Ice fishing for Arctic char
Complete guide — gear, lures, season and tips.
Gear
- Rod
- Medium ice rod, 60 cm
- Mainline
- Mono 0.16–0.20 mm or braid 0.10 mm
- Leader
- Fluorocarbon 0.22 mm
- Hook
- Hook #6 to #2
- Weight
- Jigging spoon 10–30 g
13 Fishing Tickle Stick
Frabill Ice Hunter
Lures / bait
- Jigging spoon tipped with maggot or a piece of fish (Kuusamo Räsänen, Lill-Räsken)
- Mormyshka tipped with maggot
- Balance jig (Rapala Jigging Rap W5/W7)
- Small soft-plastic jig
Season
February–April (late winter, best just before ice-out)
Time of day
Mid-morning
Pro tip
Mountain char fishing is best in the last weeks before ice-out. Fish 8–25 m along drop-offs. Use a fish-finder to locate them.