troutologist Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Friday at work turned out to be a weather network staredown. When they say winds NW 50km, they usually mean 30ish I was hoping....not so much. After work Friday I was packed and set to return to ON in search of the muskies who were less than cooperative at Lac Seul last weekend. Weather in Winterpeg was gale style winds but clear. As we neared the border a full on whiteout decided to make the drive more interesting. As we passed the 3rd plowtruck, I pondered how many times I'd towed a boat around a plow. To further complicate matters, deer were everywhere, why are they in front of my truck on snowcovered roads with no visability and not in some corpse of evergreens bedded down? This vexed me. After celebrating our arrival, and the arrival of a few other groups it was 3am. Prehaps we misjudged when the clocks turn back. Anyhow we headed up the lake armed with coffee baileys and ski goggles for the run up the lake in 4 footers in the tiller. As a side note the new boat is unreal. We trolled, and trolled (and trolled) with only a few pike to show for our credit. Ambient temperatures and the diminutive size of these fish prompted us to release them boatside without breaking out the camera. With eyes glued to the GPS we navigated the minefield home as darkness drew and winds finally subsided. The Yankees were kind enough to delay their start until I returned to watch. Saturday night was an early one. We wanted an early start Sunday. On the water early in mild east winds we travelled far afield, breifly stopping to fish a few points and reefs enroute. As we arrived at the spot, it started to snow, heavily. In turn this changed to those giant flakes of wet snow, so efficient at sticking to and soaking everything. As we trolled south it began to hail, nothing big just the 1/2" type. Afterwhich we had what I can only refer to as sometype of horizontal ice pellets driven by furious east winds. The ensuing 6 hours of rain were a welcome repreive. BUT through it all we found a speed, depth and lure color that piqued the interest of a few esox. Some pike in the mid 30's told us they enjoyed an accelerated trolling speed. Coming around a point adjacent a reef, not too far from a current neckdown my rod stopped over 20fow, thus starting a great battle between the muskie and myself. Seeing the net slide under it was satisfiying, as it was the first one I had been the "guide" for. A few hooks quickly cut, and a pic and measurement. She was ready for release and swam away after about 10 seconds. After a brief celebratory hot chocolate we trolled on, losing 2 nice fish. Another fish kind of "pushed"?? the lure right up to the surface and out of the water, there was a scale on the lure but no fish. Later we connected with pike fat pike of 38 and 38.5" (photos on buddy's camera) Great weekend overcoming poor weather to find some nice fish. Bonus was I returned home to find my house in tact after not being there to give out candies to the kiddies and watching another Yankee win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Great report! Nice Muskie! I thought about taking the boat out this weekend, but the weather put me off....10/10 for gettin' out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Awesome report, Jay...sounds like a wild weekend. I hope to see a bright green jerkbait or a black bucktail in one of your reports in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutologist Posted November 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Me too John, I tried casting the jerkbait briefly but we didn't give casting a solid try. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Back for more I see. Very nice. Glad to see you got a nice muskie for your efforts. I'm pretty sure I know the reef, point and current neck down you speak of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yup! It must feel good to nail a nice fish. If your gonna freeze your butt off you wanna come home making it feel all worth it! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) Very solid effort Trout-O. Brought ya a nice reward at trips end. Had ya even not caught the fish though it still would have been a cool report. Edited November 2, 2009 by Moosebunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Well out rode out the weather and were rewarded, very well done. She's a beauty Nicely done. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydub Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Great report & nice fish ! That musky would make all the nasty weather worth while I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Great story and an excellent fish to go with it !! Sometimes fishing the lousy weather really pays off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 QOUTE "As we passed the 3rd plowtruck, I pondered how many times I'd towed a boat around a plow. " QUOTE So how many times was it ? Hardcore!!!!!!! Nice report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt15 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Nice Muskie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Sounds like a tough day out there but putting the time in always pays off! Thanks for sharing, MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 great report, working the cold and wind paid off with that fish, sure makes it worth while when its cold like that doesnt it Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Beauty ski troutologist Sweet reward for your efforts Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Nicely done buddy, the weather seems reminiscent of our day on the Manistee last November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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