limeyangler

Nice report Cliff. Really cool water pics BTW...shame about the 10 or so stalkers out with ya....lol. I cant believe you dont like ice fishing! I have seen so many reports now of BOQ icefishing...i would be out there everyday....lol. I bet ya 35 cents you go ice fishing this year! I'm guilty of that too

AWESOME! Was waiting to see the results of your trip on a thunder bay forum I'm the newbie from Dryden 'vishuscirquel'. Sooooo.....when ya gonna take me out and teach me how to fish for brookies....or are those speckles....or is it the same thing?

Great job sean! the bit i like the best...apart from all the obvious fish porn....lololol....the fish filleting on the back of the truck.

Darn thats looks good......great job Its left me feeling even more useless.....i spend too much time fishing....soooooooooo many jobs outstanding up here. HEY......great idea.....you should visit up here with us Glen I had to laugh......i could not help thinking that bare spot would not be a problem up here in November....hide it with 4 feet of snow

Thats great Rich! I've never even seen a roe bag.....but great idea! Do you use hair rigs as well? I know that is a common method back in england/europe.

LMAO...great post I love the pic of the 'local loser' hangin over the railings.

A lot of the locals i have met here can't believe i'm out on the ice already...lol. I think part of the reason people dont ice fish this early is because the hunting is so good. Another reason i think may play a part is that people use snowmachines or have iceshacks....i would not want to drag an icehut out yet....and a snowmachine might just be ok by next week. Lol....the guy in our bay i noticed this morning has dragged his icehut out this morning......but the back bay has been frozen for nearly a month now.

Hi Y'all, Yup got out again ;D This time we hit Burr Lake....a smallish lake with easy access off a logging road. I was with my buddies Dave and Chuck....first time both of them have joined me...usually one or the other. The guys had been calling me crazy since last week....but I persuaded them it was safe, we had PFDs and ice picks...and I would go first...just make sure ya pull me out if I go through....lol. As it turned out there was tons of ice, up to 6 1/2", thinnest was 3 1/2"......but all good black ice. We had never fished this lake before...but heard there are walleye in it.....that’s good enough for us!!!! We hit the lake about 10:30 am. I went out first with PDF and ice pics, drilled the first hole and was pleased to find 6" of good black ice. I went back with Chuck to get our gear....when we got back...Dave....yeah the guy who says I’m crazy for going out early....this guy is 250lb.....is on a mission half way out on the lake drilling as if he was looking for oil.....not so nervous now eh Dave? DAVE ON A MISSION ONCE OUT THERE CHUCK RELAXED A BIT TOO We stayed at the first spot for about an hour. We did not get any bites at all. I did not see anything on my sonar either. We were almost in the middle of the bay and only reading 12' fow max. We decided to head around the corner to a rock point Chuck had been told about, apparently there is god fishing around the point during the summer. Before we knew it, Dave had picked up the auger and was offski!.....lol....He wasn't waiting up either, mind you Chuck and I were not too upset that he was blazing the trail...we kept close to his footprints. DAVE IS OUTTA HERE!....HEY DAVE....WAIT UP! It was about a mile walk in the end.....but not difficult because there was only around 2 cm of snow, and I coulda walked another 3 miles as it was such a fantastic warm (-2) sunny day. We got to the rock point and did the usual line of holes from shallow out deeper. It was a very steep drop off.....only about 2 yards out from shore it was 16' deep.....gradually dropping off from there to around 25' fow. There was a bay off to one side...which became fairly shallow....flanked by some weeds I could see on the Lowrance...perfect...rock...weed....deep...shallow...sand......GOTTA BE SOME FISH HERE! Wasn't long before I hooked into a small Pike. We noticed there was a track leading up from the shore.....and we could hear when a truck went by and realised it was a short 50yard walk to the road....so I set off back to get the truck. Of course when I got back I had another larger Pike take my other line. GOT A SMALL PIKE RIGHT OFF THE BAT ON THE WAY BACK TO GET THE TRUCK I SNAPPED A COUPLE OF SCENERY PICS>>>>IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY! OF COURSE THIS GUY TOOK MY LINE WHEN I"M NOT THERE! IT went quiet for a bit after that. I was seeing a lot of action on the sonar....looked like perch...with the odd bigger fish swimming through. I had some tiny perch type jigs with me so I thought I’d test my hypothesis...lol...yup....perch.....I played around catching small fish for about twenty minutes before my rod close to shore nearly went through the hole...another pike. Not long after that I got another couple of pike. We were beginning to wonder where the walleye were when Dave hooked into the first...small...but good enough for eating...today anyway. IT WAS PERCH AFTER ALL A COUPLE MORE PIKE FOR ME IT WENT QUIET FOR A BIT THEN FINALLY A WALLEYE....NICE ONE DAVE!!! Dave then started to out fish us....as in he was the only one catching walleye. Then Chuck started catching walleye too....lol......I kept getting pike...after pike after pike.....funny how it goes sometimes. As the sun started to set the bite increased.....I finally got 3 walleye in quick succession.,....as did chuck and Dave......we had to put back a lot of small ones but managed to get our limit in the end. I WAS GETTING PIKE AFTER PIKE <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/k12.flv"> <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/k15.flv"> CHUCK HAD A PIKE AND SOME WALLEYE AT SUNSET THE WALLEYE BITE PICKED UP All in all a great day on the ice...perfect weather...good friends and fish...what else can ya ask for(don’t answer that). My wife was really pleased to see me when I got home....so were the cats...but I don’t think its caused they missed me...just that I had supper....and man was it good! ALL IN ALL A GREAT DAY ON THE ICE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! YUM! EVEN BERT OUR CAT WAS STUFFED>>>>HE JUST COLLAPSED ON THE COUCH IN FRONT OF THE TV AFTER A GOOD FEED OF WALLEYE

men can be nurses too right? wishing you a speedy recovery rick, Best wishes Simon

Great year ya had there Kemper...some really nice fish. Get well soon.

