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Very true!! They've been hitting the new TriggerX Goby tube like crazy!!

right on, anxious for lakers to open here in zn11, feb 15th.

beauty work, A1 vid in my mind, some nice looking fish. mostly on the grey silver tube? and i can relate when you say your "normal" fishing buddy. i think "usual" fishing buddy would suit mine a little better than "normal" haha.

i have my ways

many splake lake trout and specks i have caught have been immediately after drilling a hole. often in less than 3 fow. going back to them never hurts. worms may also be a good way to entice a picky trout. hopefully next trip in is more successful.

awesome on you guys for tenting it. wish I had of seen this post sooner. a liter of water with a dozen dace minnows would have lasted the night, punch a few holes in the bottle and sink it overnight, wont freeze. dew worms on a set line would have been a good idea as well.

none the less i'm surprised you didn't get any, its heavily stocked every two years and stocked in 2012, a handful of of small 10-14 inchers should have been hungry. although similar to brookies they can be picky. weather change over the weekend likely didn't help.

hopefully the next report has just as nice of scenery and a few fish mixed in as well.

Captain’s Rant: Nipissing Opening Date - May Long Weekend

 

The issue is simple: Open the May Long Weekend fishing season on the Friday instead on the Saturday.

 

Many of my guests wait all year long for just one special weekend of spring fishing … and 1 whole day of the 3 day weekend is robbed from them.

monday is the holiday not friday, so in that case no one is "robbing" your clients of a 3 day weekend.

I search CT online, but did not see any augers on sale. Their flyer states ice fishing stuff is on sale but doesn't mention specifics.

jan 18th through to jan 24th manual ice augers on sale 59.99-95.99 page 17 of the flyer.

augers are on sale at ct right now, either fin or swede bore normark augers. been using one for years no issues. either way do yourself a favour and put vaseline on the blades during the off season. and often wal mart will have major clear out sales on ice fishing stuff come spring, blades go on as cheap as 10 bucks a set. keep a spare set handy incase you find a rock or stone just under the ice.

Thanks for the pics guys now I know how much ice is still on my lake. Was out on a splake yesterday in the boat. 100% open now.

61 674 lbs is what 4 million in loonies would weigh in at. So 9 mil would put it over limit for sure, hope all recover fully

Not gonna lie Simon but I would have been happy with this weather had it hit the start of April. Had quite the trouble getting the skidoo into my little trout lake Saturday.

Try changing the prop if there is no line stuck on your drive Shaft the props will wear on the slot where the sheer pin is and you will lose speed. Happened on my endurance as well as Minn kota after only a couple years.

Was out on a small lake trout fishing yesterday, 8" in most places some with 6, lost about an inch yesterday on the surface and 20 degrees here the next 2 days. Likely be open on the shoreline. North bay area where I was

Haha, took the skidoo into a lake trout lake today, and drilled holes through 24" of ice. Oh yea yesterday I drove the truck out on Nipissing to pull a buddys shack and had to drill through about 30 inches there. not gonna lie but I can take another 3 weeks of winter.i

what?

his 2 way play is probably one of the best on that team.

Haha you're right. Just goes to show how terrible the rest of the forwards are in their zone.

I'm s sens fan so nolan behind the bench I don't want to see. He would be the best thing to happen to the make ya laffs. But then again Toronto is the city where leaves bloom in the fall and die in the spring.

20" on trout lake as I type. And 30 out on Nipissing in places. Still a bunch of ice fishing here for me.

Great report Chad. One of the big ling I caught last week had a lamprey mark on it as well

I can't figure out how to get that wallie pic From my phone to OFC

Thanks for the fish Chad, had a great time. Congrats on the nice eye too.

Wow! lol

 

Second fish is a pike perch, or sander luciaperca. Amazing though nonetheless

a zander, they once stocked a lake in the states with them, cleaned the lake out and scared the government so they killed the lake off a couple years after so the american zander record was like 3 lbs, until a few years ago a lady caught one that made it through the "lake kill off" and it was 17 lbs i believe it was in an ood mag a few years back.

All stocked speckles in Ontario are Nipigon strain, where do you think the MNR get the broadstock from?

Inorrect Bill.

many in this area come from the hills lake algonquin park strain, some are nipigon strain, espanola uses a hybrid, bracebridge uses the hills lake strain as well as another strain not from nipigon.

my south shore monster was'nt quite that big but darn close had to have been at least 100.....mm sign me up for the gtg Blair, as long as work isnt calling i should be in.

the williams whitefish always came with them, i can't stand them, make a mess in the line while jigging, always tangled, never have i have i had a fish come up with just one of them hooks holding the fish, toss em and use a trailer hook.

Don't forget some micro jigs and some waxworms to tip 'em with......saved the day several times for me when they wouldn't "pickup" anything bigger!

judging by where you're from and your pic you dont have a clue about big specks eazy. HAHAHA JK micro jigs and wax worms are a shot in the dark kinda desperation thing but you're 100% right they have saved my butt on a few occasions too.

I totally agree on dropping back down quick after a miss...almost all my best specks came dropping the half dead minnow back down or a fresh one down quick if I was stripped. I always try to chase a ringing bell on a set line with minnow bucket in hand...just in case!

 

ps. I love the chartreuse colored hooks like your pink ones....never tried or even seen pink though!?

another thing i'll do is leave a minnow in the snow right near the hole in case i do get stripped. toss it on quick and get it back down.

i dont know if i catch more fish becasue the pink hook but it adds a little something, the gammy's are super sharp and strong. i know i dont catch less fish because the colour but they are great for looking down the hole, if the pink disappears when you see a specky hit, you know its time to set hook.