Anderson Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 nice brookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbs Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Congrats! Looks like your going to have a great dinner tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Wow! Monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Fisher Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 WOW...... WTG biggest Brookies i've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevy727 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 wish i had a lake like that 5 minutes from home. where are you? wawa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Nope Just Nipigon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevy727 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Nice fish.. i plan on doing some ice fishin come Jan. 1st.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 that is just downright sic i could fish a lifetime and never catch beauties like that cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_Daniels Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) Nice fish...I smell what The Rock is cooking! -Ben Edited December 28, 2009 by Ben_Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Some nice fish there, thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 "Gotta" love those Nipigon brookies...beautiful fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I said it 2wice already....PHAT PHANTASTIC PHISH Rock....good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Oh man does that ever get my blood boiling for specks! Great job man.. those are TOP NOTCH specks ANYWHERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Oh I love brookies and those are some serious BROOKIES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutboy Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 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"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted December 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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