Finally did a Tiger Trout trip . headed out to twin lake ..
5hr drive from wpg
me and buddy matt did a 5 night 6 day camping/fishing trip up to the duck mountains.
TWIN LAKE 2 days , LAURIE LAKE 2 days and GULL LAKE 1 day
went out and bought some hunting/camping cots to sleep in the pop up shacks . -60 sleeping bags for the cool nights
we sat down and did our check list and most stuff had extra x2 , who knows what can happen , so be prepared
2 augers , extra flasher batteries , food , tools , first aid kits . etc ,
on our way out to the duck Mountains we stopped at Todd Winters house in Dauphin MB
this guy makes hand crafted Flies , Lures and the best hand made hair jigs that I've ever seen and used .. Check them out , promise you wont be disappointed
caught most of our tiger trout on these hair jigs , plus 2 master angler tigers
with the low snowfall in Manitoba this year , it made this trip easy to get around , Twin lake we just used pull sleds to get the spots.
lots of people cut and make large viewing holes to sight fish these tigers , most guys seem to mark their large holes with trees and sticks ,
but just keep your eyes open
we wanted to bring a snowmobile but just the cost and bs that can come with extra stuff , we decided to leave it at home..
but the duck mountains is just gorgeous county would of been a awesome sled ride
Tiger Trout are the hardest fighting trout that I've ever caught , these trout have one hell of a head shake , they just won't give up ..
and the color patterns these fish have is unreal , every fish has unique markings
got 4 masters and count med size tigers , second day on twin was cool and windy which seem to change the mood of the fish..
had one rod lost to a trophy tiger, I took a pee break and heard this sound of a screaming drag coming from my shack
"O CRAP" I Piss all over my self to try and save this rod , NOPE , took everything . rod and holder.. (shaking my head) 80 buck combo
took 500 pictures on this trip , but heres some of the best , first up Twin lake photos .. next will be laurie lake trip
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LAURIE LAKE
LAKE TROUT ,BROWN TROUT AND SPLAKE
This is a crystal clear lake , you can see down 20 feet and watch the trout circle your hooks..
we camped 2 days on this lake .. caught 45 lake trout in two days and 15 splake , seen the brown trout,but couldn't get them to bite.
this lake was my favorite out of the 3 we fished , .. but don't kid yourself this lake was a puzzle to figure out .. drilled 30-40 holes till we found the honey hole .. ripping large spoons got the hungry fish to smash our lures and screaming drag was a echoing sound I heard all day coming out of matty shack
we drove a truck on the lake with ease , which is almost a never heard of , usually high snow in this area , but not this year.
GULL LAKE .
camped 2 nights but fish only one whole day ,.. we were told this lake holds large whitefish , so my buddy matt is a whitefish expert from thunder bay
we studied the gull lake map and found a few key spot that we though would harbour whitefish . so we set up camp and fished
took us 10 mins to hook into our first master whitefish ,
I lost more whitefish then caught , these things fight and get squirrely at the hole , we landed 20 whitefish and lost just as many
we once again got to drive onto the lake with no issues , ice is 18" plus .
we also caught tons of little rainbow trout and brook trout but no trophies
hope you guys enjoyed the pictures and the post ...
cant catch fish on the couch , get up and get out there ,
mikeypikey
