limeyangler

Another Tourney?....WOOT WOOT. Thanks Brian for taking up the job again....its appreciated.

Absolutely awesome post.....could not agree more with everything said. Moderators....you should 'sticky' this post somewhere.... I got my first clearwater trouting sessions experience this year...awesome to watch, now i just need to hook into some bigger ones like you did, plenty of venues here hold 'em, just need to arrange the proper amount of time to do it with the Ministry of Time Allowed on the Ice Great post....tight lines PS....loving the vid....more please. Simon

Judging by the size of that cat you took home more than your limit!!!!....lol Good job skeets.

Thanks Nip...i'm doing good at the moment. Yeah....it was good to get supper sorted so i could focus on the whitefish....to no avail...however it was good practice for next Sunday...Shoal Lake is usually a great days whitefish action. Nice 'eye you say........ WANNA SWAP FOR ONE OF THESE? Twas a feast for kings JB...lipsmackin good

Hi all, went to my favourite walleye lake withinn 15 sled ride. Was setting up my outside line, shack not even set up yet....wham...big girl comes rocketing off the bottom in 30' FOW to intercept my falling jig at 20'FOW....holy schmoly...i'd only been there 5 minutes and bagged me a 27"!!!! Unfortunately her swim bladder was in her throat and an eyeball froze almost as soon as i got her out...so what i would normally never keep was a supper fish after all Tasted freekin' great though and with the 17" i got too i've got lunch for me and my coworkers tomorrow too. Missed a bunch of bites, some i managed to get half way up before they managed to eject the hook....dunno how they do that. Anyway with supper sorted in the first 5 minutes i fished hard trying to catch some of the whitefish that are all over the screen all day long...i could get them to chase but none would do the right thing and commit to the tasty morsels i though i so deftly dangled before them....CURSE YOU FUSSY WHITEFISH...I SHALL REEP MY REVENGE!(heading to Shaol Lake for a whitefish session on Sunday) I tried every trick in the box....washed a lot of lures Good afternoon on the ice....not too cold.....and the action was good even if the fish count was lacking. Even the walleye were hyper fussy today....loads of fish coming in to lookkk...like a fish a cast...just had to get the right jiggy wiggy action to tease 'em to bite. TODAYS VID <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfrNd3506Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfrNd3506Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfrNd3506Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Nice!

Out with buddies on the ice...hmmmmm....does it get any better? Sounds freekin cold Geoff, the walleye dont bite at nite on most of the lakes i fish, but sometimes i almost stay till 8pm anyway...cuz packing up means turning the heater off and going outside...lol. Keep up the good workkk.

Nice one Rich. Crappie, perch and pike...lol...i have no idea what that other fish is...JK. Great pics BTW, specially the close up crappie.

Fantastic set ups guys, really sucks that Lowrance charge so much for stuff that obviously costs very little to make...i understand recouping design/research etc..etc...but come on...its a friggin velcro bag with a piece of molded plastic at the bottom....$160!!!???

real nice set up Mercman, and hats off to you for quitting smoking too.

Best of luck Doc....good move!

I dont go to restaurants aat all any more really. I'm not a bad cook myself and always end up resenting spending money on food i could make better myself. This was and is not always the case, however living where i do the choice is limited and i dont class chain restaurants and Mickey D's etc as 'restaurants'. I guess we have all had poor service and crappy food, for me this has happened so many times i cannot pick out one particular incident. What i can remember is the best food and service i have ever had....We were on holiday in a small hill top town in Italy at the foothills of the Alps near the French border and town of Nice. My parents have a house there and have known the local restaurant owner for a couple of years and service is always great and friendly. The restaurant itself is a converted 17th Century wine cellar with bread ovens going all day....the smell is amazing! Anyway, my wife and I both ordered the spinach ravioli and a lamb main course....OMG...i cant describe it really, but all natural/local ingredients , very simple...but out of this world...totally spoiled me for ever being able to enjoy pasta anywhere else! I dont drink alcohol but the others said the wine brewed in the village was awesome too. We also tried a restaurant by the coast 20 minutes drive from the village....GAWD AWFUL FOOD AND SERVICE!

Real nice 'eye, 61cms?....24"....my wife always tells me size don't matter anyway

Good on ya GBW....ive never had much joy with Crappie on the ice, go get 'em then share all the info with me

LOL...yeah...what Gerrit said....and dont drop it in your minnow bucket either...lol...dunno who'd do that

LOL.Spiel...thanks...mind you i usually take the hating as i sign i'm doing something right!

Fantastic fish porn TD....love the pics of the ice...dude...you dont need a snowmachine...get some skates! Great post (as usual) Cheers Simon

Good to hear the calories are piling up for ya Steve...lol. Look forward to the Laker and whitie report. Cheers Simon

I'm sure Jacques...but this lake is only a few minutes up the road and is like having Lac Seul on the doorstep (for walleye anyway), I really need a 4 wheeler so i can get in there in the summer! Thanks Bernie

Thanks to the whole gang for the encouraging replies.....it came at the right time to restore my confidence...i was almost on a hatrick of skunkpoos for walleye. I dont actually eat that much believe it or not,i have lots of happy, well fed friends and neighbours Its possible just improbable....lol...how's it goin Rick...another year goin bye without hookin up? Wow....what a truly Phalic reply... Git 'er done JB...i'm waiting for the call

Ermmmm...good report...interesting pics.

Hi all, Went out for a couple of hours at 3pm. Was not expecting to catch anything....as i'd skunked for walleye the last 2 times i'bve been to this lake in the last 2 weeks. I was however under orders to get supper......pressure was on! The pressure increased because i managed to get a decent eater (16") on the ice almost immediately...then NADA for about half an hour until the BEAST hit, holy man was she a big girl....28" long and probably the same around...belly on it was huge....MY NEW ICEFISHING WALLEYE PB!!!! well pleased with that. The reason the pressure had increased though is i could not bring myself to keep her...back she went and i still needed another fish(at least ) for supper purposes. Well i got another about 16" and supper was delicious tonight, great little session again...and got the walleye skunk off my back in style. I always seem to do sooooo much better when i fish alone....weird...but true. Here's some pretty crappy video and a couple of pics. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlQC8QTy50?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlQC8QTy50?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlQC8QTy50?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

WOW...i must have been fishing a lot as the same time as you FP....cuz i dont remember seeing those pics....NICE TROUT AND WHITIES!

lots of good memories there Dan Hope this year is as good for ya...if not BETTER! Cheers Simon

Hi All. Got out for 2 hours today, same lake as my other trout reports, but its a nice ride door to door across the lake right from the house, no loading/unloading trailers etc, which given my windows of opportunity these days is perfect. The ice formed late this year on this lake, and happened during a real cold snap of about a week when we actually had no snow either...result, thick clear ice. This is really cool cuz when you shovel the spot for the shelter its window clear beneath your feet, watching the fish come up when they get to 20' below the ice is awesome! Fished in 57' FOW. Nothing really even on the graph for the first hour, tried a rattle trap lipless crank...got my first trout on it...the shine and rattle i think rang the dinner bell. Then the 'action' started...lots of bait on screen, lots of missed fish, got a couple of 25" and a ling too...then packed up and went home to sleep ready for night shift Here's the vid from this morning. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USeBnCjfTA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USeBnCjfTA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USeBnCjfTA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Tyler is you double Pete. Great pics....boat is a bit ugly.....JUST KIDDING...i'm jealous is all!