Ice Vs. Open Water...The Official Poll

[hunters08]

nah, I love ice fishing but i guess i love the open water a little more nothing like drifting a bobber at the niagara river,or casting a spoon for steelhead or salmon in the harbors of lake erie and ontario.wading chautauqua lake in the wee hours of the am for walleye.Dont get me wrong theres nothing like jigging for those big gills at silver lake through the ice, or the walleyes and white perch at chautauqua through the ice.I guess its kind of a trick question when you think about it. If it was january probably would have said ice fishing who knows....

[archbishop]

I agree,and there is so much more opportunities to fish with open water.

And dont forget that the winter cold sucks!!!!!!!

like was said earlier, you can keep warm outdoors in the cold, your stuck with the heat
i dont see how the opportunities are greater with open water
unless your like thestanimal, and would rather cast a fly, thats all that ice fishing limits you? casting

When theres hard water there is not alot of open water.

im kind of confused by that

[JETSTER]

im kind of confused by that

I edited sorry.

It might of cleared it up.

[Bailbuster]

I really like ice fishing ! But I also like to troll just off the beach on hot hot day!!BB

[devil-man]

This is a very hard one for me.

I love ice-fishing because I get to hang out with friends, party, and the fish are a bonus. Some crazy things have happened and the advantages listed above definitely apply...

I love open-water because I am better at it and can actually focus on the task at hand.
What to vote? I'm going to flip a coin...

 

[archbishop]

Sorry to disprove your theory Arch, but I gotta pick OPEN water.

why? thers 10 people that voted open?
how many admitted it?

either way, as long as were all fishing

[ifishhi]

i love them both. i can come up with just as many good points for both. i'm with d-man, gimmi a coin

[Polar]

Open water,why sit in one spot to wait for fish when you can go find them.

When theres ice on your lake though,what else can you do?

I wish I had the time to ice fish,but it seams like its a PATIENCE game and I just dont seem to have that!

I dont even sit in a tree stand for hunting,I GO FIND DEER!

You icefish just like you would in your boat.You still fish breaks,weedlines and supended fish. If your flasher isn't showing fish just move somewhere's else.

[Out4Trout]

Ice fishing hands down, I don't get a chance to open water fish much. But I don't mind the warm weather. I know that some of you guys get unbearable heat, and it's been a hot summer here, but I dread to hear the day my furnace kicks in. $$$$$. I plan to burn a lot more wood this year.

[Nickp]

I voted ice- its fun if you set tipups cuz then you can mess around but if you jig and move it gets tiring- i love to setup 6 tipups on a underwater hill and just sit around and talk- maybe jig for tasty perch


I wish iceout was way better here for trout though


Gotta buy some more tipups- christmass prescent- and ice armor gloves to stay warm- good boots too'


gotta stay dry and protected from wind- thats why I dont like openwater- the waves keep you from fishing an exact spot- fish are grouped up better too


il be doin the ice alot this year

[PerchandPans]

Ice all the way ,its a sickness I had to do a large amount of reasearch but finally found some close by,40 miles Nothing but rainbow and brookies though. Sure do miss the panfish and walleyes thru the ice .

[AD]

Ice fishing hands down

Now I just got to find a job back north where there actually is ice 

[rvz]

I have to vote for ICE FISHING!!!  I rarely fish open water but I get onto to the ice as soon as it is safe and fish as often as possible.  Even with our rather short and thin season last year I managed 12 days of ice fishing and  one day of cutting the shanty out of Saratoga Lake!  Let's all hope for more ice next year. 

[jgguppyboy2]

as much as i love jiggin up lakers in the middle of the summer I would have to say icefishing takes first place.  I love jigging and its a lot easier to jig verticly when your not movin all over the place in a boat!  Plus im young so the cold doesnt bother me.  Besides, thats what my portable is for!  I have a little heater inside so half the time we are in t-shirts anyways!!!

             ~Stefan~

[blaque]

Love them both, its all fishin! but i have to choose here, and because of that, i choose open water. Mainly because I seem to find alot more time and oppurtunity to get out in the spring , summer and fall and can always find good conditions somewhere. Last years Ice season here in WNY was less than stellar. And for some reason i always find myself down at ghetto beach or small boat harbor. If i jumped around some of the inland lakes, i might enjoy ice a little more.