JEEBAS It's Freakin' Cold Out!!!!

[Drifter_016]

So I got together with a buddy and hit a new to me lake today.  
We hopped into the car with the outside temp hovering at -28 degrees.  
We left the main road and traveled 5 KMs down a side road where we turned onto a 4X4 trail and drove for another 4.5 KMs through some pretty challenging obstacles before parking and heading down a quad/snowmachine trail on foot for the final kilometer of the journey. I wish I had photos of the one sketchy spot I had to negotiate. My buddy said I had about an inch of clearance between the front bumper and ground and my passenger back wheel was in the air while decending and I heard my trailer hitches draw bar hit the ground when I pulled up and out of the ravine.  





This is what greeted us at the end of the trail.



I think we landed about 10 or 12 decent lakers between 2 and 4 pounds or so (nothing big but we lost another 15 or more) and my buddy had one pike in the 10# plus range on for a second. Seems I took a lot more pictures of my buddy than I got of me.  
The hot lures were airplane jigs and white tube jigs tipped with shiner minnows.













We kept 3 for the table and put the rest back.





It was an excellent day and we were comfortable in my 2 man cube with my 14,000 btu sunflower style Mr. Heater cranking.
I don't think we would have lasted an hour without it. The wind started to blow about 20 kmh around 1:00 and the wind chill would have been in the -40 range. We got back to the truck after the sun had set and air temp was -29C. We were fishing in 18 to 20 feet and had 4-5 inches of ice under us.

As I'm sitting here in my living room watching the Leafs game on the big screen I'm still not thawed out and I'v been home for an hour and a half!!!!  

I can't wait until next weeks adventure!!!  

[FishingNewEngland]

Thanks for the fix!!! We're still a couple of weeks away here.

Good times!

[wyo700]

way to go guys.  i cant wait untill we get ice, it probably wont be for another couple of weeks.  man i am ready!!

[SNAGGER]

   YOU ARE HARDCORE MAN!!!!!!!!  I LOVE IT........GREAT ADVENTURE DRIFTER!!!!!!!!

[TGF]

Dat sure is a golden laker you are holding Dave. Nice colors and good on ya for getting out. Was that the tent we used for a toilet up Great Slave? If so did the smell go out from the fabric?

Nice to see you got a fising buddy that is keen to get out.

[Drifter_016]

Dat sure is a golden laker you are holding Dave. Nice colors and good on ya for getting out. Was that the tent we used for a toilet up Great Slave? If so did the smell go out from the fabric?

Nice to see you got a fising buddy that is keen to get out.

Yep, it's the washroom.   
He was thinking of bailing because of the cold but he thought it was awesome sitting in the tent with the 14,000 btu heater going and watching fish show up on the LX-5.   

[fishgalore]

Nice Report......it'll be 4 weeks or more for ice in Northern NJ.

[TGF]

Yep, it's the washroom.   
He was thinking of bailing because of the cold but he thought it was awesome sitting in the tent with the 14,000 btu heater going and watching fish show up on the LX-5.   

Just like a kid heh Brings out the kid in all of us.

[Icer for life]

Everyday (for the last two weeks), I nibble at my lunch while searching for great updates like this.......thanks!!

[Drifter_016]

Everyday (for the last two weeks), I nibble at my lunch while searching for great updates like this.......thanks!!

Bon Appetit!!!!