Montreal Fishing with Carlco & Manny

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Montreal Fishing with Carlco & Manny

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Just got back from Montreal.....What a blast i forget the total .....some where around 35 Walleye, two or three ling and A couple of Mud Puppys :shock: :D :D

Met Carlco at his house at 6:00 am, went to Hortons and we were off to Montreal, after a short stop for more Hortons :D , and meeting a buddy of Carls, we hit the big city....a senic drive thru down town Montreal We stopped at a local takle shop for my licence, a short drive from there, We met Manny at the water, a kinda stumble walk and slide down a icey hill :x :x :evil: we were there....now at this point I was a little bit on the worried side, first of all ,this was the first Ice we had come across....and we were only 20 yards from very open ,very fast , very cold looking water :shock: :shock: :shock: :wink: But Manny assured me that it was safe 8) :roll: :roll: Manny drilled about 8 holes and Carl drilled about 8 holes...I watched :D :oops: :lol: About 15 minutes after we set up Manny was releasing his third Walleye 8) Carlco was not long behind him pulling in several walleye and a monster ling...me nothing :x :evil: :oops: Carlco's friend....a non fishermen,was also getting in the action landing a couple of nice walleye....me nothing :evil: :evil: , Manny was putting on a clinic on how to catch walleye....me Nothing :evil: :evil: :evil: The bite had slowed down to nothing around 11, so Carl set up a few tip ups ...as soon as he had one set ...bang fish on....me nothing :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: , and of course Manny was still pullling them in!!! About noon I got my first Montreal walleye a wopping 8" :D :oops: the bite realy slowed down, well in fact it went away, about a hour later, I finaly got another one on, just to lose it at the hole, a few minutes later another light strike and I managed to land a nice 15 incher :D My total for the day was 8, ,My camera was kinda on the fritze, so I have very few Photo's :x
Here's carl setting up a tip up
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the Walleye came and went for most of the day...but we did manage to get this creature from the depths
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this was the smallest of the two Mud puppys that were caught today :shock: (both released). Manny caught the bigget of the day at Dusk, the pic i took blurred, not worth posting, but it was about 2.5 lbs, the fish had to be realed in real slow so they would blow their air bags....unfortantly, we did lose a few to this problem :? Here is what we brought home, oh yea I get to clean them :( ....just because I didn't drill a hole :wink: :wink:
My Thanks goes out Manny for taking me to this great Spot, although he was dissapointed that the bite was off today :shock: and To Carl for the drive out , both you guys are tops in my books and i can't wait till Feb. when we do it again

Here are the fish that we kept....Like i said My camera froze ...so please excuse the sink shots :oops: ....Carl I'll deliver your fish in the morning :D
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Sounds like a blast and an awosme day Big-O!!
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Gotta love it when a plan comes together!

Nice work boys....

Is that the air bag hangin out of their yaps?

How deep of water are they in that they blow their sacs???

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mmmmmmmmmm. looks good :lol:
where abouts in montreal were you guys fishing??
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WTG guys!!!Awsome report Phil :D Do you speak french??That might have helped you get em today :lol:

Awsome lookin day!

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Post by Markus »

Nice work fellas! I'd love to see a few walleye come up through an ice hole.

We have lots of those damn mud puppies here. They're something else. :lol: :lol:

Did ya keep the ling for a taste?
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Good going, guys!

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Good going, guys!

Nice to see someone is catching fish. :D

Also curious how deep those fish were. Never had that happen with walleye in water up to 25 feet. Were you deeper than that?

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Big-O,

Sounds like a worthwhile time, even if the bite was kind of off. Funny you mentioned / posted a pic of the mudpuppy. Brian and I took the kids to our local zoo this morning and we spent a lot of time at the aquarium section...checking out the freshwater fish mostly for me!...but they had a display tank with a mudpuppy. I had no clue they were catchable -- and in Montreal, no less -- and at this time of year? Ya learn something new every day!

That's too bad about the air bladder problem. I've heard this happens when bringing them up from a significant depth too quickly and that it's fatal for the fish. How do you know how fast is too fast?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll have a couple of dinners from the catches. :D

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Awesome job!! I hope you measured them for some points! :D :D
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Snag,

Big-O had trouble figuring out the French measuring tape.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Nice Fish Guys!

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RJ wrote:Snag,

Big-O had trouble figuring out the French measuring tape.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: Now remember, I believe the correct translation is one french inch = 2 english inches! :lol:
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CCB WROTE:
Also curious how deep those fish were. Never had that happen with walleye in water up to 25 feet. Were you deeper than that?
Tom the fish were on the bottom and were were in about 60 feet of water,the bite was so soft and so deep it was almost impossible to set the hook, I think heavery line would help

SNAG WROTE:
Awesome job!! I hope you measured them for some points!
I measure 5...but they are small I'll cull them in the spring....where is the praying icon :roll: :roll: :wink:

Wolfe ....I told they guys when we released the first Mud Puppy, that we should have taken a pic for you, it was twice the size of this one :!:

MARKUS WROTE:
Did ya keep the ling for a taste?
No...how could you even think of eating them :shock: :? ....besides walleye were on the menu for breakfast :D :D

I forgot to mention ....Carlco is going to donate $42.00 to the city of Montreal....for not parking in the right area :x :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

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where abouts in montreal were you guys fishing??
I realy don't have a clue...i know we went thru a tunnel , over 2 dozen bridges, past The old Expo site, back under the 2 dozen bridges, over channels, Locks, Rivers....I think the best way to find the place...is look for Ice , it was the only patch in Montreal :shock: :shock: :roll:

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Is that the air bag hangin out of their yaps?
Yes.... :( :( :( :? :x :evil: as I said above....i think heavery line would take care of that problem...i was using my Crappie line 3lbs. test...Next time I'll have on 8 LBS test, 3lbs ...is just about impossible to set the hook :?
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Post by Buck »

Hehehe!!! Welcome to my world Carlco and Big-O. I<ve been fishing with Manny for about 16 years.... Its my turn next week because I'm heading there!!!

Anywhom, way to go boyz, I'll post my report next week!!!

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Post by Canadian Bacon »

Great day guys...I'll be looking for some measurments from my teammates...Carlco???....lets see them!!! :D :D
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