Pro Staff Video: Nate Dean Fishes a “Hard Water” Hot Spot
Hey everyone, it’s Nate Dean from the Generation Wild Pro Staff. Well it is winter time in Wisconsin. With temps below zero, the ice is safe and it is time to start doing some “hard water” fishing, as we call it here in Wisconsin. In this video we are out on a pretty small lake, right in the middle of the city. This lake is surrounded by a large city park, huge hospital, and apartments. So it is not a secluded lake, that’s for sure. Half Moon Lake is a small Eutrophic lake, with a max depth around 13 feet. In this video, we are fishing in about 10 feet of water, with a weedy bottom, and jigging for small panfish right along a drop going from seven to 10 feet. The weather was perfect and the spot was spectacular, so all we needed was for the bluegills and the largemouth bass to cooperate. I hope you enjoy some rod bending action. —Nate
thats a really good video. You gave a lot of great tips and explained things well. nice job
February 1st, 2010 at 3:21 pmI agree, very well made. I picked up a lot of good tips from this video. I’ve never even heard of a tip down before.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:16 pmGreat video Nate:)) Very good tips and am looking forward to seeing more videos in the future. Thumbs up bro!
February 1st, 2010 at 5:42 pmAwesome video Nate! There was lots of great tips and it was very professional. Great job!
February 1st, 2010 at 7:21 pmGreat job Nathan! I learned alot that I never knew having grown up near Half Moon Lake. I’m proud of you. Looking forward to seeing more!
February 1st, 2010 at 9:16 pmNate—great video! Good tips, good instruction, and you caught a few fish to show us how it’s done (that’s the first largemouth I’ve seen caught while ice fishing). Well done. . .
Believe it or not, I’ve never ice fished before. I planned on giving it a shot this year, but the weather is working in my favor this year. If, when I make it on the ice, there’s a good chance I’m going to rack your brain about what to do!
Keep stuff like that coming!
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 amNate - wow that was awesome. And I know each and every video will get more professional because that is your goal.
Keep up the good work and are making everyone proud!!
Mom
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:39 amI love the details you gave! I might need to find out more about the Pak Shak. The flashers really help I have heard so I’ll need to find one. How much did you pay for your Vex?
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 amTurkeyman- Yeah once you get a vexilar you cant fish without it, there are pretty exspensive but they are well worth the money. My vexilar was given to me from my uncle, but i did some research and the vexilars range from a little under 300 dollars to about 500 dollars, it really depends on how much bells and whistles you want.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:12 pmThanks Nate — I’ll look into either the lower-end Vexilar or the Humminbird, but I guarantee ya I’ll have a flasher by next year!
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:15 pm[...] Nate Dean’s ice-fishing video made the fun I’m missing out on even more obvious. If you haven’t watched it, you need to. [...]
February 5th, 2010 at 9:07 amThat was a great video. I’ve never heard of a tip down so thanks for that I will try to make one of those.
February 6th, 2010 at 9:03 amHey Nathan, You did a wonderful job with your video and your blog write-up. Keep up the good job. Now I know you will do a wonderful job with a FFA speaking contest next year.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:06 pmNathan such a wonderful video I have watched it 20 times at least. You looked so prfessional I can haardly wait for the next one Grandma
February 12th, 2010 at 4:36 pmwhoa just reading through these comments going “oh i wish i could get into ice fishing” and then i read about FFA speaking contests and all i got to say is thank god we have some FFA people in Generation Wild
and if you do do Speaking Contests, good luck!
February 17th, 2010 at 8:22 pm