Backwoods Lake Trout May 2014

[4x4bassin]

Our annual spring trip into the backwoods of central Ontario in search of lake trout has come and gone . The trip was very successful to say the least with lots of

trout caught , good weather , good friends and no bugs ! Here is a small report of our weekend .

 

Arrived at the trail head fairly early to a cloudy and cool start . A couple things I noticed right away was that there were no bugs to speak of and the surrounding trees

had just started to bud out , felt like March instead of May but I wasn't complaining it was just good to be out after a looooong winter !

 

 

The trail ride in was the wettest I have ever seen it , with a couple small washouts but nothing we couldn't handle

 

 

 

The main trail is really no big deal just long ( 10 km ) with a few mud crossings and rock climbs . Its the off shoot trail to the lake that is narrow , muddy and filled

with tire splitting rocks .

 

 

Once at camp we set up the tents cut up some firewood and headed out to find the lakers . The water temp. was pretty cool ( 49 degrees ) so we knew the

lake trout would be in shallow and scattered throughout the lake . The trolling gear was setup with a 1/2 oz inline weight and spoons . The lake trout were quite

aggressive all weekend and seemed to be really favoring the gold/red cleo that my boat partner had tied on . I had a silver williams tied on that usually

works but not this weekend , the gold and red was the ticket !

Here are just a few of the fish we caught that weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of the 4 days we are there we have at least one fish fry , a couple unlucky lake trout for the pan

 

 

 

We were actually casting the shore for the lake trout as well , they were really up shallow , but this was my view for most of the weekend trolling along ( very relaxing )

 

 

Here is a picture of our boats successful lure choices , 3" silver husky jerk , 3/4 oz darter with a fluke and the famous gold/red cleo

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my little report and I hope to be back up there in a couple months , until then ...........

 

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Musky or Specks]

Excellent report I gotta get out next spring for some flatlining for lakers

[Joeytier]

Just awesome, as usual.

[misfish]

Enjoyed very much.

 

Nice trip.

[Tim Mills]

Very enjoyable report thx

[fishnsled]

Looks like a sweet spot, Thanks for the report!

[Rod Caster]

No bugs? That alone makes it a good trip!

 

Great report

[DRIFTER_016]

Good stuff!!!

49* is the temp I look for early in the season.

I've caught lakers while my prop is digging sand to get into those fish.

[davey buoy]

Perfect weather,perfect conditions.Looks like a fantastic area.Thanks for the report!

[spincast]

that camping spot looks prime, great way to get tome r&r and some sweet lakers. Really white flesh on those fillets

[chris.brock]

I did enjoy that report, thanks, great last picture- fire/ sunset

[fishindevil]

Looks like it was a blast !!!! No bugs & fish !!! That's a win right there !!!! Cheers

[Moosebunk]

Pleasure to read. Great spring outing for you and friends.

[pairofgreenhorns]

Thanks for sharing, looks like you had a great time

[4x4bassin]

Thanks for the comments guys , it was a great trip . Love the first backcountry trip of the spring

[solopaddler]

Very cool! I just returned from a fly in trip out of White River for lakers and the gold/red cleo was also killer. FWIW that lure has traditionally been a killer for lake trout so I'm not surprised!

Many of our fish last week were already deep and a large number of them were caught on leadcore.

[Skud]

Great report. Nice pics