limeyangler

i'm thinkin of getting one of those flip up shelters that folds into a sled. I mean i stand out there in -35 with 30kmh winds...uncomfortable but bareable...just. My reasoning is....a place to warm up...cant see myself wanting to sit in the dark, i need a sled for the snow machine, and my wife has said she will join me way more often if i have one...bonus! Now its just which one...lol...Frabill, Clam, Otter, Eskimo........

nice one bigugli, worth braving the weather in the end.

One of the fun things being new to these shores ( been here one and a half years now) is that, never having fished for any of these species before we arrived in canada, means PBs come thick and fast....all my PB's in those catergories came this summer. 30" WALLEYE ON 1/4Oz CHARTREUSE THUMPER JIG AND MINNOW IN 12 FOW 20" SMB ON 3" PEARL REBEL TOPWATER POPPER OVER SHALLOW REEDS/CABBAGE 41" PIKE ON 1/4 Oz JIG AND MINNOW IN 1 FOW ROCKY SHORELINE( I THOUGHT I WAS SNAGGED ON SHORE....LOL)

Awesome! Really hope you get your dream. We moved all the way from england to fulfill our dreams of living by the water Dont regret a thing....best move we ever made.

To use a an old English expression, " flippin 'ell mate, that fish is the dog's bollox, i'm gobsmacked" Nice one. Love the pics of the planer boards cutting a wake in the calm waters. great report thanks for sharing. PS.....congrats on the PB.....a real hawg

Nice pics.....morning fish porn...always a good start to the day Thanks for sharing.

I hear ya, i got all excited about ice forming on the lakes here atthe beginning of this week.....damn temps are back to +1 for the next couple of days...lol.....and there was me test firing up my auger 2 days ago

You lucky @#$%$#@ JWL...lol....cant believe you guys get to fish for Lakers still....were all done end of september to 1st January. Anyway....now that i have insulted you...lol...may i congratulate you on a fine fish. Thanks for sharing...good report.

Congrats on the first. LOL...yeah...wheres the pics?

i catch the same fish in my old aluminium boat with 30hp as the guy screaming past , 250 horses going flat out with all the dashboard electronics of a space shuttle. But i'd be lying if i said i would not swap that gear for mine....lol.

AWESOME Bigred! i'm guessing shore fishing?...even more impressive Thanks for sharing.

sorry steel, i klnow very little about motors.....but just wanted tyo say that they look really cool!

"oooooh bosss.....dee plane....dee plane!"

5 hours away??? I dont get it....it took me 21hrs to drive from here to St. Thomas....you know.......Dryden....Thunder Bay.....Wawa....Sault St. Marie....Saginaw....Flint....Sarnia.....and finally after a long time.....St. Thomas

Thats amazing. Congrats. I'd say more but i'm speechless....the pics say it all. Thanks for sharing. I thought that Bly handed those musky to Cliff for the pictures...that's what i heard

Me?...........come on.....i only bury trucks....i'll be fine

Brilliant read....love the seal pics. i'm sure with your superior 'anglination' powers you'll get that monster in the end. AWESOME PICS, AWESOME REPORT (as usual) Thanks man.

