tjsa Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Well, after a long spell of working evenings, weekends, then some catching up to do on other stuff, finally got out for the last weekend of lake trout in our area. Went to a small lake, which has small lakers, but great to eat. Got there and set up by 9:30 am(we left at 6:30 am). First half hour, nuttin, then my bud gets a hit, drags it up a few ft., and its gone, drops back down right away, and bam, first fish around 10:05 am He then gets another on, but lost it at the hole. A short time later, he misses another one. He is using a white tube jig with a minnow, I am running a bare white tube. Hmmmm, time to put some meat on it. Within 2 minutes, I got my first one, then shortly after that, my bud completes his limit. I then hooked into my second, but decided to let it live, and released it right under the edge of the hole :whistling ( read, lost it). He landed one more (released) while impatiently waiting for me to land my 2nd one Took me another 20 minutes to finish my limit at 11 am. (OOPS, Seems I have run out of file space, sorry) pic of it is on our team board. We did not have a hit on the set lines. Then we packed up and went back to the truck, loaded up, and drove 20 km back down the road to a walleye lake. Got unloaded, ran in, and set up within 30 min. Within 10 min. my bud lands a 10 inch walleye, but that was it for them. But he did have a blast with the perch, I was jigging with minnows, he was using worms, and finally after toughing it out for an hour, I borrowed a couple worms off him, and managed to land 6, kept 2, lost or missed about 10, to his 20 or so caught, keeping 8, and missing probably 15 more. Then, the pressure changed, wind came up, and everything shut down fast. We each had one nibble for the next hour and a bit, so called it a day and drove home. BTW, the trout were all 18-19.5 inches long, beautiful orange flesh. The perch we kept were in the 8.5 to 10 inch range. Not jumbos, but big enough to make a meal of. And, that was probably my first, and last, ride on my snowmobile this year, there is almost no snow left in the bush. And with the high temps this week, gonna be running my quad next weekend. Doubt there will be any snow left on the bush roads, or ice for that matter by next weekend. Still have to wash the mud off of my snowmobile from yesterday, hoping the rain and wet snow tonight will do the job for me l :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 WTG. MTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Awesome!! Glad to see you got out again and had some success! I dont like winter fishing that much, but I just cant stay away for that long until spring. I'm sure we'll be seeing TONS of reports from you once the softwater comes back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Looks like you had a beauty day on the lake tjsa. Congrats on the fish. WTG!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Awesome!! Glad to see you got out again and had some success! I dont like winter fishing that much, but I just cant stay away for that long until spring. I'm sure we'll be seeing TONS of reports from you once the softwater comes back! OHHH, MAN, I hope so Cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whopper Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Well done Tom! Thanks for sharing! Whopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 really you caught fish.... come on fess up you went to the grocery store again right??? ( I am not sure I should be jerkin your chain since I havent wet a line yet this year) Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 It was worth getting up early then! Nice fish Tom, glad you had a good time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Great report Tom. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Way to go, great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeGuy Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 You had a nice fishing venture. Way to go. Warm days and strong ice are a great combination. How long before someone makes a post about when the ice will leave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just2manylures Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 shhhhweettt nice report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Nice lakers there, Tom. Thanks for your pictures and report. That was a lot of action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Great report Tom. Those laker look great. Should be tasty! Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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