Making jigs for what kind of fish?

[AtticaFish]

...There is the eel pout contest (ice fishing) in Walker Mn each year - lots of people attend....

I think I might have seen that on TV before, may have even called them burbot, but that doesn't ring a bell. Eel pout either! LOL Now a freshwater Cod... I've heard that name before. Are they same as a whitefish? I've only seen one of those before caught fishing for yellow perch. Did a little research a while ago and found out they were one of the most caught commercial fish in Erie at 1 time, but they pretty much killed the whole population off and now they are few and far between. But I only fish a small area of the Western Basin of Erie, so can't speak for the other 99.5% of the lake. :D

[Jubs]

Whitefish are different from Burbot. There is suppose to be some decent Burbot fishing a couple hours away but I haven't made it up there yet.

As for Whitefish thank you for reminding me Whitefish season opens on the Yakima River on the first and I need to tie some flies, I have never purposely fished for them before but have caught a few in a lake I have fished a couple times.

[Uncle Grump]

Home page for the Walker MN Eel Pout contest.....

Annual International Eelpout Festival

This page - same site, describes ice fishing for 'pout....

27th Annual International Eelpout Festival

Personally - I have never have caught one, but am told be those who have that they are very slimey - so far as handling them. They are supposed to be excellant on the table. Would like to hook in to one.

I know that 'pout swim in central & northern MN waters...ie Mille Lacs and further N, not aware of them being in the southern part of the state - where I am at....

UG

[Pup]

Indiana has whitefish

in Southern Lake Michigan (see report). Whitefish are salmonids, closely related to cisco. Northeastern Indiana has cisco populations in some of its natural inland lakes.

I do believe that one of my Indy area pay lakes stocks burbot occasionally during late winter. I personally know of a pay lake fisherman who loves to catch them.

[azslabber]

Thanks UncleGrump,I'm going to get one of them cold weather long tee shirts for winter fishing here in Arizona,that should bring on some questions from the guys.

[cadman]

I fish mostly for largemouth and smallmouth bass in my tournaments. Then I will fish for them in my free time. Twice a year I will go to the WI River and fish for walleye and sauger. Finally I go in fall to fish a couple of days for muskie. That's it.

[smoothlures]

Crappie, large & smallmouth, bream, white bass, stripers/hydrid, lots in saltwater... but trout and flounder mainly.

[snake River]

We try for crappie in small mouth bass and trout but crappie is number one.

[Baxter1]

Most of my jigs are tied for panfish and trout.I used to tie and use jigs for walleyes and and occasional muskie but haven't in quite some time.

[CrappieKillerJigs]

crappie mostly but do quite a few walleye jigs also and just started doing float n fly jigs for LM and big bucktails for muskie