johnnyb Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Since my lovely wife and I had the day off today, we decided that a few hours on the ice would be a good idea. I’ve been wanting to try Simcoe for some whitefish and lake trout, and had heard that there was walkable ice at Bear Point, and Big Bay Point. Having missed the turn to the public access at Bear Point, we ended up at Big Bay. Weather-wise, we couldn’t have picked a better day to hit the ice. Cold, crisp, and absolutely ZERO wind…we were carefully walking toward a cluster of portable huts and open air hardwater anglers by 10:00am, on 4-6 inches of newly formed black ice. By 11:00 am, everyone turned to watch two guys come out on their atv’s….and then watch one break through. No pics of it going in…camera was in the other direction, and I was on the run with the other folks in the area to head over and see if the driver needed help. Luckily, he hopped off without getting too wet….couldn’t say the same for his quad though. More on this later. Headed back over to the hole, where I had a silver Williams Whitefish with a patch of green prism tape on it resting on bottom, just shy of the 100 FOW mark. Thanks to a recent thread about how to use these particular spoons properly, I was snapping it off bottom and pausing it alternately, when something stopped it – my first whitie!!! 21 inches…not too shabby! The rest of the day was fairly uneventful….even though Laker Jessy wasn’t hauling fish in like usual, she was seeing all kinds of them on the Aqua-Vu. It sure was nice of her to let me catch up on the fish count…even though I only narrowed the gap by one. By the time we left, at around 2:30pm, we had bumped into a fellow OFC’er…Rick_Ont. Thanks again for the great tips on jigs today, Rick! See…there he is! The ATV guys had also built themselves a pretty nifty tripod and were bringing their quad back from what was almost a watery grave. Good job guys – hopefully the next outing you can focus on catching fish, not four-wheelers! And that’s it…can’t wait to get back out there….I’m definitely hooked on the Simcoe whitefish. See you out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Some ppl are so lucky that ppl with the knowlege and kindness to help them out are on hand. That's quite the system to get that quad out. Nice to see you got your first whitey after reading up on technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Good stuff folks!! I'm assuming the 4 wheeler floated thanks to those wood racks and tire air?? .. considering you were in 100FOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggyj Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Great report. Nice to see you having more success on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yup -- quad floated thanks to the tires....the other quad stayed out there after they did a thorough check of all the ice around them. Mind you, I didn't stick around for the ultimate moment of truth....but I'm assuming they got it out okay...seemed like they knew what they were doing. Oh! Forgot to mention the 3 guys who were at least a mile out into the main lake...they were back at their car the same time we were....they hopped two pressure cracks and were breaking through the ice with one shot of their spud bar...but apparently this was worth the pile of trout and whities that they caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Forgot to mention the 3 guys who were at least a mile out into the main lake...they were back at their car the same time we were....they hopped two pressure cracks and were breaking through the ice with one shot of their spud bar...but apparently this was worth the pile of trout and whities that they caught. One of them talk a lot and named Andy... other James... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 nice job on getting the whitefish I am still waiting to get one this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 One of them talk a lot and named Andy... other James... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I thought it was more of a 'Jerry, Jerry' kinda thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 One of them talk a lot and named Andy... other James... lol nope, wasnt us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Sweet report... interesting pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nice report! I bet the guy on the quad is wishing he wasn't so lazy today. I guess the 10 min walk would have killed him?? I dunno, some people aren't so bright these days!!! thanks for the report, and congrats on your first whitie! Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Great report and congrats to ya for your first Whitie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I love reading posts where it tells a whole story and you did that very very well... Congrats on your pb whitefish, it is still an elusive species for me! Maybe sometime this month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Hey Jen -- the walleye is my elusive species, as far as ice-fishing goes...so Jessy and I may be paying you and Fishmaster a visit soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Great report and pics johnnyb Congratulations on your first whitie Real nice Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickOnt Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hi JohnnyB Great to meet you and Jessie out there yesterday afternoon!! and Really neat watching the Whities and Lakers on Jessie's Aqua View!!! Pretty amazing How Clear it was, They are cruising around down there!!! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Great report & pics of all the action out there !!!! and im glad ya got a nice whitie too...those guys were lucky it could have been alot worse cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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