Freshtrax

Love how dark it is.., nice fish man.

Ya I figured as much. I dont want to drive 3-4 hours to a lake and have no luck. Doesnt seem like theres any info online either.

 

Thanks anyways

Ha, that's part of the game with brookies, we just did a hellacious hike yesterday had to break trail in waist deep snow for 3 km for one fish. Wouldn't trade it for the world. The harder to get to the better the fishing generally , but when brookies have lockjaw there just plain not going to eat. Also allot of Brookie lakes are no live bait just as a heads up.

There was a "stumpy" when I swam with them too in Bahamas. They Said she was a bad girl that's how she ended up stumpy. There cool , feel kinda like raw chicken on the underside.

My deepest condolences Paul, I can't imagine the heartbreak.

Nice , those slimy beasts are fun.

Soon buddy spring browns are around the corner , and if you want to hit niagara any time you have my number.

Looks like an awesome trip. Well l done.

Funny looking ford. . Congrats

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even with the exchange and duties this would be a steal

 

Just saw that boat today, if be all over that if I was in the market today.

The collar was pink and it was a female that was shot.

Awesome report! Now you got me thinking to planning a trip. I know Terrace Suites is an outstanding facility. Good to know Tama Kwa will put you on some fish. I guess Tama Kwa doesn't rent their cottages in the winter ( probably not winterized?)

They have preferd rates as well. I won't post on here but it's a deal. Yea there cottages are electric heat he is working on having one set up for next year he said.

did you weigh it? Im so off when it comes to walleye weights, plus what lake you are fishing makes all of the difference.

Lol all in original post 9.75 lbs

i guess i got confused because the zone 11 restrictions say that you must keep between 16 and 23...so nip has its own reg entirely.

Yep 2 over 18.1 with a sport. This was 28.5

Things a gross beast. Congrats.

My fathe inr laws friend shot one , it was in the tree above the kids play set just outside smiths falls. He had tried calling Mnr as he had sighted it a few times. They said no such thing. They showed up a few days after he shot it looking for the raido collar it was wearing.

All very good points made here. My StarCraft is powered by a 115 Mariner which is a Yamaha/Merc hybrid. I have found that Merc mechanics are becoming more rare. Mercury has very specialized tools and not all dealers are willing to invest the bucks for them. There is no longer any Merc specific marine parts/repair place here in Haldimand and the closest dealer to me is almost an hour to Simcoe at Proctors Marine.

 

Having a dealer to service locally is important. Buying a boat in cottage country may save some money but having to tow it up there for warranty service gets expensive if that's their policy.

I guess you will have to sell that boat to me then, not only do I have a merc dealer down the street but it's in my mind one of the best rigs out there.

Thanks for all the kind words guys , I'm going to mount this one it will be my second attempt at taxidermy will pst pics when it's done.

Always love your fishing reports Andrew! What bait did you guys get the pike on? I would love to catch a pike one day ice fishing. I too caught my first ever walleye a couple of weeks ago on Nosbonsing.

 

These ones were jig and 3 inch shiner if I were targeting pike I'd use a bigger minnow hooked through the back on a tip up about half way to the bottom. I did see a monster pike swiming under the hole on day one was cool to sight fish him but could not get it to commit.

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 !

Are you open to interior camping or strictly car camping?

Not as bad here as it is on spoonpullers. I'll give hot lures but never fow and port of call on that site again. Battle boats the next day, and my boat is fairly conspicuous. I'm in agreance smaller lakes should not be named on the Internet. Read my signature.

Nice didn't know that. I will be using it in open water too I ve had no issues with the regular ducers in the past through the ice.

Thanks for the heads up I just grabbed one at local store for the ice / tinner duty little trouble getting them to pricematch. nice upgrade from the old piraña max.

Find someone with the correct tools and knowlage to remove bullet charge and primer then but bullet back in.

I had a similar experience when I got into trolling. A gear broke on the first use on and they could not even sell me a replacement part, after many emails I decided to not purchase rapala rods and reels ever again... I can't help it with a few of their lures they are just too good. Shame.

Awesome, with I lived closer still

Great way to ring in the new year !