tonyb Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looks like a great get together with the lads. That's quite the Laker Wayne, either it was very aggressive or you're maybe getting old and slow on the hooksets if it had time to eat both your lures Great pictures everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 WOW...a real 'who's who' of OFC report with a couple of GIANT lakers...thanks for that Wayne...great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondo Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Some nice hog lakers in that report. Looks like it was fun. Andy with a little crotch cover hahaha! That's not what Andy calls them. Thanks for the report and pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Some nice hog lakers in that report. Looks like it was fun. Andy with a little crotch cover hahaha! That's not what Andy calls them. Thanks for the report and pics. I had never heard them called that before...but everyone knew what he was talking about.....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 great trip boys !!! and some awesome fish too boot !!! nice big tanker of a laker wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Some great looking fishes in that report Thanks Wayne for taking the time Congrats on the bruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Looks like a great get together with the lads. That's quite the Laker Wayne, either it was very aggressive or you're maybe getting old and slow on the hooksets if it had time to eat both your lures Great pictures everyone I set the hook as soon as he grabbed it Tony and probably even before as I yanked when the lines crossed on the finder! Considering he spooled me over 10 times.. he had no problem going up and grabbing the spoon that was only 5 feet up from my jig! Was over 25 minutes getting that fella in... Thanks everyone for the comments.. we never have fun up there Spiel.. you know that!! lol Edited March 2, 2012 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Wayne, what did you get that giant cow on? Big muskie tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Amazing fish Wayne, wow! What'd you use to catch the beast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 1/8th ounce jig with a little white grub on Bill. Not that it really matters. When the big ones swim though, out of nowhere, they always seem to be just grabbing "food". It grabbed my jig... then went and grabbed my williams 5 or 6 feet above it. Other years it's been my big musky tube or a tiny bait. I think they just swim around with their yaps open inhaling anything they can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Nice. Very nice. What a bruiser there Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishAbout Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Very nice fish. Looks like you guys had good weather also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Weather.. although Lloyd loved it, I and the sleds hated it. Too many days near or above zero making you sweat, get the chills etc. Give me -10 to -15C anytime when bundled and running, drilling, etc. Didn't miss the usual morning -32C temps for this period of February though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 yeah I didn't use a heater all week till we had the above zero day, the wet and wind got me cold so I fired it up to warm up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Great fishing report and fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 1/8th ounce jig with a little white grub on Bill. Not that it really matters. When the big ones swim though, out of nowhere, they always seem to be just grabbing "food". It grabbed my jig... then went and grabbed my williams 5 or 6 feet above it. Other years it's been my big musky tube or a tiny bait. I think they just swim around with their yaps open inhaling anything they can find. I must be fishing the wrong spots for lakers haha. Great report Wayne, sounds like it was good time for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I must be fishing the wrong spots for lakers haha. Great report Wayne, sounds like it was good time for all. The "bottom dwellers" are finicky as hell. You can get them to follow, but it takes a long time to find the right bait to get a strike. The big cruisers.. 9 times out of 10 when they light up your screen they already have your bait lined up with their mouth.. no matter what you have on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 unless a white fish goes for your bait at the same time then that big red thing on your screen runs right by your bait and grabs the small black line (whitfeish) moving up to your bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Wish you'd had the underwater camera going on record for that one. Big fish eats little (22") fish and swims away happy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Nice report! Thats a tank of a laker too! TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Well next year I'm gonna give this some more thought and maybe see a shrink as well... while I was up freezing my nads with the lads.. Leah was off doing this visiting her cousin in Marsh Harbour Bahamas. Triple header. A strawberry Grouper.. a Heinz and a shrimp! I could have been deep sea fishing every day..... for free! Edited March 3, 2012 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks Wayne for inviting me up. It was an amazing trip with a great group. My first laker through the ICE was a big plus Again LLoyd put on a fish clinic, can't say enough about how much Lloyd knows about fishing and catching fish. And the storm that was not suppose to happen. The day after the storm.. freezing temperatures and not a sole around.. Ok us and 2 fellows who dropped by to say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) The day after the storm.. freezing temperatures and not a sole around.. Ok us and 2 fellows who dropped by to say hi Yah one tard with a ticket book and his young fella that booked a charter with Lloyd! LOL $110 bucks for moving 50 feet without a helmut on! You were a great addition to the expedition Paul. Welcome any time!! Edited March 3, 2012 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks to Wayne for the invites year after year. It was my pleasure to finally get the chance to join he and the lads up on Temagami. It's true Wayne did a Bravo repair. Those snowmobiles are most times indestructible but, after summer storage this year the fuel primer was crappin' out and later finally jammed up after a wet day run went real cold and it must have frozen up then broke. This actually ended up causing extra gas through to the carb and running the sled rich. There were times when riding the Bravo must have been overheating and wanted to shut down. Telling Wayne about it, his curiosity got the better of him and he soon back at the cottage had the primer disconnected and repaired with a new part (rubber washer for the faucet) he had around his place. It was awesome... Just one of those many things Wayne does which makes him so cool. Nicely done bud! With the primer repaired, the snowmobile of course was back to starting with 1 or 2 pulls as opposed to 10-20, and it didn't run rich anymore. Next year I'll be sure to get it a tune-up cause it hasn't had one in a few years. Chain case & carbs cleaning, maybe new carbides and sliders. Love the Bravo, although after about 250-300 miles put on it in a little over a week, my back was a knotted up and tired mess when getting home. The snowmobiling in the Near North is ridiculously awesome! Great meeting Lloyd, Terry, Paul and Andy. Four guys who LOVE to fish and laugh. My 3 full days fishing there was kind of tough. Excluding the short afternoon Day 1... when showing up and nabbing one little laker on a set line, Day 2 I marked two fish all day despite moving a dozen times and hand drilling two dozen holes. It had been a slow day for all with different weather fronts coming through all day. Day 3 I lost two fish in a promising area which a few years ago I found and vowed to return to "IF" ever visiting Temagami again. Overall, it was an OK day for everyone, until making the mistake of leaving fish to find different fish in a nearby backlake. Day 4 the lads took us newbies to a new area where I picked up 4 lakers in the morning then later that day after moving through the snowstorm picked up two more closer to home. Temagami has always been a very tough lake to fish for me, this year was no different, yet knowing that fish like Wayne's and Lloyd's could be caught at any time, it keeps ya pushing to find those big lakers. Lloyd and Andy surely know their stuff. I appreciated Andy's short time demonstrating some whitey tactics I now have to get out and try at some point. Lloyd be an ole Ottawa valley boy, it was great talking about haunts and fishing around home here. Best laugh I had... well, ya had to be there, but it was after Terry said something nutty about beer taps on the dashboard and Wayne just piped up with a "HE WINS." This winter fishing had been limited but I've mostly stuck to lakers so far with some different levels of success on some very different waters. For the time, I'm loving when these fish are active and just lay such quick and reckless chase to pretty much any baits offered. When the crazy work schedule settles down I'll hope to pop up a short winter laker fishing report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Great havin you there Bunker... you get any good pictures?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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