Freshtrax Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Found a bit of time to give lakers a go on simcoe this afternoon. we launced out of oro around 3 and shot across to the south shore of Kempenfelt. We setup pulling big spoons on 2 oz three way rigs in 100fow with 250 ft of line out. not ten min. in a rod goes off. I thought i was going to land my first softwater laker on simcoe.... thing was it wasen't fighing like a laker......halfway to the boat the fish got mixed up in the other line had to sort it out still had the fish on somehow.....get the fish near the boat and realize we dont have the net. great.... Angela reaches over to grab the fish and all i hear is "HE HAS TEEEEETTTHHH" I give her the rod and grab the fish and the hook pops right out. I have no clue how we managed to get it in the boat......enough with the suspence here it is......weird i know..... it was a long fight with all the crazyness i wanted to get it back in the water asap so there pretty crummy pics but my biggest pickereleye to date...no tape measure no team sign had a blast out there today no lakers but this one fish made it all worth it. she went back to swim another day i know the pattern for these guys in the fall but this about blew my mind.
BillM Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) Walleye is a hush hush topic on Lake Simcoe :) Good job man! There are some big girls swimming in that lake. Edited June 24, 2013 by BillM
Cudz Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 There are no walleye in Simcoe (actually there are no small walleye in Simcoe)
fishindevil Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Kudos on the fish and on the release !!!! As said above there are huge walleyes in simcoe just far and few between !!!!! Congrats on your pb !!!!
ehg Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Nice walleye! Back 15-20 yrs. ago they were easy targets around Beaverton through ice until they closed season early. My PB of 16 lbs. came from there.Saw 20 lbers come from there and swore must be world record swimming in Simcoe.
NAW Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 It sure is nice to see the odd Simcoe hog! Thanks for sharing!
Joey Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Wow, nice pickerel and a nice surprise for sure!!!
mike rousseau Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Neat.... It's cool to get a rare fish.... Nice catch
krixxer Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 I can't catch walleye where there are Walleye but you managed to find that on Simcoe! i need to get my Walleye game up
kickingfrog Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 All those fish in the Talbot River have to go someplace. Nice 'eye.
Freshtrax Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Posted June 25, 2013 hey if we had been on the french or in the kawarthas i would have had no problem with a fish fry......i just diddnt have the heart. just curious for the serious walleye fishermen out there im pretty shure she was every bit of 28- 30 inches ( i am 6'4") what would a fish like that weigh? my bighest was 26 inches and weighed 7 pounds.
BillM Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 That looks like a mid to high 20inch fish for sure... 5-6lbs?
Freshtrax Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Posted June 25, 2013 hey if we had been on the french or in the kawarthas i would have had no problem with a fish fry......i just diddnt have the heart. just curious for the serious walleye fishermen out there im pretty shure she was every bit of 28- 30 inches ( i am 6'4") what would a fish like that weigh? my bighest was 26 inches and weighed 7 pounds. ( was caught in september)
ehg Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 hey if we had been on the french or in the kawarthas i would have had no problem with a fish fry......i just diddnt have the heart. just curious for the serious walleye fishermen out there im pretty shure she was every bit of 28- 30 inches ( i am 6'4") what would a fish like that weigh? my bighest was 26 inches and weighed 7 pounds. Simcoe walleyes are FOOTBALL walleyes. My guess is 8 lbs or a little more.
Dave Bailey Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 i know the pattern for these guys in the fall but this about blew my mind. Okay, that pic, with that caption right below it, is actually rather funny. Or maybe I just have a weird sense of humour.
Freshtrax Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Posted June 25, 2013 Okay, that pic, with that caption right below it, is actually rather funny. Or maybe I just have a weird sense of humour. Lol I thought about it after I posted it......I was talking about simcoe walleye lol
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