Hi Y'all, Went shore fishing with a young buddy yesterday. Since winterizing my boat last weekend(thanks to those that have posted all the good info on that subject) it was shore fishing. As the young lad only gets to go fishing when I take him i left it up to him where we hit the shore....Eagle Lake it is then....lol. Here’s some pics of our couple of hours. WE GOT TO 'BEAR NARROWS' AT 2:30PM, ABSOLUTELY FLAT CALM AND BLUE SKIES....BUT COLD, -5 AFTER 5 MINUTES MY BOBBER DISAPPEARED........LITTLE JACKFISH (snake) <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/j2.flv"> NO BITES FOR ANOTHER HOUR AFTER THAT....BUT WE HAD FUN WITH THREE WHISKEYJACKS WHO WERE PARTIAL TO MY WIFE'S HOMEBAKED COOKIES <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/j7.flv"> BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BTES, I SWITCHED OVER TO A JIG, CAST OUT A FEW TIMES.....GOT THIS BABY JACKFISH (used pink jig....inspired by GCD'S post) <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/j8.flv"> AS THE SUN STARTED TO SET.....WE WERE NOT GETTING ANY BITES, BUT IT WAS KINDA COOL WATCHING THE ICE FORM IN FRONT OF OUR EYES IN A LAST DITCH ATTEMPT....I TRIED A GLOW FLOATING JIG, WAS REWARDED SOON AFTER WITH A SMALL WALLEYE AND MISSED 2 MORE BITES BECAUSE OF THE BITES.....WE STAYED LONGER....BUT TO NO AVAIL. ON THE DRIVE BACK.....I LOOKED OUT AT ONE OF A COUPLE OF SMALL LOCAL LAKES....LOOKED FROZEN WENT BACK TO CHECK THAT LAKE THIS MORNING.....YUP....SKIM ICE!!!!!!!! ICEFISHING IS ALMOST HERE!!!!!!! PRITCHARD LAKE 1KM DOWN THE ROAD WAS ALSO STARTING TO ICE UP......THERE"S SOME NICE WALLEYE IN THIS LAKE...GOT M PB PIKE FROM HERE TOO Well, that was it. Not the most spectacular days fishing, and boy was it cold. The best thing was seeing Wesley enjoying himself, the scenery......AND ALL THE ICE THATS APPERING ON THE LAKES....I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ICEFISHING!!!! CANT WAIT...3 WEEKS NOW I RECKON! 16th NOVEMBER UPDATE Well last week was a bit of a pain...I reckon if the temps had not gone into the + range i would've been out today drillin holes instead of typing. But things are looking up ;D, the weatherman is predicting sub zero to minus 7-8 range day, going as low as minus 17 (centigrade) at night all this week....... and the ice we lost last week is back and some.....in fact Flambeau Lake up the road from me never lost its skim all during the warm spell...so should be good to go Tuesday week...if not already....but i prefer to be cautious for obvious reasons...no walking out on 1 1/2 " for me thank you very much.....lol. OUR SHORELINE MONDAY LAST WEEK OUR SHORELINE TODAY PRITCHARD LAKE MONDAY LAST WEEK PRITCHARD LAKE TODAY FLAMBEAU LAKE LAST MONDAY FLAMBEAU LAKE TODAY So......gonna brave Flambeau Lake next Tuesday afternoon with a buddy, gonna wear my boat pfd and go slow....but with the temps predicted should be a go. Only problem is I’ve never fished Flambeau before and have no idea if there are any fish in it...lol. I think there probably is ....but the fact it has frozen so quick, and stayed frozen makes me wonder how deep this lake is, as its less than 1 km away from Pritchard and Pritchard is not safe to even think about yet despite being pretty much in exactly the same as Flambeau in geographical position/ same shape/ same amount of shelter etc...etc... 17th NOVEMBER UPDATE Thats more like it, in the minus teens at night now, its dark out but the main lake is starting to go...its just the wind during the day keeps beating the overnight ice back....not long now. MY THERMOMETER TONIGHT 9:30pm 17th NOVEMBER 19th NOVEMBER UPDATE The last 2 nights have been cold, its also been around minus 8 degrees during the day, last night it was nly minus 10 but no wind....so the skim of ice started to extend out to the main lake from our bay. When i got up this morning the view was very incouraging....ice all the way out to the main lake, and even the howling 25km wind was not shifting any of the ice formed last night. I went to the garage and tried firing up my jiffy ice auger...lol...i just hung it up 25 April, no fuel stabiliser or wipe down......i was a bit worried it was not gonna go...but around 6 pulls later she ired up...better clean her up a bit before i start to use it for another season. ICE ALL THE WAY....... ALMOST.......VIEWS OF THE LAKE 12:30pm 19/11/08 STILL A FEW HOLES AROUND THE ROCKS I TOOK A SNOW SHOVEL AND INCHED MY WAY OUT.....I GOT AROUND 10 FEET OUT WHEN I HEARD THE ICE CRACKING.....LOL>>>>MOVED BACK TO SHORE...VERY SLOWLY 20th NOVEMBER UPDATE I had just been down to look at the ice and was back reading the forum when i stumbled upon iceslayer's first ice adventure off the dock....that was it! I was off down the yard to the water again. This time i had my ice picks, garden fork as a spud bar, and the only life jacket i had not already in storage....its a bit small for me. I was in such a hurry to get down there i was wearing my wife's neckwarmer for a hat as i could not find mine....lol. Just seeing iceslayers post convinced me there was enough ice to fish on, but alas there was not. I inched out, with a rope tied to shore and my belt buckle, got about as far as i did last time and started hacking with the fork. It only took 2 or three wacks to draw water, so i fired up the auger and yup, i was only standing on 1 1/2" MAX...lol.....back i went. Did not take the camera....but my wife snapped a pic of me on the return...she's still makin fun of my outfit...lol ITS CALLED HAUTE COUTURE 21st NOVEMBER UPDATE Great view this morning!!!! Wabigoon lake is shore to shore ice after last night. It vwas down to minus 21 last night, and that was enough to lock up the whole lake. Went down to the shore to take a few snaps on the camera...did not have time to check thickness as i was off to kenora to look at a used 2-up sled. THERMOMETER 7:15am THIS MORNING SHORE TO SHORE ICE AT LAST!!! MY ROPE AND FORK STILL THERE FROM YESTERDAY....lol

Lowrance X67C is awesome! ok....its the only type i've used, but i have seen flashers in use on the ice....i much prefer the graph mode (the same mode you see when i use it on the boat in the summer) and for those who prefer, it has an LCD flasher mode too....not quite as good as an actual flasher iv'e heard...but it works.

wow...awesome fish....how were you fishing for those? U are some lucky guys being able to fish lakers all year round! Thanks for sharing.

that 10lber is a real BEAUTY! gotta go now.... gonna pick up a bunch of bananananananas from safeway before heading out for a shore fish today

He speaks the truth...........

Solo.....you torment me once again...lol...awesome.....i think they should ban you from fishing for trout....you make it look too easy! Those fillets look yummy!!!

Ok...i know absolutey nothing about hunting....but looks like a great time was had...great pics too. Congrats on the PB