trapshooter Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Hey gang, been having a good time out on the ice in NW Ontario this year and thought I'd share some pics. Been mostly chasing walleye, lakers and white fish. I'll let the pics do most of the talking. That small sized Lindy Darter has caught me a lot of fish this winter. Not just walleye, trout and whities too. 40" Pike caught on a tube jig while fishing a lake trout / whitie lake. Look at the difference between these two lake trout - caught on the same lake, same hole actually. That's all for now. Lots of season left up here though and I hope to get over to LOTW to chase some big lakers. Cheers, ben Edited February 23, 2011 by BenBeattie
Joey Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Nice load of fish there Ben. Some beauty lakers and that pike is a real specimen
limeyangler Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Nice trout Ben....did you sneek back to Big S without telling me?!!! Love the walleye with its fins raised.
mercman Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 By the look on your face......you must hate fishing !!!!!NOT !!!!!! All nice fish, but i love that gator!! Thanks for letting us see these beasts. Paul
Handlebarz Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Dang Ben those are some great fish I love that Pike pic. I sure do miss Laker fishing not much of that down here in the deep south.
asdve23rveavwa Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Fantastic shots!!!!!!! Looks like you've been having an awesome winter
ravinerat Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Wow great pics. I want to come fish with you. Great sized fish. RR
EC1 Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Some very nice fish you got there! What's worse is that you are catching quality fish on things that I've yet to have caught a fish on!!! Thanks for sharing!
solopaddler Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 You want to go to LOTW for big lakers? Yeah, those ones you caught were runts. I hate you.
WeedLine Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Amazing fish Ben. Looks like you're having a great winter so far. How deep were you fishing when you caught the pike? Excellent pictures.
trapshooter Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Posted February 8, 2011 Nice trout Ben....did you sneek back to Big S without telling me?!!! Love the walleye with its fins raised. Guilty Simon You want to go to LOTW for big lakers? Yeah, those ones you caught were runts. I hate you. LOL - Lindy Darters? I feel your pain! The trick with them is to get the fish to chase them. Most hits I get, I'm slowly and steady reeling up, away from a fish I've marked. Don't stop reeling!! Once they see it disappearing that's when they chase. Once they chase, it really ups the odds they will hit. The farther you can bring them off bottom, the better your odds. The other way I get fish to hit Darters is the exact opposite strategy - by jigging above a marked fish then letting the bait sit dead still for up to 60 seconds (it's hard to not jig it!) and they dart up and pop it. Bottom line, you need electronics to fish them effectively. It also helps to have an active bite. For neutral to negative fish I'll turn to something else tipped with live bait.
trapshooter Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Posted February 8, 2011 Amazing fish Ben. Looks like you're having a great winter so far. How deep were you fishing when you caught the pike? Excellent pictures. Hey, thanks! The pike was caught 25' down over 40 FOW.
NAW Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 Great season so far eh! Keep the reports coming man. That was great report
Rod Caster Posted February 8, 2011 Report Posted February 8, 2011 All very nice fish. So good I scrolled back up a second time.
Jds63 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 Beautiful pics and simply awesome !!!! I have a couple of those Lindy darters thought they were walleye lures, just didn't think they would work for greater depths (80 fow)
irishfield Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 Very VERY Nice Ben. Some beauty lakers there for sure.
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 beauty fish as always ben.
EC1 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 I see there's a slick jig fish in there too! I saw your video on the special way to rig minnows onto the hook on youtube. Awesome tip! I got a couple of them too, but haven't gotten a fish on them yet, maybe this weekend...You've inspired me to fish them extra hard this weekend in hopes of getting a fish on them!
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