2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
A good season... caught a decent number of fish across a few outings, several different lakes to mix things up a bit. Mostly targeted lake trout, but a few walleye as well. Lakers are a personal favourite through the ice, and they cooperated, some smaller 3s, some nice 6-9s and ... a few biguns came airside too.
This ice season I switched to an inline reel, I like the absence of line twist and the free-fall. The new reel had it's drag put to the test more than once... and it passed. Smooth drag, which made some screeching noises a few times... but that was a good thing
Several lakers this size for the cedar plank on the BBQ
25" walleye with a bloody nose
Lakers... Hit hard and fight hard... THUMP!!
Tanks for the memory...
Then... this... 35"x 20" squeezed through an 8" hole. A new PB
Ice WAS good this winter, trout have bit, reel peel happened, and records were broken, twice.
A good season, which now appears to have reached it's end.
O4T
This ice season I switched to an inline reel, I like the absence of line twist and the free-fall. The new reel had it's drag put to the test more than once... and it passed. Smooth drag, which made some screeching noises a few times... but that was a good thing
Several lakers this size for the cedar plank on the BBQ
25" walleye with a bloody nose
Lakers... Hit hard and fight hard... THUMP!!
Tanks for the memory...
Then... this... 35"x 20" squeezed through an 8" hole. A new PB
Ice WAS good this winter, trout have bit, reel peel happened, and records were broken, twice.
A good season, which now appears to have reached it's end.
O4T
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
When you said some BIGUNS....
There will be an influx of Great Grey Owls in the winter of 2017
Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Beauty Greys Len. That must have been a tight squeeze through an 8" hole. I bet the nerves were going big time. Big congrats on the new PB. So what reel did you get? I guess you got the drag disks worn in well.
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
SOLID SEASON!! Some beauts there sir!
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Wow those are huge lakers, just wondering are those coming out of lakes in the Ottawa Valley?
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Awesome fishing! Looks like you had a fun season with some beauty fish to boot. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully your spring will be just as good!
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very awesome! great fish! hope you dont mind me asking, lake O?
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Wow, fantastic season for ya, congrats on your PB.
Thanks for sharing, hopefully we'll see more O4T reports this year.
Thanks for sharing, hopefully we'll see more O4T reports this year.
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
That's a beauty O4T.Looks like you have em dialed in. Congrats
Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Great fishin Len! Some beauty Lakers for sure!
Thanks for sharing with us here at FH, it is appreciated.
RJ
Thanks for sharing with us here at FH, it is appreciated.
RJ
Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Thanks folks,
Smitty - I'm not one to push products, but since you asked, the reel I picked up is an Eagle Claw Magnum Inline. Seems to work ok but only time will tell if the nylon frame holds up.
Valley lakes - several 3lb "popsicles" this season were from Muskrat, I fished it one cold day only, but no big fish came from the valley.
Reports - hope to get out on the water more often this spring/summer than the past 2!!
Smitty - I'm not one to push products, but since you asked, the reel I picked up is an Eagle Claw Magnum Inline. Seems to work ok but only time will tell if the nylon frame holds up.
Valley lakes - several 3lb "popsicles" this season were from Muskrat, I fished it one cold day only, but no big fish came from the valley.
Reports - hope to get out on the water more often this spring/summer than the past 2!!
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Re: 2018 - Lakers & Eyes on ice
Some solids right there Len! Was a great ice season.
Fishing the St.Lawrence 12 months a year!