Winter Bank Fishing With TINY JIG! [Surprising Results]
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 8. 01. 2023
- We have had weird weather this winter and still don't have safe ice. Heck, in certain areas, we have no ice at all! This video was shot on January 2, 2023 and I was fishing a body of water with a bit warmer water than the surrounding area. Even so, it was probably only about 40 degree water, so definitely cold enough for fish to be well established in a winter pattern.
Oddly enough, the conditions lined up and I was able to have some success on sunfish! Actually, I technically caught 4 species that day in total, but the bulk were Pumpkinseed or Bluegill.
The moral of the story is... You can't catch fish at home! Even in cold weather, you can still catch fish. You just need to be willing to explore and try new areas. Maximize your chances in the winter by slowing your approach, downsizing your lure, and fishing the warmest areas you can find.
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U was burning them fish up awesome đđđâïžâïžâïž
Doing my best out there!
That was a epic day of panfish.
It was a great time! Thankful I found this spot :)
Just placed my first Mule order today. Canât wait. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks so much!!
Awesome brother
Thank you Zach!
I see you found some luck as well! I don't think we'll have long in Michigan until the ice comes back so take advantage of it while you can!
Not sure we will ever get consistent thick ice this winter. Odd season!
Love It! In the market for a Rod, have a Defy 13 silver 7' & TFO Fast action 7'..
Thanks Gleam! Lots of great rods out there, let me know how I can help
Saw that logo in the beginning. Looks good.
Kind of funny eh? A viewer made that for me. I love it!
I caught a 16inc rainbow here in PA and some gills the size of my hand 2023 so far so good God bless and please have a great new year my dude
Sounds like 2023 is going to be a good one :)
Sweet!
đ€ đđœ thanks
I just received a Doybn's for Christmas and boy is that tip super fast. Look forward to trying it beside my BPS Panfish elites later this year. Great pumpkinseeds!
Dude this rod is so awesome. Glad you got one as well. You will be spoiled with that setup :)
Great video Iâm so glad no ice around here in Illinois so far I just canât take the cold weather anymore I work out in it but hate the cold . Maybe I should try to wet a line đđșđž
Hope you get out there and catch a few :)
Going out with the fly rod today
Go get them!
Where were you fishing, that place is awesome, you didn't even move..
I can't give away all my spots! West Michigan :)
Just ordered some last week along with a dobyns rod and shimano nasci 1000 canât wait to try it all out!
Thank you so much! Can't wait to hear what you get into. We have an identical setup, I just got a Nasci too :)
This episode is a banger! I love cheesecake, mind if I steal that one?
Go for it đđđ
âCheesecakeâ!!đ
I caught myself off guard with that odd use of words lol
Look at those sunfish man. All beauties
Freaking love them!
Alright! That's a great jig and a great video! Thanks for sharing!
Truly appreciate it :)
Great video! Can't wait for spring
You and me both!
Those pumpkinseed!! đđ
Some beauties :)
Dude! That looked like a 9 incher almost certain. What a beautiful fish man
Just shy! Was a true beauty :)
That procure is the real deal! đ„đŁ
Honestly it works really good.
What a day u had! Those colors on the pumpkins are indeed beautiful!
Heck yeah, thank you :)
I am absolutely amazed! This made my day.
Heck yeah, JP! Thanks for the ongoing support.
That was awesome, beautiful fish!
Thank you CZ!
It's a good weekend. 2 pflueger 500 presidents for 35$ each. Waiting for more 4# line to come. 60° tomorrow in Feb bank time calling.
Good luck!!
Those were some of the most beautiful panfish Iâve ever seen! Big olâ honkers too.
Not really
Thank you Mel! Fun times :)
Not very far into the video and Iâm already jealous! I want open water SO bad!
Hope you get it soon!
Nice job concealing your Profound Disappointment at not being ice fishing yet. đ Those were some gorgeous fish; I wonder why their colors were so intense. Thanks for sharing this, Ethan, and Happy New Year!
