Near north Lake Trout'in

[rhare]

Headed up North on Friday to do some Laker fishing. Been feeling a little down since simcoe closed, thought this might be a good picker-uper.

Ice conditions where pretty good. No snow or slush on the ice.Decided to take the truck out and cover some more water then we usually do.

First place we stopped I managed to entice a small laker with the williams. We just didnt have the fish marking on the finder so we moved on.

next place was a bit deeper and had lots of fish moving through. I managed another little one on the spoon. My buddy Dan was working a tube jig when he got smashed. As the fish came to the hole I noticed it had about a 6-8" laker hanging out of its mouth as well as the tube jig. what a pig!

Too bad the little laker fell out, would have made for a cool pic.It was a great fight and ended up being about 5-6lbs range. quick pic and back she goes. Again it slowed so we moved to a steep drop off. I landed 2 more smaller lakers this time on the tube. we missed a few more, all and all not to bad of a day. we had no minnows, but saw most people were using minnows with success.

 

One thing I did notice was the fish had parasites all over them,and this is the second lake in the region I have seen this. I tried to take pics but they didnt turn out all that well. The parasite's almost looked like little magots around the fin areas of the fish. What are these?

 

 

[ehg]

Nice report and fish. Looks like a fine day there.

Thanks for posting.

ehg

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

One thing I did notice was the fish had parasites all over them,and this is the second lake in the region I have seen this. I tried to take pics but they didnt turn out all that well. The parasite's almost looked like little magots around the fin areas of the fish. What are these?

 

I believe those parasites are: (copied from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcont...t=zoonoticspub)

 

Salmincola: The genus Salmincola has a circumpolar

distribution and its members are relatively common on

salmonids in the region. Seven species infest these fish.

Salmincola carpionis attach to the mouth of Arctic

charr (Figure 13); S. corpulentus to the gills of lake cisco

and broad and lake whitefish; S. edwardsii to the gills

of Arctic charr and lake trout, and rarely to the fins of

Arctic charr (Figure 14); S. extensus to the fins of Arctic

and least cisco and lake and broad whitefish; S. lotae to

the mouth of burbot; S. nordmanni to the gills of

Figure 11. Adult female Coregonicola orientalis, without

egg sacs, attached to a lake whitefish (photo credit J.D.

Reist).

Figure 12. Coregonicola orientalis from a lake whitefish.

Note large star-shaped bulla (photo credit L.M.J. Bernier).

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inconnu; and S. thymalli to the gills of Arctic grayling

and inconnu. Salmincola have free-swimming larvae

that attach themselves to the outer surface of the fish.

These larvae move and shed (molt) their outer surface

several times before maturing to adults. During the

final larval stage the larger female attaches itself

permanently to the fish using a large, circular anchor

or bulla. Sexual reproduction occurs during this stage

Figure 13. Salmincola carpionis in the mouth of an Arctic

charr (photo credit L.M.J. Bernier).

Figure 14. Salmincola edwardsii on the gills of an Arctic

charr. (photo credit D.B. Stewart).

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or as an adult. The tiny male then disappears, and the

female remains to feed on gill and/or skin tissue and to

shed eggs into the water from her two egg sacs. The

adult females are typically about a centimetre in body

length. Heavy Salmincola infestations can lead to

secondary infections that kill the fish. Some lake trout

have over 50 S. edwardsii on their gills and Arctic charr

over 20 S. carpionis in their mouths.

Edited March 24, 2008 by TroutnMuskieHunter

[mattyk]

thanks for the report, some nice looking fish.

[jdmls]

Nice but still not a day on KEMPT !!!! Only 10 months to go LOL

[fishindevil]

Great catch !!!!! man the fish & the weather were sure co-operating for you guys out there today, glad you could enjoy the last few days of good,safe ice,it wont be long now...