limeyangler

Good stuFF! sometimes the crowds just aint worth the hassle!

Great report Mike, your ma did a fine job with the camera too. What did you use for bait for the suckers? That 2nd pic got me going...that there is the perfect size sucker minnow for a big fat Lac seul walleye.... thanks for posting....looking forward to more.

Great stuff Tibbs...i also love the underwater shots. Is it mandatory to catch and release...or just your choice....just wondering is all

LOVE IT!

Great Video Jacques, tough bite eh? yeah...it happens...but you got one , that helps. gotta love those mepps black fury...so effective for so many species...i even caught walleye on those last year when everything else was not working. I should send you my raw video footage so you can do the production work...great job on the vid!

i hope so jacques, lol.....they certainly have been elusive Dont mind at all Nemo....the 3rd pic is also my desktop wallpaper/background now too.

LOL...just looked at the vid...it does have a flying feel to it...makes the boat look like its fast too......really shes the slowest hunk of junk in the galaxy. It sure is Blue Lk, are'nt you out on blue lake hammering the lakers yet?...come on...what ya waiting for! Tis true Bruce..... the black flies are a pain. Not so bad when out in the boat around where we are....the real annoyance are the 'ankle biters'....they look like regular house flies but bite the hell outta your ankles...they can bite right through socks too....some days the boat is full of them....and they just sit on the hull when you move so they are ready to snack again when you stop....no geting away from them...lol. lemme know when your up this way....might get out in a boat together

Great place to wet a line Bruce......do you need any blackflies sent down?

Went out to get (try and get again) some crappie............... <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> The sun started to dip and the crappie were still nowhere to be found. They are in there somewhere......i tried on the ice and got one nice 13" one......but have been unsuccessful finding them in any numbers. As it started to get darker a few big arcs on the fishfinder would come up and check the bait...but would not take. I tried everything from slip bobbers to the same jigs i use on the ice, small rapalas (suspending), beetlespins, leeches(gulp), those tube jig things with the feathers at the end, minnows , northland minnow jigs, but nada, zip, zilch....lol I headed back home feeling frustrated but the awesome sunset soothed my mood and ironed out my somewhat furrowed brow....cant beat the NW Ontario sunsets.....

wow...those are nice perch...good job....here's to your next PB

Nice fish man....real nice

lol...good one!

Stunning scenery dmasse, like someone else said...look forward to more pics.

Cuba looks awesome....i know sitting by a pool is nice....but wow....with beaches like that...i know where i'd be. As for your balcony view...AWESOME....looks like a great time was had here TJ...thanks for sharing. what was the place you stayed called....would be interested. Thanks for sharing

Its like waiting for a bus....nothing for 2 hours then 4 come along at once! Isn't that just the funkiest ginger 'fro ever! Thanks Mike......yeah....i gave him a bit of a verbal earbashing for 10 minutes after that, i hate that on any fish....even more so on a musky! but it was cool to get one so unexpectedly. Thanks Jacques, sunrise was truly breathtaking...it was friggin' cold (-1C) but flat calm....just so tranquil. Yeah....i did not want to even take her/him out for a picture, plenty of time for that in season, luckily it was a walleye spinner so no trebles, and right in the corner of the mouth. Thanks Fisherdude, yeah...fishing kinda sucked, but might just have been worse than it really was cuz my expectations were too high...lol...nah...fishing sucked...lol Thanks for pointing that out Roy, nuff said i fink

Good stuff Bruce...i've only ever caught a sucker once...about the same size as your picture....but man did it put up a good fight! cheers for the report. Simon

I went through 3 berkely 'cherrywood' rods once in 2 weeks. Same thing...snapped each time while casting, was only casting size 3 Mepps 'black fury'. I know they were cheap at $29, but if you are marketing something as a spinning rod and it breaks whilst using it for that purpose...its pretty crappy if ya ask me. Took it back to walmart each time and they refunded it.......raised some suspicious eyebrows from the customer service lady who refunded 2 of them for me in as many days....i wont be buying any more Berkely rods ever again. Can you not take it back to where you bought it for a refund ?

