at Christmas a few of my family members asked me if I wanted to go on an ice fishing trip with them. I was excited as a few of them had never been. The tough part was planning a trip with short notice and not much safe ice around.
Gave a call short notice to Tama-qwa on south shore of nip. was recommended by a member here and they were more than accommodating. Great small operator to fish with,, and has a sweet arrangement with Terrace Suites in Calander.
day 1
Picked up a the hotel bright and early by Nikko a quick drive to his place and he ran us out to the huts . We had fish within minutes. The day was steady with a walleye every half hour, With some pike and perch mixed in. 3 pm rolled around and it was nonstop action till 6 . Lost count of how many walleye many double and triple headers. Fish were suicidal. Nothing huge smallest was 14 biggest was 17.5 it was almost a joke by the end we just wanted to unhook and get back down to the bottom for another fish. It was so much fun so share with a few rookie fisherman. I've never whitnesed anything like it . We lost a few keepers but none were iced on day 1. By our best guess we landed 40-50 walleye. And lost many more.
Headed back to the hotel for a nice steak dinner in the attached restaurant.
Day 2
Hot breakfast , pickup by Nikko we all had high hopes from the day earlier but we had to leave at noon so we knew we would miss the evening bite.
The fishing was a little slower we had to work the fish harder to get bites but ended up with a few and my new PB walleye 10 minutes before we had to leave. 28.5 inches and 9.75 lbs.
Fish were caught on lures but the hot item was simple jig and shiner. Fish were light biting and didn't really strike just felt like dead weight. They were so tight to bottom we rarely marked the fish we were catching . Just the occasional bump on bottom.
Anyways here's the fish porn.
We just wanted one to eat
First ever walleye
A cool shot
Nice pike
And my new PB
To put in perspective me and my cousin are 6'3" and 6''4"
Needless to say I think we were spoiled a bit !