The never ending winter
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:44 pm
It has been one looooong ice fishing season. Here is a recap of mine so far:
Started off with the first outing on Dec. 9, 2013. My fishing partner and I (Hunter my dog) started off by targeting some walleye. We managed to ice 10 with 2 being in the slot size. He loves to lick fish.
Next up was some boxing day brookies. Man what a trek to get into this lake. We made it half way in only to realize there was too much snow for the ATV so we turned around and tried to get to another lake. Well luck would have it that this trail was too snow covered as well so we turned back around and tried again to make it to the first lake. We made it within a couple KMs of the lake so we ditched the ATV and made the rest of the trek on foot in knee deep snow. Well it sure paid off with 24 brookies hitting the ice between the 2 of us, in only a couple of hours. Here are the ones that made it to the dinner plate:
Up next was lakers. I managed to hook into 3 and my buddy got one. All around 3-4 pounds and the highlight was both my lines getting hit one right after the other.
There were mutliple outings on the Ottawa river that produced a bunch of perch and walleye but nothing really picture worthy. One highlight was getting out with my 5 year old nephew, even though we didn't get any until he left.
We also came across a seagull that had seen better days. Appears as thought it met its match with some kind of bird of prey:
Spent a day fishing for pannies with Chevy. Not really a fan of pan fishing but we had a blast catching blue gill, perch, a walleye, some accidential OOS bass and some crappie. Chevy managed to catch a nice slab worthy of a couple photos:
The last weekend spent two seperate days chasing lakers on two different lakes. First day it was just me and the dog with only a couple other souls on the lake that is usually jammed packed. Managed to ice one laker but ended up snapping the tip of my rod.
The 2nd day was spent with a couple of buddies and we took their skidoos into a more remote laker lake and what a blast. We managed to ice 9 lakers between the 3 of us with me getting 8 of them. We also lost a bunch of others ones and I had one break me off. It was an awesome day spent with great company.
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Also got to spend a bunch of days on the ice with fellow F-hawkers like Marko, Chevy, Fishin Mission and Choke. There are still a few weekends left to chase fish on the ice and I'll be taking full advatange of it. Good luck out there and stay safe as spring approaches.
Started off with the first outing on Dec. 9, 2013. My fishing partner and I (Hunter my dog) started off by targeting some walleye. We managed to ice 10 with 2 being in the slot size. He loves to lick fish.
Next up was some boxing day brookies. Man what a trek to get into this lake. We made it half way in only to realize there was too much snow for the ATV so we turned around and tried to get to another lake. Well luck would have it that this trail was too snow covered as well so we turned back around and tried again to make it to the first lake. We made it within a couple KMs of the lake so we ditched the ATV and made the rest of the trek on foot in knee deep snow. Well it sure paid off with 24 brookies hitting the ice between the 2 of us, in only a couple of hours. Here are the ones that made it to the dinner plate:
Up next was lakers. I managed to hook into 3 and my buddy got one. All around 3-4 pounds and the highlight was both my lines getting hit one right after the other.
There were mutliple outings on the Ottawa river that produced a bunch of perch and walleye but nothing really picture worthy. One highlight was getting out with my 5 year old nephew, even though we didn't get any until he left.
We also came across a seagull that had seen better days. Appears as thought it met its match with some kind of bird of prey:
Spent a day fishing for pannies with Chevy. Not really a fan of pan fishing but we had a blast catching blue gill, perch, a walleye, some accidential OOS bass and some crappie. Chevy managed to catch a nice slab worthy of a couple photos:
The last weekend spent two seperate days chasing lakers on two different lakes. First day it was just me and the dog with only a couple other souls on the lake that is usually jammed packed. Managed to ice one laker but ended up snapping the tip of my rod.
The 2nd day was spent with a couple of buddies and we took their skidoos into a more remote laker lake and what a blast. We managed to ice 9 lakers between the 3 of us with me getting 8 of them. We also lost a bunch of others ones and I had one break me off. It was an awesome day spent with great company.
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Also got to spend a bunch of days on the ice with fellow F-hawkers like Marko, Chevy, Fishin Mission and Choke. There are still a few weekends left to chase fish on the ice and I'll be taking full advatange of it. Good luck out there and stay safe as spring approaches.
