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Showing posts with label ice fishing. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Ice Fishing Trips in Alaska: A Fantastic Experience for any Outdoorsman

Everything you need to know about alaska fishing

Do you love to eat fish? Well, if you do then you probably love to catch fish. If you want to experience how to catch fish the fun way, then you must have an ice fishing trip to Alaska.

So why choose Alaska? So far, this is an excellent location to go for ice fishing because the country has so many fishing resources. If you plan to catch halibut, king salmon, and rainbow trout, Alaska is the best place to fish.

If you love the wilderness and all the ice, you must immediately plan for your Alaska fishing trip. You will surely experience the most splendid and spectacular fishing trip ever. You can do a search online about Alaska. There, you can see various information resources about fishing trips to Alaska. Before planning for the trip, you must first identify what fish you want to catch because you can't find all the species of fish in one location. In fact, some species can be found in only a specific region of Alaska.

For instance, you want to catch halibut. You must ask for the exact location where this specie is found. The internet is the best place to conduct a search because you can find almost all the important information about Alaska and the fishing locales. If you're not satisfied with the search results, you can always go directly to Alaska especially if you have a place to stay there. After your arrival, then you can ask the local residents there for the best place to catch halibut and other fish species. The local residents can give you good tips on where to find the best fishing locales.

Alaska is a very cold place so you must be prepared for the weather there. Choose a fishing spot where the climatic conditions are suited or conducive to the fish specie that you want to catch. Ask around especially if this is your first Alaskan fishing trip. Fishes than be caught during the summer may not be caught during winter, so keep yourself informed.

Halibut, steelhead, and salmon fishing is most popular in the southern part of Alaska. If you want to catch fighting fish, go to Kenai River. Among the most popular fishing trip destinations are Anchorage, Soldotna, Seward, Kodiak Island, Homer, Kuskokwim River, and Bristol Bay. You can enjoy fly fishing in Anchorage, particularly Lake Hood.

These are just some of the popular fishing locales that you can visit. With diligent search online, you may be able find more information about an Alaska ice fishing trip. Take advantage of the unlimited resources on the internet so that you can plan an ice fishing trip that you won’t forget for the rest of your life. If you haven’t had a memorable fishing trip vacation, this is the best time to plan for it. Get your family involved so that you can arrange for the trip at an earlier date.

Before flying to Alaska, make sure that you have all the fishing supplies that you will need. If you're gong there for the winter, you must prepare for the extreme cold weather. Bring the appropriate clothes because you will need layers of them. If it's for the summer, then try to bring the appropriate clothes as well. You must always be prepared so that you can fish all day regardless of the shifts in temperature.


About the Author

Sandra Stammberger owns and operates http://www.myalaskafishing.com/icefishinginalaska.html - Ice Fishing In Alaska

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Ice Fishing: An Adventure On The Ice

Ice fishing is a wonderfully satisfying sport with a "cult like" following all over the world. Here is an overview of the three basic types of ice fishing, and what you need to know to get started with each.

In some ways ice fishing is the forgotten sport. Although in many parts of the world ice fishing is extremely popular, including the Great Lakes region of the United States, ice fishing has remained a "cult" activity, which has received little media attention.

But ice fishing fanatics are found all throughout the northernmost nations of the world, including Canada, the northern US, Scandinavia, Scotland and Russia. And those who are well experienced with this sport will tell you there's nothing like heading out onto the frozen lake at the crack of dawn with your gear and a warm thermos of coffee.

The view from atop a frozen lake at sunrise is incredible. There is a stillness and pervasive calm like nothing else you will ever experience. But when you contrast the peaceful nature of setting up camp out on the ice, with the thrill of catching a big fish, it's easy to see why ice fishing is a sport of extremes.

There are as many different ways to fish a frozen lake as there are fishermen. Some anglers travel light, just setting up a stool or folding chair out on the lake, while others erect elaborate shelters, complete with heat and battery generated electricity.

Other fishermen use tents out on the ice, and these have the advantage of folding up into small packages that can be easily carried over the shoulder or as a backpack.

Besides the shelters that different fishermen use, ice fishing sleds are also very popular, and make it easy to transport fishing gear, bait, thermoses and other accessories to your favorite fishing spot. Sleds also make it easy to quickly move camp from one spot to another when the fish are biting.

But once you get out on the ice, there are three basic ways to fish. First, you can use the spear fishing method. This technique requires the fishermen to set up a decoy in a hole drilled through the ice. When a fish rises to the surface to check out the decoy, the fishermen's spears the fish quickly.

This type of ice fishing requires a great deal of skill and patience. It also takes highly developed reflexes, because fish will normally only rise to the surface for a split-second before disappearing into the murky depths below.

The second type of ice fishing is the "tip ups" method, where the fishermen sets up trot lines around a hole carved in the ice. This is the least "hands on" type of ice fishing, and depends more on the desirability of your bait than on your skill as an angler. For this reason, many beginners to the sport choose to start out using the tip ups method.

The third type of ice fishing is called "light fishing." This is a very effective technique using a short fishing rod and lure. Once a fish has gone for the lure, the fishermen will pull in the line by hand, rather than by reeling, as you would with a regular fishing.

"Light fishing" is more challenging than the tip ups method, and is also more exciting, as bringing in a fish by hand requires patience, strength and cunning.

Which ever type of ice fishing you decide to try, remember to always put safety first and use of the buddy system out on the ice; it's also important to be vigilant against weak spots in the ice, and it goes without saying, bundle up well to stay warm out on the lake.


About the Author

Craig Thornburrow is an acknowledged expert in his field. You can get more free advice on ice fishing and ice fishing equipment at http://www.icefishingzone.com