trapshooter Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Hey Gang, it's getting down the last of the ice up here. You've got to pick and choose your spots now, but I've been off the big lakes since last Tuesday. Thought I'd share some pics from the latter half of my ice season. LOTW Pike on a tip-up/quick strike rig with a big live sucker. We had a blast with these whitefish on a lake about 30 mins from home. Good numbers of whitefish and always a welcomed treat when one of these guys would show up. Seems every lake I fished this year I managed to find one of these guys. I finished my season on Lake Minnitaki, which is all of 5 mins from town. It's a massive system in itself and has excellent walleye fishing as well and nice pike and lake trout. We were intercepting the big walleye on their way to a spawning river. It was actually difficult to catch fish under 18" to keep for the pan. Some buddies with nice walleye. Although we were targeting walleye it's always nice when a couple surprises show up. Real early spring up here, that's for sure. A couple spots open now for launching a boat. Walleye doesn't close till April 14th so the next outing will be in the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great report, fish and pics Ben That one is real dark colored... a very nice surprise in deed Thanks for taking the time to post and share with us Ben Great job!!! Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 beautiful fish. especially those lakers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorfan Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 very very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Amazing fish Ben! I would love to ice fish NW Ontario sometime soon! Thanks for sharing TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great stuff Ben.......this weather is nuts eh? (did you just say eh?)......i'm taking the boat to Eagle Lake tomorrow....YUP...THE FREAKIN BOAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 gee ben you sure are a nice guy. do you get pleasure out of making grown men cry? may the flea's of a thousand camels crawl up your crotch and your arms be to short to scratch .... very nice report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterwolf Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 very jealous, gotta tell ya!! sucks not gettin any eaters under the 18in. what?? that dark laker is just amazing ,, colours are crazy. congrats on a great post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 GREAT stuff Ben !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeie Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great report ben! Cant wait to get up to the woods agian, only 5 weeks! agian great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbs Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Nice Job! Sounds like you had a great day on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 That settles it. I'm moving to NW Ontario! Awesome pics man...looks like you had yet another great season. Is there anything that Lindy Darter WON'T catch??? Just curious...is that the rainbow smelt colour that keeps appearing, or something else? I like it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Piggott Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great pics Ben.The turkey down hear have been calling you.Lots of gobblers around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 That settles it. I'm moving to NW Ontario! Awesome pics man...looks like you had yet another great season. Is there anything that Lindy Darter WON'T catch??? Just curious...is that the rainbow smelt colour that keeps appearing, or something else? I like it... Yeah the lindy darter has been good to me. Catches pike, walleye, trout and I even had a whitefish slam one. That colour is called bluegill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'm impressed, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chugger Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Nice work as always Ben. Glad to see you're still nailing them up there. Your posts always make me wonder why I insist on sitting at a desk in Toronto for a living! Hope all is well with you. Cheers, -Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Great report Ben, Looks like you had a productive season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeedLine Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 That was a great wrap up Ben. Some really nice dark fish. That first pike looks really long. I bet you guys caught a lot more that weren't photographed. Good luck in the open water season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 great report! man your makin me jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Thanks gang! Good to hear from you Graeme. Let me know when you can get away from the desk in TO and start living the dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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