4x4bassin Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I won't go into great detail here because I have told the story a couple times before . But for those that have not seen my previous reports about this fish I will give you a quick run down . A small group of friends and I fish a fairly large backwoods lake in north/central Ontario a couple times each year ( love to fish it more but just too hard to get there ) Anyways starting in 2011 and continuing to this year we have caught the same lake trout out of the same bay 5 years in a row . The fish is identified by a small scar on its side and a small deformity on its tail . I have contacted the MNR about this and they can't believe it . They also advised me that this fish is a very old fish , 25 years old if not older ! I have never heard of anything like this before especially a lake trout . I have heard stories of a musky or bass being caught 2 or 3 times but never 5 times . Incredible/lucky story if you ask me . Here are the pictures everyone , enjoy For those people that say catch and release doesn't work on deep water lake trout , I would have to disagree Cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshtrax Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hahahah. I can't wait till next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I've heard quite a few old timers say "naw, there's no use throw'n em back cause they die anyway" very cool story Is that a natural or stocked lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 5 times thats just rediculous!!!! Awesome stuff man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Wow! So C&R is alive & well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Of course she likes you, you feed her and give her exercise. very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 ha! Too funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Wow, that's so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 What's her name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 That's impressive for sure! Pretty cool! You'd think it would learn to not bite, eh? LOL S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheadphycho Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 That's cool! What would be crazier is if you caught her on the same lure every year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 5 times thats just rediculous!!!! Awesome stuff man!!! When it,s the only one in the lake, of course your going to catch it 5 times.LOL Thats amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Neat stuff! You gotta keep that streak going! What a great catch and release story to tell people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtracc Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 That's funny Dave. What are the odds, nice to see he goes back every year. Nice job looks like a nice lake! I'd like to try and catch Luke the laker one these years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Two words of advice. Lotto Tickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 That's excellent and congratulations, and as someone else suggested it certainly shows that C&R works. My best was a musky I caught 3 times in one season and another was a musky I caught twice in a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1991 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Judging by the way you/your friends are dressed in the pictures, that fish likes that bay all year round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4bassin Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I've heard quite a few old timers say "naw, there's no use throw'n em back cause they die anyway" very cool story Is that a natural or stocked lake? Lots of people say this chris and it obviously is not the case . Live release works . This fish is a jig fish and its coming out of 50 ft of water during the warmest water period (August/September) We tend to not bring them up too fast and try not to fight them hard around the boat (thats when they stress) As well as a quick picture . I'm not going to lie but one of those times my friend dropped the fish in the bottom of the boat and it went under the seat and we couldn't get it out for a bit , we thought she was a gonner but wouldn't you know it she slowly swam away and returned to our boat this past August alive and well . These fish are more resilient then you think even when you unfortunately don't practice "good live release" at times This is a natural lake trout lake chris . Wow! So C&R is alive & well. Sure does !!! That's impressive for sure! Pretty cool! You'd think it would learn to not bite, eh? LOL S. Not to many people fish this lake so they don't see many lures That's cool! What would be crazier is if you caught her on the same lure every year! Actually we do , this is a jig fish coming out of 50 ft of water every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4bassin Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 When it,s the only one in the lake, of course your going to catch it 5 times.LOL Thats amazing I forgot to mention that Brian , every trip we only catch one fish .........LOL !!! Not really . That's funny Dave. What are the odds, nice to see he goes back every year. Nice job looks like a nice lake! I'd like to try and catch Luke the laker one these years... Thanks Joe , ya maybe get you in there next year ! Two words of advice. Lotto Tickets! I have been told that a couple times That's excellent and congratulations, and as someone else suggested it certainly shows that C&R works. My best was a musky I caught 3 times in one season and another was a musky I caught twice in a weekend. Sure does Lew , sounds like you have a couple C&R stories yourself Judging by the way you/your friends are dressed in the pictures, that fish likes that bay all year round! Have never caught it on our annual spring trip , just in August and September ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 That's pretty amazing. Judging by the big old looking head and relatively small body, he's probably about maxed out for size eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 That's crazy! Five times same fish, year after year. Did similar post back a decade or so about a musky i caught twice years apart... http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=223 It would be really something if you caught that fish again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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