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Great report and pic Joeytier Sweet reward for your efforts!!! congratulations Thanks for sharing Leechman

Good looking chrome for sure Congratulations Leechman

What a great way to end the season.... congratulations Woodsman Those are real nice looking Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report Uncle Buck Couldn't ask for a better day that's for sure I use a 6" manual auger and it doesn't require much efforts in drilling them additional holes that is required throughout the day. Live bait is not essential but comes in handy when the fish are finicky Again good job and thanks for sharing Leechman

Thanks twilight!!! I'm so proud of her and couldn't ask for any thing better Thanks Bruce!!!! Her smile says it all and yesterday was just so perfect Thanks b2kptbo!!! Thanks fishnsled!!! Yes... memories for a life time for sure

Great report and pics silvio Must of been an adrenaline rush to land that pig..... congratulations Now you got to change your avatar with an excellent choice of pics!! Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics camillj That's a real beautiful whitie you got there.... congratulations Got to love it when you can take off the added clothing and enjoy time out on the hard surface!! Again good job and thanks for sharing Leechman

Thanks JohnAB!!! Thanks Cliff!!! She's one proud little girl and daddy included

Thanks Jack!!! she had a couple of chances and on the second, she was successful

Thanks Brian!!!! an epic moment that I will cherish for ever

Great report and pic Cliff Must feel real good to get that skunk off your shoulder Real beaut You got rewarded big time for your efforts.... Great job Thanks for sharing Leechman

Thanks Terry!!! I'm real proud of her and guess what.... she wants to go next Friday cause it's a day off from school and specifically told me to book Friday off at work LOL If the ice is safe enough.... will have another go at it Thanks Roy!!! I was so excited when she landed this beaut that I took a pic and then wanted a vid of the release..... don't ask me what happened but didn't turn out on the camera All I have is this.... and you can actually see the high five as shadow in this vid.... here it is I think I'll add this to my original thread cause this is a moment that I can't forget

Thanks Mike!! Thanks smokin joe!!! I sure was glad to finally land a few Thanks LBH!!!

Today the plan was for my daughter and I to hit Lac Leamy for some quality time out on the hard surface. Got up at 8:15am, temp was 0C and no wind, perfect Left home at 8:45am and got to destination at 9:00am. No one around to be seen, had the lake to ourselves Did not target the same area as yesterday in front of the creek, went a little further near the beach. We were on top of a weed bed in about 12 - 15 fow. This was my daughters first outing on ice and I was real excited about that. On our way over, I explained the different scenarios of when a fish strikes on how / when to set the hook. She took it all in and I could see it in her eyes that she was as pump as me about this trip. As soon as we arrived, drilled the first hole and got a tipup setup with a dead minnow. Within seconds, the tip goes down and I yell "THERE'S A FISH MELISSA GO FOR IT..." She reached for the line, felt the bite and yanked to set the hook, she pulled on the line and landed her first ever perch Here's a pic of it I was so proud of her.... Way to go girl After that I drilled my second hole and setup the tipup the same as the first.... and what do you know, tip goes down and it's my turn I land a perch also, here's the pic and this shot of her manning the lines At this point I'm thinking that somehow this would not be the end so I drilled another hole for the jigging rod, got setup with jig / spoon type of lure tipped with white fish fry. I jigged for a couple of minutes and then my daughter says to me, "can I try it..." I gave her the rod and shot a little video of her.... here it is While she was having fun, my first tipup goes down, I ran to it and set the hook and landed my second perch. Here's the pic Then at around 10:00am it went dead so I drilled another hole for Melissa nearby. She went to it and got busy jigging.... Then it happens.... big strike WHAM, reel is screaming and this fish was going psycho on her and then nothing It managed to get off the treble hooks. Melissa was like "What happened... I had this fish..." So I says to her "this sometimes happens but keep jigging.... it just might come back for another strike". At this point Melissa is more determined to stick it out and work hard. I drilled another hole for her a little further out but she did not get any strike. So after a little while i says to her "may be you should try the same hole that you missed the big fish", she proceed to it and what do you know.... you guessed it WHAM!!!!! another big fish hit..... she set's the hook and the battle begins.... I tell her to take her time and keep steady pressure on the line.... she did extremely well and landed her very first pike Here's is the pic Watching her fight this fish was so amazing and I'm real happy that she got another shot at it.... man what a rush At around 1:00pm we called it day and went home..... that was the best 4 hours I spent on ice this year and couldn't be more happier for my daughter. All in all we caught 4 fish and 2 of them were Melissa's PB!!!! All fish were CPR'd Hope you enjoy Leechman

Dang.... and here I thought I had the lake to myself

Great report and pics Cliff Don't sweat it Cliff... at least you got out and tried and that is the most important thing in my books You did accomplish a hell of a job today.... snapping them pics and want to thank you for that Tomorrow I'm going to try the same lake as this morning and my daughter is coming along hope she gets a big one..... will report back tomorrow Jacques

WHO'S THAT :lol: Must be the best fishing machine there is HEY

Congratulations malcolm for your first Must feel real good to finally land one Thanks for sharing Leechman

Cliff I can't believe that you haven't had any luck on lady simcoe.... they've been catching them left and right lol Like I said before, I'm as guilty as any Will be waiting for your report!! Jacques

Don't beat yourself up over it.... stuff like that happens to the best of us I'm as guilty as any

Great report and pics Jack You sure know how to get them beauty trout congratulations Keep up the good work!! Thanks for sharing Leecman

Great report and vids Terry Good looking whitie.... congratulations Got to love the ice scratchers for doing it's job!! Thanks for sharing Leechman

I've only caught one of them this year, first time targeting them and let me tell you they taste real good. I prefer whities over walleyes to tell you the truth!! I cooked the whitie filets the same way as I would the walleye, in the pan with butter, salt and pepper and a touch of garlic salt to taste. Doesn't taste any better than that!! Leechman

No I don't. Always been fishing with them for the longest time and never had a problem. When the perch are on the feed, they don't mind it at all. The reason I use them is that the body of waters we have up here are infested with pike and don't want to loose a fish for a hook that would brake off easily. Another funny thing is that I don't target perch at all and seemed to hook them all the time

Yes Glen them Kershaw knives sure are one of the best ones out there... I simply love mine. The characteristic that I like about it is that the blade is not too stiff, makes for easier stroking along the fishes spine to get both fillets. And I agree that Mike needs to be prepared when he finally lands a fish on ice LOL Just kidding Mike