limeyangler Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Hi all. Well my on-call job has suddenly sprung to life. I had only been called in one time previously since September, then all of a sudden....WHAM!....combined with my full time job I have been working back to back night shifts for the last 10 days (don’t wanna sound too whiney, cuz I know that in the current economic climate, just having a job is a blessing).......but.......I still managed 2 short sessions between shifts Friday and Saturday evening with my buddy Lew. On Friday evening Lew called and said they were going to Olsen's Landing near downtown Dryden for a quick fish around 6pm. I reckoned I could still cram in a couple hours sleep if I went as I did not start till midnight...so I hopped on the snowmachine and whizzed across to meet Lew. LEW ALREADY HAD THE HOLES DRILLED, AND GORD, HIS SON CHAD AND HIS DAD WERE THERE TOO I HAD THE FIRST FISH....A NICE FAT 31" PIKE, PEELED LINE LIKE CRAZY, LOVE THAT SOUND OF A SCREAMING REEL! I GOT A WHOLE LOAD OF LITTLE ONES AFTER THAT, AROUND 6"-9" WHICH ALL WENT BACK, THEN I GOT ONE WORTH KEEPING CONSIDERING THE SIZE AROUND FORGOT MY ROD RESTS IN HASTE TO GET OUT, HANDGRIPS WERE AN EXCELLENT REPLACEMENT....LOL CHAD WAS KEPT BUSY WITH BITES BUT COULD NOT HOOK ANYTHING FINALLY CHAD'S PATIENCE WAS REWARDED, A DECENT PIKE LEW WAS BUSY CATCHING LITTLE SAUGER AND WALLEYE WHEN HE alertED US TO A VISITOR, A FOX I GOT A LITTLE PIKE JUST AS I WAS PACKING UP A great way to spend an hour and a half, and a much needed fix of fishing despite my sleep deprivation....lol. The next day I slept a bit in the morning after my shift, and waited for Lew to get his slow butt back from International Falls, he was pretty late getting back and our planned trip into Dore Lake still went ahead, it was just gonna be for a couple of hours though as we did not head out till 4:30pm. We were stopped on the way in by a CO...same guy who stopped me a couple of weeks back...and an OPP officer.....registration, insurance, fishing licenses...do you have any alcohol with you?....did you fish yesterday?......Do you have any fish at home? Did feel like they really wanted to nail us for something...anything...anyway...after 10 mins we fired up the snowmachine again and were set up by 5:30pm....I was a bit annoyed as the cable to my fishfinder's transducer had got cut in two somehow....and fishing 'blind' was a weird feeling...aint done it for a while. LEW GOT US GOING WITH THE FIRST WALLEYE, AFTER I HAD HAD A SMALL PIKE, HE WAS JOKING AROUND ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HOLD THE FISH OUT ARMS LENGTH FOR PHOTOS.....LOL IT WAS AROUND 7 DEGREES C, LEW IN HIS T-SHIRT....LOL. STILL IN HIS T-SHIRT AS THE SUN AND TEMPERATURE STARTED TO DIP ...CRAZY IF YOU ASK ME WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR LIMIT OF 8 FISH, ALL NICE KEEPER SIZE BETWEEN 15" AND 17", REALLY NICE DARK GOLDEN FISH IN THIS LAKE, WITH PROMINENT PERCH LIKE BARRING ACROSS THEIR BACKS I GOT A NICE 21" FISH, BUT DECIDED TO PUT IT BACK AS THERE WERE LOTS OF SMALLER ONES BITING LEW FINALLY DECIDED TO PUT HIS COAT ON....LOL AS WE CAUGHT OUR LAST FEW FISH WE WERE TREATED TO A GLORIOUS SUNSET......... AFTER 2 HOURS WE HAD OUR LIMIT AND WERE HEADED BACK Still at least 2.5' of ice out there, but last day for walleye will be 14th, then I’ll be after trout and will be hitting a lake with lots of SMB, see if I can ice my first bass. Till the next time....tight lines all.
kickingfrog Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Must be nice to be able to still ice fish with longer daylight hours.
Leecher Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Great report, pics and videos Simon You're so lucky to be able to ice fish at this time of year..... over here, season closed and got to wait for trout opener April 24th That 31" pike sure is a beauty and the eyes are real dark colored Great way to spend quality fishing time amongst friends!!! Great job you guys and keep up the good work Thanks for sharing Jacques
Handlebarz Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Dang Ice ours has been gone since Feb thanks again for another great report.
johnnyb Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 WOW..as always a great report....soooo jealous that you are still on the ice...thanks for posting that one
irishfield Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Great stuff Simon!!!! Wish I had the time.. and more stuff open in Zone 11 to fish for!
trapshooter Posted April 12, 2009 Report Posted April 12, 2009 Nice limit out of Dore there Simon. Good eats for sure. Be careful, mr. greenpants is watching you!! hahaha.
limeyangler Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Posted April 12, 2009 Be careful, mr. greenpants is watching you!! hahaha. NO KIDDING!
brkygetr Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 good man...glad your still makin it out...keep at er.
Greencoachdog Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 Excellent report Simon!!! ... still looks cold up there for some reason though.
highdrifter Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 Right ON. You're getting eyes through the ice, were drifting for steelies in the rivahs.. xept we can't really keep anything we catch, cause well... old blinky and all.. We could all use more walleye in our diets. Well done!! cheers HD
solopaddler Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 I always looked forward to ice fishing in April when I lived up north. Great report Simon!
bigugli Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 Beautiful sunset. I'm just a tad envious that you still have good ice up there
tinbanger Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 Beautiful sunset. I'm just a tad envious that you still have good ice up there No envy here , at least about the ice . The fish yes ! tb
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