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Well I'm back after my first major outing of the season. Managed to nail 93 Speckled trout between the 2 of us in a little over 4 days! Had a couple major feeds.

Now of course there were the usual problems, like the camera ######## up after a day...so as a result no Trout pics...Unless frozen will do! You can keep 10 each.....No Bows though, that was dissappointing!

Here's our cabin we stay at, sleeps about 30...great setup.



I did get one fish photo, that of about a 1/2 pound Barbut which I somehow snagged



Released it to grow another 1/2 pound or so

All in all, a great trip. Wish I had more photos .....

93 Specks and all we get is a pic of a snagged bullhead?...

Glad you had a good trip....the walleye bite is on!

RJ

Way to go WIG! 93! Any size to them?

I know how bad you've been itching to get a little trout fishing in, glad you got out. How were you fishing them? Brooks or Lakes? Sinners? Trolling or casting? I really miss the brook trout fishing back on the east coast.

sweet looking accomadations, there is a cottage like that on Lower Buckhorn solid hardwood unbelievable.. 93 specks, good job!

where were you fishing WIG? nice trip for you!

Wall_I_Guy,WTG!!!! 93 specks man thats an awsome get away!Well and 1 snagged burbot, Glad to hear your escape from the grind was eventful budz!

T.L F.F

WIG:

Very mouth-watering report!! Congrats!

Now that’s catchin.

Good catch..is Barbut the local name for bullhead catfish? Because we do have Ling or Burbot in the waters as well..

Hey Salmon,I'll awnser this one lol,Yes it is a bullhead.We well alot almost everyone I know refers to bullhead as(burbut,or Mudpout)But you are right the real burbut is a ling kind of a cod lookin character.I dont have a pic handy but the april issue of ont out of doors has a Gent who got one 14lbs!!!! Think it was northern Ont.I Got a few through the ice @ Bob's Lake last year too.

T.L F.F

Hiya, WIG.

Welcome back from what sounds like a great 1st getaway for the season.
You deserved some fun and action after slaving away on the bathroom project. No lightening incidents, eh?

When I go to Gananoque Lk. next week, I hope I can report something exciting, too. If I get a third of what you caught, I'll be really excited.

W.

PS: glad ya let the little bully go. Just look at those big, brown eyes!

RJ wrote:93 Specks and all we get is a pic of a snagged bullhead?...
Glad you had a good trip....the walleye bite is on!
RJ

Ya I know, sounds fishy eh

But isn't that always the way

Markus wrote:Way to go WIG! 93! Any size to them?
I know how bad you've been itching to get a little trout fishing in, glad you got out. How were you fishing them? Brooks or Lakes? Sinners? Trolling or casting? I really miss the brook trout fishing back on the east coast.

Hey Marcus, they averaged about pound. Just a great eating size. We were nailing them for the most part on West River Suttons, they're paper thin flasher/spoons if you're not familiar with them.

A little disaapointed the Bows weren't around. We did hear of 2 being caught by other members of our club the previous week. Just have to try again I guess

crazyhook wrote:where were you fishing WIG? nice trip for you!

Up on Lake Sandal near Maniwaki crazy, we're the only cottage on it...great lake mainly because we do stock it with Specks and Bows....

SALMON wrote: Good catch..is Barbut the local name for bullhead catfish? Because we do have Ling or Burbot in the waters as well..

Yes Salmon you are correct. That comes from years of fishing with my dad for what we always referred to as Barbot, not Burbot which is a Ling as you know. We differentiated them from cats by calling them that. Likely due to dear ole Dad not wanting to freak us out with the name "Ling" I guess .

wolfe wrote:Hiya, WIG.

Welcome back from what sounds like a great 1st getaway for the season.
You deserved some fun and action after slaving away on the bathroom project. No lightening incidents, eh?

When I go to Gananoque Lk. next week, I hope I can report something exciting, too. If I get a third of what you caught, I'll be really excited.
W.
PS: glad ya let the little bully go. Just look at those big, brown eyes!

Thanks Wolfe, it was a lot of fun to get away. Hope you have a great trip My American buddy who comes up to catch the opening of Wally season has already hit Bob's and Wolfe Lakes. Says the catching was tough Usually never has a problem

Hey WIG

congrats on your fishing trip.....93 trout .......AWSOME 1 barbut ...there is always one black sheep in every trip ...looking forward to getting out with you sometime this summer!!

BIG-O(Phil)<*!!!!><

SALMON wrote: Good catch..is Barbut the local name for bullhead catfish? Because we do have Ling or Burbot in the waters as well..

Barbut probably comes from the french name barbotte, which means bullhead. I am guessing that since Ottawa has a large francophone community, along with the fact that the nations capital is kinda welded to the second biggest city in Québec, the french term has rubbed off. We'll gett'em .

93 Specs!! Now that's what I call getting started on the right foot. You've set the bar high WIG gonna be hard to keep up with your current pace

Congrats on the trip and thanks for the great report.

Karack