Montana Outdoor
MT Outdoor Podcast: Scott Arnold (aka, The Painter) Tells Us Where to Find the Fish and How to Catch Them!
We have a big one for you this week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast! Your host Downrigger Dale talks with Scott Arnold, aka The Painter, about ice fishing on 3 incredible reservoirs near Helena, Canyon Ferry, Holter and the Helena Regulating Reservoir. Plus, Scott also covers ice fishing out on Georgetown Lake located 48 miles west of Butte near the historic little town of Philipsburg. Scott has ice fished these waterbodies for over 40 years so he knows them better than most folks you will ever meet! Click here to listen and learn why these waterbodies are some of the most popular and productive ice fishing lakes in Montana. Scott will give you a TON of information about where to find and how to catch the Kokanee, Walleye, Trout, Ling (aka, Burbot) and Perch that are in these incredible waterbodies! As Rigger put it; “Scott’s attention to detail and his ability to explain in a way that is so easy to follow is amazing. By the time we were done talking I felt like I had been ice fishing on them my entire life! I can’t thank Scott enough for sharing all this information with us and I can’t wait to get out on these lakes and try all I leaned from him. I know that folks are not only going to love this podcast, but they’re also going to catch A LOT of fish!”. After you click here to listen not only will you know how to fish these lakes, but you will also have a ton of knowledge about what lures, baits and other tackle to use, where to find each of the different species of fish that Scott talks about in each lake and the best techniques to use to catch them! So, click here, hit that play button and sit back and soak all that knowledge in!
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- To learn about the size, location, fishing access sites, regulations and much for each of these waterbodies just:
- Click here for more info about the Humminbird Flashers that Scott talked about.
- Questions for Scott Arnold? Click here to email him.
- Click here to email Downrigger and he will send you a list of more things that Scott uses out on the ice!
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