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I can't wait for simcoe to freeze over, I hope to do more ice fishing this year.

Good stuff!  Loved it all.

Do you do any winter fishing?

9 hours ago, OhioFisherman said:

Very pretty fish! was that a lamprey bite on the first one?

 

yup and it looked to be a fresh one too

9 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

caught my first brown in that spot, wasnt that kinda big tho holy cow lol

Lots of small ones caught today but I've seen some tanks caught this season

4 hours ago, David Chong said:

Nice Brown! 

Thanks

4 hours ago, misfish said:

Nice fish

We use to fish across the other side at the old factory. Crazy number of browns back then. That was in the late 70,s early 80,s.

Thanks.  Have you gotten to fish it the last few years? 

3 hours ago, Moosebunk said:

Droooool!!!  Love big browns. And that, was, a, big, brown!  Nicely done.

Thanks.  My buddy managed to get a bigger one on our next outing.  I can't believe how big they get.

51 minutes ago, BillM said:

Fatty.  I remember fishing all the way up to the dam as a kid.  On the other side by the 3 falls and that center section sticking out in the middle, lol.   Hooking a chinook and having it spoil you was a common occurrence. 

All the way to the dam?  That's crazy.

Here's from a few weeks back at Port Dalhousie

Those are some solid tanks.  Good stuff!

Do you change your trebles to singles?

I'll be picking up a few when they're in stock at my local tackle shop.

Question... How shallow are you guys targeting whitefish?  This new size should be killer for shallow water whities

I wish I was up there

On 11/20/2018 at 12:26 PM, Old Ironmaker said:

oops

I use it for steelheading when I'm usually pulling out line often during an outing.  I've always gone with the rubber bands but they don't always hold the line in place. 

Looks like it's back in stock...

https://www.sail.ca/en/ice-armor-dual-tray-jig-box-large-505622

Buy now to get 20% off

Here’s a easy diy to make line holders for your spools. All you need are headbands, beads and a glue gun.

Hope this helps you out.

I’m looking for slip on traction cleats to put on my boots for ice fishing.  They gotta be easy to slip on and off and provide good traction.

What are you guys using on the ice?

I forgot which ones I bought last year but they were very hard to slip on my boots.

If I can’t find any, I was thinking of drilling studs to my Baffin Titans.

How much do the clam boxes retail for?

Nice catches

On 10/27/2018 at 10:57 AM, spincast said:

Ah, interesting story there.  This one wrapped herself up pretty well. We had brought the other line in and it was sitting on the surface. As we are trying to unhook this one, a smaller musky smashes the floating bait and starts wrapping itself in that line! So we put the big girl in the water to breathe while we undo the little one - which took a heck of a lot longer than we thought.Anyway, by the time the big girl was unbuttoned, she was pretty stressed, as you can tell from the colours. Not wanting to stress her any more, it was a quick snap, back in the water to recover and let loose. So I never did get a measure, not that it matters really. We figure mid forties. I figure I simply need to get a 50 for my next pb  My one and only prior fish was 34, so I am pretty confident we got that beat.....

 

Congrats on the PB and cool story

Walleye with Cajun Fish Crisp

On 10/23/2018 at 1:01 PM, AKRISONER said:

been following your trip on FB and the grams

 

man the colour on some of those brookies is next level.

Gotta love the easy fishing where you get bored of catching so many walleye. Thanks for posting

I tried to update everyday while I was there but I would get random reception.  I found I'd get best reception while I'm on a boat in the middle of the lake.

Brookies are beautiful fish and they taste good too.

On 10/23/2018 at 3:45 PM, Joeytier said:

Great job! Some stellar trout fishing around there, would love to spend a week up there.

I wish I did more trout fishing

22 hours ago, Chuck Enwinde said:

Agreed #metoo.  Gord Ellis wrote a good article about the brookie fishing in some of the small lakes in that area a few years ago.  It's been stuck in my head ever since.  

I'll have to search for that article.  I wish the brookies in the rivers were open.

Thanks guys, I wish I took more pics of everything.

On 10/19/2018 at 5:53 PM, chris.brock said:

Great report, it looks like you guys did well!

Just curious, what led you to choose Lower Twin for your trip? 

My buddy is friends with the sons owner.  They've been going up the last 3 years.

Looks good!

Nice catch.  How big was it?

I know white suckers barely fight.

We left Toronto Friday night just after 9pm and 12 hours later we reached our destination of Lower Twin Lakes Lodge, Nakina.

