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Great report Bunk , outstanding as usual . I have to agree about jigging for the lakers , there is something about that hard , screaming hit of a big lake trout in 60 feet of water . Those lake trout jigs look great !

They are kinda out of the shimano rod business when it comes to warranties yes (too many scammers) but give them a call anyway and they will help you or at the very least point you in the right direction .

Nice bass , I would say around 6lbs

I see you live in Mississauga , give Aikmans a call at 905 277 3595 . If it can be fixed/replaced under warranty they will help you out . Been dealing with them for years and no problems or questions asked !

Another epic trip and report Mike , I'm glad you are here as our northern Ontario , fishing adventures travel agent . I'm sure these reports you come back with help a lot of the members out here with there trip choices including me , you just have to decide which place because they all look so good . Thanks again Mike

Great story and like someone else pointed out the fishing gods will be on your side for sure , well done

Thanks for the report , well done ! I was out this weekend jigging for them too , same luck as you guys . They were there but were not moving on the jigs at all .

Great report as always Mike , That is some crazy pike action .

Thanks for posting , a bit of a concern to say the least !

Congrats to you Aaron !

Nice going , like the new boat !

Well done , a great feel good story to start my day

I know this has nothing to do with fishing but I thought I would share some pictures of my bluebirds from my property . A couple years ago I set out a bluebird box trail in my backyard to see if I could attract these somewhat rare and beautiful birds . After a lot of reading I came up with some box designs and locations and the boxes were set . It didn't take long for them to find the boxes and every year since they have been back like clockwork .The bluebird is a very interesting bird in that they will let you open up the box and check on the eggs/young (which you are suppose to do)and they will not bother you ,its like they trust you but if a crow or dog goes near the box they go crazy ! Anyways I could go on but I won't , here are a few pictures I took last night . Enjoy Hope my fellow birders enjoyed

I was out today taking the dog for a walk and swim in a local forest and river when I saw 2 rainbows in full spawning fight .The bed is in the bottom left corner of the pictures and the female was actually silver . I couldn't believe they would still be spawning in these temperatures but they were , strange spring indeed ! I won't give exact location but will say they were in a small trib. of the Notty and a looong way from the bay . Here are a couple pictures .

Great pictures , looks like you had a good year . Thanks for posting

I do the same Matt and over the years I have learned that you can never trust the forecast that far out but they are pretty close to predicting the temperatures so go with that ! I would say 3 days out they are somewhat close . Good luck on your trip and we expect a full report when you get back , did I say we like pictures

Jigging deep water lake trout .

Love the video , great job Jack

I'm no expert on the subject but have had experience with this in the past with regards to changing fish habitat and I would say that's a significant change and would require some sort of permit or MNR interaction .

Thanks for the comments guys . That williams trophy is for some reason a killer in that lake and then add the streamers , look out lakers !

Great pics. That last one is a brute

Wow , yes mother nature has been a fickle lady this year !

Nice lake you got there , beauty lakers !

I have to start out and say there is nothing like that first trip into the bush come spring . So many sights , sounds and smells in the bush come springtime I just love being out there ! As well all the planning/dreaming over the last couple months have finally come together . Our travel day started early from our meeting place in Barrie without a glitch and we all headed north 3 hours to our little parking lot in the bush trailering our atv's and gear . The trail into the lake was some what dry but the usual rock crawling is always the challenge especially on the way in with our quads completely loaded to the max . We keep our boats at the lake cached away so no trailering boats (once was enough) The trip on the trail is a long , slow ride with us covering 12km of trail in a little over an hour . Once at the lake it was time to setup tents and tarps as well cut a mess of wood , then we enjoyed a couple laughs about our journey in over some rums This would be my home for a couple days , nothing like waterfront real estate in the middle of nowhere We started the next day "fairly" early . This lake is a great jigging lake but once I turned on the lowrance I found out that the water was only 51 degrees I knew that the trout would be scattered and in the top 20 feet so we started trolling the shallow areas around the deep basins . The fish were active for our whole trip and trolling was the ticket in the morning and evening with jigging being the way to go come the afternoon . Here are a couple fish pictures I took , didn't take too many because these guys are really hard to hang on to for a picture . The lake trout in this particular lake do not grow very big (mostly bug eaters) but they sure make up for it with there fight . The average size on our trip was around 3-4lbs . We always have one fish fry on a trip and these guys are good cooked in some butter over a fire with some lemon This laker was the chosen one Just before hitting the pan The trip was a great one with good times and great fishing had by all . The blackflies were some what non existent which was a real plus as well . The lures of choice for me was a 1oz white bucktail jig and a silver/red Williams with a fly streamer trailering it attached by a 12" piece of flouro. The other guys had good luck with a silver/copper Sutton spoon trolled. Best depths for trolling seemed to be 25-35' and getting on and off the throttle a bit seemed to be the ticket . Jigging depths of 40-60' worked well but trolling was the way to go this weekend . Jigging will be better once the water warms up and they gather in the basins , just in time for my next trip ! Here are my setups for the weekend I have to mention Christopher K of our OFC family for making me my lake trout streamers , they were top quality and looked great as well they caught fish . On the last morning I caught all my lakers on CK's streamers . I think my friends will be ordering some for next spring . If anyone is intrested in getting some flies/streamers I would not hesitate in recommending Christopher for the task . Thanks again CK Here is a picture of the flies CK made me minus one that I lost on a nice laker Hope you enjoyed and I will be going back to this spot in the summer for some deep water lake trout and smallies Cheers Dave

Nice shot !