rhare Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 My buddy Dan and I headed a couple hours north to try our luck at some splake and Brookies. The day was great, not too cold and no wind perfect to leave the hut behind and get a little adventurous. The best part about these backwood lakes is that you rarely ever see anyone else fishing them or even signs that anyone has. the lake Although there is lots of ice on the lakes the edges are very soft, whats his name and creek areas had water visable, this creek mouth looked good we picked up a new pack auger from finn bore, man this thing is a beast. we like to run and gun with jigs and this sucker had no problem pounding hole after hole with no effort best $100 I spent and the silent approch works well in the shallow water After a good walk boaring some holes we were fishing. It wasnt long untill Dan gets slammed. a couple runs and pop the knot breaks. Had to rub this one in the guy never breaks knots and knows more of them then I'll ever know. Guess he didnt check this one Not long after I was working my jig in about 12fow and slam hes off right away, I watch the finder and he comes back and smashes it again. great fighters on 4lb and UL rods! About 15 min or so goes by when my rod gets hammered, almost pulled it down the hole! thank god for the loose drag. a really nice coloured splake they all went about 16-19" between 1-2lbs We decided to go try a few different points we had noticed on the way in. We drilled around and found a nice little hump that went from 5fow to 11fow. Dan put on his go to jig and went for the shallow hole. Before I could even get my rod down, bam hes got one. I moved around and had a couple follow the jig around but no takers, about 10 min later Dan gets crushed again. Another nice splake, man they fight hard! Even though they dont spawn, back they go to catch again another day! Now feeling adventurous and high on fishing we decided to thrash through the bushes to a small speckie lake about 1.5 miles past the end of the splake lake. The snow was DEEP right up to the goodies but we perservered. The float suits are not ideal for hiking through bushes but being we didnt know how froze the lake was what can ya do some beaver holes Dan how about you go first... we finaly made it through the bushes, trying not to get sweaty made it a slow trip. The last thing we wanted was to get cold that far from the road. lake shot... We got all the goodies set up, but didnt have too much time to fish. tried a few spots but being it was a new lake we fished blind. About a half hour into fishing I get a couple small bumps, set missed him! Bang hes back. my reel tangled so I had to hand line him what a nice fish! beautiful female, she was fat spitting out all sorts of little stuff she's been eating.makes the hike all worth while all and all a real good time, but I'll sleep like a puppy and next time no float suits and snowshoes for godsake. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 That's one intense day of exploring and fishing guys. Some nice fish sure makes all the work worth it though I bet. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramble Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 AWESOME report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillj Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Spec-tacular ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Great fishing trip/report !!!!!. .thats some real nice trout you guys got,and a great way to start the ice fishing season,very nice scenery pics too,thanks for sharing cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nater Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 That's awesome...Nice work Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 great report,congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Liken it!!!! Man I gotta get back into shape so I can do that again. Use to have a hoot in the Haliburton Wildlife preserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Awesome stuff.....that's what ice fishing is supposed to be like!! I had plans to do the same thing in the morning, but its not looking good with this rain pissing down the way it is here. How was the ice? Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Awesome stuff.....that's what ice fishing is supposed to be like!! I had plans to do the same thing in the morning, but its not looking good with this rain pissing down the way it is here. How was the ice? Sinker I hope the rain doesnt last too long, the ice was in great shape and there was plenty 6-10" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Well done. Good report too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Superb. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelinrolly Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 awesome report!!!!....looks you had a great day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 What a great report, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 A good outing, great report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian_copper Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 GREAT OUTING GUYS!!! A LOT OF WORK BUT IT PAID OFF WELL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Good stuff,Troutguy and we all appreciate the report. Glad you had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFinder Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Thanks for the report, thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Thought I'd posted yesterday... guess not, so I read it again today. Maybe I was just baffled that Nater had a positive comment... lol GREAT outing guys... you would have left me a few feet from the first lake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee scot Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 like the pics buddy cant wait to get out and crush those puppies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 ....Man I can't think of anything that would make any winter day more fun. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I thought that lake beside the splake lake didnt open for specs till Jan first...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhare Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I thought that lake beside the splake lake didnt open for specs till Jan first...... Its a year round lake, I always check the regs lots of exceptions and such up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 you have a PM...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Nice pics and report! Looks like a great way to spend the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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