kickingfrog Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) My brother and I made it up to Nipissing for our annual trip that is getting harder and harder to pull together every year. We had heard it all.. the water is high, the water is cold, the spring was cold, the fish aren't bitting, the fish have disapeared... Too bad, we're fishin' We like to use controlled drifts to find the walleye and determine their "mood". This year we did not have much wind and what wind we did have was from the north east most of the time. First fish of the trip... a white bass, I've never caught one before in Nipissing. Second fish... 2nd ever white bass I've seen caught in Nipissing. Little bigger, they both tasted just fine. We got into a few walleye drifting crawler harnesses. Chartreuse blades landed the most. Slot fish 22 inches 21 inches An eater My brother finally getting into the action, slot fish. I had been giving him a hard time because he had been using live worms on his harness and I was using power worms. That stopped however... 28 inches Biggest walleye either of us has caught in Nipissing. It swims on. The next day Jim caught a small drum, and wanted to clean and eat it. Very subtle flavour, we'll be eating more of them to fill-out the walleye frys. More slot fish. My brother got another hog. This time on a live chub minnow. 27 inches Another eater, we only caught 3 fish under the slot. The 2 over went back into the lake. Lone pike caught this trip. Tough fishin', but the 2 biggest walleye we've seen caught in Nipissing, and the highest average inches for a trip. Fish were caught on crawler harnesses, jigs with gulp alive and a Salmo jigging minnow, and my brother got most of his with chub minnows. Thanks for taking the time. Edited June 12, 2009 by kickingfrog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 WOW!!! Some excellent fish there Rob! Congrats to you and your brother. Thanks for taking the time to post of your adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Looks like you had an excellent time up there Kicking Frog. Some nice hogs to hooked into as well. Cheers, Ron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 WTG Rob. Nice job on the big eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Awesome, what a great trip. Looks like you dialed into those pickerel big time Great photos too!!! Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippissinger Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Nice catche kickin frog... You and Bro really jacked up some nice eyes.... Looks like a niceweekend of fun fishin... Thanx for the report and especially the pics... We are pic hoes in here...LOL Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozaibak1 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Holy crap, nice report! Those walleye look tasty! Guess that report puts down all the Nippissing naysayers for a little while, the weather sure seemed like it was ideal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Despite a slow bite you still got some prime fish. A slow drift has always worked well for me on Nipp.. this time of year. WTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 very healthy eyes,beautiful sunset! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Nice Work Rob and Bro. You guys did good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 WOW those are some beauties!!! Very well done! I love the look on your brother's face in that first shot of the 28 incher... "NOW whaddyou think of my live bait? Hmmm??!!! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappn Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) Wow some real nice fish there. Guess that wasn't last Saturday as we where up there and we faced gail force winds..so it seemed. We couldn't get out till 7 at night. Nice haul!! Edited June 13, 2009 by Flappn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Excellent report, pics, and fish Rob!!! Is that the West Arm? Your canoe looks somehow... bigger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thats some good fishing Rob, WTG... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Nice eyes, pics and report!!....thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 You're not making the next two weeks any easier Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Great job those are some really nice walleye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Holy crap, nice report! Those walleye look tasty! Guess that report puts down all the Nippissing naysayers for a little while, the weather sure seemed like it was ideal though. I still don't know how to post multiple quotes. Actually we prefer more wind/waves because my uncle's boat is not suitable for trolling, so quick drifts are our only way to cover water effectively, but we did alright and did get those two big ones just not as many as we would have expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 WOW those are some beauties!!! Very well done! I love the look on your brother's face in that first shot of the 28 incher... "NOW whaddyou think of my live bait? Hmmm??!!! " Ya is wasn't any easier sitting in the boat either...smug son of a gun. Second one didn't help at ALL! At least I ended up with a few more than he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Excellent report, pics, and fish Rob!!! Is that the West Arm? Your canoe looks somehow... bigger! No, my Uncle's place place is on the south shore a few small bays west of the Waltonian Inn. My Uncle's boat has a few more horsepower than my canoe, but only half as reliable . My brother is more than a 100lbs bigger than me as well, so the two of us haven't been in the same canoe at the same time for 20 plus years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 You're not making the next two weeks any easier Rob. Tell me about it. I didn't want to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott S Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Nice fish Rob!! My brothers and I just got back from Callander. The weather sucked but will still managed some fish out at gautier's bay. We didn't get many in the slot and the bigest was 21inches. Look's like all the big fish are still in the south shore area. The nippising jig in orange and chartruse was the hot lure. Scooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarg Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) Nice fish there, I caught a couple about 22-23 ins yesterday and another about 20, im catching more big fish than anything on Nipissing this year. Edited June 13, 2009 by blarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Blade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Really nice fish! Just moved up to North Bay and was wondering where some good spots to try. I just have my 14 foot Sportspal with a 3 HP, wasn't too sure about taking it out on Nipissing, after seeing how fast the wind can pick up out there. Have never caught a walleye...so using a worm harness is good, by the looks of it, lol...I have Gulp natural crawlers, they seem to to do well in many other applications, would they work? This slow drifting you speak of, is that accomplished with electric trolling motor? If so, I'll have to wait for a bit on that...lol. Any pointers welcome tho...love it up here, Trout Lake looks awesome too and all the string of lakes connected down to Mattawa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippissinger Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Hey Black Blade, Moving to North Bay is a good thing...Especially if you like to fish... The Nipper is one of the Best multi species lakes to fish... The harness or the ever popular 1/4 jig tipped with live bait is a surefire stinger for the Nippising predators. Slow drifting is basically just open water drift with no power. You can use the electric if you like, I prefer to find the drop offs then start a dead drift in the deep up onto the flat...They will nail you every time if they are there. A sonar really helps get you to the fish quicker... Nice hookin' Rob and Bro, and thanx for the fish porn... Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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