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😍Svitlopillia· Kirovohrad Oblast29.01.2026, 21:03Hey! In my last post I told you about the winter marathon that my dad and I run every year during the ice fishing season, and I promised to tell you how our last marathon went if you were interested. Unfortunately, in the last season 2024-2025, winter wasn't very frosty and on the water bodies where we usually fish, decent ice didn't form for a very long time. When it finally became safe, at first we couldn't get out because of work, and then pike spawning restrictions kicked in. Since we focus on pike fishing during the marathon, there wasn't much point in doing it, so we didn't manage to pull off our traditional marathon in the 24-25 winter season. So this report is about the 2023-2024 season. We started our winter marathon that year on 18.01.24 and it lasted three days. During that time the weather decided to treat us to a significant warm-up after some real winter snowstorms. The roads were already clear of snow, but there was still a bit left on the water and it was slowly melting. When we got out on the ice near the shore, there was already 10cm of water on top of the ice. Daytime temperatures were mostly above zero, moderate wind, overcast, so being on the ice was pretty comfortable. So on the first day, we set the tip-ups the night before and the first hits started after sunrise. There were quite a few of them. We caught mostly small pike up to 1kg which we released right away, but we managed to land two. One pike was 1.4kg and the other was 1kg. On the second day the pike were also pretty active. Throughout the day there were plenty of misses and we also caught some small fish up to 1kg that we of course released. Overall we only managed to land one pike, same size as the first day - also 1.4kg. On the third day there wasn't as much running around checking tip-ups, so to keep from getting bored we decided to go look for roach, which we did find but not in great numbers. Overall that day we only had a few misses and one successful hit that brought us the biggest pike of the marathon - 2kg. So the results of the 2023-2024 winter marathon for both of us combined: Pike - 4 fish, 5.8kg total. Roach - 14 fish.RoachIce fishing150😄Svitlopillia· Kirovohrad Region25.01.2026, 18:58Hey everyone, quick intro first. My old man and I have a tradition during winter season where we do a "winter fishing marathon" — basically we go fishing every single day in a row, heading out before dawn and getting back home around dusk to warm up and rest a bit, then we're back out again the next night, and this goes on for 3-5 days straight. So this winter season our marathon kicked off on 19.01.26 and ran for 4 days until 22.01.26. Here's how it broke down: • Day 1 - Pressure at 760, temps from -12 at night to -8 during the day, overcast, moderate north wind. Got a couple false triggers on the tip-ups, there were plenty of anglers on the water but only two managed to catch pike around 1-2kg. We found a sweet spot pretty quick where we hit a great roach bite (just needed to chum the holes). Ended up with 105 roach for the day — roughly 4.3kg total (between the two of us, so we stayed under the daily limit). • Day 2 - Pressure 753, temps from -16 at night to -4 during the day, sunny, barely any wind. Decided to go back to the same spot but set up the tip-ups a bit differently. Only one false trigger, the guys next to us also had nothing but false alarms, and only one angler on the opposite end of the water managed to land a pike up to 2kg. The roach weren't biting nearly as well at those spots — only got 35 fish and caught one small perch. • Day 3 - Pressure 746, temps from -17 at night to -4 during the day, sunny, moderate wind. This time we headed to the other side of the water, got plenty of tip-up triggers, but couldn't convert them — either the live bait came back shredded or just gone completely. Barely touched the roach today even though they were biting decent, we spent most of our time on the tip-ups, ended up with just 20 roach and another small perch. • Day 4 - Pressure 740, temps from -12 at night to -3 during the day, overcast, strong wind. Headed back to where we were on days 1 and 2, and again just a couple false triggers on the tip-ups — other anglers around the whole water didn't get any action at all. But we got lucky again and hit another solid roach bite (same deal, from the chummed holes), wound up with 125 fish — roughly 4.7kg for both of us (still within limits, no worries). So that's how our annual winter fishing marathon went down, with the final tally (between us): Pike — 0 fish, 0kg. Perch — 2 fish. Roach — 285 fish, roughly 10kg. P.S. If you're interested, drop some comments, and in my next post I'll do a quick recap of last winter's marathon (spoiler — we actually landed pike that time).PerchIce fishing236😏Zhukowo· Kirovohrad Oblast24.01.2026, 16:47Quick report from 01/04/26. Paid fishing spot in Dmytrivka village, 30 UAH per tip-up. Decided to go with some buddies after pike, set out 40 tip-ups total between the four of us. Plenty of strikes but only managed to land 2 pike—one around 2kg, the other about 1kg. Overall there were a lot of anglers at the spot and tons of tip-ups set up everywhere. Many of them had good success, and the biggest pike of the day was roughly 5kg. Also, everyone managed to catch roach, about 30-50 each. They weren't big but still nice to catch.RoachIce fishing232😍Булгаки· Кіровоградська07.12.2025, 16:18Звіт від 9 серпня, водосховище Бешка, біля села Світлопілля, Знам'янського району. Добова сессія, кількість риби не вражаюча але вдалося впіймати трофейного карасика на 1.230кг (особистий рекорд).Crucian carp · 1,2 kgBottom fishing110