limeyangler

It was good wasn't it...really enjoyed that, and great to meet someone from here... finally! The NW Ontario contingent seem a bit thin on the ground. I'm up for the brookies any time i'm free, and as you should know, i'll come out fishing with no notice if i'm not working, just give me time to make some sandwiches, buy some red bull and I'M THERE! The language thing...lol....just so everyone knows....i swear just as much if not more than Brkygetr!

Hey Leechman, with sport license it is 2 per person per day.

I use a small cooler, dont do the aerator....its to cold...tried one a couple years back and it froze solid, ice up the tube etc. works well for me, just wrap bungee cords around it and thrpough the handles, keeps the lid down tight.

Hi Y'all, I was kinda planning Friday evening to get out early Saturday for some Lake Trout, would have to be early as i needed to get some sleep in the afternoon as i was on night shift saturday night. A local buddy of mine had wanted to go for Walleye in the day, but i was not to keen on that idea as the walleye bite aint particularly great at noon in my experience....and the bite has been tough even at sun-up and sunset recently. I was sat browsing the board when i read a reply to one of my posts from Brkygetr.....basically an invite to go to a lake about an hor away for both of us on saturday morning,,,done deal!!! Headed out about 5:45 am, found Brkygetr where he said he'd be, did some brief intro stuff...lol...we were both pretty eager to get on the ice, and took the short walk to the lake. Turns out Brkygetr is a top bloke...thats limey for a great guy....and it was not long before we got into some lakers. We both got around 4 fish, but only kept 4 as we were trying to see if we could hook a really big guy. We did end up keeping one of the smaller ones as it was bleeding from the gills and would not have survived. Action went exactly according to Dale's prediction...ie bite from 8:30am -10am....then again around midday. Dale was using white tube jigs tipped with a big dace minnow, i was using a homemade dropper rig and the other rod was a 1/2oz white ball jig(long shank hook...great for sucker minnows) with dace minnows and sucker minnows i brought with me. The lake was pretty slushy, well ...very slushy, and we stayed at the first main point as the lake opens out. We were no more than 30 feet away from shore but still in 25 - 49 FOW. All the trout (and Pike) hitting half way up the water column around the 25 -15 fow range. We did try brieflty for whitefish, had something take a look on sonar , but no takers. On the subject of sonars, the interference between Dale's flasher and my Lowrance was terrible, we did not use them much at all in the end. The first trout nearly dragged the rod down the hole, only Dale's keen eye and my rod rest lock saved it. Then it was pretty consistent for both of us until we left around 1pm. Like i said, Brrkygetr(Dale) is a top bloke, down to earth and addicted to fishing.....my kind of people...lol, we shared some stories/jokes/banter etc...caught lots of trout, if not the big guys we were looking for, but not a bad size in my opinion. Great day, great company. I tried playing around with the Windows Moviemaker as it compresses the clips automatically allowing faster uploads....so dont judge to harshly on vid quality...lol...i aint Steven Speilberg VIDEO RECAP OF THE DAY <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/Movie.flv">

EXCELLENT REPORT!!!! Those are some really nice whities, trout and walleye too....great day on the ice....and all the fun of vehicular meltdowns(i know all about those....lol) Great stuff Irish, really nice pics and write up, thanks for that, Limey

I'll be lookin'ut for that red chevy at the side of the road at 7:15am...see ya then!

I have tried these....THE WHITEFISH LOVED 'EM! I might be going to a lake that holds perch tomorrow...will try 'em out and report back if i do.

Thats an epic adventure! i cant wait to get my snowmachine back and get out into the wilds! I've had a few trips like yours too....not as far into the boonies....but being dissappointed with the fish count, when everything seemed set for a slaughter. Guess you'll just have to hammer 'em next time.....look forward to your next report....lakers are my fav!

