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I keep thinking I'll catch a big one with tip-ups with minnows, but a jig and a wax worm is what's working best.

I got a Jaw Jacker, which automatically sets the hook when ice fishing. I'm not so good at using it.

Thanks! It was pretty clear, but a lot of southern Wisconsin lakes are pretty clear because of the invasive zebra mussles.

Went fishing yesterday and caught burbot. Used shad on the bottom. Everyone that was out caught one, or at least was hooked up with one and lost it at the wall. Here's the video.

They were all over the place and biting right as soon as the bait got to them.

I bought the most inexpensive model, and I really enjoy using it. Here's how I set it up.

I've only caught bass out of this pond, and I've ice fished it for the past two years. Seeing a perch was a surprise!

Here's my favorite catches of the year. Not necessarily the biggest ones, but the most memorable. Lots of catches from friends and family this year. Never new how lucky I was to have fishing as a hobby until 2020. Fishing was one of the safest things you could do this year (outside - can keep distance from people - still can have a great time)

Southern Wisconsin doesn't have any good ice on the lakes. I found a swamp pond with some ice I could walk on and fished for largemouth bass.

The burbot are still near the harbors in Milwaukee and in Port Washington. Here's a trip I made to Port Washington in Wisconsin where browns and burbot were caught during the day.

Also known as eelpout or lawyers. They come in the harbors in Lake Michigan when conditions are right in the late fall, early winter. Also saw some nice browns being caught.

The Kings are spawned out and dead. Browns are in there now!

Apparently, leaving hooks on the floor is a bad thing

Here's how to get started!

It was such a blast to see my son fight with one and reel it in! My buddy got one, and I reeled one in as well.

The King Salmon are in the river now in the Milwaukee River. We caught these fish on Sunday. There will be more and more of them over the next three weeks. Catch a few before they spawn out.

Fished for about five hours on Sunday. It was a nice day out, but slow fishing. I was with two other guys and we were all using Skein. We got two bites, and one hook up which we were able to land.

Fished from shore in the Milwaukee Harbor this Sunday. We fished for about five hours using skein. Only two bites. One hook up and one landed! Such a cool fish.

Fished there on Saturday Evening. The boat traffic was nuts! Fished right where the harbor meets Lake Michigan. Saw lots of marks and lots of kings surfacing all around us, but only saw two people land a King. We were using spoons and didn't get any bites (well aside from two gobies my brother caught). I bet conditions have changed since it has been raining now.

Carp eat corn. A LEGO head looks like a piece of corn, I think...

It was slow, and we could only find lakers.

I was stunned at how big this largemouth was. Caught in a pond in Southeastern Wisconsin.

My son and I caught them like crazy! https://youtu.be/U60fYPeOQa0

There's some saltwater YouTube fishermen who catch GT's, then release them and swim along with them. It looks really cool on video. I tried that with my kids in a little freshwater fish in a clear lake (Pine Lake - Waukesha County - Wisconsin).

Took my boys out on their first fishing charter and we went 7 for 9. We left out of Port Washington. All fish caught were between 100 and 160 feet of water. The biggest fish was a nice steelhead. The rest were delicious coho and one small king.