2023 is the year I won't get to ice fish once. Craziness! This winter is weird haha
Beautiful fish!!! Makes me anxious for spring! Great video Ethan!!
I can't wait for spring! Thanks Frank :)
The pumpkinseed colors were amazing. Thanks for sharing!
They sure were. I love those fish! Thanks for watching :)
Awesome video! Your channel looks really cool! Just subbed too!!đ
Thank you for the support!
There is a stream of cold air with storms in the west and a warm stream to the east. Thatâs why itâs warmer than normal in the east.
This science is beyond my IQ and makes my head hurt. All I know is that it is weird!
Got to love those Mule Fishing products! Need to order me some more jig hook soon.
Thank you for the support!
Glad you had a good day of fishing fun, those fish were hungry, never seen those last ones you caught that had a orange belly! đŁđ
Pumpkinseed can be some seriously beautiful fish!
Looks like I might be busting out the Mule Fishing goodies on my first creek run of 2023! Beautiful pumpkinseeds!
HECK YEAH! Thanks for the support :)
Thank you for putting out an awesome video. You got me all fired up to go look for some open water right now as Iâm laying in bed with a stomach bug. Thank you for cheering me up.
Sounds like we're having a crappy day đ€Ł
Hope that bug is gone by now. The amount of viruses going around this winter is so annoying!
I just want to thank you for getting me into ultralight fishing. I'm catching fish in heavy fished places that I never could now
Congratulations on coming over to the dark side. It's pretty rewarding
Heck yeah, I love comments like that! Happy to help :)
With your advice I rigged out an ultralight set up with your direction. I finally got on some fish on a beautiful Sunday evening yesterday. Deep water I was able to catch two nice crappie. But then I got on some bass that were 1.5 to 2.5 pounds on 4lb test Mono with a very small jig. It was so fun. Thank you for introducing me to ultralight.
That sounds like my kind of party! Keep up the good work, Chris!
I'm from northern Indiana so i understand how epic that was for January
Heck yeah man! Catching open water fish in January makes me very happy haha
Weird water here in Mich since last spring. Normally fish rivers and they have been so low for almost a year until a couple weeks ago. Now that itâs up a bit, I donât have the time all of a sudden to target steelhead of courseâŠ. Good stuff!
I have lived in Michigan for just about 5 years and no two winters have been the same. Never know what I am going to get here haha
It donât get much better than that for January fishing!!! I found scent does help in the wintertime I usually tip the lure with a crappie nibble and it works great!
I love those little crappie nibbles too! Thank you Tom :)
You may remember me from the debo live. I'm planning on buying the dobyns Sierra. I was wondering if the rod would be good for hard baits as well? (Mini crank baits and mini poppers) Thank for the videos I've watched the entire pursuit of a ten and have really enjoyed.
It will work for hard baits, but I personally think it is best suited for jig fishing. I would look for something a bit less fast if I was planning to fish mostly hard baits. Something like the Temple Fork. And thanks so much for watching!!
@@FishAnything yeah, ill mainly be jig fishing with it but every now and then there's a really good mini crank bite. Thanks for the info!
Nice! Tuesday and Wednesday will be near 50 degrees...I need to put a rod in my car.
Hope you snuck out and popped a few :)
That was a great way to start 2023, what beautiful panfish!!!đŁ Happy New Year Ethan!đŸđđ„đ
Thanks Michael! Same to you :)
Iâm right here in yer area been trying like crazy to get the hang of winter steel but this gave me a great idea I might have to grab the UL and hit my favorite panfish lakes nice work great vid happy new year!
Hope you got out there and hit a few!
Is that a lake or an aquarium? They are some nice looking fosh
Haha seriously dude! Thanks :)
Awesome early January bluegills. At this point Iâve got my fingers crossed for a mild winter and early spring!
