trapshooter

I have a spool of P-line but it's not the fluoro-clear. It has really low stretch for mono and excellent knot strength. Although, the 8lb Pline is the diameter of most 10lb lines and low memory it is not.

I like it for the low stretch when setting the hook in 30 + FOW.

Hahaha Simon, great report. Beep, Beep, Beep... Oops!

Glad we could finally get you up here for a day. Too bad there wasn't any big walleye in the mix, but let us know when you can come back and hopefully we can get you on a bigger walleye. Next time I'll let you wear my lucky ice fishing sun glasses Can't believe someone left that pair of performance eye wear on the ice.

Looks like a great day out there with your friends and GF.

Excellent pics. Thanks.

Nice to see you got out simon, some good trout there for sure. We're a little colder up here and our slush from the warm days has started to firm up. Today wasn't too bad out there, slush wise.

Hey Terry,

We're catching all our walleye in 20-40 FOW at this time of the winter. I recall a temagami report from earlier this season where the OP said they got their walleye from 40'. Not long from now, however, the walleye will start to relate to shallower structure as they migrate towards spawning areas.

I'd look for main points that extend into a basin (say 50' or deeper) and work the point in all depths looking for fish. Same goes if you can find a reef with deep water close by. Buckshot rattle spoons tipped with a minnow are a great search bait for walleye through the ice. Quick to get down to bottom, easy to fish and best of all, walleye love em.

I'm far from a temagami expert though - I've only ever fished bass up there in the summer.

Good luck.

Great looking specs!! I should get out for them again this winter... that beautiful red flesh tastes sooo good. Congrats on an excellent day on the ice.

Awesome fish indeed, but Ben, wasn't that fish actullay caught a year or 2 ago ?? Seems to me I recall seeing that video clip quite awhile back.

You are right lew, I believe it was the summer of 2007.

Web-Fisherman - I'm not offended but then again I don't own the site and do not determine what is and what isn't acceptable/spam.

As I mentioned before, Lac Seul is in Northwestern Ontario. The muskies in the lake are concentrated in the Eastern portion of lac Seul. The town of Sioux Lookout (where I live) is a great starting point with several lodges and access areas.

Another interesting fact about muskie fishing on Lac Seul is that it is a CATCH AND RELEASE lake ONLY. Zero muskies kept, no matter what their size they all go back.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have about Lac Seul. It truly is an incredible fishery.

did it survive? It wasn't looking so well there at the end...

Yes, it survived.

I'm pretty sure you're going to get a lot of replies like this seeing as this is your first post on the board and it is promoting your site.

HOWEVER, that is an awesome Muskie caught by my friend and fellow guide, Nate Andrychuck on Lac Seul in Northwestern Ontario.

Looks like a great weekend with the family Rick. Congrats on the fish too, some real beauties.

Thanks everyone

17th for sure Simon. Don't forget that Lac Seul map and I'll have you catching walleye all summer too.

... you missed a pretty good day. Simon (limeyangler) was supposed to join us today for a day of walleye fishing on Lac Seul. However, freezing rain in the forecast kept Simon down in Dryden but Graham and I still hit the lake.

We picked up some for the freezer and a few nice fish that went back down the hole. Lost a slush scoop and broke a rod too. Quite a day.

Graham with a couple of nice fish.

24"

Mid day, my set line started to go slowly down and I set the hook into something solid. My PB Ice walleye 27"

Sorry you couldn't make it today Simon. We'll have to make it up on the 17th. The big girls are still down there waiting for you.

Tight lines all,

Ben

My buddy got the 2hp Jiffy Lightning 8" this year. First thing to do is change the plug to a NGK and lean out the oil in the gas a bit too. After that, it'll run great.

need to move north

I wonder if the wife will come

 

great report

lol

Great day Jacques! 2 lakes, 3 species, PB's - hard to beat a day like that.

That's awesome Ryan. You guys laid a beating on those trout. Great job.

Great looking fish Rick. Sounds like another awesome day on Simcoe.

You ever hear from Don?

Great report Terry. Nice looking whitey for the table as well.

I pretty much had my 'dream' day yesterday.

Plan was to get up early and hit the morning walleye bite on Lac Seul. Three of us set out from Sioux Lookout on the sleds around 7:30.

Shortly after 8 we were set up. Within 30 seconds of reaching bottom, the first walleye was on. The action was fast, lots of active fish around. Nothing very big, but by 11 we were limited out. (for those counting.... I had 1 fish at home in the freezer).

So, it's 11am and we're limited out on walleye. It didn't take us long to decide that we should hit up a lake trout lake for the afternoon.

The laker lake is called Big Vermillion and was a good 25 min sled ride from where we were on Lac Seul.

We got set up again on Big V before noon. By the time my buddy even had a line in the water I had landed 2 small lakers. Action was extremely fast when we arrived.

The spot is a reef close to an island that has a steep drop off to a large basin. Most fish came out of @ 40 FOW. Action was sporadic. They would turn on for 15 mins at a time and be chasing and hitting everything then someone hit the off switch and they'd start lazily following our baits but not hitting.

My buddy Graham

Graham with the last fish of the day.

We fished until 5 and packed up. All the trout today were between 18 and 22" so nothing very big. I lost a hammer after it took a huge drag screaming run. Still thinking about that one. Tube jig was good today and so were gulp plastics on a jig head. Nothing on metal, spoons or Cicadas etc.

Back at er this afternoon

Simon, heck of a report there. Some real nice fish, that one laker is dark eh. Got out for trout today myself but didn't get any over 20". Still fun and a nice change of pace from walleye. When you coming up to Sioux Lookout?

Good for you. Get a bag of Spits sunflower seeds to keep you busy.

Honestly fellas, thanks a lot for the kind words.

If you're looking for a machine for ice fishing and ice fishing only, it's gotta be a sled. Quads don't even compare in any amount of slush or deep snow.

Have you entertained the idea of a Quad with tracks for the winter and tires for the other 3 seasons?

Solid effort Sinker!! Beautiful fish there... your hard work paid off. Great pics, great report.