ccmtcanada Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) Well, as stated in a thread earlier in the week, bly booked a hut on Scugog for an early Valentine's day treat! Well, we got there at 4:30pm...a half an hour early, but Kerry and Cyndi (operators of Lake Scugog Ice Hut Rentals) got our stuff loaded up right away and took us to our hut. They were great hosts and made every effort to make our stay as comfortable as possible. I've never been ice fishing before, so it was kinda cool for me standing out in the middle of a lake that I usually fish in the summer. Here's a pic of bly outside our hut and a pic when the sun was going down. Once inside, we got everything ready. The hut was propane heated and nice and warm for us. There was a minnow bucket inside already filled with bait. There were 4 holes inside so we set up our 2 tipups and 2 rods/holders and then waited for some action. The ice was nice and solid...around 10" think from what I could tell. Bly then made us some fresh coffee on the propane stove and we were all set! Kerry came around to check up on us to see if we needed any minnows and noticed that our hut was dark, so he dropped off a lantern for us to use. At around 6:30pm, one of our tipups was set off!! Carole was closest, so she set the hook and began to bring in the fish. Unfortunately, the fish ended up with a free minnow!!! Oh well, we'll wait for the next hit. Suddenly, the rod in front of me went crazy, but I was too slow....by the time I picked up the rod to set the hook, it was gone. Things were kinda slow after that, so we had our romantic valentine's dinner. We then decided to break out the cards! I noticed that ice fishing tackle is downsized....so we used downsized cards as well....lol. And you guessed it...we played Go Fish...she beat me 3 games to 2. We had the option to stay out there all night long...Kerry offered to pick us up at around 5am, but we decided to leave at 11pm instead. With Carole fighting off bronchitis and the bite being really slow, we thought we'd head on home. Kerry and Cyndi run a great operation. They were out checking on us to see if we needed anything. He even shovelled some snow around the hut to cut on drafts coming from underneath. Kerry was going to drop by to fish with us for a bit as well, but we ended up leaving early. They take you right out to your hut on a snowmobile. He has a heated bathroom on the ice as well, so that's really convenient. Our hut came equipped with 4 holes, 2 nice folding lawn chairs and a great comfy futon! So, I must say, that even though we were skunked, I had a great time out there. I can see us doing this again soon...I'm not much of a cold weather person, but hey, this was like fishing in luxury....LOL. Thanks bly! It was the best valentine's gift I've ever had. Edited February 11, 2007 by ccmtcanada
Gerritt Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Cliff, Awesome report, and a great read! if only my reports were as well thought out! Awesome to hear about your first on ice fishing adventure Nowwe gotta get you and Bly to Simcoe for the 24th!! WooooHooooo.... Glad to hear you had a great time! Gerritt.
Joey Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Well its too bad about the skunk, but you got out and had a nice romantic evening away Glad you two had a good time and sorry we couldn't join you this time, definately next time. Cheers, Joey
fishindevil Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 well done cliff,im glad you guys had a great time,and enjoyed your first time out ice fishing,and yes thats an awsome valentines present you got there bud ,well to bad the walleyes wernt co-operating last night,well maybe next time try lake simcoe and you might have alot better luck,thanks for sharing your report with all of us....cheers
joonmoon Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Hey guys good report thanks. Them eyes are funny there eh? Glad to see ya had a good time at the Bog. Kerry and Cyndi are a real class act and know their lake. Better luck next time but yas had a good nite anyway...thats what its' all about for ice fishin.
fishdawg Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 nice effort - did you try any jigging? ( from what i understood you had 4 set lines?)
ccmtcanada Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Posted February 11, 2007 Hey guys good report thanks. Them eyes are funny there eh? Glad to see ya had a good time at the Bog. Kerry and Cyndi are a real class act and know their lake. Better luck next time but yas had a good nite anyway...thats what its' all about for ice fishin. Thanks for putting us in touch with them. They were great hosts! We told them about the coffee....LOL....we had no idea what you meant...but they did.
ccmtcanada Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Posted February 11, 2007 nice effort - did you try any jigging? ( from what i understood you had 4 set lines?) Yes we did....we tried lots of things...including jigging. We set all 4 at different depths with different bait setups. Also tried jigging with jigs and spoons. Nothing to show for our efforts, but it was a great time out there.
Mike the Pike Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Nice report Cliff nice to see you didn't suffer you had all the comforts of home.Sorry about the skunk Cliff . So what were you and the wife doing during the long delayed reaction towards the rod and tip up.Happy Valentines Day!to you and your wife. Mike
urbanangler1990 Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 nice report, too bad for lack of fish tho...
Clampet Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Thanks Cliff and Carole for sharing with us a very intimate moment. The one(s) that got away, did you sharpen the hooks....see what I mean, oh well next time. You guys are terrific!
charlied Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 don't worry i got skunked there too......guess scugog has no fish....LOL. 6 hours sitting in a chair in the wind with no fish I got pretty frustrated and angry....then realized i was so cold so the anger and frustration went away!
canadian_copper Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 TOO BAD ON THE SKUNK BUT A GREAT V-DAY GIFT INDEED!!!
Bassnbows Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Just make sure you have enough PROPANE to get u through the night if u decide to stay next time. We were out from Fri to Sun with them $110/ea . Switched huts three times bacause Kerry had a few large groups going out. Ran out of PROPANE both nights. The fishing was not good at all. Got 8 small perch in all that time. Tried everything. Glad to be home.
Carp Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Sorry to hear the fish weren't co-operating the way you had hoped. Guess with the slow bite there was time for other activities. Futon, cozy hut, dim lighting, romantic dinner. Was that hut a rockin' ??? Thanks for the report.
snag Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 You lucky bugger, I think the only way I could get my wife out fishing in the winter would be very, very far down south!
DanTheMan Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 Eve though you got skunk, looks like a great trip.Looks like a nice set up also you had there. Very nice romantic dinner you had there :D Great report and pics bud
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