Day of the little lakers

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Day of the little lakers

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Day of the little lakers...
Saturday morning, get to the lake, drill 8 holes on my favourite shoal. Jig jig jig... 2lb lake trout. Switch to a different hole...Jig jig jig... another 2lb lake trout. Raise 10 ft. Jig jig jig... 1lb lake trout. Lower 20ft... Jig jig jig... 1/2lb lake trout. What the heck!! 4 little lakers in 1 hour. Nice that they are biting, but...the size was ridiculous. Come on! Time to RELO. Get up and move 1 mile down the lake to another shoal. Drill 4 holes, Jig jig jig... 1/2lb lake trout. Jig jig jig... another 1/2lb lake trout. This scenario kept repeating itself. In the meantime, 10ft away, my buddy lands (2) lakers each between 5-6lbs, with the same lure, at the same depth!! The trout were biting better than I have seen in a looong time. Call Mrs Out4trout - tell her we may be a bit later than planned... 8)

Mobility pays a dividend
Get up and move again, about 500yards further. This time, no shoal below, 120ft to the bottom, but not too far from a cliff. Drop to to the magic depth, same lure. Jig jig jig... nada. Jig jig jig... nada. Switch to a copper/gold lure. Jig jig jig... nada. Jig jig jig...

THUNK!! :shock: It felt like I had hooked the lake bottom, but I knew that was impossible given the depth. It did catch me completely by surprise!! No movement, just a solid thunk. Hang on...still nothing... still just a tight line. Fling the gloves... so far so good...tension on the line but not too much. Then the line starts the pound-pound-pound that I'm waiting for. Gained about 40 feet and back down it goes. We played back and forth for a while, I knew that I finally had a goodun on the other end.

Easy does it
Eventually, the laker passes under the hole. Now the heart starts beating faster... this one looks decent...!! Take your time buddy... we're at the critical point now. Lined him up... a gaping maw comes into the hole... Crap!! The lure is hooked deep. I've lost fish to that before - if they close their mouth and spin, the line could be sliced!! Not done yet... a bit further... intense!! Finally the Gig is up - hand plunge into the water, fingers behind the gill plate - a splash, and it's rolling in the slush!! What saved the line from being sliced was the 40lb Flouro Leader, as the fish was hooked behind the tongue where the gills meet. The Flouro had knicks in it from the teeth...

Enough report already...

The one on the right was 3lbs, my "typical" laker.
On the other hand... Booyah!!
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The day of the little lakers, with some perseverance, turned around nicely.
PB Hardwater Lake Trout
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Post by cprince »

Wow!

What a PIGGY!!

This trout is big too.

Just kidding O4T!

Serious poundage right there bud!

You are going to go head to head with MikeP in the hard water trout master 2011. (Honorable mention to BA... but OOS disqualifies him from official consideration!!)

Thanks for sharing that with us mortals!

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Post by plncrzy »

VERY nice!!!... but Ill eat those 2 pounder over the larger ones any day! :lol:
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Well done!!!!!
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Post by Lurewasher »

Those bigger trout eat just fine ! Fire up the smoker and you'l have something realy nice. :D nice going....congrats !
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Nice !!!!!

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Great outing and report O4T. How much is Booyah!! converted to lbs. Never did like the metric system!!!!! :D :D :D
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Re: Nice !!!!!

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Hahaha ... got me... :lol:
1 Booyah converts to 8 lbs in this case...
Haulin Bass wrote:How much is Booyah!! converted to lbs. Never did like the metric system!!!!! :D :D :D
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Post by Eli »

Great fish! :D
Great writing style too
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Post by Dore »

Love the report :) Cong on the PB Laker dude 8)
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great fish and report there O4T!

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Post by C5 »

awesome fish O4T and a great report!! very nice read...
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Post by Yannick Loranger »

Awesome report. Those moments are the reason most of us icefish. Nice lakers.
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:shock: @ color
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Post by wolfe »

Hey Out4trout,

Mission accomplished!

Congrat's on that PB thru the ice. WOW, what a fish!

Looks like an awfully pretty spot to be out and appreciating nature.

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Thanks, Dad, for taking me fishing when I was a kid.
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Post by Walker »

Nice laker. :D
What did you use for bait on the jigs
As the fish say
"DROP ME A LINE"

Mark
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