TDunn Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock34 Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Those underwater pics are great. Nice report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 sweeeeet report! i'll be back in the 705 this weekend. the fontinalis and namaycush won't even know what hit'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinger Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Nice man, love the buzz bombs hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted April 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutologist Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Nice fish...the good ol buzz bomb...a staple in my winter tackle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Awesome stuff man...lovin those underwater shots...really cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeie Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Great job Tyler! Some sweet lookin fish there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted April 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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