Joey

Paul and I were invited to join Lloyd, Terry and Lloyd's brother, Ralph, in a cabin on Lake Temagami for a week in March and had been waiting since January for March 5th to finally arrive. We had all our gear packed and were on the road by 9:30 a.m. on that Saturday morning, in a pretty good snowfall. Not my favorite driving conditions, not to mention we had heard highway 11 from North Bay to Temagami was closed due to a serious accident the day before. We took our time and kept in contact with Terry all the way up. He ended up being stopped by road closures all the way up, but we managed to sail right through on the tails of a competent semi who obviously knew that road well. Despite the bad road conditions, the scenery was a winter wonderland. 5 1/2 hours later, we arrive and unpacked and checked out our home for the week. It was a lovely cabin with satellite TV, running water and a fireplace. Our room was huge and even had its own sink for teeth brushing and face washing. We all settled in and watched a bit of TV in anticipation of the week to come of fishing and snowmobiling and great food and company. We had a good night's sleep and headed out early Sunday morning with visions of sugarfish dancing in our heads All set up and ready on a beautiful, sunny day, with a temp of -21, with wind gusts making it feel like -31, brrrrrrrr!!!! But it was nice and toasty in my little hut. And there was plenty of ice, at least 25 inches or more. We had our walkie talkies to keep in touch and razz each other. Paul called out on his walkie talkie that he had a pretty good sized pickerel, so I ran over with the camera and measuring tape. 26 inches. Over slot That's the only fish pic I took of the day, but here are the stats for Sunday: Paul - 1 pickerel Lloyd - 1 laker Terry - 2 lakers, 1 whitefish Ralph - 1 laker, 1 whitefish Joey - skunked Back to camp and had a great supper and early night and were up and at it again early Monday morning. It was cold and sunny with wind again and fishing was not so good Monday. Monday's Stats: Paul - 0 Joey - 0 Ralph - 0 Lloyd - 1 laker Terry - 1 laker Tuesday we decided to go to Kokoko Lake, which was a good distance so we left even earlier in the morning than the two days previous. It was cold and sunny again and we made our destination in about 45 minutes. Had a nice drive through the bushes too which is always neat on a sled. Kokoko is a beautiful landlocked lake with no road access. Paul found the fish that day and after several hours on the lake, we decided to head over to join some OFC'rs who were staying at Loon Lake Lodge to see how they were making out, and even managed to fish there for a bit. Tuesday's Stats: Lloyd - 7 lakers Terry - 3 lakers, 2 whitefish, 2 herring Paul - 3 lakers Joey - 1 laker Ralph - skunked We headed back and sundown and had another great meal! Put on over 100 miles that day We saw promise at the area near Loon Lake Lodge the day before so decided to head there first thing Wednesday morning. Temps that morning were -9 so it was a bit warmer. I got a nice little laker right off the bat! At one point a bunch of huge fish decided they didn't like the bottom of the lake any more and shot up for some reason. They were definately not interested in my lure. We figure they might have been ling! We decided to leave that area and head to Lloyd rock for awhile, and made it just ahead of a huge snowstorm that turned into freezing rain later on. States for Wednesday: Joey - 1 laker Paul - 1 herring Ralph - 0 Lloyd - 1 laker, 1 whitefish Terry - hemmeroids Back at camp Lloyd cooked us up another feast. We also got a good laugh when he tried to throw his sock up to his loft and missed The Chef at work: The rule was, if you got skunked, you had to do the dishes We decided that night that we liked Kokoko so much we were going to head back there Thursday morning. It was +2 with wet snow all day, and we went and had a great time. Terry even hooked up his helmet cam and got some good footage of the trip through the woods. footage is a bit wet tho. I caugth my first herring ever Snowed allllllll day! and alllllllll night! Thursdays stats: Joey - 3 herring Paul - 1 whitefish Terry - 3 lakers, 1 herring Lloyd - 5 lakes We had a little tourney that day, 2 bux apiece for whoever caugth the most fish, so Lloyd took that win. It was back and forth between Terry and him all day, but he clinched it in the end with one more fish With Lloyd feeling so rich with his $10 win, we headed to town for supper that night. We got up Friday morning and it was another storm, with the forecast calling for heavy winds both Friday and Saturday. With some situations arising with flooding in some of the guys' homes and the weather forecast, we decided to head home a day early, much to everyone's disappointment. We knew the drive would be bad, but right off the get go this was what we ran into It was not a good drive back at all!! I was so happy to get to North Bay we stopped for a Timmies and I got a shot of the Dionne Quintuplets' home. After North Bay, it turned to freezing rain, and still more accidents. But we made it safe and sound It was a really awesome week of fishing, good food and especially great company. Was a pleasure to meet Ralph and a pleasure as always Lloyd and Terry. When are we going again Joey & Paul

