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Canada => Ice Fishing Saskatchewan => Topic started by: indeeptreble on Nov 29, 2009, 04:01 PM
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walked on at altavista beach today, ice is only few inches thick and still open towards the middle with lots of geese out there. cracks all over won't be long know. going out in the garage to dig out my ice auger and gear before I watch the Riders kick some Alouettes ass.....
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Do you think that Kinookimaw has ice?
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I was at kinookimaw on Saturday. There was ice and open water. Not enough safe ice even to walk out from shore a bit. Based on this weeks forecast, there will be enough ice to fish next weekend. The road from Kinookimaw to the landing is in rough shape but it is passable.
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going out in the garage to dig out my ice auger and gear before I watch the Riders kick some Alouettes ass.....
And how did that go........... :wacko:
I would have rooted for you guys, I hate to see anything go east of 'Toba.
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Anybody been near Little Arm? How's the ice?
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walked on at altavista beach today, ice is only few inches thick and still open towards the middle with lots of geese out there. cracks all over won't be long know. going out in the garage to dig out my ice auger and gear before I watch the Riders kick some Alouettes ass.....
I saw someone in an Alouettes jacket fall through the ice so I notified emergency rescue. I hope they saved him or it was a waste of a first class stamp!
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Good one Buzz
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I saw someone in an Alouettes jacket fall through the ice so I notified emergency rescue. I hope they saved him or it was a waste of a first class stamp!
HA ha LOL, Our phone company (MTS) in their commercials like to make fun of Saskatchewan, they paint you guys as a bunch of banjo picking rednecks, I think you just confirmed it ;D
(all in good humor guys ;D)
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Has anyone been out to Regina Beach or Rowans Ravine yet if so how thick is the ice.
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Has anyone been out to Regina Beach or Rowans Ravine yet if so how thick is the ice.
I went to Little Arm/ Regina Beach area on Thursday. There was 7 inches of good ice. People were driving on it already! Walleye are biting a little...
Went across from Grandview on Friday and there was about 5-7 inches... must be lots by now!!!
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I hope so might try to go out tomorrow or this weekend for sure.
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I was at Grandview last saturday & there was 6-8" of good solid ice, not to mention the eyes were biting!
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Anyone been to the point at Pelican Pointe? Any new of ice thickness there? I'm hoping to get out this weekend and am itching to get out there and catch some fish. I heard someone say that the point just closed last week, which means it might not be thick enough yet.
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Has anyone ever fished the north end of last mountain (say Etters beach and north)? I was just wondering what kind of access there is around the north end?
Thanks
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I think Etter's beach has one or 2 full time residents that plow in the main road and access to and from there house. Never fished it, but in the summer I heard pretty good things. But I wouldnt bank on much access up there.
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Has anyone ever fished the north end of last mountain (say Etters beach and north)? I was just wondering what kind of access there is around the north end?
Thanks
I have never fished that far north through the ice, but friends of mine make an annual pilgrimage to Big Arm @ first ice. The numbers of large pike that they have caught is amazing(I've seen the pics). As for the walleye, I've read some very good things on this site about Etters. Access, this year shouldn't be a problem as there isn't much snow yet. I assume that you can get on the lake @ either Etter's or Liberty Beach.
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I use to fish quite a bit at last mountan provincial park, lots of small perch at least 1 good size jack or dog fish every time out there.
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Anyone going out to regina beach or rowans ravinve this weekend or been out there lately wondering what the ice thickness is.
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was out at kinookimaw yesterday, lots of guys out, lots of shacks out there too. ice was about 18-24 inches. ended up gettin out for the last 2.5 hours before sunset, got 6 nice eyes, all between 1.5 - 3 lbs. the last fish of the day was the biggest and was around 4 (maybe 4.5)... nice fish though.
drove out to the spring bay area today, ice was about 12 inches out there. lots of shacks out around wee-too and alice beach area. couldnt tell if they were catching or not. once we got the shack out and set up we dropped a line for a bit, saw lots on the flasher, ended up grabbin a few eyes but couldnt stay long, goin back out this week.
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was out at kinookimaw yesterday, lots of guys out, lots of shacks out there too. ice was about 18-24 inches. ended up gettin out for the last 2.5 hours before sunset, got 6 nice eyes, all between 1.5 - 3 lbs. the last fish of the day was the biggest and was around 4 (maybe 4.5)... nice fish though.
drove out to the spring bay area today, ice was about 12 inches out there. lots of shacks out around wee-too and alice beach area. couldnt tell if they were catching or not. once we got the shack out and set up we dropped a line for a bit, saw lots on the flasher, ended up grabbin a few eyes but couldnt stay long, goin back out this week.
Did you happen to drive around Rowan's or Collingwood? Looks like the ice froze in giant blocks (got blown around then refroze) around Islandview.
Heading out tomorrow!
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Hey Guys, just wanted to update you if you're interested. Went out to Pelican Point on Saturday and the ice at the point was at least 10-12 inches. Good to go. Did some fishing Saturday and Sunday. got some bites on Sunday but couldn't land them. (don't fish much so the skill isn't all there) Anyways, hoping to get out soon again.
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Did you happen to drive around Rowan's or Collingwood? Looks like the ice froze in giant blocks (got blown around then refroze) around Islandview.
Heading out tomorrow!
no, we didnt go up by rowan's, we have a place at spring bay so we just drove on there. kinookimaw had some really bad ice to, looks like it got busted up and refroze. at kinookimaw the ice was good about 40 yards from shore then it gets really rough. i want to get up to white rock but if the ice is like that it would be tough goin up there on the ice, maybe have to drive up past rowans and cut across somewhere???
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There was at least 12" at Grandview. I didn't see anybody drive across, but they are driving along both sides. Fishing was pretty good, a few big ones with some eaters thrown in for good measure. Sunday was beautiful, no wind, coyotes howling & the walleyes biting. It's too bad our weather(& fishing) wasn't like that every weekend.
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Hi guys, have any of you heard how the fishing is around the Last Mountain Regional park at the very North end or at Arlington Beach a bit further down? :-\
WW
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Hey has anyone been out fishing lately and if so how is the fishing on the lake this year hoping to get out this week to rowans ravine or kinookimaw or maybe regina beach
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Was out fishing at collingwood on sat dec 26 had a couple bites and saw 2 perch in the camera. but I got try out my father in law's new ice auger he bought a Eskimo from Costco wow is that a Cadillac runs so nice cuts so fast.
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Collingwood produced slow but steady through Sunday with small to medium perch and walleye then some 4-5 lbs from 2 to 3 o'clock. Driving conditions are great and there were over 30 vehicles out in the middle.
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Any information on Alice Beach?
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Any information on Alice Beach?
Fishing is really SLOW! I got one nice eye about two weeks ago, but nothing since then. We have spots that usually produced good pike and eyes in previous years but nothing this year...it has been a weird start to the season.
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First time out on last mountain. Was out yesterday at Collingwood then Rowan's. It was pretty slow all day, only caught a couple eyes and three perch. better than sitting inside all day I guess and I will go back again.
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First time out this year caught about 20 perch at rowans ravine tried a couple other places but fishing was very slow every where else saw a group of guys catching a bunch on jack at another place but had no luck there
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a friend of mine bud got this one 2 years ago made the paper biggest fish cought that year at sask beach i believe it weighed 23 lbs came threw a 8" hole
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/M_M_2007/Bud_sBigOneFish0045B25D.jpg)
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Anyone up for some walleye fishing this weekend? I was thinkign about Rowans or maybe up the lake a bit further. Everyones away on vacation, its killing me.
cheers
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Was out fishing for a couple hours today and caught 2 nice size jack. The ice is getting pretty thick i think almost everywhere people driving all around the lake.
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Fishing is really SLOW! I got one nice eye about two weeks ago, but nothing since then. We have spots that usually produced good pike and eyes in previous years but nothing this year...it has been a weird start to the season.
Thanks for the info Pants - always nice to post on here and get an answer rather than driving 40 km. Cheers!
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Was at Collingwood today north of and away from all the shacks. 17 inches of ice over 25 ft of water.
Slow going until 4:30 (4 nice perch) then the walleye started biting nonstop. Caught one Walleye with tumors all over it. Kinda gross
I have never caught one like that at Long lake before. I did catch one at Lake of The Prairies a few years back that was covered in tumors.
Not sure what causes it. (Skin Cancer?)
Anyway Walleye fishing is super if you can wait until dark..
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I caught a 13 inch Perch at Lake of the Prairies 1 side all covered in sores. If I had caught it in Sask I think I would have taken it to a CO
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heading out for some fishing today let you know how i did when i get back
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I think..but not sure...that the sores on the outside of the walleye are nothing more than a parasite that will not hurt the eating of the fish at all. I was fishing with a fish biologist last spring at Dief. We caught one like that and he stated that they were just a parasite. Double check to be sure though.
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Just wondering if anyone has been fishing north of glen harbour and hows the catch been
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Just wondering if anyone has been fishing north of glen harbour and hows the catch been
And how's the snow on the lake? It was sure nice to drive right out in the van last week.
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was out today and depending on where you are going the snow is starting to build up i places and will need a 4x4 truck soon saw a few guys get stuck with 2 wheel drive trucks.
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Just wondering if anyone has been fishing north of glen harbour and hows the catch been
hot,hot hot!
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I just got back from Rowan's. Slow throughout the day, but at 5 o'clock it picked up. Couple buddy's pulled out some 4.5 lbers and a 5 lbs eye. Not to bad of perch 1 to 1.5 lbs.
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Has anyone had any luck right out front of Glen Harbour i put my shack out last weekend but didnt have much luck??
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Has anyone had any luck right out front of Glen Harbour i put my shack out last weekend but didnt have much luck??
Haven't been out to Glen Harbour yet. I usually focus on the Pelican Pointe area. I'm going out this weekend so maybe I will swing up there and check it out.
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Ya i am heading back out there this weekend to hopefully better luck than last weekend
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Have any of you tried Fox Point, and the really deep water around it?
Can that area be accessed by vehicles or is it quad or snowmachine access only? ???
WW
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You could probably drive a truck there down the shoreline rite now. Havent ice fished foxes point but ive done ok there in the summer, could be worth a shot.
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Hey has anyone done any fishing over at Pelican Point recently. How are the Walleye. What depth are you finding them at?? Any info appreciated.
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Glen Harbour? anyone think it will be decent this weekend??
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Have any of you tried Fox Point, and the really deep water around it?
Can that area be accessed by vehicles or is it quad or snowmachine access only? ???
WW
as far as getting around on the lake goes, its getting fairly thick in spots with some pretty big drifts. we have driven on a spring bay and driven on the ice however now that the snow is building up we r going out on the snowmobile. havent done any fishing right on foxes, but we have been fishing a nice shelf just south of foxes, by the three cottages on the south side of the point. the fishing there was really hot however it has died down now. still marking alot on the sonar but the bite has quieted down significantly. our shack is still out that way but we have found a new honey hole!!. we did ok right on foxes last year, and always do well there in the summer. you tend to get alot of burbot starting to move in on the sand points this time of year to spawn, so you may tag a few of them there as well.
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Tagging a few burbot is OK with me, I enjoy fishing for those guys.
Thanks for the info Layne & weirzy. :)
WW
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Any reports on the fishing at Island View? Is there easy access onto the lake?
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Any reports on the fishing at Island View? Is there easy access onto the lake?
We've been doing ok at Island view but nothing great. The ice road isn't plowed yet but the guy who plows it said it will get done soon. Big drifts are starting to be a problem.
We've been fishing 35 feet of water and getting decent perch and walleye.
Anyone hammering the walleye???!!!
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We were at the Barn on Sat. & Sun., the fishing was slow but managed to get 8 on Sat. & 5 on Sun. Nothing big. Although there is a lot of shacks just north of Glen harbor, not many fish are being caught. We went and drilled a bunch of holes there on Sat & seen nothing on the flashers, so didn't stick around long.
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How much snow on the ice at glen harbour or collingwood
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How much snow on the ice at glen harbour or collingwood
I was at Glen Harbour yesterday and snow conditions are great but the ramp would be rough for a car. I wish I knew about Collingwood too but I think it usually gets less than the Macpheat/Swanston's area and it was good for a truck. Actually Collingwood has probably had so much traffic it'll look like the highway.
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Anyone been out to last mountian lake lately around regina beach or rowans ravine???
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i live north of LML and was wondering if the pike fishing is good in the north end of the lake near the Regional Park? i've heard it can be good later on in march, is it worth fishing earlier? just wondering if anyone had any info. thanks.
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Tried to make our way to Glen Harbour this morning. Road conditions got progressively worse as we drove down highway 322. We ended up turning around only because we have never fished there before and didn't want to get stuck. Alternatively, we decided to go to Regina Beach. Plugged a couple holes and fished for two hours. We were at Lumsden Bar playing buck hunter and drinking beer by 11:30 am. Not a very good day of fishing to say the least. Better luck next time I guess.
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heres a dumb question....why do they call it Last Mountain Lk. anyway? ???
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It definatly was a tough go to Glen Harbour but we made it and ended up icing 3 eyes and a few more bites
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went for perch south of etters,got stuck once at 11 am and had a hard time getting back off the ice at 4.
caught 2 perch,seen lots.
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fished grandview yesterday and we got a walleye,a pike , a 12 lb burbot and 5 jumbo's . went out again this morning and was a pretty slow day. got a few perch in the morning and then got 4 walleye and a burbot at glen harbour tonight. Lots of snow on the lake, wont go far in a 2 wheel drive.
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I am definately not trying to insult Last Mountain Lake - however, comparatively speaking, when we are at the chain lakes, there are many more fish on the flasher and camera. At Regina Beach today, there were very few fish. I have the impression that Last Mountain is good for trophy/large fish, but not great for quantity. Maybe I'm wrong - but that is my personal experience. I will say that I have had tremendous success summer fishing there.
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heres a dumb question....why do they call it Last Mountain Lk. anyway? ???
Hi adipose,
Last Mountain Lake is named after the high hills / min mountains E of Duval.
I have heard they are the some of the highest hills E of the Rockies - the last mountains. :)
WW
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Hi all,
Can anyone tell me if the bait shop/convince store and restaurant are open year round at Rowan's Ravine on LML?
How has the fishing been in that area of the lake, and what it like to get out on the lake after this big storm?
WW
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it will take a 4x4 with lots of clearance after this storm. I was out there on sat. with 4x4,stuck once and hard time driving anywhere.
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4 by 4 only, that store im not to sure about but my guess would be no way.
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anyone been fishing regina beach at all? I'll be heading out tomorrow for a long day on the ice, will report back. Lake looked really hairy from what I could see, some big time drifts
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When i went out sunday to glen harbour on sunday it was really tough going even with 4 x 4 Im not sure what i am going to do this weekend if this snow hardens???
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Hi all,
Can anyone tell me if the bait shop/convince store and restaurant are open year round at Rowan's Ravine on LML?
How has the fishing been in that area of the lake, and what it like to get out on the lake after this big storm?
WW
I know that the park shuts down after September long weekend. From what I hear, the restaurant and shops shut down too.
Later Days :tipup:
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Just wondering if anyone has been to Collingwood since the snow? How is the access to the shack village? Any reports of good perch or walleye fishing? Thanks
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Just wondering if anyone is planning on going to glen harbour this weekend that has a big truck to break trail i made it this weekend but i imagine the snow is alot harder now and dont think i can make it if i go on sat and there isnt a trail broke already.
