Well three of us headed up north saturday @ 3 am. After hearing about the ice not safe on Nippising we decided to head further north. Got a phone call from the wife around 5:30 to see if we were ok and ask if one of my friends ( newbie) had forgotten his snowpants LOL.
We arrived at the end of the Lake Temagami access road at 7:30am. First light WOOHOO!!! Unloaded our gear and we were off. Saw a snowmoblier coming off the ice as we were walking out. ( Good sign).
We walked out for 5 minutes and drilled a hole. 5" of ice. Tried here for a bit and didn't mark anything. We continued to move around and found 4-5" in most areas and a few spots were soft. Aound 10 oclock I drilled a hole and my Friend (newbie) was watching how the flasher worked as I was explaining to him how it worked I marked a fish and as I was working my spoon the fish continued to watch it until he decide to hit it. FISH ON!!! As I battled him for a few minutes I pulled out a walleye!! Took a quick measurement and picture 23" and chunky...in the slot size DOH!! back in she goes. Drop the spoon right back down and jig it for a couple minutes and mark a fish from the bottom and it came right up a foot fast and furious. FISH ON. I hand over the rod to my friend and he battles it for a minute and FISH OFF!!!
So we stayed here for a bit and after another hour my other friend gets one on he losses it at the hole. A nice 15-17" walleye. We hit another dry spell for a bit and then my friend has one on. HE brings it up a nice 2-3 lb laker quick pic and back she goes. We continued to mark fish but that was it for us . There was another group of guys come out and we invited them over. They landed 2 small lakers too.
Well it was good to finally get out on the ice. Just what the doctor ordered. Sorry, I had a bunch of pictures but, as we were driving home I got tired and switched drivers and as I got out of the seat I think I dropped my camera. So if anyone finds a camera along Hwy 11 it may be mine.
If anybody decides to go out make sure your careful. Let the drillin begin.
Thanks for reading.