limeyangler

Thanks Cliff, smiles are good medicine 😊. I’ve done the plastic challenge for walleye in the boat before, same result every time, I pull up on a reef where the bite is on and have always found the “outfishes live bait” claim to be just that, a claim. For sure it catches but it’s 10:1 in my experience. So I was quite excited to even get a bite and to watch fish on the livescope swim right past the minnow and hammer the plastic increases my confidence, the latter being 75% of success a lot of the time.

Hi all, At the beginning of the month my local tackle shop held a promotion and we’re choosing 10 lucky people to receive a complimentary sample of some new plastics they are selling, I was one of the lucky few that got a pack. I was sceptical when the shop owner told me they were hammering walleye with them, I’m almost exclusively a live bait guy for walleye on the ice, but gave it a go. I got out twice for walleye and once for trout in the two weeks since I got the lures. The first day out for walleye was a slow day, only saw 3 fish but caught them all, 1 on a minnow and then the other two to my surprise ignored the minnow and hammered the plastic. Two days later I went for walleye again, my confidence in the plastic was higher and although I got one on a minnow the rest took the plastic. I even got a whitefish on them, which really surprised me because the whities on that lake are so finicky. About a week later I went for trout. I got a really nice one on the paddle tail, a bait I’d never tried before. Since they caught fish and I could give a positive review I decided to do do just that…. Fun video. I’m not sponsored nor have I received any compensation from the brand, just an honest user review with a mention of my local tackle store.

The lake we were on is absolutely infested with smelt, they are an invasive species in that lake. Sometimes the graph will show the smelt come through so thick that in 50’ FOW it goes from 10 feet under the ice to the bottom. Everything in that lake is (excuse the pun) stuffed to the gills…..and BIG!

Hi all, We got into the lakers today, so cool watching them under the ice as they come up. Got four for the morning, saw a bunch and had a couple get off. Got them on a tube jig, a blade bait, a rattle trap and a white paddle tail...they got the full smorgasbord treatment today.

I almost expect lake trout to get off, they are Houdini fish. I actually love those St.Croix rods, good all round rod, the reels suck but the drag works ok in a warm shack. I lost another one right of the beginning of my little sesh and lost two whitefish too, did not land a single fish in 4 hours, also had a bunch of lookers and chasers but failed to entice them to bite, quite a busy morning.

Great report… thanks. Love the baby Snook.

The crash can happen really suddenly too.

Hi all, had a bit more time today and my neighbour and me took the longer trek down the lake to a good crappie hole. Fishing was decent and we got a couple of nice walleye too.

That was the warm up for today with my neighbour.

Hi all, dropped the kid off at school and then loaded the snow machine for an epic journey of 1.5kms to the ice road for crappie. Had not fished that spot so far this year, and its not my favourite spot, but there are (small) fish there and its close to home. I braved the elements as I was trying out drilling a grid, which I always do for crappie, but this time I had the grid set up so I could chase the fish with the Active Target, worked a treat and with the grid spaced out in 5' increments it was really fun to pin point a hole 20' feet away, walk over , drop a line and see the fish there with my regular fishfinder. Not many big ones today, actually no big ones, but i kept 10 acceptedle sized ones and threw a few drinks back. Its meant to be warmer here the next couple days and i'll be getting out to a better crappie spot for sure...TIGHT LINES!

Turns out it will be fine dining, for my neighbour....my culinary plans got scuppered by work, not that he'll be complaining.

Sounds delicious! I’m going to try doing pan seared so it has a crispy skin with a caper and olive vinaigrette type deal.

Thanks buddy!

Usually I don’t head out when it’s that cold, but I was really bored… lol.

Hi all, Got on the lake about 1pm and left at dark. I drilled a few holes in different spots but in the end settled for the spot i got some on the other day as that was the only spot i marked anything moving. Waited an hour and a half before three came along at once and then it shut down. A 20" and a 17.5" walleye landed and another one got off at the hole, then a few whitefish showed up and I coaxed one to bite. Luckily there was no wind as it was around -20℃, but the shack was toasty.

Hi all, Been colds heck here, so hooked up the Otter and headed out to try my Active target on the ice for the first time. I was not sure of ice thickness or if the creeks were frozen for access, but it was all good, surprisingly there was close to 14" of good black ice, with almost not enough snow for my machine. Anyway, got into some pike before I even got the camera on or the tent set up and then sat for a couple of hours being run a merry dance by some smaller whitefish. I was beginning to think the walleye were on a day of until literally the last cast and watched a 24"walleye smack my line. Got it up, quick picture and back it went, fun couple of hours.

Welcome aboard Darrin!

A deer got nailed by wolves a week earlier 50 yards from where I was fishing, we figured that’s where it came from, nothing but blood and a few tufts of fur left.

It’s been +C temps for 4 days here, found this bugger out ice fishing yesterday.

Oh jeez, I don’t wanna ever go through, not even up to my ankles… lol.

Managed to squeak in an hour at the bridge after getting all my Xmas shopping done for another year, good way to unwind from the madness. Got a walleye supper out of the deal too.

8” inches…..missed 3…..caught 1.

Hi all, Went down to the lake with my son to check the ice….close to shore there was 2 feet of snow on top of 3” of ice, only 2” was good ice…. Not even gonna go further out to the bit that froze later. On the way up to the house Jack asks if the Bravo still runs, so we went and dug it out from the back of the garage. Hadn’t run it for 2 years, but 10 pulls or so later and she fired up! Dumped 10” of snow last night so we took it for a spin in the yard………

They definitely make a difference but tire prices are insane! But the thought of losing a loved one is also unthinkable. Maybe some kind of government rebate and reduced insurance premium would help, whether or not it is made mandatory.