Rizzo Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 Well it took a while but had a few days off work this past week and finally got the boat in the water. Had to take a bit of a test run before a Friday/Saturday morning musky adventure, so took a quick run down to Lake Ontario to see if the boat would work. Since it did...trolled around for a few hours. I don't do a lot of salmon fishing, but do have some dipseys, couple of spoons and a flasher/fly rig. Managed 3 small salmon in a few hours, and then caught what my friend referred to as "a big stinky laker". Considering my first laker was caught thru the ice a few months ago, and weighed maybe a pound, this was quite a different fish. Caught it on the flasher fly at around 120 feet down over 170 (this is the king kong of dipseys...not the usual one). Once in the boat I understood why he called it "stinky". Lakers have a smell all of their own! With the boat running well, went up to Kawarthas for Friday and then Saturday morning...hoping to land some fish that are known for their stink (not to mention teeth and slime). Tried 2 lakes I had never fished before, so it was a bit of a guessing game where to start etc. Day one we managed 5 muskies and day 2 landed another 3. Nothing huge, biggest were 43 and 42 inches. Almost all the musky we caught still looked pretty beat up from the spawn. Took a few hours on each lake before we found em, but once we did the fish cooperated! Pretty satisfying going to a new body of water, struggling to find the pattern, but then getting rewarded eventually. Water in Kawarthas was 66 in am then 68 by early afternoon...this was the same on both lakes. Here are a coupla pics:
AKRISONER Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 man, it seems like the bite was just on this weekend. Everyone was catching! Well done!
Hank Jr Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 Nice fish and thanks for your report . You did well on the Muskies for lakes you haven't fished before .
Old Ironmaker Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 Beauty, beauty, beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rattletrap2 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Posted June 12, 2018 Very nice Roger! I wouldn't look down my nose at the laker......I've never caught one and that right there is impressive!
fishdawg Posted June 20, 2018 Report Posted June 20, 2018 Right on roger! Would be cool to hook up with you on LakeOntario. You still have family in Grimsby?
Fish frames Posted June 20, 2018 Report Posted June 20, 2018 I love it when a fishing plan comes together. Great post
lunkerbasshunter Posted June 20, 2018 Report Posted June 20, 2018 Great report looks like a lot of fun. That is a really big laker!!! Cheers!
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