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no luck at regina beach yesterday, a couple missed flags and some harsh wind. My buddy said he made it to pelican in a jacked up truck, but it was rough out there. 4x4 is needed for any travel. good luck all
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Anyone been out on LML lately any info would be great hoping to head out today or sometime this week
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Glen harbour was slow last weekend hoping it will be better this weekend
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Made it out today got stuck pretty good trying to get on the ice by kinookimaw and ended up just turning around and going to regina beach and fishing was terrible got nothing out there today.
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slow fishing at RB, I can't buy a fish out there this year. Anyone having any luck with pike?
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slow fishing at RB, I can't buy a fish out there this year. Anyone having any luck with pike?
I will try to get out there this weekend or on Monday. Wil let you know if we have any luck.
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Ya regina beach has been terrible this year hoping to make it out tomorrow or for sure monday try out a few other spots that have produced okay for me so far will let everyone know how it went
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My kid & I were out at GH yesterday. Three smalleyes, a few tullibee & a whole bunch of snow!
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Sitting on the ice at Etters today no fish just a lot of snow
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I'll be out tomorrow--hoping for better fishing. We have seen some big pike this year, just can't get them to hit. I've been playing around with a few set ups and a few homemade tip-ups for inside the shack.
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Well, Regina Beach was super slow today...4 hours on the ice and not a bite to be had.
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At Two Tree Point we had a successful run the weekend of January 16th and then the blizzard came and the fishing has gone to nothing. A walleye here and there, a few perch but nothing of fishing value. Lots of shacks on the lake but hardly anyone coming to occupy them the fishing is so terrible.
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What r the driving conditions like?
Can you break trail yet?
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Driving conditions suck and the fishing has been slow. My lifted truck even has trouble's after that big storm, hopefully the new tire's should help. There are trails on the lake.
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Anybody been to Alice Beach, Two Tree, Foxes Point or Swanson's? How's the Walleye bite? Any Dogfish?
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Anybody been to Alice Beach, Two Tree, Foxes Point or Swanson's? How's the Walleye bite? Any Dogfish?
Fished just north of Foxes (Island view) and then yesterday near Arlington. Fishing was incredible! Incredibly SLOW that is.
Fished anywhere from 20 feet to 40 feet of water. Hardly marking them on sonar.
Seems they shut down after that storm in January. Haven't talked to anyone that has had a good day since January. Wish I had better news to report. This lake makes no sense sometimes!
Let's hope it changes.
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Alice, wee too seen 2 pike 1 whitefish on the cam thats it.................... ..
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Saskman do you know if the trail is good from regina beach to pelican point?
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I hear its not very good.
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Last weekend, my dad and I made it to Salomon's in a car from regina beach. It wasnt too bad but I can only imagine that, after this weeks' wind, everything will be blown in.
PS. We didnt catch a damn thing.
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Was out around alice today. Its blowing the tracks in. By the end of today she'll be tough to get through.
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I hear its not very good.
Thank you.
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drove on at regina beach yesterday and drove past pelican half way to sorensen then ran out of trail so thats where we fished . slow and cold. nasty wind out there. we managed to get 2 eyes and 3 jumbo's
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Is there a decent trail to Little Arm/ Kinookimaw?....
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was out today at pelican point with saskman and his son the fishing saskatchewan crew seen water wolf and a few otheres out there was a slow day over all but i myself ended up with 3 burbs 3 pike and a whitey best pike was
39.5 by 19.5 round
i figure she was around 17 18 lbs
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/DSCF6341.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/DSCF6338.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/DSCF6337.jpg)
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nice pike spox. :tipup:
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thnk ya best part is she is still swimming
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looks like a twin of mine lol
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(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/DSCF6338.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/DSCF6337.jpg)
Nice burbot that lad is packing....yummy treats :P
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Thats my boy......... :)
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Has anyone been hitting burbot or seeing lots on the cameras? I am planning an outing with my grade 5-6 kids for a day of ice fishing/Lake ecology and would like to get them into the action when the burbot come in to spawn. We finished building all our own tip-ups, rods and slammers...the kids are getting hyped to catch some fish.
We are going to Classrooms on Ice on March 9th at Buffalo Pound, so they should get a taste with some small pike at Lowney's Point, but I would really like them to get a better experience with a few more fish.
Later Days :tipup:
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we were outy on sat with the fishing sask guys and caught a few but a few more weeks and they should be moving alot better but they are starting
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Yeah the burbot spawn is not on yet but, should be soon. :)
Nice big pike spoxick, I was just setting up when you were got her. :tipup:
What did you get the whitefish on, a smelt? ???
Nice to meet all of you out there, fun times. ;D
Have any of you been out to the North end {Regional Park area}, if so can you get on the lake?
Last time I was in that area there was a 2 foot drift blocking access to the lake.
Hows's the fishing at the North end?
WW
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I was up there earlier this week- there's a road heading out there but I didn't fish... tried to fish near Arlington... only one small eye.
It'll turn on soon!
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he was checking out my rattlr spoon i was jigging and snagged him under his lip/chin wahtever lol
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Thanks for the info walleyescooter.
LOL, at least you got him spoxick. :woot:
WW
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Has anyone had any luck with perch lately? What depth should I be looking for them at. Ive been out the last few weekends with no luck on the perch and only 1 tulee. I am fairly new to the ice fishing scene and any help would be awesome. For a setup ive been running a tip-up with a smelt for pike and jigging either a glow head with a minnow or an orange jig near the bottom for perch or even walleye.
Thanks in advance!
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I don't really have any idea where or how to find the perch on that lake, but if you're looking for a few walleyes try a jigging spoon or heavy t-tot & an eye at the peak times concentrating on & around the points in anywhere from 25'-40'+. Over the years we have tried to catch them in shallow water but haven't been able to put together a consistant pattern that works. I still think that they come real shallow early & late in the day as we've caught the odd one here & there while trying for pike. I have'nt been out lately, but I've heard that it is slow.
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I can verify that it's SLOW!!!
Even the guys that fish this lake all the time are a little baffled right now. Try near Grandview or just south of Grandview in 30-40 feet of water. We fished Sarnia, near the Island and were in 47 feet and still catching nice perch (around a pound). It's tough going right now- no question!
Small jigs with minnows seem to catch perch... ever heard of a frosty? They seem to catch walleye and perch.
Good luck!
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Was out at glen harbour today seen lots of tullies on the camera and a couple burbot but werent intrested in biting anyone been hittin any burbot on the lake??
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We spent 10-12 hrs. @ Glen Harbor, 1 dogfish & 2 other bites. Really really slow. We didn't move too much as it pretty tough slugging, heavy crust with powder below that adds up to being stuck alot. Even the quads were getting stuck if you weren't careful. On the upside it was a beautiful day to sit on the ice. Way better than a day at work!!!!
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Well that is the end to a very slow season. The shack is back in the city. We still have a few weeks left and I plan on getting out a few more times but it back to hole hopping. I'm not sure what happened this year out at the harbour but it was one of the slowest years I have experienced. Due to the snow conditions we weren't able to move around the lake like we wanted but we were expecting to still be able to pick up a few eyes even on the slow days... boy were we wrong. I think I recorded more skunks this year than any other time. Maybe with the snow pack slowly melting we will be able to get out and hole hop the day way...
tight lines one and all
:)
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Did anyone try fishing at Pelican Pointe' this weekend, if so, did you have any luck? ???
WW
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3 eyes 6 perch and a bunch of tullies yesterday in about 4 hours. pretty slow
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Hoping to head out tomorrow or for sure on monday... what is the driving conditions on the ice like still 4x4 only and how thick is the ice. I have had a pretty bad year this year fishing any advice on where to try fishing?
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try safeway I have had the same year as you and safeway has been the best catch for me..... :-\
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hey where is safeway at ? We were out yesterday in regina beach then moved around and still no luck..
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Never heard of safeway other than the grocery store. Haha hope you weren't meaning that. Where is safeway ?
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hey where is safeway at ? We were out yesterday in regina beach then moved around and still no luck..
353 Albert St N, I have even caught Hali and salmon there...........
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Haha funny
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Wondering if Anyone was out around two tree and weetoo lately. can you get out on the ice or is it still blown in..
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A group of us were out at LML yesterday. Beautiful day...We ended up landing 25+ Burbot. Smallest was around 3lb and the largest was just shy of 9lbs.
Pics to follow.
shawno
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were out on lml today. Nothing and I mean nothing. we moved around and nothing even on the flasher. This is the dead sea..
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shawno were you at pp ?
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Heading out tomorrow afternoon for a bit see how it goes, not sure where yet any tips or info would be greatly appreciated ;D hoping to catch a few decent fish that are better than the minnows i have caught so far. ;)
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shawno were you at pp ?
Not exactly on the point, but in the general vicinity. Most of the fish were being caught around the 12-14ft mark.
Here are a couple of the photos of some of the fish we kept. Still in the process of getting all of the photo's together. I'm sure more will be posted by WW and others on the fishing Sask forum.
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/DSCF0010.jpg)
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/DSCF0019.jpg)
shawno 8)
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Hi shawno and gang.
It was nice to meet all of you and finally put a face and voice to the names I see on-line.
My uncle and I had a good time meeting and fishing with everyone. :)
It was also nice to see the younger generation fishing to.
Your niece looked like she had a lot of fun, and that's what it's all about. ;D
This was our big fish for the day a 7lb male burbot on the 29" mark.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/waterwolf101/m13th101.jpg)
There was no action at all after shawno's group left, but we did have a good chat with Sk-Pikehunter and his friend.
This looked to be the final results.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/waterwolf101/m13th103.jpg)
After Sk-Pikehunter and gang left we fished for a while longer before packing up ourselves at dark.
My uncle iced one more burbot just as we were packing up.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/waterwolf101/m13th104.jpg)
So in the end it was 3 for me and 3 for my uncle. :tipup:
All but one were male.
Thanks for a good time everyone, see you all down the trail. :)
P.S.- That burbot with the yellow spot on it's belly and jaw didn't have a transmitter in it, I'm not sure what caused that coloration. :-\
We did find one with a fair sized black cyst it though. It looked like an old wound with skin shoved right into the meat. :P
WW
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All In all A great day, little bit of a late start for my group......couple too many celebratory's friday not. still not sure what we were celebrating. nice to finally share some stories with ya water-wolf......good fishing to you and your uncle man...good folk.
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We were out yesterday beautiful day and fishing picked up later in the day.
We ended up with 3-walleye, 3-pike, and 4 dogs.
I think it is just going to get better hopefully until seasons end.
Blessings, :)
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to any one who has been oput latley ..... how is the snow did it drop enough to be able to take a car out ... and also how are you guys getting to pp ? straight north from regina beach and then head west or head west then north .....?
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We were out a couple days ago and went right to little arm from regina beach. Some water on the way out from the access but still lots of traffic. Good luck!
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Did you get there on the lake or did you take the trail down the hill? How did you make out if you dont mind me asking?
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Spox - I would not recommend a car on LML. It can probably still be done today, but not recommended.
Layne - DO NOT drive down the hill at Kinookimaw. It is muddy and rutted badly. You can get on at Regina Beach and make your way down very quickly and easily.
Travel on the ice is easy right now. It's the landings that are getting bad.
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Anybody been out to glen harbour in the last couple days. How is it getting on the ice?
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was by glen harbour today and i was just in my car so i didnt get on there but it looks alright. i ended up getting on the lake at spring bay. travel wasnt to bad on the lake in the car. however i did need a tow at the end of the day once the hill got all muddy and my car could only make it 3/4 of the way up. fishing was pretty slow, 2 pike,2 burbs. lost 4 burbs and a nice walter
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Eyecatcher00,
In your opinion, would a person be able to get on at Glen Harbor with a 4x4?
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yah the other day you could have, i was going to get on there in my car but there was a couple ruts in the sand that i would have got stuck in. im not sure if it got any worse yesterday. We went on at island view yesterday and when we came off we broke the ice like 5 feet from shore so if people try that launch today stay on the south side or you wont get on
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Thanks eyecatcher!
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Got my sleigh loaded and my rubber boots on bring on the burb
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Oops hit post to soon damn tiny buttons on cell phones ill let you guys know how I make out on the point
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results of the day .... lots lots lots of dog on camera musta been 200 i seen steady over and over they went buy
in the end kept 6 dogs and 1 pike lost numerious dogs and lost 4 jigs and one rattlin spoon
got my personal best (smallest dog)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/spoxick/IMG00103-20100326-1029.jpg)
a whitey ...
was 25 " and 17" around dont know what they taste like so i tossed it back
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this was the end result of the day
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and tossed this big baby back
43.5" 20.5"
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i should have came out there and showed you how to fish lyndon **censored** i would like to get out one last time not sure if its gonna happen or not :(
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18 dogs 3 pike and a walleye. lots of missed fish to
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17 dogs 1 pike some tuulies and a 5.5 lbs whitefish. also lost 3 pike
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Good fish spoxick, dandy big pike. 8)
Nice pile of fish eyecatcher00. :)
Were you at Pelican Pointe'?
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ya we we started at pelican there ww but then moved farther up the lake. made it out yesterday around rowans, windy and kind of slow. only managed about a dozen burbs and a 40 inch pike
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Can't wait for winter. Everyone is cursing me but I want snow and Ice. I still have a couple things left on my wish list to get and got 1 ski-doo to finish tuning up before the snow flies but that's it, ready to go other than that. Getting excited and hope to do a few trips this winter as well. We normally either do my cabin at Pelican Pointe or a friends cabin on Katepwa. Hopefully get out to a few more places this winter.
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Has anyone been to Regina beach. Have they taken the dock out yet, if it warms up and maybe if the boat ramp melts off we can put the boat in for another go round before it's time to get the auger and the ice fishing gear out
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Did anyone check out the Outdoor Canada winter 2011 issue. Saskatchewan lakes Tobin, Last Mountain, and Diefenbaker, named as 3 of 9 lakes in all of Canada for extra large walleye and northerns. See page 36, and 37. I always knew they were there, haven't found them yet, although my brother in law caught a 13 lb walleye through the ice, off Kinookimaw (L.M.L.) a few years ago. F.B.
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Those lakes are published in a magazine every year. I think the few magazines out there are running out of things to say and just recycle articles.
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No different than Wild tv with shows rebroadcast from 5 years ago, and the same Jim Shockey show every 2 months
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We definitely need colder weather to get the ice on the lake. Ski-doos are tuned up, ice fishing gear has been organized and tested, and my wife even wants to start coming out more this winter. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing of a bad thing but either way if she is with me I can't get yelled at for always going fishing. :) Can't wait any longer, please bring me ice.
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Braved the nasty weather and went out to LML today, the lake was covered for as far as I could see. Big heaves and lots of soft spots all over the lake. The ice varried from 1-6" and its far from the best looking ice ive ever seen. Lots of snow on the ice, its going to suck for ice making. Caught myself a nice pike to start the season and missed a few, it was good to get out and test all the gear. With the warm weather coming this weekend I would use extreme caution going on the ice and stay close to shore. :tipup:
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whereabouts did u fish???? hard to believe there is heaves already. i am going to try henderson bay on saturday,if there is 8 inches or more i can tow my shack out with the quad.
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I wouldnt count on 8 inches by this weekend but you never know. They werent so much heaves as large cracks, the ice is still very thin and the snow is deep and heavy.
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yes the snow will slow things up now.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/laynemaier/DSC07553.jpg)
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You can see soft spots all over behind where we were fishing. We were only 20 feet out from shore and we were sitting on maybe 2 inches of ice. I'd give it a good week or so yet boys.
