wantabigone

so sad and needless.

Those browns are gorgeous, nice pics and a good day out. Congrats

Fish of a lifetime-congrats!

I totally agree, I bought 20 pound test to tie my own worn harnesses for walleye and the line broke on every 1-3 fish. The walleye were only 18 inches! Crap and not worth the money. My 8 pound mono held up to over 50 fish!

Is that a fishing book he is grabbing?

Fantastic!

very nice, well done

Hate when that happens!

Sorry to hear of your loss. Losing a parent is a terrible thing. I lost my mom to cancer 3 years ago and it feels like yesterday. Your dad will live on in the memories of all who loved him. When you catch the big one no doubt your dad will be with you as I am sure he will be until the day you 2 meet again.

Your kid will never forget that. May even light that passion to get even better on the drums. Too cool. Also a great big thumbs up to the drummer for taking the time to do that.

Anyone looking fora fishing partner this tues-friday? I am in Brampton and willing to fish for anything that swims! PM if interested.

awesome day out for you... How late were you fishing until? 105 in a day, I have surfed some fishing chat boards and you seem to have hit it right that day. It seems to be tough fishing the past week on BOQ. Need any gas money during the week next week? LOL I'm available!

Pikeslayer8.... "I hope you are still able to fish with your dad. " Yep, still fishing with the best fishing partner. May not do our fly in next year as work is unpredictable at the moment! Very nice trout Bondy

We managed to do the "northern grand slam" from shore at the camp. We caught and released whitefish,pike,lake trout and grayling. Incidentally Grayling is my absolutely favourite tasting fish. I did catch some walleye while targeting trout in late August and early September. Lake Athabasca is located in northern Saskatchewan/Alberta. We went to Lakers Unlimited which required us to fly into Edmonton or Fort McMurray depending on the year we went. Everything was taken care of once we left the hotel in the morning. It was pricey back then but is out of my reach financially now which is the reason I have not gone back. If I ever do, it will be in the final 2 weeks of September. Like other places if you check in with the lodge periodically sometimes they have last minute cancellations and you can get some decent deals at those times. Just type in Lakers Unlimited in search bar and it will come up. Incidentally Indian Head is located in the same area as Lakers Unlimited and also looks to be a good location. (has a pool table from what I understand!)

wow- gorgeous colours on those. My group and I stayed at twin lakes but we never fished it. We arrived late and flew out the next day for Eddie's. Now I know what we missed!

Good advice!

I am not sure if I was the person you were thinking about Solo. If so I never received a PM. Well, I know this is a bit late with my experience on the Lake. I have been there in '96,'98'2000 and 2004. Each time I went with Lakers Unlimited. Back in '96 they were still new on the lake and the accomodations were tent frames. I personally loved it being rustic like that. They now have wooden cabins, central eating cabin (very comfy and good food) with full running showers and flush toilets. Now for the fishing, in a word, fantastic! I would say the first year my dad and I went was the best. We caught 33 lake trout 4 days in a row. My dad showed me up on catching the big trout catching a 42 pound monster. It took him 25 minutes to reel it in and I recall him saying " he must be holding onto a rock with his entire family". Our best day was catching 33 trout averaging 24.5 pounds. We caught 6 fish over 30 pounds. Many 20 pounders. Someone mentioned "oily" fish, well, that is just absurd. In the middle of the 320 mile long lake you will not see any signs of the oil production. Regardless, who wants to eat the big ones, just keep the small ones for shore lunch - which incidentally was difficult to do some days. We had one day we could not catch a trout under 14 pounds! Oh, also someone mentioned the pike fishing. The pike fishing is just as good as Eddie's if not better. I literally caught dozens of pike 20 pounds and better. My personal best pike to date was caught there at 26 pounds. The pike however tend to be long and lean. Eddie's pike were definately thicker. (fished there twice) Lakers has 2 lodges. One is better for trout the other is better for pike. Having said that the pike fishing at the "laker" lodge is fantastic as well. If you are truly wanting to experience laker fishing of a lifetime I recommend the cold weeks of late September. (3rd or 4th) to ensure you experience the sight fishing for trout. I, unfortunately, have not been able to go that time of year but having spoken to other guests that have fished that time of year described sight fishing on shoals for 20 30 and 40 pound trout. They just peer into the crystal clear waters and see them swimming around. They described getting into schools of these brutes and being able to cast to them only to have some other trout grab your lure. I would imagine a fly fisherman would be in heaven! I did go up there the first week of September but we never did experience this. The other groups did however on their last day but unfortunately our guide did not get us to the right spot! This is why I recommend the 3rd or 4th week of September. Sorry about the delay to this question but I hope this can help anyone thinking of doing this kind of a trip. PM me if you would like more info on this or Eddie's camp. Always willing to talk to anyone about fishing! Remember, the unofficial world record was netted in Atahabasca-103 pound football.

"I'm available if any one wants a fishing partner" November 22-25 in particular! Hello all. I have taken a few days off next week and am wondering if anyone needs an additional person for fishing... anything. In the off chance anyone needs another body to fill out a group perhaps I could be the guy! May help reduce the cost. I am in the Toronto area. Tight lines all! Mark

LOL-nice one! Thanks for the responses. I will have to check that link out and "Budds" Wishing everyone safe and memorable trips!

Hello All. I figured for my first post I would share with you the places I have flown into for fishing. Lake Athabasca(hands down the best fishing experience for pike and lake trout)X4 Ogoki Lake X2 The "Kag"Kagianagami Esnagami Nagagami Beteau Lake on Attawapiskat X2 (well after July 16th!) I am still looking for that fly in lake that has some BIG walleye (happy with 6 plus pounders to take pictures of and releasing) Anyone come across a good place-please PM me! (I know Bay of Quinte is good-just wondering about fly in lakes) Tight lines all.