Day 1: Walleye

Lots of fish caught in the 15"-19" range.  We got our 4 man limit.  Fish fry tor lunch.

Day 2: More walleye and a whitefish

We tried trolling for pike but no takers so we went back for some more walleye.  I also caught my first whitefish of the trip.

Day 3: Brookies

Today we woke up to frost and fog.  Our goal today was to get into some brook trout at a local stocked pond.  We only got into a few but I caught my first brookie.

Day 4: More Brookies

Today we went out again for more brookies with the owner John and he guided us.  It was a huge difference between yesterday and today.  I must've caught over 20+ brookies, all on lures, spinners and spoons.  I wish I took pics of the bigger ones but it was hard to stop to take a pic when the fishing was hot.

Day 5: Exploring near by lakes

Today was calling for rain so we decided to go exploring.  We drove around side roads to look for bush chickens but they were scarce.  Google maps lead us to a small lake with some shore line access.  My goal for this lake was to cover water and look for my first pike.  Fish on my second cast, it started to peel drag and I could feel the head shakes.  When I got it closer, I can see it was a laker.  My buddy also caught a whitefish after.

Day 5-7

Was pretty much all same and I barely took any pictures.  Here's what I managed..

The morning we had to leave for Toronto was a snow day

I wish I could've explored all the surrounding lakes but time felt like it was going by fast.  I'm hoping I can make this trip again next year. 

Lower Twin Lakes Lodge made us feel at home and I would recommend this place to anyone.

On 9/25/2018 at 4:43 PM, Jmeyer said:

You should do good, lower and upper twin are hit hard but are very prolific fisheries. Since the lower limits and slot size were introduced the lakes came back. Wababimiga is relatively untapped mostly because of poor access and a lack of walleye but the pike fishing is great. Check out fish on line or ganrac for stocking info on lakes like Robertson, you can kinda  gauge the sizes by the years stocked 3-4 years being prime. 16-20" trout in the rivers around there are not that common but I would think 16 would be easy on some of those stocked lakes.

On 9/25/2018 at 9:05 PM, chris.brock said:

We spent the night at Lower Twin Lakes then flew out the next morning to Kayedon/ Ogoki. We did catch plenty of walleye during the week up there.

Twin Lakes should be good but I think one of the main attractions of the lodge is the plenty of good back lakes in the area. Talk to the owner, Mike. If it was me, I'd be spending a lot of my time on Wababimiga. 

If you've got specific questions, Jmeyer knows the area like the back of his hand.

Thanks guys!

On 9/22/2018 at 12:17 AM, chris.brock said:

go nuts, those are the stocked, open year round lakes, the naturals in the Drowning and the other nearby rivers are unfortunately closed  

I would love to catch a natural brook trout, I hear they get a lot bigger then the stock ones.

On 9/21/2018 at 12:07 PM, chris.brock said:

I think the owner Mike has some boats cached on Wababimiga. If it was me, I'd spent at least a couple days there looking for monster pikes.

Any reports from Wababimiga?  I searched on here and online and I didn't see anything show up. 

I'll have to ask John when I get up there.

On 9/24/2018 at 1:25 AM, Chuck Enwinde said:

I was up there with Chris a couple weeks ago.  I did take a few casts but the area around the docks is super shallow.  I think you're in for a good trip.  I've heard good things about the stocked lakes in that area.  I fish a lot of lake O pike as well and one of the things I learned fishing up there for the first time is that while big jerk baits work well - they are a pain in the butt if the snot rockets are active.  They tend to make a mess of the hooks and themselves.  Catch four or five in a row and it gets tired pretty quick.  Big spoons with a single siwash hook have since taken over about half of the jerk bait box.  Good luck.  Looking forward to some nice pics and vids.  

Thanks for the heads up. 

I'll have to put a box of single hooked lures together for the purpose of unhooking snot rockets with ease.

Did you guys get into any walleye?

As for pics and vids, I got 2 waterwolf cams and 2 gofish cams that are ready to take some sweet underwater footage.

I can't wait

Thanks for the reply.

i was looking at the regs for zone 2 and noticed it was closed for brook trout.

The lodge is close to the border of zone 7 so I looked at the regs and it says it’s closed too but open to these small back lakes.  

That’s where we’ll be targeting brookies.  

I'm going to Lower Twin Lakes Lodge Nakina at the end of the month for a week.  They're known for walleye, pike and brook trout. 

Any chance anyone fished it before?  I'm pumped for this trip.

I got one week to do my research.