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So you drove on the ice already at LML? :o
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I think they are parked on the shore watching there tip ups from the warm truck.
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Yeah dont drive on the ice unless you like swimming haha. I was sitting on a narrow point trying to keep warm watching the tipups, it was a COLD day.
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Those are nice pics, but the flags are down?
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Who has time to take pictures of a flag up!?! haha, only iced one fish and missed a couple.. still felt damn good though.
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Was out today and not going back for another week. I checked the point and then west of there and there were a couple people out and i checked the ice and it was no more then 2 inches with about a inch of water on top coming through the hole the guy had.
I will wait another week.
There was three inches at the fort a couple days ago.
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i was at the fort on wed night when it was still friggen cold and couldnt find anything more then 2 " drilled on pasq echo and mission
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Anybody been to Regina beach yet. has anyone got there shack in the parking lot yet.
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i would like to go out there this weekend how do i get there ?
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Fished Little Arm yesterday. The ice is forming nicely where there is minimal snow (5-7 inches of ice). VERY bad ice once you find snow cover.
There must have been 10 guys out there, all fishing 18-19 feet of water. Not a bite or word out of anyone!
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Fished Little Arm yesterday. The ice is forming nicely where there is minimal snow (5-7 inches of ice). VERY bad ice once you find snow cover.
There must have been 10 guys out there, all fishing 18-19 feet of water. Not a bite or word out of anyone!
Scooter, how was the road getting down there?
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Any word on the Alice beach area heard the bite is on just not sure of the ice thickness
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Willy, there are shacks out at wee to and alice already.
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Road to Little Arm is not bad. Getting rutted out but ok. Went to Alice yesterday in the wind. Only 3-4 inches of ice to the south of the launch. More ice to the North I hear.
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This week should hopefully add a few inches to the ice, Iam wanting to get the shack out there.
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Road to Little Arm is not bad. Getting rutted out but ok. Went to Alice yesterday in the wind. Only 3-4 inches of ice to the south of the launch. More ice to the North I hear.
Ive fished Alice for past week and there is way more then just 3-4" I was out in 30 ft of water and had a solid 8" of ice. Its the same all over there.
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were you catchin em there darkwater? We've had luck past years there at first ice. Your talkin right out from the launch at Alice?
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were is alice?
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wee too, alice, lipps beaches....all in the same area. Just past dilke.
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is there any good fishing out there we built a big shop at wee too never fished long lake before
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Alice is next door to Wee Too on Last Mountain Lake. At this time of year you would have to get to it from the Dilke turn off from Yellow Head hwy. No idea how the fishing is as haven't tried it yet. Will be my next venture.
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Its usually pretty good early in the season, but it seems like as the winter goes on it slows down around there. Always a ton of guys and shacks too.
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might have to go there sunday if i dont go to the fort
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Ive fished Alice for past week and there is way more then just 3-4" I was out in 30 ft of water and had a solid 8" of ice. Its the same all over there.
I went off to the South of Alice (towards the bay and inlet). I used a chipper and not an auger and can assure it was only a few inches. Friends have fished North of there and it's fine. With this weather, it should build good ice.
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I went off to the South of Alice (towards the bay and inlet). I used a chipper and not an auger and can assure it was only a few inches. Friends have fished North of there and it's fine. With this weather, it should build good ice.
Maybe thats a spot the geese kept open for bit longer then the rest of that area.?? Guess you never can trust early ice.
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Could be. I think there's an inlet that way, perhaps moving water. Hope to head out again Sunday.
Has anyone been out by Glen Harbour?
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Could be. I think there's an inlet that way, perhaps moving water. Hope to head out again Sunday.
Has anyone been out by Glen Harbour?
Might see ya out there, Im heading to the same spot.
Cheers!!
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We were out to the Grandview, Stone Barn and Alice on Sunday. 8 inches of ice was the constant...we even saw a couple of people spot drilling and driving their tucks on the ice at Grandview.
Don't think I'll be driving on until I see at least 30 cm of good ice, but with the cold weather, it shouldn't be long!
No bites all day, just a cold wind.
Later Days :tipup:
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Thanks for the ice update!
How was the fishing!?? Any walleye biting???
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I went out to glen harbour later sunday afternoon and caught a few decent walleye, nothing big though. How is the road at grandview? I want to head out there but am wary of taking a car down that hill, some years it doesn't get plowed for a while and I didn't want to be stuck down there.
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Road down the hill is plowed up but access was drifted in late yesterday afternoon. One truck was on the ice but I would use caution. The ice was 8 inches in most places but we had one hole that only had 3 inches of ice!
Good walleye bite yesterday afternoon and a few nice perch a couple of 8 pound pike.
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so a car is out of the question down there?
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eyecatcher i got a 4x4 with good tires if your down to go im down wanna try and figure my ice 55 out again
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I think you'd be fine getting down the road with a car but you won't get a car thru the snowbank onto the ice.
There's room to park down there and room to turn around. We left yesterday at 4:40 pm so I am not sure what the sleat/ rain did to the road.
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im from altavista beach,and am new to ice fishing,does any one have any tips or a good location where i would probobly have luck?
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How's the ice at kinookimaw? Any weak spots I should look for? How's the road going down there? I have truck so the road is no big deal just curious. Heading down there early tuesday morning.
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Fished Grandveiw and just past there today, fishing was pretty slow. Caught 4 walleyes, 1 was about 7lbs. Theres about 14" of ice guys are driving all over around there
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A buddy just text me that someone put their truck in at Alice. Anyone know anything about that.
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Up early.And sore from a day on the water at Last mntn. Walleye were going nuts. our group Had 3 eyes over 8. With 2 that were pushing 10. Used the New PK Lures flutter fish and PK spoons. Just ask Layne how they worked.The four of us Must have caught and released 50 eyes. One great day.
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I was out at pelican point saturday morning the ice was 11 - 12 inches caught a few perch and a jack
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Up early.And sore from a day on the water at Last mntn. Walleye were going nuts. our group Had 3 eyes over 8. With 2 that were pushing 10. Used the New PK Lures flutter fish and PK spoons. Just ask Layne how they worked.The four of us Must have caught and released 50 eyes. One great day.
That sounds like an awsome day at the Mountain. Congrats...any pics?
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Up early.And sore from a day on the water at Last mntn. Walleye were going nuts. our group Had 3 eyes over 8. With 2 that were pushing 10. Used the New PK Lures flutter fish and PK spoons. Just ask Layne how they worked.The four of us Must have caught and released 50 eyes. One great day.
wow... i gotta start fishing LM lake! Just gotta find someone to show me how... :)
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ya just gotta know how to wiggle your worm ochecenko... ;D
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Anyone been out around Rowan's lately? What's the ice like, is anything biting?
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Walleyerus do you have any pictures of the eyes you caught? Seeing is believing after all....and it is an ice fishing tale forum is it not? ;) lol I hear a lot about the PK lures and I want to actually see some pictures other then their website marketing vids, it sounds to good to be true although I really want it to be true. ;D
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Walleyerus do you have any pictures of the eyes you caught? Seeing is believing after all....and it is an ice fishing tale forum is it not? ;) lol I hear a lot about the PK lures and I want to actually see some pictures other then their website marketing vids, it sounds to good to be true although I really want it to be true. ;D
I remember when "Angel Eye's" were the magic lure, then "Chubby Darters" now the PK Lure. If the bite is on I dont think lures have a huge difference. Ive bought all the fad lures after watching video's and hearing internet tales and to be honest the usually are just a dissapointment. Everyones mileage will vary though.
Cheers!!
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Well I can confirm the fish reports from Walleyerus without pics. I actually hope he doesnt post them as it may give a little too much info away LOL. The PK Lures DO WORK!! I got close to 30 eyes myself with the biggest being 10lbs and also watched a 8 and 9 hit the ice as well. Not sure about the website thing as I have never checked it out but I was in the right spot at the right time when he was passing them around on the ice to try. I agree when the bite is on that anything will work but after my experience saturday I have to believe they are worth the investment. I too have a ton of hooks I bought on hype that do nothing but look nice ( anyone want to buy a wack of salmos?) >:(
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Well I can confirm the fish reports from Walleyerus without pics. I actually hope he doesnt post them as it may give a little too much info away LOL. The PK Lures DO WORK!! I got close to 30 eyes myself with the biggest being 10lbs and also watched a 8 and 9 hit the ice as well. Not sure about the website thing as I have never checked it out but I was in the right spot at the right time when he was passing them around on the ice to try. I agree when the bite is on that anything will work but after my experience saturday I have to believe they are worth the investment. I too have a ton of hooks I bought on hype that do nothing but look nice ( anyone want to buy a wack of salmos?) >:(
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I caught 120 walleyes biggest was 13 lbs., all caught on a teetot. Its the hot new lure. Pasqua is on fire.
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HAHA sweet !!! Now maybe it wont be a zoo on the mountain this week. Go Pasqua Go Echo
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Hey guys!! I just was wondering if anyone has fished the North end of Last Mountain up by Collingwood yet. Just wondering how thick the ice is up there?
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Hi rumblefish_1,
Did your group have better luck on the PK spoon or the flutter fish?
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people can say what the6y cought but when it comes down to it no one has pictures hmmm i think people talk out there ass
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Obvously i didnt catch 120 eyes on a teetot. I did however have a great day on the fort lakes for walleyes. maybe 25 or so between the two of us.
They may or may not have caught the fish, but it was more to promote the lure.
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Say what you will but I was not there to promote any lure. I went fishing to catch fish for christmas eve supper for the family (mission accomplished). I am in no way affiliated with PK Lures and if you notice I was not on here pumping them right away either. I simply responded to another post wondering if they worked. In fact I was using my favorite hook until I got one to try on the ice. Next time I will lie and say they dont and keep it to myself.
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Water Wolf..I didnt get to play with the PK Lure but my buddy and I did get to play with the flutter fish. Some other guys used the other one and did well but I cant really comment as I never used it. Hows fishing to the north ?
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good to see that people are using more than just a t-tott or a hauger spoon :)
It hasn't been mentioned yet, so'll I'll risk it... I sure hope people are taking photos and getting these breeders back in the water before they are harmed. Last mountain is a great fishery and is only getting better due to the fact that people are practicing catch and release of these big walleye!
We try to keep a few 1-3 pounders for dinner but anything over 4 pounds usually goes back in the lake.
Good fishing to everyone over the holidays!
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Ill send you a picture if you wish Just let me know who wants one. I cant figure out how to do it on the site. Once I do ill post. Rockets I cant find your e-mail but would be happy to send you some pics PM me and I can send the off thanks.These spots are well know by many as a matter of fact we had no less that 12 trucks close to us. Most lures are designed to catch Fisherman these are designed to Catch Fish. The flutter fish is Made by PK lure and we used both. Perhaps others work as well and I am sure they do. But like one post said Nice to see others lures are used and working Cause once the bite is Off I continued to catch when other did not. All I know is they worked and I wished to share the Info. If you dont wanna get them No loss but I for one want to bring a meal home.A couple stores are now carrying the Pk Spoons in Regina. Good Luck guys and drive safe out there. Is is setting up but watch the mouths and creeks on all Saskatchewan lakes. And yes all the big ones go back Nothing over 3 lbs is kept. Even a 4 can be one big Breeder. :icefish:
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Good point- nice to share the info, that's what this site is about. Most of ice love fishing and like to see others catch fish.
Also great to see so many anglers practicing catch and release of these awesome walleye :)
While most lakes in Sask. get stocked, LML does not. We all share a part in this.
Heading to Alice or the Barn tomorrow. Will post how we do. Good fishing to everyone!
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went out to grandview yesterday for the afternoon. was pretty nice out there until the wind picked up. slow day but managed to get 5 16-18 inch walleye for supper
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Anybody gonna be on the ice for christmas eve? Don't know the lake at all and would like to have someone show me and a couple friends around if possible. We have a 4X4, gas auger, quickfish, lots of tackle, but we lack electronics.
Cheers guys and good fishin!
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Anyone fish on the north end of LML? Where is a good place to go? would like to go there on the holidays! :flex:
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Somebody told me years ago that LML had never been stocked so I did a little research and found that it's been stocked quite a bit. I'm not sure how recently though.
Just because Collingwood wasn't good a few days ago doesn't mean it couldn't be turning on right now. I've found that's one place you want to be set up early because the riot can be over an hour after sunrise.
Even though I'm out with a bad knee right now it's nice to hear about you guys going at it.
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Grandview bite is over..........Went out there a couple days ago and only got 1...........Its been pounded
Sites like this our good for sharing of info but also bad for the fishery.
I have fished this area for over 15 years and have never seen a zzoo out there like have seen the past week!!
Well off to my other spots!!
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Not from what I saw. Not as many but still going early and last hour was the Best. ;D
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I seen nothern rod and reel has the PK lures now if anybody wants them. Im off to LML to find myself a big christmas walleye tomorrow, not sure where yet I have a few spots I'd like to try still.
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Fished Grandveiw today, caught 9 walleyes in about 3 hours. Bite was nothing crazy but enough to keep a guy busy. Most were caught 27' - 35' of water
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How thick is the ice on Last mountain in the north end now?
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Good luck Layne. Drop me a pm. :)
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Grandview bite is over..........Went out there a couple days ago and only got 1...........Its been pounded
Sites like this our good for sharing of info but also bad for the fishery.
I have fished this area for over 15 years and have never seen a zzoo out there like have seen the past week!!
Well off to my other spots!!
I was out at Grandview yesterday and did fine. Walleye don't sit in one spot everyday all day long. If I stayed where I first drilled my hole I would have said the same thing but I moved out about 500 yards and Bang I was thick in walleye. Being mobile has been key to my success as well as a flasher.
Cheers!!
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We went out today and hammered Walter. Limited out and released the rest. A few Pike we nailed also. Very happy with the day we had today. Will be out again after christmas. If that lake follows the regular schedule the bite will stop soon....Here's few I kept. My buddies kept the same..enough for a nice meal..(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/mikeoltean/2c15562f.jpg)
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Heading out tomorrow am. Should be drillin' about 8 ish. Gonna try regina beach area.
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Ill send you a picture if you wish Just let me know who wants one. I cant figure out how to do it on the site. Once I do ill post. Rockets I cant find your e-mail but would be happy to send you some pics PM me and I can send the off thanks.These spots are well know by many as a matter of fact we had no less that 12 trucks close to us. Most lures are designed to catch Fisherman these are designed to Catch Fish. The flutter fish is Made by PK lure and we used both. Perhaps others work as well and I am sure they do. But like one post said Nice to see others lures are used and working Cause once the bite is Off I continued to catch when other did not. All I know is they worked and I wished to share the Info. If you dont wanna get them No loss but I for one want to bring a meal home.A couple stores are now carrying the Pk Spoons in Regina. Good Luck guys and drive safe out there. Is is setting up but watch the mouths and creeks on all Saskatchewan lakes. And yes all the big ones go back Nothing over 3 lbs is kept. Even a 4 can be one big Breeder. :icefish:
Anywhere in Saskatoon selling the PK lures?
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Heading out tomorrow am. Should be drillin' about 8 ish. Gonna try regina beach area.
I pulled my shack out from the pier 500 meters and found maybe 1 foot of ice lots of water on the ice under the snow. :-\ :o
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I was out at Grandview yesterday and did fine. Walleye don't sit in one spot everyday all day long. If I stayed where I first drilled my hole I would have said the same thing but I moved out about 500 yards and Bang I was thick in walleye. Being mobile has been key to my success as well as a flasher.
Cheers!!
Good point, darkwater! Fish swim. You need to find them!
