Joeytier

I've never kept shiners, just noting that they're more finnicky than dace

Yep. North of Parry Sound is still about half the price though

Try to keep the water it came in (don't use tap water). I've kept 20+ dace in a 5 L bucket for upwards of 2 weeks without any of them dying. Shiners are another story but if you're talking summertime I'm assuming you're talking chubs and dace...

Gangtrolls and williams spoon trailing 15-30" behind. Shouldn't need any weight as water will still be cold. There's lots of good articles online

I like how you challenge the masculinity of everyone who disagrees with you

Good day, sir

So in essence, it is completely fruitless to enforce our regulations and penalize people for illegally and negatively impacting our fisheries if the money doesnt feed directly into the resources? I'm as disgruntled as anyone over squandered funds but you must at least see te merit in enforcement?

As for the 'no reg books and out in full force' comment...that's a head scratcher. This thread shows CO's on one river, famous for blatant fisheries violations on the biggest day of the year for it...where exactly is the issue?

I get the whole issue of misuse of revenue generation and not going into the fisheries but it seems like you're literally huffing and puffing over any MNR enforcement of old and well-established regulations as if it's some hidden corporate agenda to fleece all the outdoorsman. I'd like to hear a CO chime in on that

It does matter cause theres the flip side. We were fishing from shore last night and there were approx 15-20 people there. CO performed the slow drive by, made a u-turn and left without even asking how the fishing was. Why bother coming around putting wear and tear on our truck and wasting our fuel?

 

 

Oh I know. There weren't any cameras and/or reporters. See my point now? When I punch the clock I bust my hump the whole 10-11 hours I'm there. Why? Cause it is what I'm paid to do.

You really believe the CO just showed up out of blue and decided not to check you guys because there was no potential for a photo op/press release? Give me a break...

I would be starting in <5' casting cleos and spinners to shoreline structure like boulders and overhanging timber. Trolling sand flats with wabblers and the like behind smaller gangtrolls can also work well. How clear is the water? No reason the splake should be any deeper than 20' during ice out period. They also really, really like worms so if you find an area where you know they're holding but have lockjaw that should do the trick...

As for the rainbows, wait until the water gets a little warmer and just flatline small spinners across the surface of the deepest basins in the lake!

Suckers are tasty. You should go catch a bunch and can 'em...hopefully you wont like them and then you can send them up to me!!

On Easter weekend we hit some open water where a river dumps in, the rest of the lake was ice. We trolled 3 flat lines, trying different baits. All fish came on spoons and by the end of the day, everybody had a spoon on and the body baits went back into the tackle bag. Nothing big though.

 

 

If you've got the time, I guess experimenting with both would be good though

 

let us know how you do with a report when you get back

I'll be flatlining wabblers behind a gangtroll this weekend...works excellent for me. Never experimented much with hard baits for lakers, but if I did I'd be running jointed original rapalas! If you need a little more depth, add a 3-way/bell sinker set up

Love the photos. Memorable trip for the both of ya's

But they look so pretty butterflied in a pan with a bit of butter and flour, salt, and pepper

Things really opened up this week with all the wind and rain. I went for a scoot down some logging roads behind my place and the snow is about 80% gone and the pot lakes are wide open.

This trail would have had 2 feet snow not long ago...ice out trout happening this weekend!

Use a smaller piece of worm and maybe a slightly larger hook. I wouldn't go as small as a 12 or 14, 8 or 10 should be fine

Nice going guys. The big kitty cats are super fun!!

May long will be prime time laker time

Good stuff!!

Looks like a nice day to be out. I wouldnt fish any deeper than 6/7 FOW especially this time of year

Not many (if any) other teams have played Boston as well Montreal over the last few years. It will be a great series

That looks like a ton of fun

Took a quick scoot over to the Kipawa launch to see how the lakes looking...

Ohh man I miss the rezzie browns! Awesome troot

Cool! 26 incher is a great first steelie! That's some skinny water, I assumed you would've been targetting resident trout