. On that day I saw bluegill, bullheads, suckers, and a HUGE largemouth...no pike strangely enough!

[stragglelake]

I watched the video ... great job !
I liked the enthusiasm and the rod holder in the teeth.
VB is my go to for sight fishing perch and pike.
You hit the nail on the head with the advice of being quiet !!!
Even pointing at those big perch can spook them.


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[Species8472]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[mosquito]

Good video and looks like fun too.

I find I spend more time jerking it away from the little guys than anything. I know someone that was up on Tuesday and rented a hut and today was a good day for me. I like to tell and figure out what works and I found the same things, lots of little ones but there is a fish dinner waiting my ambition to cook it tonight now. I tried spoons, some success, jigs and jigging raps or similar, also some success but apparently a Canadian Wiggler actually can be used for jigging. Tuesday apparently those, small spoons and the Lindguist jigging spoons did the best and I can agree with that, before noon I had about 20, tossed most back, dodged many more when they tried to bite and I saw they were small. I actually tried a couple of the small 1.5" Canadian Wigglers and found a 2' rise and real slow sink back down would bring them in. The redhead and white body worked better than the all silver and I tried a size up rattler C.W. and found it drew alot in but 20 perch staring at a lure after 15 or 20 minutes of that and not biting got me to switch back to the smaller one. * See picture below.

Either 3 or 4 or the same absolutely huge perch came by when I had a jig on and just wasn't interested and one time came up and nose bumped the jig head (opposite end of the hook) but once I went to the C.W. I got the keepers mostly on the red/white C.W.

No signs of anything else other than perch, a school would come through, then you wouldn't see a fish for a half hour or more then it got busy again. I have a cheap underwater camera and dropped it down the hole on a string taking video, spinning it around, not a fish in sight at that time so it looks like the schools were on a slow cruise around the flat and not on some near by feature.

[huntnmachine]

Awesome video
We head to VB every year for our annual guys ice fishing trip and love that place. Sight fishing in gin clear water is cool
Covid stopped our trip this year

[Wild Lyle]

Awesome video
We head to VB every year for our annual guys ice fishing trip and love that place. Sight fishing in gin clear water is cool
Covid stopped our trip this year

It is such a cool spot because the fish are everywhere. I've found from the handful of times i'I've fished it that it's not as much about where you fish it but how...staying quiet being the key.

I'm sure there are also prime areas, but I think getting away from other anglers and noise is the most important...truly a social distancing spot

I hope you still get your trip in this year!

[73hunter]

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Great video thx....I’ve never fished Simcoe hard water....is this a boat out there ??