Quinte Report Jan 31

[Smokey]

Well I had a free day yesterday and with all the cold weather figured it was good to go. So I headed down to Belleville area and first two stops were at Skevy's and Cara Outdoors to get some minnows and info. Got great minnows from each and even better info, Thanks guys. So with all the choices I struck out and got set up for the afternoon.

 

Here is my set-up.

 

First fish never came till about 4 pm and it was about 6 lbs, after a quick pic it went right back into the bay.

 

After dark and with the full moon the fishing really got going. Here is a pic of the finder showing my jig action as the fish approaches I stop and jiggle it a bit and he comes up and sniffs it then swims away. If I wasn't taking the pics I probably could have convinced him to bite.

 

I took a few home for the table with the biggest 19".

 

So It was a great trip to start the hardwater season out. All of them were caught on a Mr. Champ in green tipped with a couple minnows. Set lines with minnows never had a hit all afternoon and evening. The fish really picked up as the sun went down so if you can stay till after dark it sure is worth the effort.

[fishindevil]

WELL DONE...great report smokey & pics those walleyes are nice looking table fare thats for sure....well glad to hear that they are hitting good after dark,thats my fav. time when im ice fishing,looks like it wasnt to bust either..i hope i can get down there before its all over cheers

[tjsa]

Excellent report Mike, glad you got out, and now you have breakfast, or supper, for a couple of days.

[Terry]

great report

I most drag my atv clam and x67c down there and give it a try too

[trapshooter]

Very nice! Glad to see ya got into some fish down there. Thanks for the report.

[Roy]

What a nice setup you have there, Smokey. Glad you did well.

[Carp]

Nice shooting Smokey.

Beauty eyes.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[Gerritt]

Niiiiiice!.... thanks for the report.... try my batter on them there eyes... it was made for it!!! look in the recipe section of OFC

 

 

Gerritt.

[huntervasili]

Nice report man... Thanks for sharing those 'eyes with us...

[kennyman]

Nice job.Looks like fun. I'm sure it's alot of work draging around that beauty setup,but when it pays off like that,I'm sure it was worth it. Thanks for the pics and especially for explaining how you caught them and on what. A Mr. Champ in green tipped with a couple minnows eh? Great report for guys like me to learn the tricks of the trade. Thankyou,thankyou,thankyou.

[b2kptbo]

Good stuff Mike, nice haul...

[Smokey]

Thanks everyone.

 

Tom, yeah lots of great fish meals in the works.

 

Terry if your ever heading down this way let me know.

 

Gerritt I'm already out of fish so it will have to be next go and I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Kenny nice things about the 4 wheeler it does all the work for me and hut sets up in about a minute.

 

b2kptbo let me know when your free if you want to get out for a fish.

 

Mike

[graftongal]

Beauty Mike! Very jealous!

[ehg]

Awesome report!

 

Usually i'll leave a little after dark, maybe will stick around longer.

 

I'm going to give it a shot Saturday evening down there.

 

Thanks for update.

 

cheers,

ehg

[Clampet]

Great Report.

And the Pictures, well, they are well shot, great detail!

 

Nice to see BOQ producin fer the boys.

[mattyk]

nice outing!

[jordan]

Nice walleye's Smokey, W2G. Now there is a good meal. Nice pics

 

 

 

jordan