Whitefish Tips and Techniques

A series of video tips and techniques to catch whitefish through the ice. This is episode 1

[SteelHeDans]

John you make incredible videos. They’re like watching a short documentary on fish behaviour. I cannot say enough about the quality of footage you put out. I am not a pro angler by any means, and watching your video’s gives great insight to how fish react to baits, but watching you pull so many baits away from fish drives me absolutely insane. I hope you have a great season in 2020 and i hope to see more of your videos.

[williamveeeh]

Thanks John...I haven't been out in the last couple years and I had some serious rust. I was 1/2 in two outings this season. I rewatched your video and realized I was really over working my vibrato. Today I was way more subtle...had my limit in no time. Now if I can just put my phone away I'd land a bunch more. Have a great season 👍🏻

[dylanmcsween]

Hey John thanks for the tips helped me catch my first whitie on a rod rather then a tip up last year great video

[Dragpeelers]

This is more lake simcoe oriented video. Does this apply to back lakes/ northern lakes with whitefish?

[OstriChicken]

Really enjoyed the burbot footage John! Would love to see more.

[bradbradshaw-in]

in feb and march if there is no ice i have caught them at river outlets in southern lake michigan. 6 pound leader, number 8 hook and one fish egg you buy in the small glass jars. some people use wax worms or salmon eggs they have cured. but the easiest for me is the eggs from the jar. enough weight to keep it on the bottom.

[senseiofsong]

Not ever catching these (whitefish) where I grew up in Michigan (years ago obviously), I was initially surprised to hear they are so plentiful in the Great Lakes region. But, makes sense. I also learned watching the show Meat Eater with Steve Rinell, that whitefish get a bad rap. Certainly, when I moved to Washington state years ago, many guys that I knew in WA, even ones that grew up in Montana, told me that they were a trash fish and they were all bones and just toss em on the land for the birds. As if they were a plague or invasive species. In the early 2000's I fished a pond that had culvert access to the Yakima river in several places, and I caught what were small whitefish, almost every cast with a jig with a small Mister Twister on it and on live redworms with a small hook and a split shot about 30 inches up the line. We caught hundreds of them. Back then, especially when they were so small, I really had no idea that is what they were (whitefish). I figured because they were some small native species that you find in regions around the USA, like a dace, chub, darter, or tiny suckerfish in some places. I gotta make some time to go back to central WA to that area and see if we can land some of em this summer. I hear also tales of guys catching them (some species of whitefish) in some of the streams in the high country in WA where the water stays pretty cold year round. We were in the Ellensburg/Yakima/Wenatchee area when we caught all those really small ones. We were actually chasing tales of a "secret" population of walleye that had made their way into the Yakima river. Fish tales! :-)

[MisfitsFiendClub]

'Released into a frying pan'
That's brilliant 😃

[MrBarkspud]

Great white fish tips thanks for sharing

[steelhead]

Very informative John. Now i can't wait to hit the hard ice

[matthewrobbins]

Looks like I just bought the exact same rod but I'm now feeling like it might be a bit too long for the portable. Were you finding it awkward at all?

[Indeewoods]

I'm in Canada and some of pur mountain lakes are polluted with Lake Whitefish and hardly anyone tries to fish for them. In our cold mountain lakes they fight pretty darn hard and since we don't have bass here these Lake Whites are the next best thing in my mind. If more people went after these fish it would sure take pressure off the pike and walleye.

[coreycalabretta]

Awesome video! Do you use a swivel and leader when fishing a vibrato?

[vinniesdayoff]

A most excellent video. I enjoyed it greatly. Thanks.

[expomm]

Is this Whitefish the same in Europe we called Coregonus? In EU u can only catch them with tiny Nimphs with a technique called Hegene

[LetsCatchReelBigFish]

I love catching and eating whitefish and thanks for the tips

[canatek]

Outstanding video as usual. What is the minimum depth at which you can find them?

Thanks again for your videos

[PROutdoors]

What size vibrato are you using there? Great video!

[thisandthatwithchris]

Great Video bud thanks! I love catching whites but find it a struggle to locate them!

[alekszed]

wow! that is crisp quality. Which camera are you using?