Joeytier

Not sure about Sudbury, but Nipissing is iced over just about as far as the eye can see from North Bay right now.

I'd wager that BOQ ice is FAR more dangerous than any of the Kawarthas.

i am partial to the sweet sounds of the ice cracking and popping

This is, of course, the best answer possible.

I'll be back on my favourite Lake O tribs next weekend. Here's to opening they're not too icy.

Another excellent choice. I was planning on busting out his Close to Paradise album tonight, actually.

Good call on Bon Iver. Excellent stuff.

If you're into that kind of stuff, I suggest Fleet Foxes, particularly these two tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfBqoGVFXc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8CkxXhPtw

Alright. Thanks for clearing that up.

I think it was quite a bit before that, not sure of exact date. If I remember it was right around the time they found the body of that poor guy the robbers of Gagnons Sports killed and dumped by the access to the nuke. Kenneth Thomas was his name I believe.

 

Too bad it was an awesome place to fish with no boat.

 

However Squid, there is water access for boats right now!

Yep.

If you're feeling ambitious, you could go down to bottom of Liverpool, tie on the heaviest cleo you have, and see if you can make it.

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Are these changes to zone 17 effective immediately, or do people still have to wait until 2010 to be able to fish these lakes? If possible, I'd like to hit a few of these lakes as soon as I possibly can.

Another excellent report.

I never thought I'd ever be this excited to be back in southern Ontario. I've got the itch...bad.

I prefer 8 lb test. I would suggest Maxima ultragreen, but really the most important thing is to make sure whatever you get is LIMP. I've tried XT as well as P-Line's XT-equivalent and it just does not work on a pin.

The South Shore of Nip has a ridiculous number of lodges. I stayed at Idle Tyme, on the main lake, but close to Callander Bay, over thanksgiving and had some excellent fishing given the pretty lame weather conditions. The camps are cheap but very well kept, and Shawn and his wife are excellent hosts (especially if you have dogs).

http://www.lake-nipissing-fishing.com/lake...ns-for-rent.htm

Hit a lake for walleye and did quite well. Landed 9, with many between 18-20"

The biggest.

What kind of baits were you running? This time of year the kings can be pretty much anywhere in water column. Make sure you have a variety of stuff down, and once something starts working switch some other rods over to that. Also pay close attention to what speed you caught the fish at.

Good stuff Joey, which zone or lake where you fishing?

Southern Ontario.

nice job Joey, I had a day similar to that last week in the exact same structure. Weeds with a 12-14ft drop off. Did you get a read on the water temps?

The hot calm weather had the water up to around 75 by the time we left.

I couldn't help but notice you didn't post any pictures of the supposed bigger walleye you caught....

This spring has been awful for walleye for me this year. Multiple skunkings and one fish days have been the norm. It took until one of the very last days of spring to finally get a good day. And what a day it was.

The wind was very cooperative for a change, which made fishing very easy. We fished for around 4 1/2 hours, fishing one giant weed flat in the middle of the lake. There was a line of super thick weeds in about 10 ft, and as soon you as we found slightly deeper water (12-14 ft) with more scattered weeds the walleye would soon follow. We managed 13 fish, and every single one was at least 16" with many reaching (and a few exceeding) the 3 lb mark. Easily the best walleye fishing I've ever experienced, and it was in the middle of the afternoon, on a bright calm, sunny day. This time of year, I think they prefer sunny hot weather as opposed to what people usually associate with prime walleye conditions.

11 of the 13 were caught on bucktails, with the other two being taken on a black tube.

...And the double header shot.

Wow, nice going. I'd love to get down there and try that someday.

What a way to start things off. Coho fight incredible, and are probably my favourite of the Lake O species, I just never seem to be able to hook into them anymore out this way.

That gorge is quite the hike (to say the least).

Looks like a tasty meal to me.

Sounds like a great morning. That second fish has some amazing colours.

Great report. That laker is a hog! I've still only managed whities out of simcoe.