Joeytier

Trolling over deep water for fall smallies is tried and true. Sounds like fun

I'm itching to get out, but this area is so infested with moose hunters I have to wait until rifle season closes before I can really get out and most of the mallards and woodies are gone by then. Hoping to try and dial in some northern ducks on the ottawa river later in the season as well.

I always wondered why all manufactures, don't bring back a small sled. Something ice anglers could use, without breaking the bank. Not all of us are trail riders and need speed demin machines. Give the ATV retailers, a run for their money.

Skidoo, Polaris, and Arctic Cat all offer long track utility minded fan-cooled 2 stroke sleds for under 10 grand. There's nowhere near enough market for 440 cc class sleds anymore. 550 fans are light and bulletproof anyways, super easy to crank over too

The VK 540 is a capable workhorse but it's nearly 200 pounds heavier than the tundra and voyageur, and unless youre hauling heavy loads, you don't need a 20" wide track.

I have a Voyageur 144 550 fan...i break a lot of tight trails in deep fluffy snow and I still can't believe what it goes thru, pulling a sleigh full of gear too. My last sled was a Safari too, you will be 10x more capable offtrail whether you go the indy or the tundra. The tundra has the pogo stick front suspension so its tippier but more nimble thru the trees, voyageur is a little more manageable if you wanna put some miles on the trails.

Loads of great footage there. My kinda fishing!

If you're really looking for the cheapest, funnest setup out there I'm going to recommend an Eagle Claw Featherlight. The rod is indestructible, costs about $25, and has quite the following among fiberglass admirers. Just be aware that you'll probably need to go up a line weight or two in order to get it casting correctly, they are rated a bit strangely.

I have the 3/4 and the 5/6 wt. The little guy is a blast for small creek specs. The 5/6 lacks punch for lake casting...cant wait to replace it with something like an Aetos.

 

As for good quality starter setups, Cabelas brand is perfectly suitable and will give you a good introductory experience. I have a prestige II reel and it's excellent for the price.

Cool man....subscribed. I like your style. Real fishing, nothing fancy, no Bull....good stuff.

S.

Thanks! That was our aim, do it how we do it all the time, and if you're truly passionate, likeminded people will see it. No sponsors or buffs neccesary haha!

Thanks everyone.

I really enjoyed reading that! Good for you for taking on that portage trip. Would love to explore those big east coast rivers, they sound incredible.

Thanks a lot Brian, apparently I'm imcompotent at embedding lol!

 

Thx Terry, I definitely do. These are all under 40 km from my driveway.

The video shows up in the preview, but not in the actual post, just my browser??

 

If it's not working, could anyone embed it in a comment instead? 

 

 

For anyone who liked my backlake fishing reports in the past here, I have a YouTube channel for documenting our adventures now. Our first serious video was uploaded today (our first upload was just a quick trial run). We fish 3 lakes in one day, catching brook trout, lake trout, smallies, and pike and enjoy a killer shore lunch breakfast. We're not professionals but we're both happy with the outcome, hopefully some of you will enjoy!

I'll have to give them a shot next time i get into some smaller ones.

5 degrees this morning, huge smallies chomping in 2-4 feet of water. It is shaping up to be an excellent September for lakers and brook trout to round off the season.

The 8 so tranny and optional 3.92 gears you LL be fine for towing wasn't that many years ago towing 20ft boats with 180 hp 5.0l v8

Agreed. IF you can get 3.92 gears and use tow/haul mode, you should be fine. Towing that distance, you'd probably make your money back on the diesel in fuel savings by the time you get home.

Never caught a musky before?? Great start if so!

Viking suits are generally less than $150 and are a great product for the price. Ive had my jacket for at least 5 years and everything works perfectly on it, no rips or tears and I dont baby my stuff.

Clamp on tite loks are my favourite. Been using them for years...they hold up

The launch on the south end is easier to use.

Nipissing is probably comparable to GBay in terms of musky pop'n density, but if you do get into one, you can almost guarantee it will be beastly.

Lakes in NE Ontario are mostly in the low 70's (maybe a bit higher after the last 2 days) and the water is high but not overly so. Definitely higher than typical mid summer levels.

Sounds like a pretty typical northern spruce bog lake. Probably lots of fun for a day or two, but not a week eh?

Maybe you just suck at musky fishing?

 

Just sayin...

 

I catch lots of big musky in sturg. I'd bet my paycheck that more musky are killed by releasing them.

 

S.

You got it.

12 bucks a dozen is absolute highway robbery. Every corner store in town here has them, about a dollar more per dozen. Sounds like they just found a hot area. If fishing was as easy as just dipping their worms in the right colour, it wouldn't be very fun.

 

Ive used em, they probably work just as well as normal worms most of the time, but beyond that I haven't seen anything special.