icefisherman Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Started as first boat out in the morning....and setup shop very shallow - 55fow...a bit West of the river. Frigid temps compared to last time I was there....51 degrees barely...moved a bit deeper and East and started picking....missed couple rainbows on the leadcore then got a huge hit and let my ice fishing buddy Don handle it....it was quite the difference for him been used to the Lake Simcoe lakers : ;D eventually he lost it as the line broke and all my flasher, fly everything was gone.... :'( I change it to a different flasher/fly turned around and was about to send it down when.....are you ready for that???...... ...... I saw something floating in front of the boat got close to it...and what a surprise of my life.....the huge salmon Don was floating was swimming tired great deal on the water surface tangled into4-5 feet piece of line with the hook still in his mouth and my green flasher hanging from his back ha ha ha ha......I was quick to grab the net and scoop the fish in...score!!! Too surprised to think about snapping a picture but I should have as it is quite unbelievable …. Still can't believe this happened to me...never seen it never heard of anything remotely similar....Here is the persistent fish that was found on getting into my boat today and Don himself. We did a quick measurement back at the rump....22,54 Lbs. Quickly switched back to the "lost" fly and sent it down....few minutes later bammm...another smaller King on the same setup.... Here is that one: Then few hours of slow down and we've got a Coho at about 10am...that was it....fishing seemed good bright and early but died quickly after 8am.... Green was the name of the game 60' down in 90fow for the Kings and 4-5 colors leadcore for the bows/coho. Nice talking to Catnip II today and listening to Grouper Trooper on the radio today. Cheers, Ice Fisherman Edited July 16, 2009 by icefisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Beauty report, IceFisherman...a friend of mine has taken me out a couple times on Lake O this year for my first experience with the mighty Kings...I'm totally hooked. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedude Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead hunter Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 nice pics that first one looks pretty dark all most like a september fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Wow, that's unbelievable. Great scooping on your part, that must have been a precision grab, ha ha ha. Nice fish for sure Emil, way to go. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I agree the first one is a nasty lookin .... Good shootin though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Wow that must be the light, the first fish looks really dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinerat Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 It was a great day on the water and a good intro to Lake O. Thanks for putting me on the Kings Ice. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookslav Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Nice fish there, and a good story to boot! I hope the dark coloration is just a camera trick? Yikes I shutter to think fall is comming early when Summer never began LOL! Edited July 16, 2009 by Cookslav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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