Trip to Abamasagi - 1200 Miles North of Philly to Chase Walleye and Pike

[mattyk]

A few weeks ago I noticed a topic that a group of guys were looking for one person to join them on a trip to Abamasagi lake. I decided to take them up on the offer as the price was excellent and I had just received good news that I received promotion and tenure at work. My wife encouraged me to go and gave me the the ok. With three kids I don't get very many opportunities like this to fish for a full week. So I headed north to my parents place and up in Newmarket. The guys picked me up at Hwy 400 & Hwy 9 Friday at 1:00am and we were on our way to Nakina. We made it to O'Sullivan Lake Outfitters by around 4:00pm. We were boated in to the camp which was a cool experience. During the the trip we had a few days with cooler temps, but in general the weather was nice. We had to put up with a lot of wind during the week. We caught a lot of fish. Our group ended up with over 1000 fish, I think the number was about 1044. I caught a lot of fish. My biggest pike were 36" and 34" all caught trolling big crankbaits deep and my biggest walleye was 23.5" which hit a 9" musky crankbait. I had some really cool fishing experiences on this trip. This one morning I caught a small walleye and I had a pike attack it. I was able to land both fish, which was a pretty exciting. I had another similar experience when I caught a small pike at the dock and had a bigger pike attack it and held on to it. I was able to bring in both fish in and I shook the bigger fish off from the smaller one. This one evening I was able to catch 26 walleye in one hour casting a 3" mister twister jig and it was so much fun. My fingers were hurting from all the cuts from the fish. On the last day it was really windy and we came back early. I fished off the dock and I caught 14 walleye and pike in an hour which I couldn't believe. The lake was beautiful and we saw a lot of wildlife. On the trip we saw bears, moose, bald eagles, otters, beavers, ground hogs, pelicans, arctic terns, king fishers, boreal chickadees, and several different species of ducks. There was a lot of mosquitos that were annoying but if you sprayed they left you alone. I also got a ride on a float plane which was a first for me and a great experience. The guys let me sit up front and the view was spectacular. I had a great time on this trip and the group of guys were great and really fun to fish with and hang out with! Thanks to Mike (Solo Paddler) for the fishing tips and other information which were very helpful.

 

Getting ready to boat in.

 

 

 

Spinner bait walleye off the dock in the morning

 

 

Pike that attacked my walleye

 

 

One of the 26 fish in an hour.

 

 

One of fourteen fish from the dock.

 

Big pike with little pike in its mouth.

 

Beautiful scenery

 

Lake in the morning

 

Back lakes

 

Mr Otter coming to investigate us.

 

 

 

The bald eagle was swimming and heading back to shore.

 

 

Edited July 22, 2014 by Mattk

[Whopper]

Congrats Matt, good to hear you had a great experience.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[lew]

Sounds like a real enjoyable trip Matt and always good when you can meet up with some new fishing buds.

[BillM]

Great report! Did you happen to see what that bald eagle had in his talons?

Edited July 22, 2014 by BillM

[mattyk]

He had a good size fish. Looked like a pike.

[bushart]

Very Nice

 

One question.....why is a guy from Philly wearin a leafs hat???

[mattyk]

I'm a canadian transplant (from Newmarket) in Philly.

[bushart]

I'm a canadian transplant (from Newmarket) in Philly.

 

Oh..ok...I thought ya lost a bet or somethin

[solopaddler]

Right on Matt, glad to see your trip went well!

[Musky or Specks]

Nice report . Sounds exciting new friends, new experiences.

[Terry]

sounds like a good trip

[adempsey]

That place never seems to disappoint! Sounds like you deserved a good trip. Thanks for the post.

[Rich Clemens]

I'll tell ya, there are some great reports this year - and some great trips being made by OFC'rs.

Yet another great report. Thank You.

[fishnsled]

Mike is a wealth of information when it comes to doing one of these trips!! A great trip and report! Thanks.

[davey buoy]

Matt awesome,some great fish, new friends,and memories that will last forever.!!! Thanks for posting!! And your wife,she is the BEST !!!!

[Joeytier]

What an amazing trip. Thanks for the read

[RickOnt]

Matt

Fantastic trip and report!!

 

Thanks for taking the time to post

Cheers

Rick

 

PS I was born and raised in Newmarket, Then got on the Fire Dept for 28years

 

Not a small town anymore

[can u fish]

Looks like you had a great trip Matt Thanks for sharing.

 

Cheers....

[Rod Caster]

Sounds like a great place. 1044 is a LOT of fish haha.

[spincast]

great trip, thanks for the report Gotta love those Northern lakes for quality and quantity

[chris.brock]

looks like you had a blast, sweet report!

 

we were there too, we stayed in the run-down cabin behind yours

 

 

we caught lots but you guys did better

[mattyk]

Thanks for all the comments guys!