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 Post subject: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:30 pm 
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Hey guys, went out to Wagers, and as my namesake says...skunkedagain....anyways, while fishing I got a huge mark on my flasher and got very excited. my buddy turned the camera that we use and low and behold there was a huge whitefish! It was aggressively following my lure up and down and when I would leave it still it would just turn away and show no interest. As soon as I would jig it again, it would get aggressive, but at no point did it strike. I was using a gold buckshot with 2 minnows.
My question is, does anyone target whitefish on the bay? If so, what should I have sent down the hole instead of the buckshot?


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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:50 pm 
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Williams Whitefish or buckshot? You try reeling slowly to see if it would chase or aggressively snap jig the lure?

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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:45 am 
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I was fishing big bay too on the weekend when my screen starts showing a fish just 4 ft down. I peeked down the hole and there is a 5 ish lb whitefish with 4 firends all swimming around. I quickly reeled up and offerd my bait. They checked it out but had no interest in biting. They stayed around for 10 minutes then the school moved off. I had 2 holes drilled and they were mostly hanging right around my transducer. Wonder if they were attracted to the pinging noise? I have often thought about using a buddies hydrowave. http://www.hydrowave.com/

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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:58 am 
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I tried just about everything. I even pulled the lure up and pulled off one of the minnows. The whitefish flew in again but stopped short of the bait. Rather frustrating! Only get to get out about about 2 or three days a winter because of kids, coaching, and work...would be nice to get something...would love to change my name to "skunked sometimes" instead of "again." At least it is time to spend in peace and quiet!


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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:04 am 
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i had one at george st the other day playing around just under the ice for 20 mins if i had of only had a minnow head on i prob would have got it he kept getting just the tail n lower half of the minnow bit about 7 times w a gold champ jigging it hard

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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:32 pm 
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Location: Bowmanville
whities will chase like crazy and never hit i fish them alot on simcoe. try using a spoon get them all crazy and lay it on the bottom on the mud and watch the line they will peg the lure to the bottom. bait really isnt needed whitefish have the intention span of a moth flying around a street lamp !!


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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:54 pm 
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I saw a fellow at Huffs get 5 nice whitefish one after the other right in the middle of the day. As he walked by us on the way back that evening we asked what he was using. He said a silver spoon to get them wound up, as Bryan suggested, then sealed the deal with a single mud minnow on a 3/8 pink ball jig.

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 Post subject: Re: BOQ Whitefish
PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:31 pm 
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We had a guy in our group lose a nice 5lber at the hole. He was using a small spoon with a mud.


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