Inland Laker Report - SSM

[TDunn]

Well with all you guys from Southern Ontario enjoying opening weekend for trout, I thought I might as well add my trout adventure from the weekend from up here in Northern Ontario.This was our first day out for trout on the soft water and we had high expectations from what we have been told about this lake in the spring. Although our trout season has been open since January, a few select lakes have different seasons and this lake just opened up this past weekend. I am not going to mention the lakes name we fished but if you’re from the Soo, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out where I was.

We were on the water by 6am and fishing just off the side of the pack of boats trying to keep some distance between us and the mob. Jigging started off fairly slow, although we hooked and lost a few we didn’t mark much on the flasher and never seen more than 5 fish caught in the first 45 mins. We then decided to pull anchor and drift 100 yards further away. This move produced our first LT for the day but it quickly went dead again and we pulled up the anchor and decided to bust out the bigger rods and use the riggers. We left the pack and began fishing some water only a few minutes away that had been productive in recent years during the middle of summer. We were marking fish immediately and began hitting fish on every pass, even double headers. These fish were in 60-80 feet of water and we had the riggers set from 50-70 feet. Mini-dodgers followed by a slow rolling smelt was the ticket. A lot of fish were landed and lost with most measuring in at 20-24".

If anything the day gave us a good reminder on how important a GPS is...

 

Heres a few shots and videos from our day!

 

 

The Pack....huge for up here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Double

 

 

 

A couple videos from the day

 

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

 

My cousin Ted went back out Sun for a few hours in the morning and laid a beat down on them again.

I had to hit the books for my last 2 exams so I forced myself to stay home....

He took his buddy out and put him on not only a bunch of fish but his new PB laker...A solid fish coming in at 26"

 

 

No real big fish, but everyone had a blast!

 

Thanks for reading,

TDunn

[rock34]

Those underwater pics are great. Nice report

[Dara]

You coulda said Hi.

 

It was slow for me at first too...once I zereoed in on what they wanted I picked up 6 in short order.

 

Nice bunch you got.

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

sweeeeet report!

i'll be back in the 705 this weekend. the fontinalis and namaycush won't even know what hit'em!

[kickingfrog]

Nice report. I think many of us from southern Ontario have visions of countless lakes "up there" with not a soul on them. I guess perception and reality don't always match.

[Kinger]

Nice man, love the buzz bombs hehe.

[TDunn]

Dara, I didnt see ya. I would have definitly came over to say hey. Any whities?

 

Kickingfrog, your right! Certain times of the year it can be crowded at places.

 

TDunn

[troutologist]

A good bunch of fish for sure, great report!

 

I was curious about the whiteys too, last spring was real good for them (and lakers)

 

What was the water temp like?

[anders]

Nice fish...the good ol buzz bomb...a staple in my winter tackle

[limeyangler]

Awesome stuff man...lovin those underwater shots...really cool!

[Dara]

Very few whitefish.

I knew a few other guys and they got a total of 3. And only a couple of lakers.

If you didn't have the right bait, you weren't getting them.

Water was 42 or 45 degrees.

I think I will head back next saturday again.

[pikeie]

Great job Tyler! Some sweet lookin fish there!

[Leecher]

Great report and pics TDunn

Nice lakers for sure

Question about the jigging.... what was the weapon of choice for that setup??

I hear that white power tubes works wonders for them LT's

Leechman

[TDunn]

Great report and pics TDunn

Nice lakers for sure

Question about the jigging.... what was the weapon of choice for that setup??

I hear that white power tubes works wonders for them LT's

Leechman

 

 

Leechman,

 

Yup white tubes are deadly on lakers at anytime of year. I did try a 4" out but didnt have any hook ups that day. All the hits jiging came on these...

swedish pimples with a 1-2 inch white and white/pink tubes threaded onto the hook. Mke sure you remove the hook and put the shank of the hook through the tube then re-attach onto the split ring.

Buzzbombs bare and sometimes tipped with a small tube in the same fashion.

 

 

TDunn

Edited April 28, 2010 by TDunn