Brookies from the north

[Anderson]

So my son and I decided to hit a little lake about 5 min from home -5 no wind perfect

Managed 3 sweet brookies

Came home for a nice bowl of Turkey Soup

Think we"ll go back for the evening festivies

So after the turkey soup we went out for an hour

I forgot to bring my camera so I had to take the picture in the bait shop

Gonna clean these up and give "em to a couple of old folks that can"t get out but love to eat fish

That's my Christmas present to them By the way this hen measures 21 in

Edited December 27, 2009 by The Rock

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

nice brookies

[tibbs]

Congrats!

 

Looks like your going to have a great dinner tonight.

[Joeytier]

Wow!

Monsters.

[T Fisher]

WOW...... WTG biggest Brookies i've seen.

[trevy727]

wish i had a lake like that 5 minutes from home. where are you? wawa?

[Anderson]

Nope Just Nipigon

[trevy727]

even better. i'm going to stop and fish there sometime. i've been driving past nipigon for the last 15 years visiting my parents in Kenora. i want to stop every time, but my vacation time is limited and by the time i get there, i've been driving for 15 hours. one of these days.

[Paully]

Nice fish.. i plan on doing some ice fishin come Jan. 1st..

[Jds63]

that is just downright sic

 

i could fish a lifetime and never catch beauties like that

cheers

[crappieperchhunter]

Brookies through the ice is still on my bucket list.

 

Worked one summer... 1981... up there at a MNR camp on Helen Lake on Steamboat Bay. You live in a beautiful part of this country.

 

Beauty fish...thx for sharin.

[Leecher]

Awesome report and pics The Rock

Wish I could target speckies this time of year but unfortunately trout season is closed up here

 

You'll definitely have a great meal out of those!!!

Great job and thanks for sharing

Leechman

[Moosebunk]

Fat sucka that one 21'er.

 

Good eats.

 

Don't clean out all your glory holes. Ya gotta keep your clientel into fish ya know. lol.

[Ben_Daniels]

Nice fish...I smell what The Rock is cooking!

 

 

-Ben

Edited December 28, 2009 by Ben_Daniels

[Anderson]

So for everyone that was wondering These Brookies are between 5 and 7 years old that were hatchery fish released to live out the rest of their days They put 700 of them in last May The lake also holds good numbers of splake which average 1-3 years and average 12-14 in we usually let them go unless badly hooked The lake also hold a good population of walleyes with the biggest I"ve seen so far around 8lbs but lots o0f little ones in the 1lb range

Rumor has it the lake use to have lakers and the deepest spot is 82 ft so their could be a monster still swimming and eating those little splake

[Curtis]

Ice fishing brookies is my fav. There is something about fishing 3-5ft of water with your head down the hole watchin a brookie circle your bait. Dosen't get any better.. Are there any natural brookie lakes left? Other than nipigon ect.. Where i fish up in haliburton im pretty sure everything is put and take no naturals.

[Anderson]

Yes we do have natural brookie lakes I was with 2 friends in a Noname lake , buddie caught a 9 lb"er as soon as it came to the surface I said to my friend hey that's a nice lake trout he said to me There are no lake trout in here( Jaw drop ) I heard rumors of an 11 Lb"er comming outta the same lake It"s about an hour from here There are other natural lake and are usually canoe and over niters

[solopaddler]

Some nice fish there, thanks for posting!

[asdve23rveavwa]

"Gotta" love those Nipigon brookies...beautiful fish!

[limeyangler]

I said it 2wice already....PHAT PHANTASTIC PHISH Rock....good job.

[Meegs]

Oh man does that ever get my blood boiling for specks! Great job man.. those are TOP NOTCH specks ANYWHERE!

[Spiel]

Oh I love brookies and those are some serious BROOKIES!

[troutboy]

Nice brookies! I love catching 7 pounders thru the ice, its just magical to see the brookie to hit your jig ,im going out tomorrow to get some brookies,they dont have a chance!

[danc]

Gonna clean these up and give "em to a couple of old folks that can"t get out but love to eat fish

 

 

Don't blame you. I wouldn't eat one either. Those old hatchery brood stock are pretty much useless. We get them dumped in one of our local lakes too. I don't know what the guys that catch them do with them here. Your photos are typical of fish that have lived in concrete tanks for their entire lives. The worn out tails and fat bodies are telltale signs. Does the lakes name start with an "L"?

[Anderson]

Good eye on that one It"s pretty tough to get a good looking brood stock and yes the lake starts with L

One year we fished a lake that starts with S where they had put in some brood lakers averaging 15 lbs

We did a couple on the smoker and they were not bad proving the point that a good cook can make a boot taste great