Walleyes Gone Wild!!!

[Aaron Shirley]

Okay, before you think you'll see walleyes in G-Strings, this isn't an "R" rated fishing report, feel free to allow your kids to view lol. I talked to a buddy Gavin (Gman) early last week, and when he told me that he had been trolling the Bay of Quinte this winter during this mild weather, I was all ears With Simcoe open water and the Niagara constant mud, I was looking for alternatives this unusually tropic winter lol. We made plans with Rob (Iceguy) to get out for two days of trolling, and Gavin's buddy Larry (Lunge Larry) would join us the first day. I hooked up the ProV, picked Gavin and Rob up en route in the morning and we met up with Larry in Napanee. We set out for the only open launch that was ice-free in Bath, and saw Mike Miller and the Angler and Hunter film crew gearing up to launch and film a show as well. We chatted with them for a bit, good guys. We had a very long and warm but rough ride across the gap into Adolphus Reach.

 

We set up our troll with the waves and deployed 2 trolling bags on each side of the Lund to slow down and stabilize the presentation. Our goal was an average of 1.5mph SOG. The fish were suspended high in the water column, and the mono planer board rods were set with mostly Husky Jerks and Down Deep Husky Jerks. They would prove to be the only lures working. We tried all kinds of stick baits, but the Husky Jerks were the only ones that got bites. I have not seen such a highly specific stick bait bite like this before for walleye on Quinte.

 

We ended up getting 14 walleye in the boat and losing three at the end of the day on Wednesday. Although it was really windy, it was warm and the fishing was great We ended our day with lots of smiles and barely noticed how tired we were from a lack of sleep lol. We had a bite to eat, had some cold ones then hit the sack to do it all over again on Thursday.

 

Enough details for now, enjoy the photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

Larry wasn't into holding up the pike for a photo, so Gavin held it up. Although it wasn't gold, it was a nice pike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had to be careful of major icebergs all over, some of which were about 2-feet thick!

 

 

 

Icebergs were an issue for our planer boards and a lot of work to clear, but hey, we were trolling in February!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rob hooks up with a heavy

 

 

True tank and the biggest of the trip at 13.24lbs. Great fish Rob!

 

It was -2 on Thursday and our rods and reels got wet on the ride and covered with ice and stopped working! We had to warm up the rods and reels inside our suits to rid of the ice and get the reels working again. Gavin found this quite amusing lol.

 

My best walleye of the trip

 

 

I got this awesome pike on a Rapala Trolls To 20 feet at the end of the trip. Made my day!

 

A perfect end to a perfect trip trolling the Bay of Quinte in February 10 fish boated with no lost fish on Thursday.

 

Thanks for the program info Gavin and joining me, along with Rob and Larry on this awesome trip! This was a truly epic trip and one I will not forget any time soon. We had a riot, and caught a ton of fish. My stomach hurt for two days from laughing so hard. There are a few quotes that had us in tears, and I'm still chuckling over them Now that's a great trip with buddies

 

I hope that I can get back there again before the season closes, I could get used to this global warming

 

Good fishing!

 

Aaron

Edited February 6, 2012 by Aaron Shirley

[adempsey]

Wow! That was awesome! Those are some FAT fish. You are making me re-think this whole ice fishing thing!

 

Cheers.

[asdve23rveavwa]

Amazing, especially for February. Well done, Aaron.

[limeyangler]

in a boat!???

 

Great fishin' boys!

[muskymatt]

Simply awesome!

 

[Acountdeleted]

Wow. What a bunch of honken walleye. Those are huuuge fish.

[boombap]

Great fish.. well done!

[Bassnbows]

Very sweeeeet. Some great looking eyes there.

[Moosebunk]

I think that's the best and coolest walleye report of the year. Quite impressive for 2012... and it'll probably hold up for you guys too in 9-10 months. Wild Aaron. Enjoyed the great pics too.

[corvette1]

awesome trip guys nice eyes and gator

[TDunn]

Amazing fish Aaron!

 

 

 

TDunn

[solopaddler]

Wow, what a trip! Pretty incredible for early Feb.

[Roy]

Four top fisherdudes in the same boat, the walleyes didn't stand a chance. Some really nice fish there and consistently large all day! And don't get me started on the colours, we just don't get them that gold here. Well done and thanks for posting.

[superdad]

Aaron,

 

We were out that day for about three hours and the winds drove us and the little tinny off the water.

 

It's so cool soft water fishing in Quinte in February.

 

Cheers

 

David aka Superdad

[mike rousseau]

Wow...

 

Awesome guys...

 

That's why I have lots and lots of different cranks... Almost never use most of them... But on the day you need em... It's nice to have em...

[Harrison]

Nice fish gents. Awesome.

 

Would of been nice to have sat in that boat with ears wide open.

[Jds63]

wow ... amazing photos ... you guys really put on a clinic ...

[Grimace]

That really great. Way to go. Those are some real beauties. I wish I didn't put my boat away for the winter.

[Wolf 3]

[fishindevil]

WOW...awesome aaron !!! some real beauties there man !!! well done guys

[cityfisher]

Great report as always!!

[Joey]

Wow, what an awesome report Aaron. Those iceburgs are crazy

 

What an exciting fishing outting

[EC1]

:clapping:

Way to go man!

If you made a Surely Fishing episode out of it, I would have loved to watch it. When are you planning on making another one anyways? And what species / technique will it be on?

 

I really think that last whitefish video you did help me ice a few fish on Simcoe this year!

Thanks again!

[dsn]

Those are some awesome eyes!! Thanks for posting!!

 

 

karper

[trapshooter]

Amazing! Not only did you troll BOQ in February, but you KILLED it!! Great fishing guys, congrats to you all.