Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 went up to lake superior provincial park for some backcountry brookie fishing on "broken snowshoe" lake. we left sault ste. marie around 5:30 a.m. and begun driving up highway 17 north. around 7:30 we arrived at where our hike would begin. our route was supposed to skirt along an old birch grown in logging road about 4.5 km into the backcountry. needless to say, these old trails can be a nightmare to walk on...folded over yellow birch and places where cedars have grown in... anwho, it took us almost 4 hours to get in by the time all was said and done. by 11:30 we had our holes in. we caught decent fish all day. avg size was about 15 inches although we got a few that were just under and just over 17 inches. took a few nice eaters home. nearing three o clock we knew we were running out of time so a buddy of mine and i went to another spot down the lake. within seconds of putting down his line in his first hole his small jig was picked up and the fight was on. the fish came up as far as the bottom of the hole then bolted under the ice. the fish pulled drag for what seemed like an eternity (likely about 20 seconds) then got off. he reeled up expecting to find his line broken but instead found that the fish had actually straightened out his hook. musta been a real bruiser! anywho, we caught about 15 fish, lost a definite trophy, and got lots of exercise. (it only took 2 hours on the way out thankfully)... gonna get back up there on saturday to a reported trophy brook trout lake so hopefully we'll have some great pics. here's three fish i kept due to them being hooked badly. fish that could be released were put back down the hole as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Nice! did the garmin help you get back there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Nicely Done buddy! We are headed in again on Saturday. You Sir have a PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Rock solid effort there boys. Awesome fish to show for it too. Great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutologist Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 a good session for sure. Wouldve been nice to see the ol' hook straightener on the ice. This weekend should prove to be an epic journey. Cant wait til you and winger argue about how to gps. On another note I just got another route mapped at western. that different topo software they have shows some different trails than topo canada and toporama....plus I got the "must have" lure tip. SPECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 nice specks! one of these days i gotta head up in there, just to lazy to hike, rather go to a sled where i can take my sled haha. also word on the street is lost lake is really hot right now for specks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sounds like a great adventure. I'd love to do a tour up around that area sometime. Did you ever get out for them down here?? Any luck on the lakes I suggested? Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'm very, very jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAsin Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 your gettin my mojo crankin here! good report the few kept are nice lookin i'll be makin a snoshoe hike into a speck lake tomorrow and this is just gonna make sleeping even harder tonight also i thought i was the only one with a wooden engineers rule (the tape in the pics) thanks for sharing doc. Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakewalk Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Nice day! Always worth the extra hike Im all hot and bothered now, gotta get out to the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eazy Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hey there! Nice to hear from a local, and some awesome looking fish you got there, never did much LSPP fishing, would like to in the future tho! What do you guy's get those beauts on? Did you's ever try Mc Gregor?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StylinCatch Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Awesome day, great exercise and some great fish, must have had a blast! Good report guys, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Love specks on ice... Great report and pic Dr. Salvelinus Sweet reward for your efforts and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope29 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Does the trophy lake start with an M ... end with an N and have a Q in the middle??? There are so many huge Specks in that park. Still think Mijin has trophy's in it although I've yet to catch one. I'll be in the Sault Mar 21 to 29th....I'm really hoping for safe ice, I'm going to visit a trophy lake every day I'm up there in hope of a new personal best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 i know the name of that lake which starts with an M, ends with a N and has a Q in the middle but i wont tell anyone. we should still have a ton of ice but things might start getting slushy and a little tougher going if your walking up in the park or you dont have a decent sled for powder/slush. we should be fishing into april this year. good luck out there and i hope to see a pic of that trophy on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Does the trophy lake start with an M ... end with an N and have a Q in the middle??? There are so many huge Specks in that park. Still think Mijin has trophy's in it although I've yet to catch one. I'll be in the Sault Mar 21 to 29th....I'm really hoping for safe ice, I'm going to visit a trophy lake every day I'm up there in hope of a new personal best. I know the lake of which you speak...but that's not where we were. Troutologist knows all about'er too. Here's some "M ... end with an N and have a Q in the middle" delights from the last time I was there Edited February 25, 2009 by Dr. Salvelinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutologist Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Hilarious pics from the archives! Its been a wihle we should reaquinte ourselves with creek portage and lost stringer lakes Edited February 25, 2009 by troutologist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) i forgot all about the lost stringer. that and colin leaving his fishing rod back at the campsite, thus having to fish with an alder branch with line wrapped around the tip. good times. Edited February 25, 2009 by Dr. Salvelinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 ahhhh sault fishing at its finest, great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope29 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I know the lake of which you speak...but that's not where we were. Troutologist knows all about'er too.Here's some "M ... end with an N and have a Q in the middle" delights from the last time I was there Yeah that would be the lake lol. Big specks like that is the reason I miss living up there but it makes it that much better the couple times a year I get up for a visit. That creek portage is fun huh? At the end of the next portage (2km) off the lake you were camping on is a killer speck lake. Nothing big but non stop action but I'm sure you guys are well aware of that. Would love to hook up with you guys if any of you are heading out while I'm up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Great report! Lots of work getting to your spots, but it sure paid off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Never been past M, but we fish a few ponds like you speak of. Nothing big, but we've definitely had some 20-30 fish days. One pond we fish in summer, we don't even bring a canoe into...We just hike into it and fish from shore. We once caught 8 fish around 13 inches in 20 minutes and had to turn around and walk out because we were out of worms. hahaha I love the park. When are you headed up that way again pope? I'm in peterborough myself but I hope to get up there again in the next few weeks. Here are some fish from that pond i speak of..Shore fishin at its finest. Typical small lake fish. A limit in 20 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope29 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm going to be there Mar 22 to 28th. All those awesome pics are making me very antsy to get up there. You guys catch some awesome fish. On Sat the 14th I'm driving to Sudbury to drop my kids with there Aunt and I'm going to fish somewhere between here and there on Sunday . Do you (or anyone else for that matter) know of a decent speck lake between toronto and sudbury. Preferably walk in because I don't want to drag the sled there and back. I don't mind driving out of my way a bit if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Salvelinus and Troutologist... I'd love to join ya's but my knees were aching after reading about your hike in. lol. Serious specks... betcha I'm gonna go home, load up and mark a couple to-do lakes on some future road trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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