limeyangler

Thanks SP.....i noticed you joined a slightly colder fishing site too

Awesome stuff Stoty! Thanks for the info on the lure.....i saw those somewhere but hesitated to buy as it seemed like one of those new lures that come out every year that attract anglers rather than fish....i might just buy one or two now. Great advice on safe ice too, i personally have walked on 3" of black ice, there was snow on it but that snow arrived after the ice had formed to that thickness, however i did not feel comfortable fishing on it...personal preference or 'pucker factors' vary....lol. This year has been an nightmare for ice here with the huge dump of snow we had just as the lakes froze. The deep trout lakes should have good ice this year as they missed the snow and locked up just after the stuff dumped...but the shallower walleye lakes are gonna be treacherous, slushy and very dangerous for a while if not all year!

Got out on the ice last Sunday(my computer has been down since i then hence the delayed report). Still not enough ice after 3 weeks since the lake froze...snow...snow...snow...i have grown to hate the stuff...on the bright side the snow makes my snowmachine insurance premium seem a bit more worth it...lol. Anyway...here's my uneventful first line down of a new ice season....should be getting out 'for real' this weekend....YAY! <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV4knRVQ3mw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV4knRVQ3mw?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=jV4knRVQ3mw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

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Dear Mr. JB, I am writing to you to inform you of my utter contempt for you. How dare you only go fishing once in a while (using as your pathetic excuse family and work commitments) yet attract the attention of such magnificent piscatorial specimens, and then shamelessly flaunt said fantastical creatures in a most cruel way through the medium of photography on a public forum. Shame on you once again for being solely responsible for evoking the vilest of emotions (jealousy). To add insult to injury, you do all this unsavoury work at a time when I find myself extraordinarily unable to access safe ice and catch a fish for myself I hate you most thoroughly Yours Sincerely, Limeyangler PS....WTG....AWESOME REPORT, PICS, AND FISH

Hey Ron, great story, glad it had so many happy endings. Cant say i'm in a sympathetic mood though(not that you require or asked for sympathy...lol)because we also got a huge snowfall here this year...my snowbanks are higher than they normally get all winter and that was in 1 week! Please go out and find that guy running the grader and tell him if he ever needs a job come up to Dryden...our guy is incompetent...or is that incontinent...probably both....lol. anyway great story....thanks for the read. Simon

Thats freekin' awesome...what a cool looking beastie!

nice Pike...done!

My snowmachine is useless too with all this snow, i cant even get on Wabigoon off my lawn as its upto 3'-4' deep on the slope down to the water! I certainly wont be 'breakin' any trails this year! This is true Whopper, Lac Seul was quite the sight at walleye opener....around 5' down on normal levels.

I have sunk into a deep depression....i cant remember the last time i did not fish once in 2 weeks...the physical withdrawal symptoms are almost upon me, the mental symptoms started much earlier. The ice formed in one afternoon a week and a half ago as you said JB, and that evening it started to snow...and has not stopped..i snowblowed everyday last week...the snowdrifts in my yard were upto 5' high. There is no safe ice here at all, and temps are set to be pretty high for this time of the year...with over 2 feet of snow on the ice....1/2"....it dont look good. I did get out today thinking there would be enuff...only to find absolutely no ice at Eagle lake...just a 1" layer of frozen slush with 2 feet of snow on top.....and in front of our house the nice 2" of clear ice with 4" of hard white ice has turned to a similar consistency of the ice we found at Eagle lake.....very depressing....here's 2 pictures from today..... thanks for thinking about me....i have to go to the chemist now and get my medication.....lol

WOW! thoats awesome fishing boys!

Yup, brain freeze...lol...that would be it I just swapped over to power pro red stuff from from the berkely 'crystal' stuff.....the PP was awesome for the first week, casted for miles,but was getting loads of wind knots. Now it doesnt even outcast my other reel with berkely crystal still on it, the only reason i have not thrown it in the garbage too is because it 'feels' better fior bite detection, somehow feels heavier and lighter at the same time, reel nice line for straight jigging walters in deep water, oh yeah...unnuver reason i aint canned it is because at $20 a spool i will keep going till i wind knot the whole spool off!!!! wont be long.

WOW.....every fish bar one smashed my PB...awesome fishies! Question JB.....did you not swap over to your buddies bait? Great report....not long for the ice by the sounds of your slush filled reels

how do i sign up to be a 'pro staffer?

THATS INSANE WALLEYE FISHING!

I just watched Lake Wabigoon go from open water to ice cover in one afternoon! There are still a few open puddles and i cant see the whole lake...none the less...pretty cool! I woke to strong winds and minus 15...i was watching the steam rise off the lake thinking...well there goes the last of the heat from the water...wasn't wrong! temps all double digit minus and upto -21 nights on the 15 day forecast....i'll give it a week and a half before i'm drilling holes.

that really is cool!

Wow...awesome catches! really great pics too.

Good luck Mike, you'll be back on the tribs b4 ya know it

DOOOOOD....no in depth write up necessary...pics say it all. Love the undewater shot. I 2nd bring on the ICE!

Great one beans......this is another 'classic'? <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCsQk8xTJU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCsQk8xTJU?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=MLCsQk8xTJU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

I knew i'd regret that comment Nice fish in that pic btw

Hi all, Winter came with a bang this year, temps below zero the norm day and night whereas as last week i was soaking up rays in the boat on mirror waters. Luckily i winterized the boat, just didn't get it in the garage before the snow came......ooooops! Anyways...woke up yesterday morning to a snow covered landscape......my boy was too young to remember snow so he had a blast discovering snow for the first time so to speak............. After a morning of fun with Jack.....the lad wolfed down a HUGE lunch and was definitely the exausted side of tired by 1pm. Jack and Mum headed for a nap and i headed to catch supper.....i only had an hour but the lake i was at is only a few minutes up the road....and i usually stretch an hour I think i wasted the first 20 minutes using my sinker and floating jig set up, because as soon as i changed to a oddball jig and large sucker minnow the bites were fast and furious. If i hadn't missed as many bites as i did i would have had 4 on the stringer no probs....but luckily the 2 i kept were 17" and 20"......more than enough for our feed! The small minnow ponds and lakes that are sheltered are already froze over.....i'll be firing up the auger for real by 1st week of December, possibly earlier. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9zuDj-bb4s?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9zuDj-bb4s?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=p9zuDj-bb4s?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Nice ride Jacques......looks real plush on the inside.

Your a little bit good at this bass fishin' thing eh Chris?