Hi y'all, well....got out again today. still a 5 inches of ice, was pretty warm the last couple of days....around zero on Sunday...and not much below that yesterday...so i was even more cautious going out today. I'm glad i was as i hit one spot barely 3 inches...good black ice....but not a thickness i'm comfortable staying on for any length of time. it needs to get colder!!!....lol I'm out a good 150 yards from shore....but still 50 feet short of where i caught consistently at first ice last year. But i did manage to avoid the skunk...barely....with two tiny...tiny pike. 1ST FISH OF 08-09 SEASON....LOL....TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE , THEY CAN ONLY GET BIGGER <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_2330.flv"> ANOTHER TINY PIKE STAYED TILL SUNDOWN.....NO MORE FISH...JUST A COUPLE MISSED BITES...FELT LIKE SMALL STUFF THOUGH

mouthwash here...soooo many flavours to choose from

Show off LOL...thats just incredible...sign me up for some of that!!!!!! Thanks for that solo....enjoyed Part Deux as much if not more than the first instalment.

Definitely Rick......except lets not go in front of the house...lol....no surprise to you i skunked...lol I remmber last years 2 hours out there with you and Dave. I might be coming down to Emo this week to look at a sled for sale........does your garage deal in 2nd hand sleds? Laters... Simon

Great report Ben. I tried the lake by the side of the Hudson highway last April(Sioux Lookout)...by the tower i didn't get any specs, but saw i guy catch a couple. thanks for sharing

Excellent stuff Iceslayer, i'm with ya on deciding to stay on 4" I know that guys fish on like 1 1/2".....i would not enjoy the fishing...i'd be $#%^%$# myself! Some idiot went through the ice on a snowmachine here last winter.....i really never want to experience that. My wife called me today at work(i'm still at work...working hard...lol) to tell me the ice has gone all slushy out the front of opur place . Its gone to 0 degrees here today...really sucks....but it should be working its way down to minus 25-30 at night by next weekend Thanks for the report. Stay safe i'm envious....i still have to catch my first fish through the ice this 08-09 season!

I was surprised it was that thick too...pleasantly relieved actually....lol. I was just using 1/8 jigs with live minnow, one chartreuse/white on one rod and an orange/yellow on the other. There really isn't much structure in our bay....there is a weed line a bit further out...but i was not taking risks. Its basically a gradual slope all around to the centre of the bay which is at max 20' deep. The rock point off our shoreline has a deep hole behind it and a boulder pile that extends some 20' out in a straight line to where i took that picture from. It is pretty awesome fishing in the spring before ice out as i'm pretty sure the walleye spawn here....lots of big pike in my bay too....just no luck yesterday. I know...it was too much to take. LOL...yeah...good way of thinking about it. And Leechman.......i cant wait to see reports from the three amigos....you guys certainly get some good fish judging from your posts and WSbait and 24/7 intros say it all...look forward to stealing all your knowledge over the season

Great report Ben...... I was working in sioux lookout at the opener this year....the fishing on lac seul is just stoooopid. I fished pelican falls in sioux lookout alot early season....its not really fair to fish.....lol...so many big walleye. Loved all the pics...the turkey shots are great. I thought the grouse thumping was a generator kicking up until i saw a tv show ....lol.....its soooo loud! Thanks for sharing. Your probably busy guiding when your up here...but if ya get time....gissa shout ...i'm in Dryden.

for me its gotta be a small jig and minnow.

wow...lottsa fish there boys...congrats did look chilly out there Thanks for sharing.

Hi All, AT LAST!.....finally got out in front of the house today, and skunked Who cares...was just absolutely awesome to get on the ice....a whole 8 days earlier than last year. Could see all the curtains of our bays resident's twitchng(not really....but i bet there were a few watching)....WHAT THE @#$#@#$$% IS THAT CRAZY ENGLISHMAN UPTO NOW....the sound of my Auger really echoed around the bay ;D. I was gonna play it safe and go with my buddy today, but he called at 1pm and said he couldn't make it....what the hell....there must be at least 5" now i thought...and i put on he ice picks and PDF and off i went....and yup....5"-6" of solid...i mean really solid black ice. Even though i was confident the ice was thick enough...hell i even saw a big old buck crossing from the island to the mainland way out in the bay, i did not venture the extra 40yrds out to the edge of the weeds and deeper water, that part of our bay was 2 days behind freezing.......not taking any unecessary risks. FINALLY GOT OUT>>>>YAY!!! LOTS OF MISSED BITES....I"M OUTTA PRACTICE <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_2316.flv"> BIG DEAR OUT THERE....ICE MUST BE PRETTY GOOD ! <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_2313.flv"> Almost got one out of the whole just before dark...but the litle devil got off around 2' before the ice... darn it! Great to be out........ I WILL HAVE FISH PORN NEXT TIME!!!!

Thanks Jacques. Its ok....bass season in area 5 is open all year...some size limits from November to July...but thats about it. I got some folks upset , thinking i was breaking the regs, responding to posts early in the season.....lol...i think they were even more upset when they realised i COULD fish for them...just kidding folks.

holycrapoly

Great stuff mike. I have enjoyed all your reports so far this season, keep it up! (i especially liked the report with you holding the trout/salmon near that bridge) Thanks fr sharing

Hardcore for sure!!!