Winter
Cod Ice fishing, rainbow ice fishing and kokanee ice fishing are very popular in our area.
Burbot ( also known as Freshwater ling cod, freshwater cod or simply cod ) reaches trophy size on Lac Des Roches : even though 19 pound record cod have been caught ice fishing on our lake, it’s not unusual to hook 5 to 7 pound burbot and beautiful gerrard and blackwater rainbows .
Our area offers a long period of good ice fishing. Usually from The middle of December until the end of March/middle of April, most of our lakes are frozen solid and offer a good variety of fish : rainbows, brook trout, kokanee, laketrout, burbot. Ice fishing requires a simple tackle, and a hut is not always needed : our area is very seldom windy and very often sunny in the winter. A rod with reel, a flasher and a short leader, up to 18 inches, a hook and baits. Usually dew worms and mill worms are the best for rainbow…
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