She's unbelievably strong and determined Wayne, and its a very worthy cause. Hope she kicks butt

Done!

Awesome report and great colours on that pickerel. Must be hard to see the cottage that holds so many memories and not be able to go there! Beautiful place tho, you should be proud! Joey

Nothing to get excited about. Just another store to advertise stuff on sale that they don't actually have

Well even tho you went solo, you managed to find a few souls to meet up and fish with you Wayne. I'm glad you had some time to clear your head and take in some scenery and get some fishing in. Doesn't cure all, but it sure helps. Great report hun! Joey

Really great news Kelvin, I'm so happy to hear that! Joey

What a beast!!!! Way to go, and as stated, specs on rod and fish would be nice

He is so adorable Simon. Thanks for that! Joey

You mean that beautiful bird killer traps snow too

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'll just follow Terry

Well at least you caught something, hopefully not the last laker in the lake Cabin held up I hope? Did ya shovel the roof

Canon T2i for me aswell

Yep, he did, could have been a fluke tho

Well Terry, I called Cabelas, and I have to say, they have excellent customer service. Whether the adapter was supposed to be in there or not, they have agreed to pay for the new one that I buy and $10 for the aggravation. All I have to do it tell them how much I spend and they have it noted on my file to reimburse. They were very apologetic, although not sure if it was supposed to be in there or not due to what the pamphlet said. Either way, Cabelas gets a Kudos from me for their customer service on this one.

Wow, that's too cool!

Hi Aaron, it is the new blue kit and says it is compatible with our finder, so you would assume the adaptor would be included eh!!! Yes, frustrating is a nice word for it LOL. Glad you got yours figured out and it is working. Time for a monster laker for you Thanks for the congrats, it was pretty exciting for me to win that

Thanks Mike, but its already (hopefully) on its way. I'm just miffed that it would not already be in the package/price. It should been adaptable to the kit is what I'm getting at I spose!

So Paul has been using the Lowrance fishfinder from the boat for ice fishing this season, and its been okay, but not the best. Terry and Lloyd both tried to figure out why it was not marking fish as it should be and then Terry hooked up his ice transducer to it and bingo, that was the ticket. So before our trip next week we wanted to get one. Paul decided to go with the Lowrance Portable Ice Kit Pack, which said it was compatible with the fishfinder he is using. It includes the transducer, a few accessories and a nice little carry pack for almost the same price as just the transducer alone. We had to order up from Cabelas and hoped it would arrive in time (we leave Saturday). It arrived yesterday - woohoo!!! Paul goes to get it all hooked up last night and sure enough, it won't connect. If you can believe it, the little connection instruction pamphlet says "If you have the blue connection, you need to order connector adapter #blahblahblah." What a crock!!! So I was on the horn all morning trying to find this adapter. Radioworld says it is special order and will take a month The 800 number on the pamphlet is no longer good for ordering and you cannot reach a live person, you have order it online, and guess what, they do not ship to Canada. The Lowrance site has it, but when you go to order, it redirects you to the site that will not ship to Canada and you can't get a live person on the phone. What a fiasco. I finally found a place in Mississauga that actually has the adaptor and will ship it overnight by Purolator so we have it in time, but it'll cost me and was a bugger to find. So anybody thinking of getting the Lowrance Ice Kit Pack, be sure you get the adapter at the same time! Okay, rant over, thanks for listening Is it Saturday yet

Looks like a great trip, well done. That water looks nice and calm, just the way I like it Joey

Congratulations Ryan. What a bunch of worry for nothing. Glad it all turned out okay! Joey

Get a Humminbird

Nice Jim, make sure to show us the finished product

Yikes, hope he didn't peck too hard. Surprising it did that for sure! Great shot!

Cool!