Leecher Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Well guys since mother nature was giving us a break this weekend with some milder weather, the plan was for Paul, Kevin and I to hit a couple of lakes today.... one for eyes early morning and the other for whities in early afternoon. Got up at 5:00am, temperature was -12C and no wind. Paul and I left home at 5:30am to pickup Kevin and made a pit stop to Timmies for some hot brew and the way we went, destination Lac St-Marie. Arrived around 6:45am and got setup. We each had 3 tip-ups rigged with dead small minnows.... here a shot of our setup and Paul jigging away Did not take long for the action to start Kevin got into his first walleye, an 18" incher.... BEAUTY!! Then he gets another, same hole a 17.5" incher..... here he's holding both.... WOW Then it's my turn with a 17" incher All the while Paul got a hit too but could not land it I was thinking eye frenzy and could not believe that we just landed 3 eyes in the spawn of 30 minutes.... but all of a sudden, we get into a perch frenzy jumbo style Kevin was first to land a 12" incher.... incredible!! and I landed also a 12" incher... my personal best Here is another one around 11" Here's a pic of some of the ones we kept for a fry At this point, around 10:00am, the perch were very active and diminishing our stock of minnows. The eyes were no where to be found and decided to call it a day since we had another lake to tackle. So we packed up and headed for our new destination. Arrived around 11:00ish and could not decide which area of the lake to target.... decision, decision LOL didn't have to flip a coin.... headed out to the south end of the lake only the find someone fishing the spot that we had targeted last week and the wind was gusting pretty bad so we decided to head to another area that was about 1000 meters away but the draw back was we had to walk there We hit a lot of slush holes on the way there and made the walking very difficult.... once arrived, Kevin started to drill holes and got setup and started jigging.... NOTHING... Moved a little closer to an island and this is where Kevin got a hit, fought this fish for a couple of minutes, was taking drag and lost it :-( Moved a little closer into the channel and this is where Kevin landed his PB!! a 4.5Lbs whitie and what a fight it was. Took a pic while he was fighting it After the pic, started filming with my camera but it does not have sound capabilities.... here is the vid What a beast.... check it out!! Then after an hour went by, was jigging a silver / blue Foxee tipped with a white fish fry and all of a sudden this fish hits my Foxee like a freight train.... BANG.... FISH ON!! the battle lasted several minutes and was able to land my first ever whitie MAN what a fight that thing gave me.... It was nuts... was going around the hole all the way up to the top LOL Took a couple of pics of my trophy FINALLY THE SKUNK IS OFF LOL :-) All in all caught a dozen perch, 3 very nice eyes and 2 whities Doesn't get any better than that Hope you enjoy Jacques
smokin joe Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Leechman, congrats on an excellent day of fishing and the PB's caught These are the type of days that we are all seaching and waiting for. Today was your day
Streamerguy Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Doesn't get any better than that U said it Jaques,BIG Congrats Streamerguy
purekgw Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 wow man what an awesome day the whiteys taste SO good
irishfield Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 That's what it's all about right there... fresh air.. good friends and even some fish!
limeyangler Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 PBs all over the place!!!!! Excellent stuff jacques....what a day!
Joeytier Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 You're allowed 3 lines per person? I'm jealous.
mikeh Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 congrats, some nice fat fish you guys caught. awsome pictures as well.
Shelley Cooper Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Awesome report.. what a great day.. Congrats
StylinCatch Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Looks like a great day, some big perch, and the whities! Cheers!
Ramble Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Niiice work. That was sounds like an excellent day in anyones book. -Dave
Greencoachdog Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Excellent report and pics Jacques!!! Congrats on your PB Perch and Whitefish!!! Why didn't we see any pics of Paul with fish?... is he camera shy?
Spiel Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Perfect eating size walleye, big fat perch and hard fight'n whities, seems like a perfect outing to me.
b2kptbo Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Beauty Whitie Jacques congrats, great report...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Good one guys!!!....looks like a great day outing! Hmmmmm....so you guys took me up to that Whitie Lake last weekend and we fished an area that doesn't produce eh??? ....I'll remember that come Muskie season
Fishing 24/7 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 What a great report jaque i lovet he way you put this one together. seems like you are getting the hang of the lil foxxee! hein ehin! HEIN! no told me that there was MONSTER COREGONES! now we are on the hunt for the 6 + lbs DU BLANC! MAN talk about big perch those were the size of a one pound bass! Whats so funny about this is that you guy on simcoe lake are hitting these fish in 80 - 100FOW. We FANILAY located them in 15 - 25 FOW! im thinking they move deeper in late ice.! thanx for all the gr8 comments guys. verry apreciated. cong on the PB jaques.
Moosebunk Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Fantastic Jacques and co. Congrats on the beauty whites and all other fish.
lunkerbasshunter Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 outstanding day out there!!! congrats on your first whitie and a big one to boot! cheers!
Whitespinnerbait Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Good one guys!!!....looks like a great day outing! Hmmmmm....so you guys took me up to that Whitie Lake last weekend and we fished an area that doesn't produce eh??? ....I'll remember that come Muskie season Steve we parked along the road , where that local dude sent us , but this time we walked to the islands that were over to the right of us ,The ones that were one KILOMETER away....... Lots of time left to go back
Whitespinnerbait Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Why didn't we see any pics of Paul with fish?... is he camera shy? Yesterday was just not my day for the Bigger ones.....
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