I like to see others catch fish and enjoy the sport, this is why I share the info.
We were out yesterday too and did ok. We didn't move as much as we should have but still found some nice fish. Only kept 2 for dinner- the rest went back.
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here is a bathy map for anyone that needs it.Good site..nice to see the gov. doing something for its people for a change....LOL
http://gisweb1.serm.gov.sk.ca/imf/imf.jsp?site=bathy
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Hit Regina Beach this morning for 2 hours. No action at all. Found fish with the Ice 55 but they just weren't interested. Didn't drive on as wanted to see the thickness, and it's driveable. Every hole I drilled was about 12". Lots of shanty's out there now and a good dozen waiting to go on sitting in the parking lot. Will try again soon, maybe Boxing day.
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PK lures Question The Fishin Hole is from what I know in the process. You can Check with them.Let me know. :) :icefish:
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Has anyone been out around Rowans Ravine??? If so what is the ice like??? Driveable? and where might be some spots to try
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fished for about 5 hours on friday and we managed to get a couple nice perch, about 10 eyes and a 21.8 pound pike
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fished for about 5 hours on friday and we managed to get a couple nice perch, about 10 eyes and a 21.8 pound pike
sounds like a great day of catching!
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thinking about heading down to LML ....do I need to go all the way to wee too or alice beach to catch fish or can i get walleye at or near the N end. coming from Stoon.thanks and Merry xmas everyone
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went to alice beach today this aft only 1 bite no fish anyone else have luck
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thinking about heading down to LML ....do I need to go all the way to wee too or alice beach to catch fish or can i get walleye at or near the N end. coming from Stoon.thanks and Merry xmas everyone
Hey Adipose,
no reason you can't catch them in the North end. Any point around Etter's or Arlington Beach should hold walleye.
Good luck!
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Fished grandview yesterday, crazy windy. managed a couple, but guys were doing way better out in the bay. I wasn't really that excited to move my set up in that wind. I guess i learned my lesson. My bro braved the elements and managed a 12 lber at the end of the day. I'm spoiled by my tent i guess.
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Hey Adipose,
no reason you can't catch them in the North end. Any point around Etter's or Arlington Beach should hold walleye.
Good luck!
Yeah...we went to Etters today but could not get on with the 1/2ton (blown in badly) we moved down to Alice beach and got a big SKUUUNK! along with most others.
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Tried to go out today but what a bust didnt even get a hole drilled pulled on the rope to start the auger a couple times and bulled the rope right out.
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Adipsose,
What times were you out today around Alice. Seems weird that you had nothing. Place is usually good until early January. We're heading out there tomorrow. I'll catch a few for ya..
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I was down south of alice and it sucked badly. I guess its done until next year.
I am heading to pasqua tomorrow!!
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Collingwood's been good for at least a few days now.
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Are people driving on at collingwood, how thick is the ice there? :-\ :-\
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I'd say 13 - 14"..... it's driveable with a truck but the drifts are a bit too high for a car.
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Adipsose,
What times were you out today around Alice. Seems weird that you had nothing. Place is usually good until early January. We're heading out there tomorrow. I'll catch a few for ya..
why dont you try Grandview instead...LOL..or Collingwood...i really think you would be doing yourself a favour. ;D...........but you go ahead
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went to Alice yesterday afternoon and only caught a few dogs. Seems most people got skunked. Was marking them on the flasher but they wouldn't bite. Talked to some guys that fished the morning and they managed a few. Seems too early for the fish to have moved or shut off. Just one of those days.
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Ive fished LML 4 times since last posting. The first 2 outings were really good with large numbers of fish and some pretty large fish(5-6 pounds) but with the crapty weather everything slowed down a little bit. We were still catching but there would be 20 lookers for every taker. Yesterday was my slowest day of the year for eyes, only managed 4 but thats not too bad for sitting in the shack 90% of the day.
The hunt for my big one continues, now that I feel a little more confident about the ice im heading further down lake to try some favorite summer time spots.
Also, seen several trucks cross the lake yesterday so were good to go damn near everywhere.
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Layne..when you say "heading down the lake" ...did you mean further south? We were at Alice yesterday and Grandview today...two big skunks. Two seperate parties were pulling a couple up here and there but they were fish i would have thrown back...less than a pound. So...yeah ...definately slowing down since a couple weeks ago. I will bank on the fishing picking up in about 2 weeks. Just my two cents worth.
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went to Alice yesterday afternoon and only caught a few dogs. Seems most people got skunked. Was marking them on the flasher but they wouldn't bite. Talked to some guys that fished the morning and they managed a few. Seems too early for the fish to have moved or shut off. Just one of those days.
You may have been marking some whites as well. I had a camera down at Alice and whites...whites ...whites is all that i seen throughout the day. If it were @ Lk. Dief. i would have limited out on whites.LOL
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We were out at Sorensen's Beach today. Had a little perch action but that is about it. Did see a pike, some walleye and tulibee on the camera. Tried a couple of places varying from 25-30 ft of water. There were a couple of other guys I know nearby that managed to catch a couple eyes, a pike and a couple perch as well. Ice thickness was about 18" where we were. My friend was about 50 yards over and a little deeper and found the ice about 9" thick.
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Thinking about heading out tomorrow what is everyone using for bait as catching walleye and perch goes?
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I just used a pearly t-tot with the front third of a minnow pinched off. That worked so well I only bothered taking out one eyeball during a lull.
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We Went out to grandview today. Hit a couple perch and a burbout. Saw a couple Walleye on the camera but no hits.
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im from altavista beach and have all my family coming out and we want to goto a good spot tomorow.any suggestions??we dont want to go all the way to grandview
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try little arm. should be walleye biting, but they usually don't start until 3:00-4:00
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hey Walleyerus, where did ya get your PK lures from? I was at Wholesale sports on the weekend and they didnt have any.
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pokies have this hook looks identicle to the pk lure i bought them they work amazing for half the price
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thanks guys
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i know the owner ( greg ) of pokies and talk to him alot as far as i kow he is not getting any he told me maybe some time we can go fishign and see how good they are to the hooks i use i bet ill catch just as much fish a you let me know
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Mike Your one funny guy. Yes go use those but if you want the real thing Get the Pk lures. Layne and I and ton of others know how good they are. Just think how many more you would have caught had you used the Real thing Mike. Pokeys will have them early next week from what I am told. And Great Northern Has a bunch of them now. Oh and by the way they are not only catching machines. They are Very reasonably priced. So not sure how someone like Mike can say half the Price when Pokeys is only getting them.Guess his post speaks for itself. ::) ::) ::) ::) Gee Mike I sent you a ton of pictures of all those Big walleye. Must have convinced you eh.
Sorry man - not to sound like a jerk, but if I didn't think you were "intentionally promoting" PK Lures, I'd be an idiot. This is becoming incredibly blatant. I've bought some PK lures and will definitely report back to this forum on their effectiveness. Even if they do work - you are clearly trying to sell these things. I've been reading this forum for years, and have never heard anyone promote a lure so emphatically.
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i agree leroy thank you the guy is from avonlea trying to sell them to every store
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also mr walleyrus or whatever has came outta no where and hammered with majority of the posts about the pk lure and he only has 19 posts ..... hmmm kinda odd someone comes outta nowhere and wont shut up about this hook ... ill stick to my same old same old ... they have worked before they will work again !!
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Take a look at the posts all I said was this worked for me and when Guys ask where to get them I tell them what I know. Some say they use tee-tots those worked for them. Lol Have fun on the ice Guys. 19 posts only because I just found this site and its great.Which if you look close PKlures is a sponsor.Thats how I got them. Avonlea's Rider-ville and I dont live there last time I checked. :icefish: :icefish: :icefish: :icefish:
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We fished the pokeys knock off vs the pk last weekend and needless to say my cousin swapped over real quick, they shouldnt be passed off as the same hook. Glad to hear they sponsored up, from my experience they really do make a nice product and I've had good success with them. I'll agree every hook has its time and place, the pk may not be the solution all the time but they do deffinetly deserve a spot in the tackle box.
Eyecatcher00 and I will be out at last mountain friday-sunday in all likelyhood, one of us is due for a hog walleye. Im really hoping the weather takes a turn for the better, we have been putting in some brutally cold days on the ice. Nothing like fishing with 4 layers of clothes, face masks and ski goggles.
Anyone have any reports from the north end of the lake? Im going to start at the usual spot on friday but will be heading north up the lake to check out some old honey holes.
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slow out there yesterday for the most part. didnt have a shack so we fished from the car for most of the day, only managed couple eyes and a dog in the first 6 hours but there was no moving around for this guy. We finally went somewhere else for the evening fish and managed to get 15 in the last hour and 15 minutes. Well worth the wait
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Does anyone know of anywhere in Regina that sells Eskimo Ice Auger Parts?
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Does anyone know of anywhere in Regina that sells Eskimo Ice Auger Parts?
B&B small engine repair, great guys and they really know their ice augers. My jiffy runs better than it did new after visiting them last week.
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B&B small engine repair, great guys and they really know their ice augers. My jiffy runs better than it did new after visiting them last week.
I second that!
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slow out there yesterday for the most part. didnt have a shack so we fished from the car for most of the day, only managed couple eyes and a dog in the first 6 hours but there was no moving around for this guy. We finally went somewhere else for the evening fish and managed to get 15 in the last hour and 15 minutes. Well worth the wait
How deep was it where you guys went for last light Eyecatcher00? We fished just north of you yesterday all day and stayed until after 5.The eve bite did not go at all!!!!It seems the eyes are heading north now.I was talking to you yesterday and was there when you caught the huge jack the other day.Any big ones at last light?Oh ya....we put down a camera to see what all the fish were we were both marking on bottom and there are hundreds of whitefish swimming around!
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Thanks for the info do they sell parts or just fix them? Because i can fix it i just need the part.
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Outdoors guy what parts you need for your auger?
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The recoil assembly for a eskimo stingray
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The recoil assembly for a eskimo stingray
B&B is an eskimo dealer and I seen they had recoils sitting on display in their front counter. They do sell parts.
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where does a guy get acsess on the noth end of the lake or is it all snowed in
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we tried at Etters last week near the cabins. There may be another place that i am unaware of as im new to the area. It was blown in at Etters. Maybe a big 4x4 would make it through though. Did not see any others out there or sign of others fishing there. Sorry ...thats all i can tell ya.
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The recoil assembly for a eskimo stingray
How well does this auger work? I am considering buying one.
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i wonder if there is a way on at pryors beach a ways south couple of nice points to fish off right there
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Thanks for the info on b and b went there today and they had what i needed. as far as the auger goes its ok i guess i think if i was to buy another one i might buy a jiffy or something different because i have had a bit of problems with my eskimo
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How deep was it where you guys went for last light Eyecatcher00? We fished just north of you yesterday all day and stayed until after 5.The eve bite did not go at all!!!!It seems the eyes are heading north now.I was talking to you yesterday and was there when you caught the huge jack the other day.Any big ones at last light?Oh ya....we put down a camera to see what all the fish were we were both marking on bottom and there are hundreds of whitefish swimming around!
we were in 27-35. nothin big 4lbs the other day. its good to know that most of those fish we were marking are whitefish.
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Nice day out there today. tempature was chilly but it was nice not having the wind for once. Slow morning got better in the evening. I managed to get 22 eyes and buddy got 8. Biggest was around 5
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Also fished long lake today, caught somewhere around 15 but they are all those little guys. Most are small babies. One 3 pounder that i released. I think i will stay on echo for a while, the average out there has been around the 2.5 pound mark with the biggest around 9.5. By the way, all caught on baits other then the ones heavily marketed by guys on this site. Pklures or something like that.
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were you at grandview eyecatcher?
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I fished across from rowans.
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Leroy, I have a stringray auger. I love mine. Yesterday was out at LML 2 pumps on the primer ball and choke, it fired right up. Your not gonna win hole drilling races. But its light to handle. I caught 3 walleye's 2lbs. Buddy pulled up 2 dogs. Rockets, I was fishing across from rowans to. What were you drivin.
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Leroy, I have a stringray auger. I love mine. Yesterday was out at LML 2 pumps on the primer ball and choke, it fired right up. Your not gonna win hole drilling races. But its light to handle. I caught 3 walleye's 2lbs. Buddy pulled up 2 dogs. Rockets, I was fishing across from rowans to. What were you drivin.
Thanks dude - very helpful. Good luck out there!
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How well does this auger work? I am considering buying one.
I have a Tanaka with a StrikeMaster auger...all I can say is AWESOME. Very light and easy to start, turn the choke on and a few easy pulls. You need to get the choke off almost as soon as it starts or it will die. The StrikeMaster auger cuts very fast.
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Layne and I made it out to long lake today to battle the chilly temps. We managed to get 40 some eyes and couple nice perch and a 8.7 pound dog. Most of the eyes were in the 1-3 pound range, nothing to special. Hoping it warms up a bit so a guy doesnt havent to contantly re open holes
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I have been doing pretty well this winter on Last Mounatin and was out today and had nothing not even a bite. I fished from Grandview up to Alice in various depths. From the sounds of it things have been slowing down. Even bought and tried the PK Lure..had fish come up to it and leave just as fast.
Cheers!!
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hasnt slowed down for us but im sure it will soon. i got 9 of my 25 on the pk. i would start with it and if they didnt hit i would switch hooks and they would almost always go for my second offering
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I have been fishing steady now for two weeks and have caught piles of fish. Pike, Perch and Walleye. Just like every other season I have used the same rusty old hooks in the bottom of my box and caugh as many or more than anyone with me. I like the one post where the gentleman said that lures are designed to catch fishermen, very true indeed!!! For you two guys who are selling these "PK" lures, I leave you with this quote from an old veteran fisherman..... " Its not the wand, its the wizard".
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Finally got out for the first time of this season, fished for a couple hours and my dad caught a nice walleye and a perch and i caught two perch which is an improvement for how we usually do on this lake seems like we might finally be getting the hang of this lake. Thanks everyone for all the info
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Was out today and light it up was able to land 27 walleye and 1 perch. Fished in 35 feet of water and used a Buckshot jig and a glow jig a whopper.This was my best day on the ice so far. One thing I found funny was that lots of the walleye hit above the hook vs comming up from the bottom. They're still biting out there.
Cheers!!
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Was fishing the stone barn with Lester123 today - quiet. Saw our fair share of walleye, jack and perch on the cam.. but they weren't buying what we were selling! Couldn't even entice the whords of Tulibee to bite! 1 Burbot for half a days fishing.
As per the previous post.. I'm sure the wands were fine, so it must have been the wizards this time around!
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sounds like the barn has cooled off.
Heading to Wee too tomorrow! Will post how we do.
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what were you using 5-o -D we started there and had more luck than that
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There were 4 of us with a pretty good mix. Buckshot, vert & horizontal jigs, PK lure, pimples, chubby darter. No one with any luck.
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Hi all, well I've been a long time reader of this site, just never posted anything. love all the info pp place on here. I've been reading all the posts on this new PK lure. Sounds like some ppl like it and others don't. Well I like to catch fish when I'm out on the lake and if there's a new product out that i don't have, you can be sure it wont be long before I try it for myself.(regardless who is pushing it) So yesterday I was at the barn and had a chance to try this new hook. The hook did its 1st job and that was to get me to buy it, its 2nd job is to catch fish. We all know how many hooks we have in our box that look good but that's about it. The walleye were aggressive to start the day, and this lasted until about 2pm. There was about a 3 hour slow down, then it picked up again for the night bite. I tried 3 different PK colors and that's because I lost the other ones to some pesky pike. (thinking fireline might help me with this problem). So the total for the day was 22 walleye on this new hook. The average was 2-3 pounds, with the odd 4-5 pounder. There were 6 ppl fishing with us, I seen two 9 pounders caught on the PK.
