Brookies in the Rain
Brookies in the Rain
This fall I've been targeting pike and walleye more than usual, but i was missing something.. Yesterday the plan was to hit my favorite brookie lake close to the city, i woke up to pouring rain and the weather wasn't supposed to get much better during the day, from my experience brookies seem to bite better in crap weather but this was the first time i fished for them in the pouring rain.
After getting minnows from bits and baits i was on my way, this lake is pressured a bit less than the others in the area and like i expected i was the only one there when i arrived. I usually bring my jon boat when targeting trout but i know where the brookies like to hang out in this lake, i casted my bobber from shore and the wait was on. After 15 minutes of nothing my bobber shot down and i got the first trout of the day, that's when i knew a school came through. I would put on a minnow and cast it out and wouldn't even wait 30 seconds before a trout took it, they weren't holdovers but still fun to catch. After getting a couple of females i got my first male, it still wasn't a holdover but it was nice to see it full of colour this time of year. After catching about 10 small guys i got my first holdover at around 11 inches, i decided i would release it because it was barely hooked and had a good chance of surviving, i grabbed the hook and shook it off in the water. I was excited and cold, the action just wouldn't slow down, after i noticed i used over 2 dozen minnows i switched over to worms and they were hitting it almost as fast. Near the end of the day the smaller trout started to slow down, i switched back to a minnow and caught a few holdovers before dark.
12 and 13 incher for dinner
After getting minnows from bits and baits i was on my way, this lake is pressured a bit less than the others in the area and like i expected i was the only one there when i arrived. I usually bring my jon boat when targeting trout but i know where the brookies like to hang out in this lake, i casted my bobber from shore and the wait was on. After 15 minutes of nothing my bobber shot down and i got the first trout of the day, that's when i knew a school came through. I would put on a minnow and cast it out and wouldn't even wait 30 seconds before a trout took it, they weren't holdovers but still fun to catch. After getting a couple of females i got my first male, it still wasn't a holdover but it was nice to see it full of colour this time of year. After catching about 10 small guys i got my first holdover at around 11 inches, i decided i would release it because it was barely hooked and had a good chance of surviving, i grabbed the hook and shook it off in the water. I was excited and cold, the action just wouldn't slow down, after i noticed i used over 2 dozen minnows i switched over to worms and they were hitting it almost as fast. Near the end of the day the smaller trout started to slow down, i switched back to a minnow and caught a few holdovers before dark.
12 and 13 incher for dinner
Cy
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SWEET!!!!
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Good to see the minnows got ya some nice brookies!
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Cool!
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Great report!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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where about do you fish for specs in this area? i'm from thunder bay and have fished for specs out of my kayak in small rivers, tons of fun. i have a canoe here in ottawa, wouldn't mind going for some trout, and whats the season for them here?
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Nice outing lipless, tis the season!
Darosa: specs are open all year in zone 18. There are a bunch of lakes if you head out past almonte towards calabogie. Be careful though and check the zones because around calabogie it's in zone 15 and specs closed at end of sept in that zone.
Look up local stocking lists on google and you'll get a list of trout lakes to try and find.
Darosa: specs are open all year in zone 18. There are a bunch of lakes if you head out past almonte towards calabogie. Be careful though and check the zones because around calabogie it's in zone 15 and specs closed at end of sept in that zone.
Look up local stocking lists on google and you'll get a list of trout lakes to try and find.
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Beautiful Fish! Great job Lipless! That's a pretty good haul if you ask me!
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Nice job bud, nothing gets me to click on a thread faster than 'brookies in the rain' ! Sold... I wanna see this!
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Lots of good eating panfry'er in this report. Good choice to switch outta pike and eye mode and get some troots!
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Gotta love those fall specks! Nice report.