Joeytier Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Well, winter decided to hang on late around here yet again, so I had no choice but to force lady spring's hand... Last Tuesday I threw the waders and the long rod in the truck and beat down a snowy, muddy access road to a lake I knew had an inlet with a fair amount of current and wouldn't be murder to walk into. While I probably could've walked onto the pot lakes, this spot had a nice 100 ft band of open water, so I made due and froze my nardlings off and put the mesh under this nice laker...they are real beautiful from this area... Today I made the trek down to the Haliburton Highlands (because enough's enough ya know) and found wet water! A couple gorgeous golden lakers graced us with their presence too, including this 27" pig! Not bad for a first time on a big water body. Water was 40-46 mostly, and they didn't seem to be in full on spring mode yet, which made them tough to pattern. Question for those in the know, does that laker appear to be one of the golden lake trout strain? The two we caught appeared to have a pretty distinct colouration to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sweet Joey, ice fishing is great but it feels pretty good to be back in a boat again eh? I think the early season laker fishing will be better/ easier in 2 weeks, so very cool you nailed that big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 wow! nice lakers Joey! still ice up there??? unreal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 First pic a beauti shot Joey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 If i knew what lake you were fishing o could tell you if thats a haliburton gold for sure, but it does appear to be. Nice fish regardless. Trolling? S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4bassin Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Nice fish Joey , glad to see the open water lake trout reports starting to come in . I agree with chris in that the lake trout won't really start getting active for another 2 weeks or so . Water has to warm up a bit and get the lakes systems moving . Perfect timing for my own laker trip in a couple weeks ! As for the last pic. i'm really not sure but it is a nice one though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Nice fish Joey , glad to see the open water lake trout reports starting to come in . I agree with chris in that the lake trout won't really start getting active for another 2 weeks or so . Water has to warm up a bit and get the lakes systems moving . Perfect timing for my own laker trip in a couple weeks ! As for the last pic. i'm really not sure but it is a nice one though Yep, same thing every year, fish are mostly scattered during the first two weeks after iceout but still very catchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Look at the gold colouration. Sweet fish dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckewley Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hope to be on some of them soon, great pictures man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks like a great day on the water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Hope to be on some of them soon, great pictures man Central Ont should be primo next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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