Today I started at the barn again hoping to repeat the previous day. The bite was very slow, and didn't pick up at all. I caught 3 and my buddy caught 5. We moved north in search of some more aggressive fish. We stopped and chatted to a few ppl on the lake and it seemed the bite was slow all over. So, by the end of the day we hit 4 spots, range was from the barn to north of wee too. Total walleye for the day for me was 10, and my buddy was 11.
So this new PK lure now has a perminant spot in my winter tackle box. I can also see a few other places it might work. move over Buzz bomb, you now have some company.
So if you like the hook, use it. If you don't.... then you know the rest.
Like I said at the start, i like to catch fish and the fishing industry keeps making new improvements to the tackle we use. So thanks to the Pol that brought me a new tool to catch more walleye.
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Hi all, well I've been a long time reader of this site, just never posted anything. love all the info pp place on here. I've been reading all the posts on this new PK lure. Sounds like some ppl like it and others don't. Well I like to catch fish when I'm out on the lake and if there's a new product out that i don't have, you can be sure it wont be long before I try it for myself.(regardless who is pushing it) So yesterday I was at the barn and had a chance to try this new hook. The hook did its 1st job and that was to get me to buy it, its 2nd job is to catch fish. We all know how many hooks we have in our box that look good but that's about it. The walleye were aggressive to start the day, and this lasted until about 2pm. There was about a 3 hour slow down, then it picked up again for the night bite. I tried 3 different PK colors and that's because I lost the other ones to some pesky pike. (thinking fireline might help me with this problem). So the total for the day was 22 walleye on this new hook. The average was 2-3 pounds, with the odd 4-5 pounder. There were 6 ppl fishing with us, I seen two 9 pounders caught on the PK.
Today I started at the barn again hoping to repeat the previous day. The bite was very slow, and didn't pick up at all. I caught 3 and my buddy caught 5. We moved north in search of some more aggressive fish. We stopped and chatted to a few ppl on the lake and it seemed the bite was slow all over. So, by the end of the day we hit 4 spots, range was from the barn to north of wee too. Total walleye for the day for me was 10, and my buddy was 11.
So this new PK lure now has a perminant spot in my winter tackle box. I can also see a few other places it might work. move over Buzz bomb, you now have some company.
So if you like the hook, use it. If you don't.... then you know the rest.
Like I said at the start, i like to catch fish and the fishing industry keeps making new improvements to the tackle we use. So thanks to the Pol that brought me a new tool to catch more walleye.
Glad to see you made it on here. How did you boys make out in your final spot? We managed a few more eyes(2-3 pounds) and a pike on a tipup after you guys left. Lost a nice one and marked lots of big ones.
Cheers
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enough of the pk lure already. Seriously. Most hooks work in the right conditions.
Anyone else feel like we're being advertised to?
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enough of the pk lure already. Seriously. Most hooks work in the right conditions.
Anyone else feel like we're being advertised to?
Not sure why you are worked up, this site is about sharing what is working and where the fish are bitting, that is why I read the threads, if someone wants to mention a hook that is working, good for them! PS. PK's have been hot for me me as well!
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Not to sound to dumb but what is a PK lure? ;)
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Hi guys,
Have any of you been out to the N end of LML at the Regional Park?
If so, how thick is the ice and can you drive on the lake from there?
How was the fishing in that area?
Welcome to the Sask. part of Ice Shanty Wallyeyepro5. :)
Good to hear you and your group found some nice fish at LML. :tipup:
For the rest of you roughly how deep are you going to find your walleye? ???
WW
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enough of the pk lure already. Seriously. Most hooks work in the right conditions.
Anyone else feel like we're being advertised to?
Ive met most of the guys ranting and raving about theses things in person and im not going to lie, they have lots of reasons to be happy. Ive seen more big eyes get caught on PKs in the last month than Ive ever seen come out of the ice period. Honestly if I hadent seen them work in person I would probably still be one of the skeptics but since being introduced I've run them almost exclusively, anyone that knows me knows I was seriously commited to buckshots and darters to say the least. Everything has a time and place and theses are simply just one more hook to add to the arsenal. Honestly I was getting kind of tired of paying 7-9$ for northland stuff so im glad theres some more competition out there now, maybe they will lower the prices to compete.
Started sunday with 3 rods rigged with PK's, picked up some flutter fish from Tim on the ice and now 5 of my rods are setup with their stuff. Perch coloured flutter fish with a walleye eye is money.
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Back to the topic at hand, LML.
Went out saturday-monday and braved the cold, things have slowed down slightly but there is still good fishing to be had if you work at it. Caught 15 eyes saturday, 8 sunday and 10 yesterday. Not sure whats up with the ice but it has been making some crazy noises lately, saturday and monday it was insane! Lots of heaves and ugly ice up near alice/rowans but we travelled from grandview to all the way north of rowans with no issues. Watch out for big slush pockets near grandview, theres 2 that I know of you wouldnt want to drive through.
Heres a few pictures you guys may enjoy, eyecatcher00(now fingercatcher00) caught a 18.5lb pike on a tipup sunday at noon and the fish slipped out of his hand burying a monster treble deep into his middle finger with the fish still attached to the other end of the quickstrike thrashing around! I grabbed the bottom of the fishes mouth with my bare right hand to take the tension off the wire and cut it with my needle nose, then removed the hook to allow Kelly to snap a few quick pictures. I got a bunch of lacerations in the process but you couldnt pay me to trade places with eyecatcher, thats one flag im glad wasent mine. The fish went back unharmed and Kelly toughed out the rest of the day with a hook stuck in his finger. @)
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Just gotta crush out a short work week and we'll be back out this weekend, tight lines and happy new years.
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Not to sound to dumb but what is a PK lure? ;)
Google it. Pklure.com
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i was even yelling at the walleye with 5-o-diamonds and they wouldn't even respond to that. After 5-o-diamnonds left we went north and up the east side of the lake and we only pulled in one walleye. Has anyone heard of the PK lure????? ha ha ha
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Not sure why you are worked up, this site is about sharing what is working and where the fish are bitting, that is why I read the threads, if someone wants to mention a hook that is working, good for them! PS. PK's have been hot for me me as well!
that's my point- sharing the info and catching fish. I catch heat from buddies for sharing too much. I like when others catch fish and think everyone should be able to enjoy it the way we do. The lure works, so do buzz bombs, darters, etc. It just seems too much like a marketing campaign and not enough about the fishing.
that's all I meant- I want this thread to continue to be about catching fish and sharing info, not marketing one hook.
on that note: was out today and did ok. fished 30 feet of water and caught a couple nice walleye. wrong hours to be there, but we got a couple ;)
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that's my point- sharing the info and catching fish. I catch heat from buddies for sharing too much. I like when others catch fish and think everyone should be able to enjoy it the way we do. The lure works, so do buzz bombs, darters, etc. It just seems too much like a marketing campaign and not enough about the fishing.
that's all I meant- I want this thread to continue to be about catching fish and sharing info, not marketing one hook.
on that note: was out today and did ok. fished 30 feet of water and caught a couple nice walleye. wrong hours to be there, but we got a couple ;)
Where did you guys move your shack to?
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Was out this afternoon off Sorensen's Beach for about 3 hours. Caught one perch and lost another. Was in 30 ft of water and the bottom was all stones. Have a question for all you ice fishing pros.
Do the walleye hang around the rocks as much in winter as they do in summer? The area where I was fishing was pretty much solid stones and they appeared to be a good size. Was really surprised as I
expected to see quite a few on the camera and "may" have seen a couple as I was looking away for a sec and when I looked back saw 3 fish move out of the camera's view too quickly to make out what they were.
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I can't speak for others but I haven't had much luck for wally on the solid rock bottom. They seem to prefer sand/rock mixture or even mud. Pike like to cruise the rocks though.
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Was out this afternoon off Sorensen's Beach for about 3 hours. Caught one perch and lost another. Was in 30 ft of water and the bottom was all stones. Have a question for all you ice fishing pros.
Do the walleye hang around the rocks as much in winter as they do in summer? The area where I was fishing was pretty much solid stones and they appeared to be a good size. Was really surprised as I
expected to see quite a few on the camera and "may" have seen a couple as I was looking away for a sec and when I looked back saw 3 fish move out of the camera's view too quickly to make out what they were.
Some of our biggest walleye have come from around the rock islands and huge boulders!!!We usually do very well around these spots and catch alot of eyes.I think the baitfish and crayfish hang around or under all of this structure which will obviously attract the walleye.I have a problem reading bottom with my sonar around the rocks and you lose the odd hook when you tap bottom,but we definately catch walleye fishing above or even just at the edge of these "sunken islands" or boulders.
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Went out to Alice. Tried everything to get them to bite. Everything I could think of. Marked 100 maybe even 500 fish. Had tried everything in the box. Then what did I see sitting in the bottom of my tackle box. It almost had a light coming out of it. It was glowing because the clouds had parted and the sun was shining directly on it. Like it was sent to me by Poseidon himself. It was the PK Flutter fish. I tossed it on my rod and low and behold I was bringing them in. But something was different. As soon as the hook hit the water the walleye were actually coming out of my hole on their own. Those same fish I was marking all day were now drawn to the power of the PK. I had to take it out of the water, until I can harness the power of the PK im throwing back where I found it, bottom of the box....because I didnt catch crap on it just like the rest of my hooks today. Nothing was biting. PK all the way.
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lol@mix123. We are heading up to wee too tomorrow. Hopefully we fare better than you today. @)
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...It was glowing because the clouds had parted and the sun was shining directly on it. Like it was sent to me by Poseidon himself. It was the PK Flutter fish. I tossed it on my rod and low and behold I was bringing them in. But something was different. As soon as the hook hit the water the walleye were actually coming out of my hole on their own. Those same fish I was marking all day were now drawn to the power of the PK. I had to take it out of the water, until I can harness the power of the PK...
@mix123
Too funny!! ;D ;D ;D
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Went out to Alice. Tried everything to get them to bite. Everything I could think of. Marked 100 maybe even 500 fish. Had tried everything in the box. Then what did I see sitting in the bottom of my tackle box. It almost had a light coming out of it. It was glowing because the clouds had parted and the sun was shining directly on it. Like it was sent to me by Poseidon himself. It was the PK Flutter fish. I tossed it on my rod and low and behold I was bringing them in. But something was different. As soon as the hook hit the water the walleye were actually coming out of my hole on their own. Those same fish I was marking all day were now drawn to the power of the PK. I had to take it out of the water, until I can harness the power of the PK im throwing back where I found it, bottom of the box....because I didnt catch **** on it just like the rest of my hooks today. Nothing was biting. PK all the way.
Are you for serious ;D PK should be sending you a cheque, most excellent marketing tecniques
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Are there places to drive on around the stone barn and other spots around there. Just a little fact for you, or tale, my uncle told me that the stone barn was built by one of my cousins back in the day. They used to fish there years ago, my uncle also talked about an island across the lake from the barn where they consistently pulled up big eyes and perch, I thinks its more north though. Because my family built such a great landmark that is used by fisherman all over the province somebody should give me a hint as to where to take my four year old daughter to catch fish out there. ;);) I`m joking I know how important it is to keep your spots safe. I am just hoping to drive on if it`s safe enough. I drove on a at Regina Beach last weekend but havn`t been up that way yet. Can I get on the lake from the midway road between Strasbourg and Duval. Tried last year but it was snowed in, I`m guessing it will be the same.
I would love to learn that lake but I don`t have the time to get out there that much. Any info is greatly appreciated! Cheers!
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WOW......
Ok first off.....LM has been the hottest I have seen it in many. many years!
Most of the fish being caught are the 2-3 lb range which obviously was a good hatch a few years ago.
I have not seen as many big ones however....11+
So many hooks and baits have been working well for everyone.
I would like to see someone outfish me with the Pk lure 5 feet away from me!!
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Are there places to drive on around the stone barn and other spots around there. Just a little fact for you, or tale, my uncle told me that the stone barn was built by one of my cousins back in the day. They used to fish there years ago, my uncle also talked about an island across the lake from the barn where they consistently pulled up big eyes and perch, I thinks its more north though. Because my family built such a great landmark that is used by fisherman all over the province somebody should give me a hint as to where to take my four year old daughter to catch fish out there. ;);) I`m joking I know how important it is to keep your spots safe. I am just hoping to drive on if it`s safe enough. I drove on a at Regina Beach last weekend but havn`t been up that way yet. Can I get on the lake from the midway road between Strasbourg and Duval. Tried last year but it was snowed in, I`m guessing it will be the same.
I would love to learn that lake but I don`t have the time to get out there that much. Any info is greatly appreciated! Cheers!
I don't know if it's allowed to give out information without endorsing a product... we drove across the lake today from Glen Harbour to the barn. Seems like plenty of ice in most spots, just avoid snow banks. Good luck!
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Went out to Alice. Tried everything to get them to bite. Everything I could think of. Marked 100 maybe even 500 fish. Had tried everything in the box. Then what did I see sitting in the bottom of my tackle box. It almost had a light coming out of it. It was glowing because the clouds had parted and the sun was shining directly on it. Like it was sent to me by Poseidon himself. It was the PK Flutter fish. I tossed it on my rod and low and behold I was bringing them in. But something was different. As soon as the hook hit the water the walleye were actually coming out of my hole on their own. Those same fish I was marking all day were now drawn to the power of the PK. I had to take it out of the water, until I can harness the power of the PK im throwing back where I found it, bottom of the box....because I didnt catch **** on it just like the rest of my hooks today. Nothing was biting. PK all the way.
Bahahahahahah! Love it!
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how did you make out there today walleyescooter?
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we fished first light and didn't get a strike. we tried lots of lures and different depths. Finally, we moved and located some fish in deep water (47 feet). We managed a couple but a very slow day. Wish I had a better story to tell!
Beautiful day to be out!
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two of us yesterday at wee too; Ten eyes, four burbs, two nice big perch and.....wait for it......a tulibee. Fish were all caught in at least 45 feet.
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Scooter its because you weren't using one of the PK LURES.
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Thanks for the info scooter. I appreciate it.
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when the rep from this site stops by (TJ), I will give them a try. Just tell it like it is, clamcatcher! If someone is promoting the product, then say so.
Talked to another guy that fished deep and did well yesterday. Seems early to fish that deep but they have to be somewhere :)
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Was at pokies tackle the other day and a worker said the inventor of PK was on LML last weekend, anyone know how he did?
I am planning on heading out after work tomorrow . Anyone having any lucky in the evenings?
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Yep..the PK inventor was up here and I got smoked. HAHAHA I was a bit skeptical at first but when you watch a guy hit a 14.5 lb walleye next to you , you start to convert. If somebody wants to dispute it go ahead but you will see the entry in the walleye catagory soon im sure because I also saw them taking pics with the trny card. Was at least 33 inch long. Only problem was it came up the wrong hole....should have been mine. LOL
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Was thinking of going to Collingwood on monday. Has anyone been there recently?
How is the access and Ice conditions?
