Early Ice And The Pike Were Hungry!

Gear used on this trip:

[Mattsommers]

Any day of fishing that starts with a ‘Howdy everyone” and a pike like that is a good day!

[htuckey]

Well, now my day is complete! Another excellent video from NDyakangler! That's one thing I've never done, even though I live in upstate NY, where we get lots of ice. I keep saying I'd like to go ice fishing, but never got out there, and now I'm 82, and not likely to get out there, either. But I can enjoy it through your videos, Matt - thank you!

[DanKoning]

This was great; an enjoyable change of pace. After seeing the equipment/setups, it made me think of suggesting having an "old school fishing challenge" for panfish, bass, and pike. All anyone can use is tackle/equipment from 60s/70s e.g., a 3ft fiberglass panfish rods with the plastic reels, the old wood folding tip ups, a spud or manual auger etc; and no electronics [except a Go-pro]—just the lead clip-on depth finders. Take Jacob and 2-3 other friends and see what happens—maybe tweet out a challenge to other channels with a fish/steak dinner, or a rod/reel to the victor. Just a thought to make things fun and a bit more challenging. Thanks Matt. God bless.

[Vermilionbaits_tackle]

when NDyak uploads you know its gonna be a good day

[thatfishingnoob]

Fun adventures with Jacob again. Glad to see y’all fishing together. Always a good time. Crazy how frozen everything is up there. Good stuff Matt. Wouldn’t be ice fishing without some slipping down that hill haha.

[differentfins]

I need to start fishing pike more in winter. I usually focus on trout and panfish when the water gets hard. I am surrounded by 1000s of lakes and most of them have pike. Great stuff!

[brianathern]

Definitely going north later in the season. No ice to be found in IL yet. Great first day of hard water Matt and Jacob. Be safe. Blessings

[inthelionsden]

Next get your buddies together for a hockey game. That ice looks better than most indoor rinks.

[TheCatMan]

What!? Seems like you were in the kayak just days ago! Nice!

[BenjySparky]

Matt and Jacob y'all rock! That was some nice Pike. Peace

[huskergator]

Running outta bait!! Yes!! More excellence Matt. Thanks for taking us along. God bless you!

[aprilgeneric]

i learned something from Siberian ice fishermen meter and a half deep on the runs between the swamp banks as the pike are chasing the bait from these along with the perch...devils lake north dakota worthy perch too beautiful color.

[alexgaribaldi]

Awesome early ice session, and talk about perfect weather for it. I have the same Striker Ice Trekker top and bibs set as you. Don’t remember you having those last season. I honestly love mine for not so cold hole hopping. I picked mine up last season from Franks Great Outdoors on the crazy sale they were having. Hope you like yours. Fun times, Matt🎣👍 …please don’t steer away from the Saturday morning video posts. It’s become part of my life to watch your video Saturday morning accompanied by a Bang energy drink and head pets on my rat terrier dog, Boots. She’s got a heart murmur and don’t know how much longer she’s gonna be around, so more the reason to keep fishing and posting Saturday morning videos 😂👍🎣

[CatchReleaseRepeat]

Love it Matt! 👍 As someone who's just getting into ice fishing, I hope to see you uploading more hardwater content over the winter.

[johnnypenso]

I've always found it hilarious that we spend tons of money on rods & reels for different species and conditions in summer fishing only to go fishing in the winter and catch the same fish on rods & reels that look like toys🤣🤣

[joshc]

Thanks for video! Keep the ice videos coming this winter!

[bobrich]

I was getting nervous. It was almost 9:00 AM here and no notification for NDYakangler. And then, just like Christmas, it suddenly was there.
L. O. L.

[MrOttotattoo]

Love your channel man :) your like the Bob Ross of the YouTube fishing videos😎

[chipseiler]

NOT FOR ME... but awesome! It's 70 degrees here in NC. Yesterday I caught two bluegill using a Crickhopper as a topwater!

[GLepage]

Best fishermen on YouTube hands down. No debate!