This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger will start an new series of podcasts that will preview some of the most popular ice fishing areas in Montana with the top ice fishing professionals in each of those areas. To kick it all of Rigger brings on the top fishing guide in Northwest Montana who is also one of the top guides in the State if not the Country. We are talking about nonother than Captain Matt McComb with Fish On Charters. When you click here to watch or here to listen and feel like that guys voice and name sounds familiar, it should, for over 20 years Matt has been giving fishing updates for Northwest Montana and sharing is incredible fishing knowledge on the Montana Outdoor Radio Show. And now this week on the podcast he puts on a masterclass about ice fishing. Matt covers all the best lakes for ice fishing and tells you what species are best to target in those lakes. Heck, he even tells you what to use to catch them! Now if that were not enough, he also shows you his ice fishing gear and gives great info on why he uses certain types of gear and explains why using it will help you catch a lot more fish. And wait until you see his electronics! Matt has come up with a way to use an underwater camera that can help find out what bait the fish are chasing down there, where they are hiding, evening how to motivate them to hit your lure. It is really, really cool and he will show you the best ice fishing safety gear to have and give some fantastic safety tips and believe it or not there is a whole lot more! Plus, he also tells us all about the “Captain Matt McComb easy way” to ice fishing. That is for folks (shhhhh don’t tell Rigger we said this, but that is for folks like him) who don’t want to carry the gear, drill the holes, set anything up, or even clean the fish! Gang, if you have EVER even thought about ice fishing or are an angler that goes ice fishing a lot, you are going to learn a TON and love this podcast! So, click here now to watch or here to listen now!
Links:
- Click here to learn more about Captain Matt McComb and Fish On Charters.
- To learn more about the lakes Matt talks about including location, fish species and stocking info just click the links below.
| Lake Mary Ronan | Little Bitterroot Lake | Thompson Chain | Echo Lake |
| Rogers Lake | Swan Lake | Flathead River Slews |
- For more info on our Montana Outdoor Approved Sporting Goods Stores click here.
- Click here for more info about Vexilar flashers click here. For info on the Eyoyo camera click here. For info on the Otter sled click here. For info on the Hali lure click here. For info on the Clam Jacket and Bibs click here. For info on the throw rope click here. For info about the Ice Picks click here.
- There are many videos on how to self-rescue when falling through the ice click here for one of them.
- Questions? Click here to email Captain Matt McComb.
- Click here to email you old buddy Downrigger Dale.