I think it varies from lake to lake, for example i heard that on one lake i have fished the whitefish will follow the smelt when they spawn and feed off the eggs, and sure enough.....when the smelt started to spawn in late april the whitefish in one spot we fished successfully all march and April dissappeared. the only thing that stopped us chasing the whitefish chasing the smelt was that they smelt apparently head for the mouths of the creeks in that lake....no way we were going anywhere near creek ice in late April.

LOL...i never tried Ghost Lake...heard its ok.

I know, some days it really gets depressing, having to spend all that time deciding which lake, when all i want to do is get out there and fish!!!!!

Excellent video! Love the little caption boxes....specially the last one....lol. Great stuff....that pike eally did nearly spool ya! thanks for sharing.

Excellent stuff Biggli, talk about determined to get out, i'm the same......if nobody wants to join me...i dont care....I'M STILL GOING! Not bad for 3 hrs, i've done worse I really hope you guys get some ice soon down there, the weather for you guys has been terrible from what i'm reading, hearing and watching on the news. PS....Happy New Year! Simon

Oh i was happy Spiel, just cant wait to get into some lakes with th big guys.......but like you said, i was more than happy with those results, for lakers it was pretty 'non-stop' action, in fact i can say with the exception of an afternoon on Snake Bay last January with my buddy Dave it was one of my better days out in terms of fish per minute....lol.....FPM.

Backroad mapbooks are great. I uhave used them often and they are pretty accurate. The only issue i have with that series is they hardly ever mention whitefish!!!!! I am going to the MNR to ask about which lakes hold what fish.

Thats really cool, thats exactly the little beasties that the walleye here have been coughing up. I think thats why they have been attacking the split shot on my line and not the minnow. Might have to get me some of those maggots as a backup/go to bait. Thanks for sharing.

They are all natural as far as i know. Its only a small lake but really, really deep. Ive marked 150FOW on open water in the summer, apparently it gets deeper. Never got one over 25" though.

Hi Y'all, Have been eagerly awaiting Laker opening day for what seems like forever! Got out to a small local lake with a young lad i kinda mentor. Usually not my first choice for lakers, but with the lad along could not really take off to more adventurous venues. Anyway, we caught fish, the young lad caught his first laker and had an absolute blast., that really made my day. We got our limit, and burped and returned a very small one, best one was 23", but thats a giant for Thunder Lake in my experience. We fished a drop off in 50ft of water, most fish hitting at around 20-25', just above a cloud of baitfish that was there all day suspende between 40 and 20ft. You can see the smelt on the fisrt video clip at 40ft, this was pretty thin shaol, as when we got there they were suspended from 30 - 20 ft, a thick school ten feet deep, at first i thought it was the thermocline. I'm not even sure its smelt...but i included a pic of some of the baitfish i removed when cleaning the trout this evening...would appreciate someone telling me what they are. Anyway, had a blast today, only managed 2 hours out, but that made it feel action packed...great for the kid....lol....and me. Here's the vids and pics from today. THIS LAKER JUST COULDN"T MAKE UP ITS MIND! <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_2557.flv"> SMELT? A FEW SHORT VIDS PASTED TOGETHER <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/thunderlake010109.flv"> DIFFERENT SHOTS OF THE BEST ONE OF THE DAY

Oh my......happy new year year Jacques

Fishing 24/7, here's a link to a post that covered a lot of stuff about whitefish a few months ago....hope it helps. CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO WHITEFISH POST Hope this helps. Simon

welcome aboard , look forward to some River Thames reports.

i fish and i'm a Limey

We were kinda waiting to throw him the PFD...lol...it would've been classic eh? Cats look soooo funny soaked through.

Flippin' heck! Nce haul considering the fish were being insolent...lol...you take such a refreshing view of life Glen... Nice to see the bassasassaasses(plural) cme out to play. And that is a neat trick with the dual cones. Top stuff man...why oh why has it been so long since ya went out? Thanks for sharing. Simon. (volcanic ash.....lol)

Hi Y'all, Seems at least 2 of us in the family like ice fishing. I THINK BERT COULD USE THUMBS! <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/bertVminnows.flv">