Yeah I think you will get that. We still don't have ice. I don't think I will ice fish at all this year. Crazy!
Everything around me is frozen over and itâs too cold for the ice to melt but itâs also too warm for more ice to form⊠đ this Illinois weather sucks
That is what is happening now. Glad I got a couple open water trips in before we have that funky in-between.
awesome video! what box were you using to hold all your pre-rigged mule lures? it sometimes takes me a while to get them rigged up perfectly so if i could do them ahead of time and store them like you have them, that would be awesome!
The minnow especially kicks my butt if Iâm trying to rig on the water. Canât get it straight to save my life if Iâm already flustered from breaking off đ«
Sorry to hear that, Sly. Check out the "how to rig the mule minnow" video on the Mule channel.
And RJ, that is just a basic fly box from Cabelas that I slapped a Mule sticker on. It works well for pre-rigged Mule stuff. Just make sure not to combine Mule plastics and standard plastisol baits.
Wow great winter day. Nice seeing you on Debo live. Iâve only been out once in the new year to my river. Flowing crazy fast and I did not catch anything and was committed two only bait on rod and pliers. Yep half hour later lure in tree on other side!! đ
We all have those trips, especially in the winter. And thanks for watching the Debo live. Good times :)
Went to Walmart they have ZOOM super salt plus C tail worm 20pk $3.50 I believe they are 4in but it's like a trout worm with ribbon tail super light perfect bfs
Interesting! Might have to look out for those.
Great session! It was awesome to see you on Debo on Sunday đđ»
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
What a great fishing session on a cold day!
Darn right it was!
Hey! You're not using the Tatula on the Dobyns. I have a 2500LT but I'm using the Daiwa Exceler 1000LT on 2 of my UL rods. Nice reel and half the price of the Tatula. Itchen to go fishin! PS, does Mule Tackle ship to Canada?
Yes Mule ships to Canada! And yeah I swap reels a lot. I love anything shimano or Daiwa
We've certainly had a weird winter in the upper Midwest this season. Glad you got to take advantage of it. Minus a few dinks the Mule jig was on padonk a donk patrol buddy. I'm just as happy catching big gills and sunfish as I am 2 pound bass. Blessings in 2023 Ethan
Thanks Brian - same to you! Yeah, this winter has been insane. I don't love ice fishing so I am not that mad, but I just wish we would have a bit more consistency one way or the other haha
Just great to see you doing you đ€ . Sorry I am commenting February 23third. Good is good content đ. Thanks again for everything.
No need to apologize! Thanks for watching, Miguel :)
Yeah the weather's been acting weird lately,
The same here in Pennsylvania.
One time it's freezing cold, then it's raining, then it's warm then we have 60° weather and back to cold. Anyway that little jig you're using is totally like the coolest and it does have an impact on fish. I tell people all the time the most littlest or tiny baits do have an impact on fish. as long as you know how to work them, you will catch fish. The area is nice and a job well done on catching those fish. Great video too
Thanks Shawn! Yeah definitely an odd winter across the country. Just glad I have been catching a few.
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You're very welcome
I very rarely see pumpkin seeds that are as vibrrant as the baits that depict them but wow that little guy was absolutely gorgeous!
They can be insane in color but yeah more often than not they are a bit diluted in color vs the coloration of a lot of artificials. A good way to emulate that is to take a brightly painted lure and get it in the sun for a long period of time. Sun-fade it and make it a bit more toned down.
@@FishAnything I actually have heard that before from an old head in my local Dunn's Sporting Goods
Went out on the 4th here in NY, it was 60 out. Crappie, blue gill, pumpkinseed and a 3 1/2 pound large mouth. Thank god for the camera on my phone cause everyone thought I was full of it!
That is epic! Sounds like a great start to the year.
does the donkey tails work on trout too?
i guess not?
Sorry - I have been super busy and not able to keep up with comments as fast as I would like. Yes - you can absolutely use the Donkey Tails for trout. People send pictures often of their success. Follow Mule on IG to see more testimonials.
