limeyangler

sounds like you are up near Williams Bay, i will be up there lots this year.

Thanks solo....had to get out soon.....your reports were killing me! Yes WJ...the CO was a breath of fresh air.....as soon as it warms up a bit and the wife and I have a day off on the same day....they'll both be coming with me! Its crazy eh JB....(did i just say eh?) its awesome that the ice has cleared..there has been no interuption to the fishing this year with the late ice up in December and the early ice out. Where ya goin Mike? If your in the neighbourhood gissa shout. LOL....i get no satisfaction from making anybody jealous...HONEST. Archie, that is the best written version of an accent I have ever witnessed...lol...as for my walleye skillz....believe me it dont take much up here..jig minnow and a rod is about all the skillz required.....I get skooled by Al on a regular basis. Your right Trevy, ive only been here 3 1/2 years...and usually it is out the 2nd week of May Thanks Jacques....man is it that time of year already? Love your specky/brooky reports...go get 'em mon ami Thanks T....it was a great start for sure...

Hi all, still in shock really, usually this time of year i'm enjoying being able to scoot across my bay on the snowmobile to get some icefishing in after work for an hour since its still light. Well not this year, in fact the ice will be gone from in front of the house in the next 2 days given the weather forcast of sun and strong winds. The South West end of Eagle Lake has been open for the last 2 weeks but work and family commitments have been keeping me firmly on shore at home until yesterday. Boat was fine...just bought a new deep cycle...minnows and tackle ready...my buddy Al was early.....OFF WE WENT! MY BOY JACK SAW US OFF.....HE WAS VERY UPSET WE TOOK HIM OUT OF THE BOAT.....A GOOD SIGN! Once we hit the water we decided to head to a spot we had done good at in the winter(on the ice). We knew the walleye were running through the narrows as we had fished from shore the week before, but we wanted to scout around and enjoy being in the boat this early. Al got into the first walleye after i just missed one after only the first drift. We were between 2 islands drifting in 15FOW, lots of bait fish on the screen. Al was using a floating jig set-up, i was using an 1/8Oz Odball jig, both of us using pink and white which had been the ticket from shore a few days earlier tipped with medium to largish minnows. The next fish followed minutes after that. i thought by the way it was fighting it was a Pike, as the last 3 fish before that were all small pike and it seemed we'd found a little pocket of pike. But to my delight it was a 27" walleye! i was pretty pleased with that as it was a good first walleye of the open water season. STILL IN SHOCK...ALL THATS LEFT OF THE ICE IN OSBOURNE BAY MY FIRST WALLEYE IN THE BOAT THIS YEAR. We landed a lot of fish between 18 and 22" which on eagle lake are in the no keep slot size, and the smaller fish we caught were pretty small, a lot too small to keep really, but we got a limit each of smaller than usual fish and had an incident free first boat trip AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL!!!! I say incident free....but the game warden stopped us to check our fish at the landing, but what a great guy he was...i think he's a new guy as i've not met him before....but he was very proffesional but friendly, he wanted to check the 17"er Al had but said he wanted to use our tape measure.....a really good CO Anyway....the video i did for the day wont load on youtube or photobucket for some reason, i'll try to get it loaded when i get back from work this evening. Just so great to be in the boat this early....walleye is closed in 4 days, but with the lakes opening up this early....BRING ON THE LAKERS!!!! VIDEO TO FOLLOW.....WE CAUGHT QUITE A FEW THIS SIZE Well i finally got the video uploaded, seems it was a mixture of service outage and hibernation mode on the pc power saving......lol...also download speed is way slower at peak times. HOWEVER.........got back from work today and our bay that was completely covered in ice when i went to work in the morning was clear enough to cast from our shore.....SOOOOOOOO....what better way to wait for a darned video to upload than to cast a line whilst waiting and make another video...lol IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE WAITING FOR VID TO 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> AND THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FROM FRIDAY....SORRY A COUPLE OF UNEDITABLE CUSSES. <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>

Great read Southpaw, given your location, you are a lost cause if you thik your'e addicted now....lol, Lac Seul is a fish factory !