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lots of ice out there. A friend was at Islandview and said there's 14 inches in most places. Catching perch and walleye
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Yep..the PK inventor was up here and I got smoked. HAHAHA I was a bit skeptical at first but when you watch a guy hit a 14.5 lb walleye next to you , you start to convert. If somebody wants to dispute it go ahead but you will see the entry in the walleye catagory soon im sure because I also saw them taking pics with the trny card. Was at least 33 inch long. Only problem was it came up the wrong hole....should have been mine. LOL
Just got word that Tim's fish(PK rep) is likely going to be the new world record live release walleye at 33.25" inches long and over 14 pounds.... and its all documented on video. I would imagine within the next week we will have the pictures/video/story for everybody on ice shanty. Congrats Tim, you earned this one.
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We catch 33 inch walleye on lake winnipeg regularly, and we dont make the point of saying its a record. Just for a lure. PB is 15.8
I will give you the spot after the tourny.
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Good point rockets.
Perhaps the moderator can step in and make sure the posts are about Last Mountain Lake and not one company's lure.
Perhaps a new thread about the lure?
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i don't think that 33" eyes are a 'regular' occurrence anywhere rockets...maybe heaven? and i guarantee you if i'd caught that fish on my buckshot i'd be bragging the crap out of it too - and certifying it as a record if possible.
look at any thread about any lake in SK and there's likely mention of one or two brands of lures so i'm not sure why a little promotion is such a big deal. especially if the guys can back it up with some pics.
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Last I checked I was talkin Last mountain lake. Or is it only ok to talk about LML as long as it mentions to not mention certain people or companies? I thought it was pretty cool to be there to watch a big eye come up and as for live release record, congrats Tim. Some one on here said they have a bigger live release through the ice ( nice fish) but didnt register it . Why wouldnt you register it??? Being in the Fishing Hall of Fame with a WR is pretty elite dude. If its not worth your effort to do it thats ok but dont throw stones at the guy that does. Just because he is affiliated with a lure company does not mean he doesnt deserve the same accolades as the next guy regardless your personal take on him or his hook.
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wow- pump the brakes :)
Congratulations is in order- that is a great fish. Hat's off for releasing as well!
Not everyone is bashing the lure. I was one of the first to say it's great to see that other lures are being used on LML. More tools that work, the better.
I was merely trying to keep this LML thread active with information about the lake and not an infomercial about one lure.
Hope everyone has a great weekend of fishing!
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does anybody know where the most northern lake access is wouldnt mind fishing there but dont know where a guy can drive on dont want to be wasting time wandering around aimlessly and people relax with the pk stuff its on about 100 posts we get it i will probably buy one for #@%ts and giggles to try it but enough please thanx
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you can access at Last mountain regional park. The grid road dead ends into the lake and there is likely good access. There's always a few locals that have shacks in that area
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any reports on the north end by the regional park or does anybody go that far north just locals some info would be welcomed rather drive a extra half hour to catch fish than save miles and catch notin
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We catch 33 inch walleye on lake winnipeg regularly, and we don't make the point of saying its a record...
I'm going to agree with rockets on this one. They consistently catch large Walleye on Lake Winnipeg in the winter. Here is a video on a 16-17lb Walleye from there C&R.
http://www.youtube.com/catsontheredcanada (http://www.youtube.com/catsontheredcanada)
shawno @)
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Congrats on the huge walleye can't wait to see the pics!! On the internet everyone catches bigger fish and lets them go with no pic or video to prove it. ::) Lake Winnipeg might have big walleye but we here in Sask hold the world record and Last Mountain has just as many big girls getting caught ;D
Cheers!!
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any reports on the north end by the regional park or does anybody go that far north just locals some info would be welcomed rather drive a extra half hour to catch fish than save miles and catch notin
Hey Walldog77
I have been to the north end at the regional just before Govan. Fishing was very slow. If you dont mind driving a little farther down the road ,Collingwood is statring to pick up.
At least that is what I have heard. I am heading there Monday to check things out.
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Yes a 33 inch walleye is a dandy, congrats
Not a record though, keep in mind the one caught at nipawin by the priest(lucky bugger) 17lb and change
got an email today about thin ice at the south end opening of the river where sledders come on the ice, this true?
anyhow, action was slow for us, fish seem to be very deep (out to 50 feet) and very lethargic.
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Well, I was gonna stay silent as per usual, but gotta add my $.02... I grew up fishing LML, and for 20 yrs hit every point/drop/bay from Glen Harbour to Collingwood, and across to Whiterock down to Wee-Too... Caught lotsa big fish, lots...
Then life took me out to Manitoba, and I kept my ice fishing passion going by fishing the Red River and Lake Winnipeg. I will say with 100% certainty, there are big fish here, biggest I have ever seen. Personally I have caught many over 30", they ARE common at certain times of year. I have had friends catch 4-5 of these pigs a day... I'm not kidding. I have seen with my own eyes Walleyes 33, 34, and 35 inches, but more impressive are the girths. My biggest is a 34" that had a girth (measured in front of the dorsal) of 26"!
Dont believe me? Come try it yourself, go fish the south Basin of Lake Winnipeg in March... Or the Red River north of Selkirk on first ice... you'll see. Many of the guys on the boards would be happy to show you where and how. Or come to a freshwater fish Marketing place where the commercial guys bring their catch in - you wanna see 15-18pd walleye? Too many to count... or buy a bag of jumbo cheeks from them - cheeks 3" in diameter...
I could post pics, but all you have to do is get on a few of the MAnitoba boards and you will see the pics of the hogs...
They are sooo big cause they have food sources that seem endless, especially the rainbow smelt...not to mention that there are 3-4 big rivers constantly filling the lake... its a wonder of Nature out here, that is, how big the fish have become.
As for registering fish, some people do, some dont. Personally, I dont, just not my gig, but to each their own. My feeling is I like the area to be pristine and left alone by the masses that will take over trying to catch the big ones... all you have to do is look at the south Basin of lake Winnipeg - on a sunny warm spring day there are hundreds, if not thousands of guys fishing the lake... good thing its sooo big and they are scattered.
Being a Sask boy thru and thru, with green blood, I am glad to see the big fish being caught out there on my old stomping grounds - and feel fortunate to catch the big ones out here...
chrism
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Fished grandveiw last thursday and the bite was really slow, ended up catching 5 walleye. 4 of them came from 45ft of water
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Hey guys.....Just wondering if anybody has been out since the snow. How is it getting on/off at Alice? How is the bite? Gonna try to make it out this week some time, any info would be great. Thanks!
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Hi all,
Have any of you tried fishing around Rowan's Ravine?
If so hows the ice fishing, ice thickness and can you drive on in that area? ???
WW
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Bite has slowed down since last week, hopefully it picks up again. Theres alot more snow on the lake now but you should still be able to get around ok just watch for slush. You can get on at rowans, sarnia, islandview, ect.. before the snow most launches were plowed or had a good path. The ice for the most part seems to be over 18 inches but you still find the odd thin spot. Hope that helps.
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Hey guys- Access from Grandview and Alice are both fine. Was out there today.
Found a slushy spot in the flats between the barn and Alice.
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Was out Friday for a bit before work collingwood was fine pelican is fine and I seen a half ton drive from pelican across the lake to Regina beach and he made it.
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Right on, thanks!
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Well, I was gonna stay silent as per usual, but gotta add my $.02... I grew up fishing LML, and for 20 yrs hit every point/drop/bay from Glen Harbour to Collingwood, and across to Whiterock down to Wee-Too... Caught lotsa big fish, lots...
Then life took me out to Manitoba, and I kept my ice fishing passion going by fishing the Red River and Lake Winnipeg. I will say with 100% certainty, there are big fish here, biggest I have ever seen. Personally I have caught many over 30", they ARE common at certain times of year. I have had friends catch 4-5 of these pigs a day... I'm not kidding. I have seen with my own eyes Walleyes 33, 34, and 35 inches, but more impressive are the girths. My biggest is a 34" that had a girth (measured in front of the dorsal) of 26"!
Dont believe me? Come try it yourself, go fish the south Basin of Lake Winnipeg in March... Or the Red River north of Selkirk on first ice... you'll see. Many of the guys on the boards would be happy to show you where and how. Or come to a freshwater fish Marketing place where the commercial guys bring their catch in - you wanna see 15-18pd walleye? Too many to count... or buy a bag of jumbo cheeks from them - cheeks 3" in diameter...
I could post pics, but all you have to do is get on a few of the MAnitoba boards and you will see the pics of the hogs...
They are sooo big cause they have food sources that seem endless, especially the rainbow smelt...not to mention that there are 3-4 big rivers constantly filling the lake... its a wonder of Nature out here, that is, how big the fish have become.
As for registering fish, some people do, some dont. Personally, I dont, just not my gig, but to each their own. My feeling is I like the area to be pristine and left alone by the masses that will take over trying to catch the big ones... all you have to do is look at the south Basin of lake Winnipeg - on a sunny warm spring day there are hundreds, if not thousands of guys fishing the lake... good thing its sooo big and they are scattered.
Being a Sask boy thru and thru, with green blood, I am glad to see the big fish being caught out there on my old stomping grounds - and feel fortunate to catch the big ones out here...
chrism
Chrism,
Im the opposite side of the coin so to speak. Im a Manitoba boy, grew up in different parts of the province but have family in Winnipeg, Russell , Dauphin and Riding Mountain. Im going to be hitting Lake Winnipeg late season and hope to land a nice walleye over 10. Great to hear Manitoba has some good hard water angling.
Cheers!!
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Gunna be heading down to the lake from Saskatoon for the first time this week..any suggestions on where the best route to go is? Eastside or Westside for access? Also any tips on eating Burbot? We caught a 7lbs on up at Desc. but never thought of eating it..heard after they are good..Thanks
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boil them and dip in garlic butter or batter them and deep fry them
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There is access to the lake at Sorensen's Beach. I just came back and was able to drive onto the ice with a Ford Escape. Snow is about 6-8" deep on the ice at the present time. Do not think I would try it with a 2WD. If we get a good wind I would imagine it would peel off a lot of the new snow.
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Islandview is another spot on the East end just South of Rowan's. It is usually maintained by locals to get on and off the ice.
Now, if someone can just tell me where the heck the walleye went!
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Hey guys- Access from Grandview and Alice are both fine. Was out there today.
Found a slushy spot in the flats between the barn and Alice.
Any luck?
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not much for luck... starting to wonder about skill level too :)
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Well went out this afternoon for about 4 hours. First place I tried was in about 25 ft of water. Saw a couple of good pike cruising around and one walleye. Lots of tullibee swimming around. Moved to about 32 ft but ended up over a boulder bottom. Again just some tullibee and nothing else seen. Skunked....This was off of Sorensen's...
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Fished the Weetoo area yesterday with a buddy.Ended up with 22 walleye a few perch and too many tulibee!We caught smaller eyes in 42 feet and some bigger ones in 32 feet. Biggest was around 5lbs and a few around 3.5lbs.Caught a majority of the walleye from noon till 3 p.m. in 32 feet.The bite has definately slowed down but the walleye I caught hammered my lure!They were hitting as soon as I marked them on my sonar.
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Fished Wee too today in the cold/ wind. The walleye have performed their annual disappearing trick.
Too many tullibee to count, a dog fish, pike and two lonely walleye. I even had the wonder lure on for 3 hours.
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Say it ain't so!!!! Not the wonder lure!?!? Where were you fishing? Sounds like its been quite on a lot of lakes in the south lately.
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Fished off Sorensen's Beach today. Did get one nice walleye and a fairly good size burbot. Did see a couple of nice pike on the camera along with a lot of tullibee. If anyone has an underwater camera and get tired of turning the cable pick up one of these as they are great. Great Northern has them in Regina.
http://www.marcumtech.com/Products/tabid/92/CategoryID/9/List/0/Level/a/productid/36/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName
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HELP.....Can one of you fellas tell me where the stone barn is? Have heard lots of references to it but never been there. Thanks for any help guys.
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Get on the ice at Grandview Beach and drive up the lake towards Alice Beach until you see a big stone barn foundation and walls on the shore...then you're there! I usually fish the point by the barn.
Hope you have a good time!
Later Days :tipup:
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Thank you very much for the information. I appreciate it.
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Fished Collingwood this morning.
Lots of shacks out there I tried a little south of the shack village and caught 6 small perch and a walleye from 9:am to 2:30.
The flasher was marking lots o fish. should have brought the cam along to see what the heck they were.
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how is it getting around the lake? I'm hoping to access the lake at Alice and try a few spots north....
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How was the bite at Wee Too this weekend? Anybody get out?
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how is it getting around the lake? I'm hoping to access the lake at Alice and try a few spots north....
Most places it is not too bad but there are some good sized drifts you have to watch for and they are not easy to spot without a good set of sunglasses. I saw three different trucks get stuck when they plowed into these drifts, This was at Collingwood north of the shanty village.
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Thanks for the report on the ice...
I tried it today and my only success was that we got on and off the ice without getting stuck! It's really ok in most spots but tough to spot some drifts.
Fished in 44 FOW and caught only one walleye and lots of tullibee.
Anyone else having luck?
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I think with the cold temps and January lull its better to sit at home, least its warm and Im not burning gas which is an unbelievable 1.11 per/litre
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Fished near sorensen on Sunday and did extremely well. Caught a 7 walleye and kept four. And some small perch and one jumbo. For only fishing 2.5 hrs.
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where is sorensens? I've never fished there.
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where is sorensens? I've never fished there.
Between pelican and mohrs. Ive done well there in the summer but havent fished there in the winter yet.
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Fished near sorensen on Sunday and did extremely well. Caught a 7 walleye and kept four. And some small perch and one jumbo. For only fishing 2.5 hrs.
How deep was it where you were fishing?
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Thanks Layne
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dropped the rear end of my truck through the ice yesterday morning, about 50 yards east of main pier at Regina Beach. Pretty much f'ed up the entire rear end of truck, may even be a write off, but at least I didn't sink it! Have drove on most of lake for years, drilling holes and fishing all over, and have never seen the ice so inconsistent, so just a heads up to anybody heading out, stay away from any points, inlets, and wherever I am fishing at the time. Also, I heard that 2 other trucks broke through at Rowans, can anyone confirm this? In others news, fished Little Arm on Sunday and got a few good walleye, and lost a monster pike at the hole, which sucks for me and her.
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dropped the rear end of my truck through the ice yesterday morning, about 50 yards east of main pier at Regina Beach. Pretty much f'ed up the entire rear end of truck, may even be a write off, but at least I didn't sink it! Have drove on most of lake for years, drilling holes and fishing all over, and have never seen the ice so inconsistent, so just a heads up to anybody heading out, stay away from any points, inlets, and wherever I am fishing at the time. Also, I heard that 2 other trucks broke through at Rowans, can anyone confirm this? In others news, fished Little Arm on Sunday and got a few good walleye, and lost a monster pike at the hole, which sucks for me and her.
Damn, clean through or just through the slush? The ice sucks near rowans, I was out last week and we drilled a hole that was only about 10 inches of crapty ice.. great feeling when the trucks parked in the middle of the lake and you need to cross to get home.
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Good warning for all. The ice is sketchy this year. Even this week, we drilled 18 inches of ice then another hole not far away had 10 inches. Be safe out there!
Does anyone know if they are still letting water out the South end of the lake?
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Good warning for all. The ice sketchy this year. Even this week, we drilled 18 inches of ice then another hole not far away had 10 inches. Be safe out there!
Does anyone know if they are still letting water out the South end of the lake?
Last I seen its open and running pretty fast.
