limeyangler

Thats an awesome report, how many fish!!!??? great stuff. I too usually get hassled at the border, either crossing to USA and when in europe....annoys the hell out of me...oh well. That shot of the houses on the sand bank/high hill....wow...dont look that secure to me. Great report, appreciate the time you must have spent putting that together.

i say fair play to Lunkerville, knda reminds me of me fishing...lol....very hit and miss even when i'm on some of the best fishing spots going....lol....as for the charlie moore thing...it has a niche to fill i guess....its kinda like fishing for frat boys....lolnot meaning to offend any frat boys....lol....much.

nice walleye Ben, sorry....i mean REALLY NICE walleye. Cant wait to get up there in the boat in 6 weeks.....give that map you covered in Xs a go

its a pike. water clarity of wabigoon makes 'em light as ben said juveniles are stripy and i have caught plenty of Wabigoon pike......and this is one of them!

Happy birthday Bly

Thanks for the replies guys, I really dont think the 2nd fish is a muskie. There are lots of northerns in wabigoon with redish tinged fins, and the young ones seem to have much more pronounced stripes /barring...its true that there are a lot of northern/muskie in the lake......but i dont think this is even one of them.

Hi all, So far the arrival of our bundle of joy has limited my fishing trips, wouldn't change a thing though i still get out ....a lot....just more local lakes. So, i got out Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week.......lol.....just not all dayers anymore. I went to Bear Narrows on Eagle lake on Monday evening, Rice Bay on Eagle Lake Tuesday evening and for an hour in the evening out the front of our house on Lake Wabigoon. Walleye being the primary target species..... DAY 1 BEAR NARROWS AT EAGLE LAKE AFTER 3 ETERNAL NIGHT SHIFTS AT WORK....LOL....I WAS ALITTLE MORE THAN PLEASED TO GET AN EVENINGS FISHING IN I WAS SET UP BY 5PM, AND THE BITE STARTED AFTER HALF AN HOUR, HAD TO DRILL A LOT OF HOLES, BUT FOUND A NICE DROP OFF FROM 12 FOW TO 18 FOW, FISHED THE DEEP END OF THE DROP OFF, BRIGHT PINK AND ORANGE JIGS SEEMED TO WORK BEST TODAY LOTS OF THESE LITTLE GUYS AROUND TODAY AFTER LOTS OF BABY SAUGER ACTION GOT INTO ANOTHER KEEPER WENT QUIET FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR UNTIL 6:30 PM, THEN I GOT HIS GUY...WAS IN THE SLOT SO HAD TO GO BACK SEEMS I WAS IN BABY SAUGER CENTRAL! I WAS FISHING NEAR BOTTOM WHEN I SAW A GOOD SIZE FISH ARCH AT 8 FOW, I REELED UP QUICKLY HOPING IT WOULD BE MY THIRD KEEPER WALLEYE, TURNED OUT TO BE A PIKE. BY 7PM SEEMED ONLY SMALL GUYS WERE AROUND, I CAUGHT A LOT OF THESE THAT EVENING THE BITE WAS GETTING SLOWER, AND I WANTED TO GET MY LIMIT OF 4, SO WHEN A SLIGHTLY BIGER SAUGER SUCKED IN THE MINNOW....LOL...I KEPT IT. THE BABY SAUGERS CONTINUED TO FLOW JUST AS THE BITE HAD ALL BUT STOPPED, MY SET LINE TARTED TO GO, REELED UP A 15" SAUGER....THAT WOULD DO FOR MY 4TH AND LAST FISH....WALLEYE FOR LUNCH TOMORROW! DAY 2 RICE BAY AT EAGLE LAKE On Tuesday i had planned to go with my buddy Lew by snowmachine into Dore lake. The weather had turned pretty warm and it was uncertain whether there would be enough snow on some of the trails in, so whilst doing some errands in town i stopped by Lew's place and he'd been thinking the same thing. We decided we would hit Rice Bay for the evening walleye bite instead of an earlier start and longer journey into Dore Lake. It was the closing day at Rice bay as it is a designated fish sanctuary