Ice Fishing In Alaska – Fishing With A Difference
Ice fishing in Alaska is truly a fishing experience with a difference. The difference being it is ice fishing. Alaskan climate which borders on cold to extremely cold from October and lasts up to April allows you the ultimate privilege of ice fishing. Technically, the most difficult of all forms of fishing, where Alaska makes a difference is that it makes Ice Fishing so easy.
The most significant species which are found in these winter seasons are Winter King Salmon, Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char. These fishes are primarily found in Mat-Su lakes and Little Susitna River. There are plenty of fishing guides who organize trips to get you into the groove for ice fishing. You would need some special equipments to ensure that you are fully equipped to return with a rich haul from an ice-fishing experience. In winter seasons when it snows mercilessly in Alaska, layers of ice are formed over Alaskan waters. For you to even look and hook the fishes, you would need to treat the ice.
The equipments are listed as below
· Auger - This helps the fish - hunter in drilling holes through the ice.
· Skimmer - This allows the fish - hunter to clear the skim or residue ice from the holes.
· Bait hooks
Apart from all this, you would need high quality rods, reels and fishing lines which will allow you to hook up fishes in the ice.
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If your objective of an ice-fishing session is to return back with a rich haul of fishes, you would need to keep your eyes open for Landlocked Salmon and silver salmon. Landlocked Salmon are about 8-10 inches long and make an excellent dish on your menu. Add to the fact that they are very easy to catch makes it a very important dish on the ice-fishing menu. Rainbow Trout is the second species of fish which makes up ice-fishing. They are found in different sizes ranging from 8 to about 30 inches. Catching a Rainbow trout will get your excitement to a nerve wracking level.
I had to struggle extremely hard to get a rainbow trout on your boat turf. Based on my experiences, my suggestion would be that you tire the rainbow trouts out before you go for the final kill. When the rainbow trout is strong, it will offer tremendous resistance to your catching efforts and at times, their resistance may just overpower your skills.
Typically, most of these species of fishes are conducive to be caught the ice-fishing way during late November - December. Make sure you take your fishing guide with you when you go on an ice-fishing session, as ice-fishing is not only all about catching fishes. It also deals with a lot of ice-treatment and fishing the fishes of the holes which you have drawn on the ice. Just in case, you get late for the ice-fishing season, you can help yourself by clicking some ice-fishing pictures… 
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