John you make incredible videos. They’re like watching a short documentary on fish behaviour. I cannot say enough about the quality of footage you put out. I am not a pro angler by any means, and watching your video’s gives great insight to how fish react to baits, but watching you pull so many baits away from fish drives me absolutely insane. I hope you have a great season in 2020 and i hope to see more of your videos.

'Released into a frying pan' That's brilliant 😃

Hey John thanks for the tips helped me catch my first whitie on a rod rather then a tip up last year great video

Not ever catching these (whitefish) where I grew up in Michigan (years ago obviously), I was initially surprised to hear they are so plentiful in the Great Lakes region. But, makes sense. I also learned watching the show Meat Eater with Steve Rinell, that whitefish get a bad rap. Certainly, when I moved to Washington state years ago, many guys that I knew in WA, even ones that grew up in Montana, told me that they were a trash fish and they were all bones and just toss em on the land for the birds. As if they were a plague or invasive species. In the early 2000's I fished a pond that had culvert access to the Yakima river in several places, and I caught what were small whitefish, almost every cast with a jig with a small Mister Twister on it and on live redworms with a small hook and a split shot about 30 inches up the line. We caught hundreds of them. Back then, especially when they were so small, I really had no idea that is what they were (whitefish). I figured because they were some small native species that you find in regions around the USA, like a dace, chub, darter, or tiny suckerfish in some places. I gotta make some time to go back to central WA to that area and see if we can land some of em this summer. I hear also tales of guys catching them (some species of whitefish) in some of the streams in the high country in WA where the water stays pretty cold year round. We were in the Ellensburg/Yakima/Wenatchee area when we caught all those really small ones. We were actually chasing tales of a "secret" population of walleye that had made their way into the Yakima river. Fish tales! :-)

Thank you John ! Great video !! ❤

Really enjoyed the burbot footage John! Would love to see more.

Great white fish tips thanks for sharing

I'm in Canada and some of pur mountain lakes are polluted with Lake Whitefish and hardly anyone tries to fish for them. In our cold mountain lakes they fight pretty darn hard and since we don't have bass here these Lake Whites are the next best thing in my mind. If more people went after these fish it would sure take pressure off the pike and walleye.

Very informative John. Now i can't wait to hit the hard ice

Looks like I just bought the exact same rod but I'm now feeling like it might be a bit too long for the portable. Were you finding it awkward at all?

Great Video bud thanks! I love catching whites but find it a struggle to locate them!

I love catching and eating whitefish and thanks for the tips

Outstanding video as usual. What is the minimum depth at which you can find them? Thanks again for your videos

Awesome video! Do you use a swivel and leader when fishing a vibrato?

Released into the frying pan 😂😂😂. Good one.

awesome footage!

wow! that is crisp quality. Which camera are you using?

Great video friend

A most excellent video. I enjoyed it greatly. Thanks.

What size vibrato are you using there? Great video!

Catch and release in the grease.

I've never caught a whitefish on Lake Erie...yet I know they exist.

So I need some help I catch the odd white fish in the lake that I fish there are jumbo whites five six pounders I see them come out of the net but I very seldom ever catch one. I've tried everything but the kitchen sink please somebody give me a few more ideas. It's not that I'm a terrible fisherman I have no trouble catching burbot northern pike walleye and even perch but those dog gone Whitefish are alluding me and I sell them see a white fish caught on the lake that I fish on is it just me or is it the lake. And I know there's lots of white fish there I see them come out of the sustenance Nets

Thanks John.

Bad rod. Need sensitive tip and long backbone instead of bend as trolling rod. Not a good technique. Bait needs constant contact with bottom, every time drop and hold on bottom. Need to keep drilling holes until open sandy spot is found. It’s not uncommon for us to have triple digit fish days. It’s a comment not critique, great video

Is this Whitefish the same in Europe we called Coregonus? In EU u can only catch them with tiny Nimphs with a technique called Hegene

Can anyone suggest bait and hook size?

Awsome video like always!! Just wondering if a more subdued jigging method might hook more fish? Seems like they are lethargic and the jig is just ripping past them. What do you think?

cool video! Where do you find that bottome structure on Kbay?

what size vibrado?

Good smoked!

released into the grease!

have you seen a black guy ice fishing yet?

Whitefish tips, Don't fish like this guy lol

Some misinformation in this video. Whitefish feed throughout the water column as much as on the bottom. They are spending more and more time suspended as the Great Lakes food web becomes more and more compromised. Between Quagga and Zebra mussels, Goby, and Spiny water flea, there is very little of the Whitefish's traditional food left.