Quinte January 4th

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Quinte January 4th

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On Tuesday I made it out for my first Quinte Ice trip of the year. Grant (Maple on f-h) was my fishing partner for the day. As well 2 young guys I use to teach came with us for their first ever fishing trip to Quinte.

We went out with Jamie Stothart of G2 Angling.

The area we were fishing had a good 6" of black ice with a dusting on snow in the morning that turned into 4-5" of snow by the end of the day. We had a decent morning bite, caught a couple throughout the day, and a few more during the afternoon bite. We moved to different depths throughout the day trying to stay on fish. By the end of the day between the 5 of us we caught around 14 walleye of various sizes, 3 nice perch and 1 surprize. Near the end of the day I hooked into a nice hard fighting fish that pulled some decent drag, I thought I had a real hawg walleye!!!!! After a good fight, I gain line and as the fish approaches the hole and I am picturing my pb 15 pound walleye about to be landed, a great big sheephead comes into view :cry: . It wouldn't even fit threw the hole.

Here are a few photos...


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Maple's 10 pound eye
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His first Quinte eye ever... 31" x 18"
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Besides my sheephead, my other prized catch of the day...
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Post by Out4trout »

Great report Jim... Good of you to take the young folk fishing like that!
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Nice fish there guys :) .
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Post by Maple »

Good report Jim.

I didn't know what to say about your 'remarkable' catch...but you've manned up to it. :wink: By the way, Jim also caught some good walleye in the evening, and that damnable drum.
Although it had it's slow times, we did well in the long run, and those young lads sure put a beating on those fish. If they caught anything bigger, we'd a been in trouble with those 8" holes. Jamie (Stoty) was a great guide to boot.

Also, I'm sure Jim just lost the pic of my fish. So I've included it here.

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We'll be back.

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Post by Mike P »

Some nice Quinte eyes guys.
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Post by Raydar »

Good job guys. Yummy looking fish.
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Now that's what I like to see guys! Those are some true MONSTERS!!!
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Post by DropShotr »

Well done Jim.

Some nice fish there.

Good on ya for takin' out the young lads.

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Post by Bobber »

Nice eye's Jim for sure. Glad the hole was big enough! Outstanding.
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Post by JimW »

thanks guys it was a good day on the ice.

Maple thanks for posting your fish, my version of your fish just appears as a red X.

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Post by hawg hunter »

sounds like a great day ta me fellas W.T.G
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Nice eyes Jim ! Great report dude !
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Post by C5 »

nice fish for sure.. was out on the Bay yesterday, landed 7 missed at least that many.. all in the 22-24 inch range no big'ns though.

good report guys! and nice pics... my photography skills suck:)
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Post by JimW »

sounds like you had a good day as well C5. If your in Delta C5, the 2 young guys I took are from not too far from you.

I'm currently getting my stuff organized to head down to Quinte tonight.

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sounds like you had a good day as well C5. If your in Delta C5, the 2 young guys I took are from not too far from you.

I'm currently getting my stuff organized to head down to Quinte tonight.

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