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dropped the rear end of my truck through the ice yesterday morning, about 50 yards east of main pier at Regina Beach. Pretty much f'ed up the entire rear end of truck, may even be a write off, but at least I didn't sink it! Have drove on most of lake for years, drilling holes and fishing all over, and have never seen the ice so inconsistent, so just a heads up to anybody heading out, stay away from any points, inlets, and wherever I am fishing at the time. Also, I heard that 2 other trucks broke through at Rowans, can anyone confirm this? In others news, fished Little Arm on Sunday and got a few good walleye, and lost a monster pike at the hole, which sucks for me and her.
I saw the pictures...OUCH! Poor toyota :( You were right on the point that runs out from the main beach...ice is always sketchy there even on a good year. I'm sure you'll stay clear of all the points on that lake in the future. You're not alone though, I saw one truck go through at Wee Too earlier this year and a couple at Regina Beach last winter.
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Good to hear you were not hurt dmcdfrom83, that is a very scary thing to happen. :o
Since we are talking about ice thickness, current areas and points, how is the ice thickness around Pelican Pointe' this winter?
Is anyone having any luck there?
WW
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Good to hear you were not hurt dmcdfrom83, that is a very scary thing to happen. :o
Since we are talking about ice thickness, current areas and points, how is the ice thickness around Pelican Pointe' this winter?
Is anyone having any luck there?
WW
I wouldnt go near Pelican Point any time of the regardless of how good the ice is. I could have died there a number of years ago during an ice fishing trip, not worth risking.
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Good warning for all. The ice is sketchy this year. Even this week, we drilled 18 inches of ice then another hole not far away had 10 inches. Be safe out there!
Does anyone know if they are still letting water out the South end of the lake?
The short answer's yes.
If you go back about 5 pages on the Sask board there's a thread called Ice Warning!! started by engineman and on the last page fishnpigskinz printed out the watershed warning issued Oct 21. If you haven't read it yet now's the time. I would of bumped it up here but the quote button doesn't show on my phone on posts that far back.
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Re: ICE WARNING!!!!!!
« Reply #30 on: Dec 26, 2010, 10:00 AM »
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Streamflow Advisory/Warning - Fall & Winter for the Qu'Appelle System
October 21, 2010
Streamflow Advisory/Warning
October 21, 2010
Fall and Winter High Flow Advisory for the Qu’Appelle System
Above normal precipitation during this past summer has left much of the Upper Qu’Appelle River Drainage Basin saturated. Even with a normal snowpack this winter, there is potential for an above normal spring runoff in the basin.
Last Mountain Lake is approximately 0.5 metres above its normal elevation for this time of year. Therefore, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority will continue to operate the Craven Control Structure on the Qu’Appelle River throughout the fall and winter months to lower the level of the lake, freeing up flood storage for 2011 spring runoff volumes. Depending on the outflow rates that are achieved once an ice cover develops on the Qu’Appelle River, Last Mountain Lake is expected to drop 0.6 m (2.0 ft) from now to the beginning of April 2011. Therefore, it is imperative to bring the Last Mountain Lake down as much as possible prior to spring.
The downstream lakes on the Qu’Appelle River (Pasqua, Echo, Crooked, and Round) are also above their normal operating ranges. As such, their control structures will remain fully open as well to draw the lakes down over the winter months and allow the excess water from Last Mountain Lake to pass through the system. Pasqua and Echo lakes are expected to drop 0.6 m (2.0 ft) from current levels by the beginning of April 2011. Crooked and Round lakes are expected to drop 0.9 m (3.0 ft) over this same period. Mission and Katepwa lakes are expected to rise slightly over this period.
The fall and winter releases may lead to unsafe ice conditions throughout the winter. Areas of concern include areas around the control structures, on connecting river sections, at locations where the lakes narrow, and where the river enters and exits the lakes. Also, the reaches of the river with high currents now will likely have hazardous ice cover. The releases may also create hazards near the banks as the lake ice drops over the winter months, making it difficult to drive onto and off of the ice.
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority does not mark off potential hazards associated with ice conditions and those that choose to venture out onto the ice do so at their own risk. It is up to the individual to ensure that the ice is safe for the activities planned.
As lakefront cottage owners prepare their properties for the upcoming winter months, it is advised that they take extra precautions with their property located near the lake this season. There is a significant potential for lakeside properties and structures to be damaged by ice during the winter months and spring breakup of the ice. Precautions which should be considered may include removing boats from boathouses and moving docks up to an elevation that is well above the current elevation of the lake.
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority will monitor the situation and issue updates as new information becomes available. Spring runoff forecasts, with estimated spring peaks for the lakes, will also be issued monthly and posted on our website beginning in March.
For more information, contact:
Doug Johnson
Director, Basin Operations
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
Moose Jaw
Phone: (306) 694-3959
Cell: (306) 631-0740
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ww pelican is fine i was out there week and a half ago and there were 3 half tons and bout half dozen shacks .. there was a halfton who also drove from pelican all trhe way to r beach ..
i was in my car and figurerd if he made it so could i lol so i took the short way back to regina across the lake
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Good to hear you were not hurt dmcdfrom83, that is a very scary thing to happen. :o
Since we are talking about ice thickness, current areas and points, how is the ice thickness around Pelican Pointe' this winter?
Is anyone having any luck there?
WW
Ive seen guys go around it successfully this year but I'd be weary, I know a guy that lives at Regina Beach and he said somebody dropped a tire clean through right on the point at pelican.
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I fished just south of the point last week in about 20' of water. The ice was about 18-20" thick. I moved west of the point to 28' just south of a few of the locals' shacks, drilled a hole and was only 10" thick or so. The longer I stood there and tromping down the snow around the area, water curiously started showing through where I walked. I packed up and circled around heading north then back towards the point and hit major slush. Stay away from the there me thinks.
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That lake scares the bejesus out of me at the best of times...and I think this year it scares me even more, so please, please, please be careful out there!!!!
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LOL-just like the fishing, the ice can be unpredictable as well-LML-gotta love it!!!!!!!
good luck boys-I am sure glad tobin has good ice this year
emt
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How deep was it where you were fishing?
we were fishing in 15=19 feet. trying again this weekend
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dropped the rear end of my truck through the ice yesterday morning, about 50 yards east of main pier at Regina Beach. Pretty much f'ed up the entire rear end of truck, may even be a write off, but at least I didn't sink it! Have drove on most of lake for years, drilling holes and fishing all over, and have never seen the ice so inconsistent, so just a heads up to anybody heading out, stay away from any points, inlets, and wherever I am fishing at the time. Also, I heard that 2 other trucks broke through at Rowans, can anyone confirm this? In others news, fished Little Arm on Sunday and got a few good walleye, and lost a monster pike at the hole, which sucks for me and her.
I know the feeling of dropping a truck. Lost one last year. Scary feeling that's for sure
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Anybody know how deep it gets in the north end? Say around Liberty? Or is the very north end all just very very shallow?
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I think its just the very end of the lk. that gets shallow. You could check online bathy maps
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I think its just the very end of the lk. that gets shallow. You could check online bathy maps
I tried and can't get a real good idea from looking at it.
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I tried and can't get a real good idea from looking at it.
Looks like most of the far north part of the lake is 2-5 meters.
5 m is about 16 feet.
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we were fishing in 15=19 feet. trying again this weekend
Thanks Rapala....Appreciate the info. Might have to try a little shallower.
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once you get near the Last Mountain Regional Park it's really shallow. most of it is 10 feet or less. There's a main channel that's 10-12 feet deep, otherwise you're 6-8 feet. You after some big pike!?
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Fished yesterday around wee too. 3 of us managed 25 walleye, numerous tulibee and a burb.
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I was out fri and fished Wee Too out buy 2 tree point where the shacks were and caught 1 pike. I fished the Grandview, the Stone Barn, Alice and had 1 perch to show for all that effort. about the only place I didnt fish was the Bay at 2 tree. No walleye for me, was extremly slow, didnt even see much on the flasher. I used all sorts of hooks from swimming lures to the mystical PK lure....it sucked. I also chatted with a local and he mentioned that the bite was slow at Alice, he fishes with all the cluster of shacks just north of the launch in about 34-28 ft. of water.
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On saturday set up portable in the shanty town by collingwood. windy as hell, thought the quickfish 6 was gonna blow away, but it hung on. 8 hrs not a single bite. couple groups around us reported catching perch and walleye. we tried artificials, minnows, meal worms, and smelts.
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Guys
Looking for some help on this lake, are there any ice fishing charter's where a guy can rent a shack and have someone show a guy around?
Thanks in advance..
g73
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Regina Beach Outfitter and G&S Marina are the only two allowed to guide on this lake. RBO has shacks that they rent and are set up in Little Arm and Regina Beach. It's your best bet for getting bit this time of year (without knowing where the heck the walleye are hiding :)
Good luck!
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once you get near the Last Mountain Regional Park it's really shallow. most of it is 10 feet or less. There's a main channel that's 10-12 feet deep, otherwise you're 6-8 feet. You after some big pike!?
Thanks for the info. Not really after anything in general, just whatever bites. I'm from Saskatoon so I was just curious about the northern portions of the lake because I never hear anything about it.
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Thanks for the info. Not really after anything in general, just whatever bites. I'm from Saskatoon so I was just curious about the northern portions of the lake because I never hear anything about it.
Most guys fish closer to Regina. There's great fishing up there. If you have a quad or other access to the lake try around Arlington or towards Etters. If you just want pike and perch try closer to the North end. There should be access at the regional park (Govan). Good luck!
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Regina Beach Outfitter and G&S Marina are the only two allowed to guide on this lake. RBO has shacks that they rent and are set up in Little Arm and Regina Beach. It's your best bet for getting bit this time of year (without knowing where the heck the walleye are hiding :)
Good luck!
Thanks for the help in the matter
G73
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:-\ Has anyone been out lately with the warm weather? If so hows the fishing? Thinking of going out this weekend and just wonering how the fishing has been. :icefish: :icefish: Seems the bite has died off from what i have heard.
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Hello all looking to head out sunday I am having issues getting in contact with Len Anderson to confirm a shack rental taking the wife and daughter so looking for all the comforts any reports since it warmed up ?
I am going to set up 2 tip ups with big smelt for jumbo jacks and jig for eyes.
any info would be great .
;)
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Hello all looking to head out sunday I am having issues getting in contact with Len Anderson to confirm a shack rental taking the wife and daughter so looking for all the comforts any reports since it warmed up ?
I am going to set up 2 tip ups with big smelt for jumbo jacks and jig for eyes.
any info would be great .
;)
Hey BCrefugee,
Try this number to get in touch with Lance 729-2964. My wife and I rented a shack from him for a couple of days for an ice derby that we were putting on for some friends. It might take him a day to get back to you, but he is pretty easy to deal with.
Later Days :tipup:
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I was out at Pelican Pointe this afternoon for a few hours and the guys out there have stopped taking their trucks out because of the snow. When they go off the track with their quads those get stuck too. I did see a couple of guys driving around, but not many. We only went out to about 13' and tried for jacks. My friend had one good bite and that was it. Locals report it's been slow everywhere and even though they got a couple of good fish on the west side, the snow's keeping them from prospecting too much toward the cutbank. The shacks that are out there are only about 1/3 of the way across. Locals are fishing south and west of the head of the point in 25' or so. Out 75 yds from shore in 13 fow the ice is 12" with a little slush. Out in the middle it's 2' and over the head of the point maybe 3 or 4 inches less than that, which is normal but there may be slushy spots. A guy with a high sprung truck might be ok but I think a skidoo with a sleigh would be the dogs balls out there right now. Fishing's slow anyway so better to let it freeze 4 or 5 days and hit it next week.
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How much snow is on the ice near rowans and collingwood area, can you get around the lake with a 4x4? :)
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was South of Rowan's Wednesday and people are getting around just fine. Watch for drifts.
Should freeze up again in the coming days and we'll be able to cruise around and try to locate fish.
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Anyone out yesterday or today please let me know I am going sunday could only get the big shack so pricy
:( was on lovering yesterday lots of walleye on camera no bite at all though drilled 4 other holes dropped smelt down for 3 hours for pike no luck really nice sized walleye on the camera !
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Save the cash my friend. The bite is off at LML, especially on the small lake. Been very slow.
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Pretty quiet day on the lake today. Saw walleye, pike, and perch on the camera, but only brought in two perch.
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hey lester123 where were you and what were you using?
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Was using buckshot spoon, pk lure, tee tots, jig heads, five of diamonds.....almost everything. I was debating throwing my truck on the end of my line.
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last weekend when everyone said it was slow we had luck with the chubby darter and a horizontal jig similar to the tee tot....just throwin it out there. Where we were fishing was also kind of away from the crowd. If a guy could get around i'm sure there's fish to be caught.
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It was no problem getting around. My shack is about 2.5 miles away from where i get on the lake. The truck had to work a bit but had no issues
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Went out again today......another day of pulling in a couple perch. There was not too much action on the camera.
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went out today near Two tree and got 5 walleye. Walleye Scooter is back- thought I needed to change my name to Perch Scooter for a while there!
not too bad getting around the lake with a 4X4. Anyone else out today!?
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Was out sunday caught 1 little pike , lost a walleye in the hole had been jigging facing the wall 45 mins when my wife woke up to stoke the fire says the flag is up on the tip up I thought it had been up and Ihad not noticed in my excitment I grabbed the line feeling at it felt a enormous jerk than nothing I pulled in the huge smelt to find a 4" wide bite through it , the wife said the flag had just gone up I pulled the smelt out of the big ladies mouth OUCH >:( !
Anyways I wish I had seen the flag go up
Thats fishing eh ! ::)
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Was out sunday caught 1 little pike , lost a walleye in the hole had been jigging facing the wall 45 mins when my wife woke up to stoke the fire says the flag is up on the tip up I thought it had been up and Ihad not noticed in my excitment I grabbed the line feeling at it felt a enormous jerk than nothing I pulled in the huge smelt to find a 4" wide bite through it , the wife said the flag had just gone up I pulled the smelt out of the big ladies mouth OUCH >:( !
Anyways I wish I had seen the flag go up
Thats fishing eh ! ::)
Gotta hate that, that was probably the 20+ pounder you were looking for too. How was the shack you rented?
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went out today near Two tree and got 5 walleye. Walleye Scooter is back- thought I needed to change my name to Perch Scooter for a while there!
not too bad getting around the lake with a 4X4. Anyone else out today!?
Thats a pretty good catch considering what time of the year we're at. Congrats!! How big were they?
Cheers!!
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Thanks! Felt good to finally get a few :)
They weren't big- all eating size.
I've heard of others catching bigger walleye, so they must be biting somewhere!
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Anybody catching anything near Regina Beach? We just put our shack in at Pelican Point. We caught 1 Tulibee but thats all. Any hints or tips for a girl? ;)
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Anybody catching anything near Regina Beach? We just put our shack in at Pelican Point. We caught 1 Tulibee but thats all. Any hints or tips for a girl? ;)
thats funny...i thought girls could catch as good as guys. Just absolutely love your handle name by the way. LOL
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where are some good pike spots on thie lake?
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if ur close to Regina id start at Little Arm bay. If you feel like venturing out on the lake hit most points and bays all the way to collingwood Foxes point north to Rowans is usually a good producer for big pike. But watch out Ive found out that the snow on LML can get deep reel fast in places. Little arm usually has a pretty good trail to it on land and by sea if you not up for blazing urself a trail adventure!
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thanks for the heads up about the snow we ust usually drive the snowmobile out on the ice. Im not all for driving my truck out there and breaking thru the ice i know some ppl whos vehiclew went to the bottom out on ketepawa and pasqua lake
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Hey man sno machine is even better. your set!