Another great video sir. I was planning on loading up the ultralight this week since I saw 45 in the forecast, but then life [read: covid] finally caught me after almost 3 years of dodging it. I'm laid up in bed for the next week and will just have to life and fish vicariously though my friends.
I hope you are feeling better now buddy. The amount of sicknesses going around this winter is unreal. Hang in there!
Biggest Pumpkinseed I've ever seen đ
Heck yeah! They can get up there in the 10-11" class but that is hard to come by haha
That's a Cheesecakeđ€Ł
I am strange.
If you had to choose 1 rod between the Temple fork or the Daiwa Procyon what would you pick need help?
Temple Fork for versatility!
Have bought from ya,do you use any scent?
I do when the water is cold. Pro Cure is the best Iâve found.
Do you like the spro braid better than the jbraid?
I do. I think it is the best braid I have personally used, although it is pretty pricey.
Will 2023 be the year of the dinks or the year of the donks; both coming out strong! I'm curious to how you're going to keep the species velocity going - 730 species in a year is quite the tall order.
That won't happen haha
But to answer your question, it will be the year of both!
Do you think the major craft finetail rod could be used for some trout applications?
Oh absolutely. I think that is what it was designed for primarily.
was curious if you ever fished with a shimano vanford I have a 3k vanford and itâs incredibly light and butter smooth 6.3 oz for a 3k reel is insane would like to see one on youâre channel and thoughts
Never used the Vanford but I have used Ci4's. Shimano makes awesome reels, maybe I will scoop up a Vanford one of these days.
@@FishAnything Was thinking about making a ultra light set up cause youâre vids kinda of between the tatula lt or a vanford , the tatula is cheaper found some for like 140 ish but donât know how itâll with stand the saltwater you have one what are youâre thoughts
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Thanks for watching :)
How do you canât those little lures so far? Lol
Low diameter line and an ultralight rod make a huge difference!
@@FishAnything I use ultra light rods a lot of the time Iâm fishing with 10 braind and a 4 lb mono leader. Maybe I need to use 6 lb braid?
Hey Ethan. I know you like that dobyns rod. But I met one of Gary dobyns old tournament partner and he said that Gary was such a jerk! He told him to stay in the back of the boat and stay out of his way. And he would just trash talk the other competitors the whole day. And wouldnât let his partner cast past him. Haha I was quite surprised when he said if someone gave him a high end dobyns heâd snap it in half. đ
Sad to hear that, but I tell you what... When it comes to tournament fishing or just people in general, I try not to draw a conclusion from one-off stories. I have heard lots of bad things about great people. Example - people have talked trash on Ike a lot and say he is rude/not nice in person. I met him and he was incredibly kind and willing to take time out of his day to chat.
Moral of the story is we are all human so we may not come off as perfect in every moment. Until someone gives me a personal reason not to support them, I don't sweat it.
@@FishAnything good on ya bro. Yeah thatâs a good mindset to have.
I can`t believe you are a fisherman and do not know what a minnow trap is. That is what the galvanized thing partially sticking out of the water is. The person that left it there like that, sure has faith in the trustworthiness of his fellow man. Me, not so much. I live in a crappy neighborhood, in a crappy county.
Lol I knew it was some kind of bait trap but I don't ever use that stuff. I fish artificial lures almost exclusively! Just my preference.
Dude I hate this video. I canât stand being inside anymore I wanna go out fishing sooo bad and youâre over there having a gold rush! đđ
Haha I am sorry! I hope you can get out and find a few fish soon.
I tried to go out the same day for a quick trip during the kids nap time. 𩹠Ponds in western Mass had a thin spotty layer of ice on them and the streams I tried were running high and fast from rain so I struggled to get a DTJ and horsefly down in the water
Dang - the important part is that you tried. Hang in there and go give it another shot!