trapshooter

"we lost another 3 men on this expedition. There's got to be a safer way to get ice!"

That's a huge walleye, congrats. Some nice fish there... your buddy tagged a big pike from shore too. Great month!

good fishn' there bud. Some real fat carp, keep it going.

Well said. Some great memories there with friends and family. Congrats on an excellent year.

hey Limey, let me know if coming back up to Sioux and we'll have a fish together.

I have a calcutta 401TE and it's the Cadillac of muskie reels, IMO. I'm going to add another one to the arsenal for next season.

lol, my year end is when the boat goes away and the ice gear makes an appearance. It represents the beginning of a new cycle

I used an axe! Pretty easy chopping with such little ice and to be honest I liked the giant hole!!

Maybe someone else would be better to answer the question of what sex the fish were. One thing I can say is there was no eggs in either fish. I really don't know a lot about specs.... other then they are fun to catch and I'm going back tomorrow

Thanks gang. Not sure why the fish were different colours. The colours changed after the died but even coming out of the hole we had varying colours. Some real dark and others lighter. There was almost 4" of ice. No worries There was some black ice below the white ice in the picture as well. haha.

Looks like a great season with lots of fish. Nice new boat and good to see you and your son got to do a lot of fishing together. Congrats on a fine year.

Wise words Dan! That's a handsome crew right there!

walleye - 8lb XL or XT mono perch - 2- 4lb XL mono Pike, lakers, whities - 10-14lb XT mono specs - 4-8lb XL mono Not much of a fan of brain through the ice since it freezes up. If you're jigging deep water in a hut though it is deadly.

Hit up a local spec lake this morning for the inaugural ice fishing trip of the year. We found enough good ice to proceed along the shoreline to the spot. Cut my first hole of the season and within 20 mins had a fish on. 17.5" Added one more and called it a day shortly after noon. Felt great to punch through some ice again. The season is definitely here.

jig/minnow or a buckshot rattle spoon tipped with just head of a minnow.

Welcome.... some great pics there. That is a chunk speck.

That animal will result in a lot of meat on a lot of tables.

Congrats on a fine season. Some great looking fish there. Good luck with your muskie hunt.

Now that's some good fish porn right there. Well done Mike and thanks for the report.

Wooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!! That is incredible. Congrats to the lucky hunter on the trophy of a lifetime. You gotta love northwestern Ontario.

Unreal colours in that first pic Mike. Great report and one of the nicer S.hawks I've seen landed.

I read in Ontario Out of Doors a few years back about a moose sighting near Strathroy, in southwestern Ontario. Must have been lost! Couple months later I read in OOD that it got hit by a car.

Thanks for the shout out Steve. lol That is great report there yourself. You had some excellent multi-species fishing this year with loads of big fish. Congratulations on the tourney success as well. Good luck in BC.

where are you going in BC steve? That lake is just outside of Golden.

Wow, great hunting John!! Congrats on a fine season so far.