limeyangler Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi All, Went out today with another new friend, this time a nursing student and his soon to be brother in law. I met Clint when was doing 72hrs work placement stuff at our office, we talked fishing non- stop for at least 20 of the 24hrs we worked together so it was inevitable we'd hit the lake up together sooner than later. Clint has fished this lake before, but only in the summer in the boat some 3 years ago. I'd been talking it up big time and he's seen some of my vids and pics of the good sessions i'd had there so far this year. However, things were sloooooooow, to start with anyway, and i was getting the feeling the jinx of taking someone to a 'hot spot' would strike. It was freezing cold too. -20C with 25kmh NE winds...dont know what the wind chill factor was....but it was freezing. At least Clint carries a chainsaw on his sled and we cut some dead trees and attached the sleigh tarp to it as a windbreak. CLINT AND ANDREW BEING LAZY...BUT WARM(er) I braved the elements and started drilling holes and hole hopping in search of fish....ANY FISH!.....but nope....no fish on screen, none of the usual schools of bait fish....NUFFINK! After an hour of hole hopping (or maybe i should spell that HOPING) i needed to get warmer so joined the boys by the tarp. Clint and Andrew were set up with door-stop style tip ups and did not move from behind the tarp, i cant fish that way,,,,i gots to get my jig on man! Well we sat there and talked/laughed etc until 4pm. I' had to get a fish...so i went deeper than the 30'FOW where the majority of the tip ups were next to the tarp. First fish was a decent if somewhat skinny Jackfish. Like always the fish hit less than 5'FOW under the ice over 40'FOW. I've now lost count of the pike i catch like that on this lake, anytime you get bait coming through high up the water column, there will be a Jackfish chasing the bait up under the ice...cool! A FEW MORE INCHES FOR TEAM 2 Then the walleye switch got flicked all the way ON! First fish i got was a 21"er, followed by about six keeper size. Then i got a 27"er followed immediately after rebaiting with a 26"er. The boys got one a piece on different tip ups.....but jigging the deeper water with the aisd of a fishfinder had me catching all the fish. Clint did try jigging with a rod but without a fishfinder it was gonna be difficult, as even though the fish were around, you did have to tease them off bottom, give it a couple of good rips, then leave it dead still before they'd commit, not something you can easily duplicate blind (no fishfinder). 27"er FOLLOWED RIGHT AWAY BY A 26"er Normally on this lake the bite starts early deep(50'FOW)from around 1pm, then gradually moves realtively shallow (30'FOW)as the sun starts to head towards the horizon. Today was different in many ways, firstky no afternoon bite, then i changed to a half oz Knuckle ball jig where i normally fish nothing but plain white 1/8 oz. The fish did not move in shallower but remained at the 40' to 34' FOW range for a very late bite....oh well...its mid winter still....i'm just glad they bit at all! We went home cold but 1 fish shy of our 3 man limit, good day on the ice. Only the 21"er was kept, all the big girls went back after a quick picture to keep this lake as damn good as it is for years to come. Sorry bout no video, and i did not even get pics of the boys with their 2 fish, it was just too darned cold to mess about too much with the camera! MMMMMM...SUPPER TOMORROW NIGHT COME ON TEAM 2 !!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Nice job Simon, I was out for 2 hours today with the wife and boys. I HAD a pike to enter but it was only a little guy at 18.5". Anyways I upped our panfish by 1 inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 nice eyes simon congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Very nice size walleye you got and worked hard hard for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Rules Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nice walleyes. Nice work on the windbreaker. Ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Rules Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Nice walleyes. Nice work on the windbreaker. Ingenious. Edited February 22, 2011 by Stern Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Great job nice walleye Nice windbreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Well done Simone, a good day for team 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) ?? Edited February 22, 2011 by Bubbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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