Hi all, the ice has been on the retreat here since the beginning of March. Went out last Tuesday in front of the lake and to my wife's releif i said that was the last time i was venturing out this year. Normally at this time of year i'm still heading out on the snowmachine to my favourite icefishing spots with at least 3 or 4 weeks of ice fishing to look forward to, but the snowmachine has not seen any action since Feb 28th.....and i put it away 3 weeks ago. Realising it was gonna probably be a case of finding a few open water sections big enough to cast into i went searching the obvious places to see how ice out was progressing....got to Bear Narrows on Eagle lake last Friday expecting a bit of open water around the bridge and a few shore spots where the rocks warm up.....I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE 2 BOATS FISHING! AWESOME! With my boat still under a tarp with our car and truck's summer tires stored in it it was gonna have to be a shore fishing trip on Sunday. Al, Carmon and myself headed out at 3pm. Al and myself had decided to use floating jigs the day before and that was the ticket, slow retrieve and WHAM! We got our limit with a few nice fish thrown in, the 18-23" slot size on Eagle Lake did not hinder a really good harvest of eating size walleye....and we got a few 22" and the best 23" snatched onto my line and fought like a PIKE! Gonna try heading out in the boat later on this afternoon....will do a report if i get out.

Great stuff Ben.......this weather is nuts eh? (did you just say eh?)......i'm taking the boat to Eagle Lake tomorrow....YUP...THE FREAKIN BOAT!

Welcome to the site Jay, sorry cany help with your question cuz i'm way the hell over the other side of this big province...lol

hey Randy, I kinda thought the same thing as Roy. I dont really understand the 'eco' side of the business other than getting out in the environment. Anyway......good luck to your friends, they are doing the sort of thing i'd love to do for a living!

What a result! great report there Sinker, nice haul of slabs!

What a fantastic read....what a haul of fish....dont quite know what else to say Solo....stunning! Thanks for the read....you should be a diplomat....i dont think i could have contained myself whilst flkoating by the guy on 'the corporate thing'!

LOL Ben....Yup....JUNE...cant wait! LOL....i look at it the other way....if she's coming out means more fishing days for me Thanks David, cant compete with anything like the bass you have piccies of on your website...good site btw.

Was going through sorting out some pics and stuff...and came across a folder i thought i'd lost when the old pooter crashed a couple months ago. In it was all the pics from one of the best days i've had fishing for smallmouth. Better still was my wife was with me, and after the first small pike hammered her topwater lure right next to the boat she decided she actually did like fishing afterall! We caught soooo many bass that day, it was a gorgeous hot summer day too, it was early summer 2008...happy memories, i think i might have done a post back then...but i strung all the pics and vid clips together as they were sequenced on the camera...thought i'd share it with ya ....it certainly has me looking forward to summer already...even though there is still 15" of ice on the lakes here. ONE OF THOSE 'BEST DAYS FISHING' <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>

Ya..........parenthood, its absolutely fantastic though eh? Your little bundle of joy probably aint that little no more either! Thanks Jacques, i actually went back to that spot yesterday..........no walleye but a nice trout for supper. Walked out this time, and had my first going through the ice experience, up to my left knee just as we stepped off shore... Its gonna go fast here this year too, i'm guessing i'll almost be able to cast from my shore for close of walleye season on 15th April!

Listen to music while fishing? NEVER! I dont need any other distractions whilst out in the wilds of NW Ontario doing what i love best...

Great looking motor Archie, my buddy has an older model of the exact same one....it purrs.........you'll love it... As for the rods and reels....................I HATE YOU........................lol..............just kidding

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEANS!