from the 31st March, and lew's dad and brother in law plus a few others were due to meet us out there. CHANGED PLANS LEAD TO AN EARLY LUNCH OF WALLEYE WITH A GOOD FEED INSIDE ME....LOL......A NAP WAS ALWAYS ON THE CARDS, DID NOT REALISE MY WIFE TOOK THIS SNEEKY PIC TILL I WAS UPLOADING THE PICS QUITE A FEW OF US OUT THERE ON TUESDAY, STILL LOTS OF ICE AND WE ALL DROVE OUT ABOUT 2 MILES AND WERE SET UP BY 5 PM I GOT 2 NICE 11" PERCH STRAIGHT OFF THE BAT WHICH I DONATED TO LEW'S DAD, BUT LEW GOT OUR GROUP OFF TO A START WITH A DECENT KEEPER WALLEYE THE WIND WAS REALLY GUSTING WITH WET SNOW, SO NOT MANY PICS.......I HAD 2 DECENT SIZE WALLEYE BY NOW AND LEW WAS REELING IN HIS 3RD AS I WAS REELING IN MY 3RD, MY SET LINE WENT, BUT I WAS BUSY SO LEW OBLIGED... I GOT MY LIMIT, AS DID EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR GRUOP, I LOST A GIANT WALLEYE...TYPICAL......BUT THE REST WERE ALL UNDER 18" WE WERE ALL HEADED BACK BY 8PM DAY 3 ON WABIGOON I FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR AN HOUR Although i had planned to meet Lew at the West Arm of Wabigoon Lake, my chores had piled up a bit by my third day off, so after a lot of running around and cooing over baby ....i decided to just squeeze in about an hour before sunset in front of the house. Seems strange to me now, but i walked down as it seemed to much hassle to fire up the snowmobile....funny logic i know...but it made sense at the time....lol. Not many fish out there this year at all, and Lew did much better with his dad down the West Arm, but to me fishing is fishing to a certain degree, and i had fun anyway. WE'VE HAD ANOTHER 6" OF SNOW, WINTER CAME BACK A BIT, AND STILL PLENTY OF ICE EVERYWHERE AFTER 15 MINUTES OR SO A LARGE FISH ARCH APPEARED ON SONAR, CIRCLED MY BAIT TWICE, THEN NAILED IT, HOLY CRAP....THIS THING WAS PEELING LINE, AND SHAKING ITS HEAD LIKE A PIKE...YUP...A BIG FAT PIKE!!! FEW MORE INCHESFOR TEAM #3. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER A SMALLER ONE HIT MY SET LINE PLENTY OF SMALL WALLEYE AROUND, JUST NO TAKERS RIGHT AT THE END OF AN HOUR I HOOKED THIS SMALL ONE, IT WAS GETTING DARK AND CALLED IT A DAY A good 3 days, plenty of fish for lunch/suppers....love it! Tight lines all

I have three cats and would have to agree with thae above statement .....LOL.....but their stupidity is what makes them so fun! MY CAT BERT IS NOT AMUSED!

nice looking walleye...wow...three minnows......hungry walleye up there. I'm sitting here torn at the moment, got the green light from the missus for fishing the next couple of days.....do i go for walleye or trout.....guess i better get to thunder for both hopefully. Gotta love all the ice still about...snowmachine might be retiring soon though.

What can i say....AWESOME..... bit scary about big brother watching your posts....lol Dude...that video is awsome...what a cute kid! I'm enjoying our newborn baby...but i'm really looking forward to going fishing with him soon. Priceless...thanks for sharing.

Damn......i think i said it before....i'm jealous...lol Great stuff wallacio.

schtooopendiferous report Tom, good to see ya back in action. ive been having similar experiences to yourself with regards to fish not commiting to bite...lots on screen, but just lickin minnows...until like you say...someone flicks a switch...time is different on different lakes. I've not had any decent walleye really this season...but we have a good 2 - 3 feet of ice still and 2 weeks to go before end of season...i'm ever hopefull...lol. Thanks for sharing.

