Meegs Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Made it out this afternoon for afew hours. Left the house at 2 and was on water by 2 15. Went out to the first spot and looked around for some fish on the graph. Started marking some good fish so dropped the anchor. Fished a half hour fighting the wind and waves. With no fish or hits we moved to a calmer area I knew of. Drove all around in search mode for abit. Didn't mark much in the r0 to 70 for range but found a good concentration at the 90 foot mark. Dropped anchor again and started to jig. Working my jig for 10 min or so and wham... fish on!!! Loose it half way up. 5 min later I hook another. A nice eater lake trout! Then managed to get afew whitefish topside while shaking off afew at the side of the boat, lost 3 or 4 half way up and missed some hits. Was back at the launch at 4 30 and home before 5. Was a great start to 2016!
Freshtrax Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 so mad the wind wouldn't allow us out on the first. nice jiggin!
misfish Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Piss off................LOL Well done bud. We too were out, lost one.
Acountdeleted Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Very nice Meegz. Those look delish.
LostAnotherOne Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Not bad for a quick outing. Got my motor winterized now, but was planning on hitting simcoe before the ice formed. Just a little nervous for my 14 footer and those waves. Next year
Rob Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Nice work James! Good to see pics of whities again! Rob C
Old Ironmaker Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 That's the spirit Meegs. What do you do to make sure you don't freeze anything when you pull the boat out?
Meegs Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 That's the spirit Meegs. What do you do to make sure you don't freeze anything when you pull the boat out? I live 5 min from the launch. Boat goes right back into garage where I'll throw the heat on for a week. Can't quite come to winterizing it yet this year.
chris.brock Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Deep fried, English style whitefish, I'm jealous. Nice outing man!
Joeytier Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Quick and productive is right! Enjoy the delicious eats coming your way!
wormdunker Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Good fishin! History might be in the making. Open water fishing Jan. 1, 2016 on Simcoe
Joeytier Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 ^^ that's actually quite common, more common than the main lake actually having good ice on opening day.
Meegs Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 Yea. Quite common. I've been in the canoe out there on February 10th before!fished opener from the boat many time!
mr blizzard Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Congrats on the outing. Great results for sure Open water in January is a little frustrating for the hard water fisherman. But not uncommon as mentioned 17 years ago I was fishing open water at the end of the finger docks in Barrie at the end of January The next day a buddy of mine called and said go buy the Toronto star. I said why he replied there is a picture of u in it. The caption read "one lonely fisherman waiting for winter". Fortunately the photographer got my best side. My backside lol Still have it. Wish I could post it Glad u had a great day
Beans Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Our nieces husband was damned he wasn't going to miss opening of trout season because of no ice...I hear he caught a few and kept one for dinner
crappieperchhunter Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Nice fish and great report James. Love your photo too Beansie. Is that a electric trolling motor on the back? Must not have far to go if it is.
irishfield Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Nice James, I'm sure you enjoyed the afternoon out! Be well ! Edited January 4, 2016 by irishfield
Beans Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Nice fish and great report James. Love your photo too Beansie. Is that a electric trolling motor on the back? Must not have far to go if it is. Yep...you have good perception...He could have rowed out to where he got the trout it was that close to his cottage...lucky him eh ?
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