Hi all, First of thanks to Leechman, GBW, Steverobotham, Ben_Daniels, Cudz, Garnet and Dr. Salvelinus for your quick responses to my smallmouth bass queries. Unfortunately all the good advice was to no avail....not a bass anywhere to be had. Like i mentioned in the bass post, i had fished this lake for Lakers twice before, and skunked both times. However on the second outing ....determined to catch a fish before going home i threw a mepps out in a small bay and got a bass...and another and another. That was 3 years ago....and i was completely green around the gills(pun intended) when it came to fishing freshwater fish species up here. Since then though, despite the steep learning curve, i think i have got at least a little bit better and do quite well, quite often. With this in mind i had every expectation to get into a lot of lakers and at least one Bass....was not to be......in fact we only got 2 small trout with 2 missed/got off half way up and not even the slightest hint of anything bassy all day....despite trying just about every suggestion made and a few things that have worked before. With the ice only off this lake in the last week or two we completely expected to be able to dial into the Lakers anywhere in the water column, definitely conentrating on shallower waters at this time. In fact the water temps were still pretty low....around 40- 42 degrees, with surface temps in the afternoon on south facing shores around 46-49 degrees. Strangely though the only sign of baitfish...or any fish for that matter that showed on the fishfinder were at depths between 79 and 108 FOW! thats where we got our trout...without a sniff of one before that trolling the 6 - 45 FOW shorelines/humps/bays etc....etc.... We did see another boat out there, a local guy who fishes that lake all the time he said, and they had not caught a single thing, that sucked for them, but made us at least feel a bit better in that it wasn't anything we were doing wrong that was making the fishing so tough. The best, if not a little bit surprisng was the OOS musky i got after 2 hours of fruitless trolling in the shallower water, ON A SMALL HAMMERED GOLD WALLEYE SPINNER WITH A MEDIUM MINNOW (deadly for trout on Thunder Lake in the spring). Another great part of the day was the weather, whilst not conducive to fishing perhaps, it must have been at least 20 C out there today...and sunrise was breathtaking. All in all an interesting experience....but on a three strikes and your out rule...i think i will be giving this lake a miss in the future! Going to a small lake by the highway for a family picnic tomorrow....hopefully get my bass then! SUNRISE WAS BREATHTAKING THE DAYS 'ACTION' <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> THREW A RANDOM LURE FOR 5 MINS WAITING FOR YOUTUBE UPLOAD <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> DISCOVERED A NEW RECIPE TONIGHT FOR THE TROUT WE CAUGHT, FOUND SOME HOMEMADE GARLIC BUTTER IN THE FREEZER, COAT FILLETS WITH IT, SPRINKLE ON LEMON PEPPER SEASONING, OVEN BAKE FOR TEN MINUTES, GRILL (BROIL) FOR 3 MINUTES, YUMMY, JACK LOVED IT TOO.

You owe me a new keyboard Moosebunk!...this ones ruined from the drool. Simply awesome....that pike is huge....that wolf is amazing....in fact all the pics are amazing....excellent stuff.

thanks for the tips guys, tried almost everything....not a bite! did get a couple of trout and a surprise musky though

I've never fished for them this early either Jacques as i'm usually still out on the snowmachine drilling holes for Lakers! I'm just wondering what they will be doing as its surely too cold for them to be even staging for the spawn.....but i've got 3 doz small to large minnows and i'll give that a go....slowly. Thanks for the advice. I dont have that exact lure...but i googled it GBW and have similar lures....will throw a couple and work it slow. Thanks man...i'll be posting a report later tomorrow....let ya know how i get on.....i'm pretty excited...heading out at stupid o'clock to pick up my buddy...better try get some zzzzzzs

LOL Jacques......dear poor Jacques....quality work my friend....but you really need to get out fishing!

Hi all, I'm off to a Lake that i've been to twice and skunked both times for Lakers. On the second time out 2 years ago i was determined to catch a fish before we left so started throwing a mepps around for pike and discovered the lake was full of smallmouth bass. However, that was in mid july and the bass were hitting almost anything and everything we threw at them , even hitting topwater poppers , all in 30' FOW. My question is though, what would be a good approach at the moment? Given that the ice is only just gone and water temps will be at most 45 degrees C throughout. Where are the bass likely to be? what baits?......and yes...bass is open all year here in zones 4 and 5. Any help/advice/insight would be much appreciated...thanks all in advance.