Long Weekend in Temagami

[Joey]

Paul and I got invited up to Wayne & Leah's cottage this weekend in Temagami. We booked off Friday and Monday and headed out first thing Friday morning. We heard they were calling for some pretty cold weather, but we were hoping the weatherman was wrong. He wasn't

 

The drive was 5 hours from our place to theirs and pretty uneventful except for the freezing rain from North Bay to Temagami, and the trucker who was passing on a corner coming at us head on in that freezing rain, so we had to break to give him the time to get back in his lane. Idiot

 

Friday night we gabbed and ate homemade beef stew at the kitchen table and enjoyed some stories.

 

 

 

Saturday morning the weather greeted us at about -35 C.

 

Can't beat this view on a Saturday morning, even if the snow crunched beneath our feet.

 

 

 

We headed out right after breakfast. Oops, ya dropped a loop Wayne!!

 

 

It got down to a balmy -29 C by the time we were set up and fishing in the wind.

 

Not sure if Leah's tired from Friday night or if Wayne's talking put her to sleep

 

 

The fishing was slow to say the least and the only fish caught was a little laker caught by me right near sunset. Unfortunately Lakers are out of season in Lake Temagami right now

 

Nice shot of the sunset just before we headed back.

 

 

We decided to go into town for supper Saturday night at the only restaurant in town. A great Chinese food place that had fantastic food.

 

 

Sunday morning we tried a different spot hoping for some whities. No sooner had we set up and Paul drops his line and its fish on. A nice pickerel out of 90 FOW Not in the slot - woohooo.

 

 

Then as soon as I drop my line, its fish on for me aswell. This time tho it was quite a surprise I see when it gets to the surface. A ling!!

 

I've never caught a ling before and let me tell you, they are one slimy fish. Of course the camera was in my pocket so you'll have to wait for Wayne to get back and post that pic.

 

Then shortly after that I caught a small laker and back down the hole she went to get bigger for when she's in season.

 

Here is Paul giving Leah a tip-up 101 lesson.

 

 

Then Leah's line goes off while we were talking and Wayne called her over. She grabbed the rod and had a great fight on her hands. She kept saying over and over "please don't be a ling, please don't be a ling." It was a really nice sized laker, that also went back down to swim another day.

 

 

Then I was up next with a small pickerel. Gotta love the pic with the cig in my mouth, how cooth

 

 

Then I was up again with a nice non-slot pickerel about the same size as paul's.

 

 

And finally Wayne came in with a nice little pickerel himself.

 

 

The sun started to set once again so we called it a day. Headed back and had some fantastic homemade lasagne and cabbage rolls that Leah made. Delicious.

 

 

 

We had a fantastic time despite the weather and had some great laughs, great company, great stories and watched some movies by the fire. Thanks Wayne and Leah for having us, it was a pleasure. Looking forward to getting together again soon.

 

Not sure what it is about our drives home, but this was what we hit all the way from Hunstville to past Bracebridge.

 

 

Then just past Holland Landing, traffic stopped. Not slowed, but stopped. Apparently some debris was scattered across the 400 and they closed it. Finally they opened two lanes and as we passed, we found out why, a truck had hit the overpass driving in the far right lane and scattered scaffolding boards all over the place

 

Cheers,

 

Joey

Edited January 27, 2009 by Joey

[Dano]

So Wayne, you've been holding back on the walleye spots huh?

 

Glad to see you get out and have a good time with gracious hosts.

 

And Joey baby, you're sssssmokin!

[solopaddler]

Just awesome!

[Carp]

Excellent report and pics Joey.

 

I knew you would have a good time with Wayne and Leah hosting.

Catching fish is just a bonus.

[ciceri]

nice, cant wait to see the pic of the ling.

[ccmtcanada]

Fantastic report Joey! Looks like you all had a great time out there. We hit snow squalls south of Barrie yesterday on the way home...with fire trucks and an ambulance rushing up the shoulder.

 

At least you guys got into more fish than we did on Nipissing! Awesome pictures Joey...as usual!

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report, i heard it was freezing up there this past weekend! Looks like you all had a great time even in the cold!

 

Cheers!

[Greencoachdog]

Excellent report and pics Hosette!!!

 

I especially like the pics of Leah with the dingle balls hanging off of her tobogan!!!

[lew]

Good stuff Joey, sounds like a great weekend !!

 

Excellent pictures too

[Terry]

yeah, what's with the walleye, Wayne, I like walleye

 

LOL

 

Looks like a good time

 

in a few weeks I will be testing those waters myself

[b2kptbo]

Looks like a good time had by all, thanks for the report...

[medmart]

Great report Joey looks like every one had a good time and every one caught a fish

even Paul

 

Rob

[Basskicker]

Thanks for that great report.....sure looks COLD!!!

 

Cheers

Jason

[corvette1]

looks like a great time by all congrats

[TJQ]

I love temagami..... and yes.. thats the best chinese food restaurant in Ontario, no doubt about it! Nice report!

[tinbanger]

Nice report .looks like a great weekend .

 

 

Especially like the pic of Wayne enjoying his 'Loops' .Maybe we should add a box to prize table at Fishing for Tyler LOL.

 

Thanks for posting

 

TB

[limeyangler]

Looks like a great time......and you guys caught fish....lol....better than our weekend getaway fish wise.

 

 

Like the dropped loop pic

[Headhunter]

Nice report Joey! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a 2nd report this year where Paul actually caught a fish! If so, I may have to re-evaluate my current way of thinking.... the times they are a changing! L.M.A.O.!

Nice to see Leah get a fish to!

HH

[johnnyb]

What a great report...ALWAYS worth the drive to Temagami, no matter what the weather 'Specially if you get to hang out at Wayne's and hit up what is unquestionably the best Chinese food in the province

[mattyk]

great report, thanks for sharing with us!

[highdrifter]

Aaaahhhhh Joey, that was a lovely addition to my morning's coffee and cig...

 

Thanks Sugar Beet!!

 

HD

[bigbuck]

NICE!!

It's sure pretty up there. I've gotta hit those waters one day for ski's, pike, and walleye. My buddy's dad had a fishing camp up there back in the 60's and he told us of stories of monster pike and muskie that would definitely scare the bejeezus out of a little kid swimming in the lake.

[Joey]

Nice report Joey! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a 2nd report this year where Paul actually caught a fish! If so, I may have to re-evaluate my current way of thinking.... the times they are a changing! L.M.A.O.!

Nice to see Leah get a fish to!

HH

 

Ya Joe, we're all wondering when the tides shifted in his favour, and if we hadn't seen it with out own eyes, we'd be skeptical. The universe has become unaligned that's for sure

[jwl]

sounds like a great adventure, and some decent fish caught along the way to boot. Funny on the comments about the chinese food place, I actually ate there before as well,work brought me up that way, had to work at the Foodland(not sure if name changed now) I installed thier debit card system, rolled into town just as they where rolling up the sidewalks Checked into the Temagami Inn,went out to find some grub, the chinese place was the only place open to get some food they even stayed open late to accomodate me and my wife ...not even the Busy Bee across the road if we wanted chips and pop for dinner was open

 

As for cold..well it was a few years back in May when I went there and everything was still frozen solid

 

Thanks for sharing the report

Edited January 27, 2009 by jwl

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

Great report Joey and very nice pics!! ....ya know what they say about a guy that eats fruit loops??......Never mind, I won't even go there Wayne