BassAsin Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 awesome on you guys for tenting it. wish I had of seen this post sooner. a liter of water with a dozen dace minnows would have lasted the night, punch a few holes in the bottle and sink it overnight, wont freeze. dew worms on a set line would have been a good idea as well. none the less i'm surprised you didn't get any, its heavily stocked every two years and stocked in 2012, a handful of of small 10-14 inchers should have been hungry. although similar to brookies they can be picky. weather change over the weekend likely didn't help. hopefully the next report has just as nice of scenery and a few fish mixed in as well.
singingdog Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 That's trout fishing. It can be a real gamble putting a lot of effort into getting to a remote lake. If the bite is off, it doesn't matter how good the lake is. My guess is that the big weather change shut them down, but trout don't need much of an excuse to shut down.
DoubleDigits Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 Amazing report! Thanks for sharing.
castgame Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Posted January 22, 2013 awesome on you guys for tenting it. wish I had of seen this post sooner. a liter of water with a dozen dace minnows would have lasted the night, punch a few holes in the bottle and sink it overnight, wont freeze. dew worms on a set line would have been a good idea as well. none the less i'm surprised you didn't get any, its heavily stocked every two years and stocked in 2012, a handful of of small 10-14 inchers should have been hungry. although similar to brookies they can be picky. weather change over the weekend likely didn't help. hopefully the next report has just as nice of scenery and a few fish mixed in as well. maybe next time i'll bring some minnows in out of desperation. i prefer to fish artificias only, but these splake are beginning to frustrate me! you seem to know exactly where i ended up! how'd you manage that piece of deduction?
castgame Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Posted January 22, 2013 i'm thinking in retrospect i should have drilled a lot of holes in different locations right off the bat, and then let them sit a while before fishing them. in less than 10' of water, an auger grinding and piercing the ice has got to spook any fish nearby. i probably should have been coming back to pre-drilled holes after letting them sit an hour or so. it was tough, though, because with the low temps and blowing snow, holes were disappearing fast. oh well, i'll test this tactic next time in hopefully better conditions.
chris.brock Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) maybe next time i'll bring some minnows in out of desperation. i prefer to fish artificias only, but these splake are beginning to frustrate me! you seem to know exactly where i ended up! how'd you manage that piece of deduction? I also used the map to try and figure it out, comparing with my maps, I couldn't do it, your secret's still safe no, cancel that, I got it, that's a great lake, for the size of it, they stock alot of splake in there Edited January 22, 2013 by chris.brock
castgame Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Posted January 22, 2013 haha i figured a couple clever folks might put it together yeah it sure looks good considering stocking numbers, the size of the lake, and the relatively low fishing pressure. i bet you couldn't get a sled in there most years unless there's some access i don't know
BassAsin Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 i have my ways many splake lake trout and specks i have caught have been immediately after drilling a hole. often in less than 3 fow. going back to them never hurts. worms may also be a good way to entice a picky trout. hopefully next trip in is more successful.
irishfield Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) approximate locations of holes we fished. would any of you guys done anything differently? that stream on the left of this picture is an inflow -- i wanted to put a couple holes down near the mouth but it was fairly shallow (3'-6') and i wasn't too confident in the quality of the ice around current. All I see is Scoobie Doo ! That said.. splake... suspect similar to square tails.. I'd be fishing the 5 to 6 fow around the shore line and waiting for them to make their lap around the lake. Edited January 24, 2013 by irishfield
castgame Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Posted January 24, 2013 thanks for the tips. next time i'll focus more on the shallows. i think i'll also bring a bigger assortment of jigs. do you reckon 3" is too big? i was thinking i might entice some of the class of 2008
bdox Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 Great report. Looking forward to getting into the back country this winter. BTW, it was pretty fun trying to figure out which lake you were on, but I think you might have made it a bit too easy
huntinnut Posted January 24, 2013 Report Posted January 24, 2013 I think having a bait line each might have produced a couple fish. Just having a second line out each couldn't have hurt, and having worms and minnows would have given a couple extra choices.
castgame Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Great report. Looking forward to getting into the back country this winter. BTW, it was pretty fun trying to figure out which lake you were on, but I think you might have made it a bit too easy maybe so. a half dozen posters now know you can walk for 3 hours into this lake, fish it all day long, and not get a hit Edited January 26, 2013 by castgame
irishfield Posted January 26, 2013 Report Posted January 26, 2013 LOL Cast... I can get there in 50 minutes.. from my yard!! Just find a good spot...so I know where to slide up to and park!!
adempsey Posted January 26, 2013 Report Posted January 26, 2013 Nice report and photos! Looks like a good time to me! Too bad no fish. That's the story of my life though, lol. Still doesn't lower my enthusiasm one bit! Looking at the depth map of that lake it looks like a tough one for Splake IMO. It's fairly deep. Not sure where I would start. I see a few points that drop off pretty fast, so I'd probably start with those in <10 FOW. My experience (in fall at least ) is similar to what Irishfield said. They seem to just make laps around the lake or something because the fish are there for a bit and then vanish.
castgame Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Posted January 26, 2013 Nice report and photos! Looks like a good time to me! Too bad no fish. That's the story of my life though, lol. Still doesn't lower my enthusiasm one bit! Looking at the depth map of that lake it looks like a tough one for Splake IMO. It's fairly deep. Not sure where I would start. I see a few points that drop off pretty fast, so I'd probably start with those in <10 FOW. My experience (in fall at least ) is similar to what Irishfield said. They seem to just make laps around the lake or something because the fish are there for a bit and then vanish. depth map? where'd you find a depth map?!
SirCranksalot Posted January 26, 2013 Report Posted January 26, 2013 I guess I'm the only 1 on here who doesn't know what lake that is!! Have you looked at the FishOn site or Anglers atlas for a contour map?
castgame Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Posted January 26, 2013 I guess I'm the only 1 on here who doesn't know what lake that is!! Have you looked at the FishOn site or Anglers atlas for a contour map? couldn't find either of those
SirCranksalot Posted January 27, 2013 Report Posted January 27, 2013 Try these. http://www.web2.mnr.gov.on.ca/fish_online/fishing/fishingExplorer_en.html http://www.anglersatlas.com/mapsearch/ If I knew the name of the lake I could check it out. You could probably post the name of the lake here w/o any problem. Folks are unlikely to flock there given that you were skunked.
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