Hey Cisco, what method you fishing for the Lakers, might help folks to suggest best line for the method being used. Personally i have become a fan of straight jigging lakers with my line over the back of the boat near my transducer so i can watch the action just like ice fishing..........i just use 10lb braid with a 3' flouro leader, but thats in a lake where the trout are small and it aint more than 80' deep...

Great stuff Mike.........cant believe its that time of year already...............lol, i gotta sit back and just watch and drool as your reports come in thick and fast. Great pics and post.............cant wait for the next installment

Hi All, Seems like an age again since i posted anything fishy on here, fatherhood and all that. Anyway, got out to Thunder lake again for the first time in months, got some trout and got some walleye all from the same hole in 54 feet of water.......................biggest trout was 24" and the walleye alpha male was 19".... My buddy got one baby trout, i call 'em sandwich trout as they would fit perfectly in one sandwich...lol. anyway.............here's the vid...........my editing software does not allow for bleeping out swearing now..................so be warned before viewing, and YES...............SUPPER WAS AWESOME LAST NIGHT! <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> SUPPER!!!!

Wow...i almost missed this post...Sorry El Capitano! Classy post Joey, great pics too. By the way...its my birthday on Saturday....wish someone would buy me a knife like that... GO TEAM #5!

LOL...its only March ....give it time! Cant take any credit for the tunes selection....local radio. ITS CRAZY FOR SURE! i dont think its snowed since the beginning of January has it? Of course it aint over yet....walleye opener last year was a BLIZZARD...remember? same every year....lol. I have eazy....i like 'em.....but when a jig and minnow are working that good...as they say...keep it simple and dont fix what aint broke eh? It was an unbeleivable plus 10 Celcius out there.....crazy weather! LOL TJSA.....already entered a 25"....noyhing above 24" that day i'm afraid...but like i said before.......in a few months i'll get another 32"er right of the lawn for some added points. I always drive with my knees! Terry....it was an awesome day...so nice to ice fish without freezing your cojones off.

Hi All, got out to fish walleye again yesterday...with a few whitefish thrown into the mix. I've been fishing this lake a lot since it is 10 mins away and they are gonna be harvesting lumber in there this year so a road was ripped through the bush in a hurry a month ago. This has allowed me to identify a pretty hard fast rule/pattern for this lake......FISH DEEP! Also a jig and minnow was definitely the way to go....a large minnow too. Anything fancier than that was looked at but then ignored by even the biggest fish...the whitefish were also prefering jig and minnow...albeit smaller minnows. I got to my new spot where i'd done well a few days earlier, my buddies whom i told about the spot were already there ( i dont mind telling people a good spot, i've been told a few myself through the years). They were fishing in the holes i'd drilled in around 20-35' FOW. I dont like fishing in an area where the lines are concentrated in a small area so i thought i'd go deeper...as this had been the key to catching both lots of fish and the bigger ones too. Found 45'FOW about 50yrds from the main group and waited for an hour with only a couple of whitefish to show for my patience....that is until 4pm when all hell broke loose....FISH AFTER FISH AFTER FISH! some really nice 23's and 24's perfect 17.5" keepers....lots of smaller ones too....absolutely non stop action for 2 hrs. I know there is a certain amount of pride amongst fishermen.....but if i'm fishing shallow with buddies and someone is catching all the fish deeper...i'll sure as hell be moving deeper.....the boys just sat and watched me catch fish the whole time...whining they were not catching....bemoaning the fact i had a fishfinder and was cheating....lol....oh well. DESPITE THE LACK OF VID AND PHOTOS...THE BITE WAS TRULY ON (FOR ME....SNIGGER )

AMAZING FISHING!!! awesome...epic....banner day...running out of cliches.......lol. Those are some big ling......time to mix up a huge vat of beer batter....peel some potatoes and open a chip truck for the best Fish 'n' Chips to be found outside of England (of course) Great report and pics..... Simcoe never fails to impress me.

Great stuff Tom.....that Hummingbird looks the biz! Congrats on the PB...but damn you for remembering your team logo....lol.