Nice pike, i dont know whether or not i'm happy to see open water reports or not....lol....still quite a bit of ice up here......then the horrible 1 -2 week wait for rthe transition...

Great report dara, i was just about to say those are big splake! made me smile when you mentioned the wet elbows...lol...even though you dont wanna do it...its instinct...instant uncontrolable reaction....lol......not too bad when its not too cold...but i did it in minus 25C this year...dumb...dumb...dumb....and the fish still got away.....lol.

Great post, good luck on catching your first. Dont really have much opportunity for steel up here, there is Thunder bay, but its a bit of a hike for me at 4hrs.

Great stuff Cliff! Those are some nice looking fish....and happy Birthday to your daughter...i still remember your post last summer when she got a prize for best Perch in the kids fishing derby...watch out Mr. Izumi...Sydney is coming to get ya!

Hi all, Grabbed 1/2 an hour in front of the house yesterday evening.............. Not much has been out there this year, but fishing is fishing for me...love it....and being a bit busier now (and for the rest of my life...lol) its convenient, if not very productive when the ice is here. I'm kinda hoping that this year with the early melt we had, the lack of snow on the ice etc....that it will be as good as the 1st year we were here 2 years ago, the fish had definitely come in to spawn in our bay....and the fishing was HOT for walleye from the end of March till closing day mid April....anyway.................. BYE DADDY.....TIGHT LINES! GOT SET UP 100 YARDS FROM OUR SHORE........3 SMALL FISH IN 15 MINUTES THEN IT WENT QUIET WHILE THE SUN STARTED TO GO DOWN.......going.....going GOING.......... CHARGE MY JIG ONE LAST TIME BEFORE ITS GONE............. GOOOOING................................. GONE A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER SUNSET A FEW FISH STARTED SHOWING ON THE GRAPH...SMALL ONES A FUN HALF HOUR OR SO....AND AN EVEN BETTER WELCOMING COMMITTEE ON MY RETURN FROM THE ICE

I work tonight and Sunday night, but if we leave here early Sunday Morning and get back by 2pm i'''d be good for Manitou

cant help ya with the ice question, but just thoiught i'd say hi, been a while!

You're already out there slaying 'em as i reply....but good luck all the same. LOLOL Jacques....i actually did the video with you in mind as you have rightly pointed out i'''ve been slack in the video department recently....all the chickens are still alive....for now....hehe.

Hi all, managed to get down to Eagle lake again, seems the walleye have started to show more consistently ( ok Benbeattie....some of us dont have the magic touch ), hoping they come to my bay for spring as they did 2 years ago....anyway........went with my buddy Matt...... PICKED MATT UP ABOUT 4pm WE DRILLED A LOT OF HOLES FROM 28' to 12', I GOT THE FIRST RESPECTABLE FISH AFTER NOT MUCH LUCK FOR 3 HOURS MATT GOT A NICE 19", BUT IN THE SLOT SO BACK IT WENT....YOUR CHICKENS COULD BE IN TROUBLE MATT! MATT GOT ANOTHER SMALLISH KEEPER AND I ADDED THIS TO OUR FEED. BEST PICTURE OF THE DAY GOES TO BABY LIMEY THOUGH

Awesome fish JT, great report too....if i was fishing for those the description of the bait/tactics would be very helpful. Cant believe you guys are already in boats...lol. Forget that tourney sign again and there will be hell to pay....lol. Good stuff, now get to the tribs with your tourney sign.

Stunning pictures....thanks for sharing, love the one of the surfer....but then agan i like them all.

Great story....enjoyed the read. LOLOL....i dont have steelhead fishing up here, but i know the feeling when you finally hook what ill probably be the only fish of the day, and its a good one and it heads to the rocks/weed/branches.....congrats on landing it with a 2lb leader.