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anyone know how collingwood has been producing lately, trying to decide where to head out this weekend
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buddy at work said they caught a bunch at collingwood last weekend. We are headed out to wee too area today. Will report later.
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Had a pretty good bite on Wee-too from 5:30 -dark (5 walleye 1 huge pike). The rest of the day I didnt even get a nibble.
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thanks 4 the reports. hmm wee-too or collingwood. I'm still a rookie on LML, only fished collingwood once before(and got skunked), never wee-too or anywhere else on LML since i was a kid. is access and ice good at wee-too?
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Access is good on Alice Beach but the trails are heavy with snow and you need good 4x4 getting around the lake. The trails will probably get better as more guys head out but I advice on a shovel I needed to dig my self out once.
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fished yesterday from about 2:30-6:00, Got 7 walleye, a nice burb and a perch. Heading out now to try er again.
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Slayer, what depth were you hammering the wallies at?
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About twenty feet. Yesterday wasn't nearly as good. only one smalleye and a pike about five lbs.
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Well, we were delighted to pull in a 20lb burbot today! Thats was exciting. Otherwise, a couple small jacks and a tulibee.
We're considering cooking the burbot in bite sized pieces wrapped in bacon. Or is there a better way???
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A twenty pound burbot??? Pics? Did you weigh it or is that a guess?
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Back in the late 80s when the provincial record was 14 and change I caught one that must of been around 12 lb and I remember saying good thing it was in an 8" hole because it wouldn't of fit through a 6". I caught a couple of tens in the 90's and that's still over twice the weight of an average burbot. Anything over about 5 lbs and the quality of the meat goes down - big means chewy. I'd like to see some pics too if there are any. If it's anywhere near 20 it's at least a lake record. And if you caught it on a PK Lure all hell's going to break loose! :-)
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If it's anywhere near 20 it's at least a lake record. And if you caught it on a PK Lure all hell's going to break loose! :-)
We should have to pay for comedy this good! lol
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i would love to see a picture of that thing
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20lbs deffinatley is possible for that lake. World record was caught outta diefenbaker last march by the same guys that caught the record rainbows
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/more-freshwater/where-fish/2010/04/new-all-tackle-world-record-burbot-caught-?photo=0#1001357241 (http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/more-freshwater/where-fish/2010/04/new-all-tackle-world-record-burbot-caught-?photo=0#1001357241)
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Well, I guess we shoulda done a better photo shoot. I added a size comparison picture of the boot too.
When the burbot got up the hole, the line snapped from his weight and we had to reach into the hole and grab him as he was sliding away. Thank god it wasn't a spiney walleye or a jack in that case. We were using a double tailed jig with a meal worm.
There are pics on this blog: FYI: Sean is 6.5, 260 lbs who is holding the fish. His boot is 16" long and 6" wide (size 15, steel toes). Seans hands couldn't reach around this sucker. What a monster!
http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html (http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html)
We didn't weigh him - thats a guess based on his heft. Any ideas from the pics?
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That link keeps shutting my phone off; could someone attach the pic please?
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How about this:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WoF_vGpOZGI/TU9xgG_yNAI/AAAAAAAAAJY/sR_zaK8ZuVk/s1600/burbot.JPG)
There are more pics on my site too: http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html (http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html)
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my guess would be 13 or 14
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definitely a great fish, congrats man! i'd guess it's in the 14-15lb range. caught one a bit smaller out of waskesiu years back and it weighed 12.5 lbs and memory fails me but i think it was 33-34". i DO remember thinking holy jebus what a monster when it was coming out the hole.
if i were you and had a couple extra dollars kicking around i'd look for a guy to mount it.
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beauty burb. my biggest is 32 inches, 10.1lbs caught at deif, pic is my avatar. yours looks fair bit bigger for sure.
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At first I thought the same, 13 - 15 but I'm going to reserve judgement on this because I have as much experience with 20 lb dogfish as I have with size 15 boots and it can be tough to guess with those fish. I think if one of the fishingeeks would take a look we'd get a guess with some authority. Frostyballs you tell that guy you want a scale for your birthday! ;D
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Nice Burb!!! Way to go!! There'll be lots of nice eatings off that baby!
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Nice Fish Frosty...
I would say it was in the 13-14lb range.
I caught this one last year...it was right around 11.5lbs close to 30"
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/DSCF0010.jpg)
According to your shoe size...Size 15 = 12.31 inches...I would estimate that your fish is 2.5 boots long by looking at your picture.
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/bootburb.jpg)
That puts your fish roughly around 31" (12.31 x 2.5)
This time of year...they are starting to feedbag on...give your fish another month and it could have went 15lbs.
shawno @)
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That burb was yummy - ate it wrapped bacon!! MMMMMMmmmm
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on our home lake we catch quite a few every year in the 10-13 lb range that ones definitely bigger might go 15or16 lbs by my best guess, good eats for sure.
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Forget the burbot, I wanna see more pictures of the shack! Neat design.
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went to alice beach today got there at 1 very slow 2 tulies and 1 mamoth of a burb that got off at the hole was fighting with him to get him up my six inch hole anyone know of a good place to catch eyes and what depth
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I only have a few pictures of the shack. I will take more this weekend. You can see the one picture on my construction blogg. Just search Brimmer & Co Construction on google, or follow the link. I built it in two pieces and made it super light. I can move it around the lake by myself(by foot). I will need to make some minor adjustments to it this spring or summer. I just need to put on some trim around the door and change out the stack for a smaller one.
http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html (http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html)
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Well, I guess we shoulda done a better photo shoot. I added a size comparison picture of the boot too.
When the burbot got up the hole, the line snapped from his weight and we had to reach into the hole and grab him as he was sliding away. Thank god it wasn't a spiney walleye or a jack in that case. We were using a double tailed jig with a meal worm.
There are pics on this blog: FYI: Sean is 6.5, 260 lbs who is holding the fish. His boot is 16" long and 6" wide (size 15, steel toes). Seans hands couldn't reach around this sucker. What a monster!
http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html (http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html)
We didn't weigNice Fish Frosty...
I would say it was in the 13-14lb range.
I caught this one last year...it was right around 11.5lbs close to 30"
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/DSCF0010.jpg)
According to your shoe size...Size 15 = 12.31 inches...I would estimate that your fish is 2.5 boots long by looking at your picture.
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p87/shawnolson/bootburb.jpg)
That puts your fish roughly around 31" (12.31 x 2.5)
This time of year...they are starting to feedbag on...give your fish another month and it could have went 15lbs.
shawno @)
h him - thats a guess based on his heft. Any ideas from the pics?
i caught one around that size and it weighed out at just over 10
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i have the best kept secret to catching any fish on any lake. if you find fish, don't tell the whole world where you caught them. this way, they will be there when you go fishing, and not 1000 part-time fisherman who can't find them for themselves. stick to this tip and i guarantee your secret spot won't get fished out. ;D
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Hey findyourown,
this site is meant for people to share info. Not everyone gets to get out every week, or every month for that matter. Lots of people use this site so they can go out and have a chance of catching some fish- maybe share the experience with their kids, etc.
One can share a lot of information and still have lots of success- especially when it comes to ice safety, or general depths that fish are being caught.
Don't give up your GPS waypoints, but, in the spirit of this site, share some fishing knowledge. There are some great fisherman (and women) on this site and I commend them for sharing our sport. There's plenty of fish in this lake and there's getting to be more and more catch and release fisherman.
And... welcome to the site :)
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He signed up, specifically to tell everyone he won't be sharing any information on the site!
Busy day at work bud? ::)
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LOL......Brimmer great fish!!! Looks like you are doing well for yourself as well, neat shack. We should get out fishing one of these days. My off season job allows me to go anytime basically. PM me and we can set it up.
Your old Ram bud #36
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i don't mean any disrespect to anyone, and i may have come across that way-and i'm sorry. i think this is a great site and that's why i joined. letting people know about ice conditions, trails, getting on and off the ice etc. is great, because more people should be fishing. however, fishing is a sport as well and the sport of it is finding the fish on your own and trying to catch them. if every pitcher told the batter what he was going to pitch, it wouldn't be very exciting baseball. so when people tell everyone (and there is probably alot of people on this site) where to catch fish, what to use and how to use it, you may as well put fish in your bathtub. i have my favorite spots, and i'd hate to have 1000 people fishing there because someone caught 2 or 3 fish there the day before. and i don't think i'm alone on this one. so share hook ideas and bait varieties, but basically giving gps directions to a spot for everyone to see, you will see everyone there.
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i don't mean any disrespect to anyone, and i may have come across that way-and i'm sorry. i think this is a great site and that's why i joined. letting people know about ice conditions, trails, getting on and off the ice etc. is great, because more people should be fishing. however, fishing is a sport as well and the sport of it is finding the fish on your own and trying to catch them. if every pitcher told the batter what he was going to pitch, it wouldn't be very exciting baseball. so when people tell everyone (and there is probably alot of people on this site) where to catch fish, what to use and how to use it, you may as well put fish in your bathtub. i have my favorite spots, and i'd hate to have 1000 people fishing there because someone caught 2 or 3 fish there the day before. and i don't think i'm alone on this one. so share hook ideas and bait varieties, but basically giving gps directions to a spot for everyone to see, you will see everyone there.
None taken, just some good natured ribbing. Enjoy the site.
PS - where ya fishin this weekend? ;)
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Hi finzandpigskinz and buddy,
Dandy big burbot guys, way to go. :)
I agree burbot are very tasty fish, one of my faves, along with pike.
We cook the burbot fillets in a frying pan with a bit of flower and spices and serve with potatoes, rice or perogies, but my favorite way to eat them is to cube them up
and deep fry. Once golden brown serve with chips. Fish nuggets, ummm ummm good. ;D
WW
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I didn't start eating those until few years ago, and I wish I would have eaten them a long time ago! I gotta try the bacon wrapped and cubed way. Sounds delicious!!
Cheers!
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...but basically giving gps directions to a spot for everyone to see, you will see everyone there.
I have been on this site for years and I can count the number of times on one hand I have seen GPS coords. posted this forum intentionally advertising people to come and fish your spot ( it never happens!! ). If that is all you are concerned about...don't worry about it...no gives them out to the general public and don't worry no one will be asking for yours.
Relax...
Enjoy the site.
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It's been a while since anyone posted about the fishing here... Has Findyourownfish been out!?? :)
Well... we're not going to the Sarnia area today. Likely won't fish 30-40 feet of water and won't be using smaller stand up jigs with minnows or eyes...
Probably won't catch any walleye.
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But you will be killing whatever comes up from 40 feet
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Was out around grandview today, caught 6 walleyes. most were caught around 30-35 fow, caught a couple around 42
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Glad the fish are biting at Grandview too!
We caught some nice walleye West of Rowan's and kept a few. Most were in 30 feet or so. Decent activity from 3-5 pm.
No, rockets...we usually do pretty well releasing bigger ones. Just bring them up really slow and make sure their air sacks aren't "bulging". I've talked to lots of guys that successfully catch and release from 50-60 feet. They're good fisherman and just use patience instead of horsing them in.
Not too bad crossing the lake either. Didn't get stuck at all :)
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i have the best kept secret to catching any fish on any lake. if you find fish, don't tell the whole world where you caught them. this way, they will be there when you go fishing, and not 1000 part-time fisherman who can't find them for themselves. stick to this tip and i guarantee your secret spot won't get fished out. ;D
Part time fisherman are the ones stick in "the secret spot" the of the anglers on the ice realize fish move at all times in the day, they move around the lake and are mobile when chasing them down. Good luck with the secret spots :o
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I was told that SERM has ordered shacks to be removed from LML because of a sudden drop from water being eliminated from the lake. Can anyone confirm if this is true and, if in fact, the lake is unsafe for travel. I am looking at the Wee Too area in particular. tks
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They want them off by march 1st. I dont think its mandatory but you are running a risk after that day.
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Thanks for that Rockets.
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How the ice up by Collingwood? Truck accessible? Anyone been out? The perch should be heating up ther soon enough.
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Getting around is ok if you have a good truck and good tires, watch out for the drifts there are some BIG ones out there. Lots of ice in the middle of the lake, dunno about collingwood.
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How the ice up by Collingwood? Truck accessible? Anyone been out? The perch should be heating up ther soon enough.
Was out last thursday, got my truck on had to break my own trail, if you know how to drive getting stuck shouldn't be a issue seen a few guys with diesels get stuck just driving to slow. Perch have been real slow, was pretty could couple weeks ago
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Was at Collingwood yesterday, stopped in on my drive home from a northern fishing trip, which was not so great. They have way more snow on the lakes up north and the ice on the lakes we were at is about 8 inches thinner, some lakes were a foot thinner. Colling wood had three feet of ice easy! I almost barried my auger. Caught 1 pike on the Ice RIgger tip-up and a herring. It was around 10 lbs. Flasher and cam showed a few perch but nothing crazy, mind you we also had to leave during prime time at 4. Getting around near collingwood was pretty easy just keep your foot on the gas if blazing new trails. It seems the snow has melted down a bit too from the mild weather.
Later
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fished from 11-4:30. We got over 30 perch and 7 eyes. Thankfully only got 2 tullabyes
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thanks for the info guys, i think i'll try up there for my fisrt time ever, just wondering is it really obvious how to get on the ice or do i just drive around and it'll become obvious? any info will help. thanks in advance.
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fished from 11-4:30. We got over 30 perch and 7 eyes. Thankfully only got 2 tullabyes
Very impressive. What "general" area of the lake where you fishing? If you don't mind me asking.
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west side of the lake, 27-41 feet. The eyes came around 30 feet mostly and were biting hard around 4 right when we had to leave. Tough leaving the lake when they are biting
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The Bite was good the last couple times out. We moved several time and once we found them our group did very well. The ice is not what it should be and my guess is it will be done even before the end of march. We down sized everything and used a minnow head/or small perch eye. :)
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Wondering if there is any access to the lake at Hendersons or Etters and if there has been any action at the north end?
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hendersons was open on thursday.
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i made it out tonight from 5 until 8 and managed to get 6 nice walleye and my buddy got 5 and lost 1 dog at the hole not a bad night
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Thanks for the info fishfinder. Goin' give it a try next weekend, weather and conditions permitting
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He was fishing just off the main road where you come onto the lake at regina beach. You come down the main street, pass the gas stations and the bar and there is a big beach on your right. The point drops into 20 feet fairly quick and thats where the walleye have been biting most of the winter. ;D
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A buddy of mine went through while he was on foot just last week so be careful out at the Regina beach point. I was told there is an old spring there that may be active again. It has been colder but I'm not risking it.
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Im not sure about an old spring becoming active again but i know the current around the point may have had something to do with weak ice.
There was a truck that went through a half mile north of glen harbour 2 days ago.
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i am wondering where henderson bay is on long lake?
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Henderson's Bay is on the West side of the lake near Etter's Beach.
Should be good pike and walleye around there if you can actually get out in this weather! :)
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Henderson's Bay is on the West side of the lake near Etter's Beach.
Should be good pike and walleye around there if you can actually get out in this weather! :)
is there any trails on the ice out there to drive?
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sorry- don't know about access at Henderson's.
We did head out this weekend for a couple of hours. Two of us caught 8 walleye in the Wee-Too/ Alice area. Great fishing with no wind!
Anyone else been out?
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Hoping to get out this weekend after I get my shack off echo, once the shack is off I will be spending the rest of the season on last mountain chasing big pike and eyes.
Is it tough moving the shack around now with all the crunch snow scooter? How well does that shack of yours pull?
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Hoping to get out this weekend after I get my shack off echo, once the shack is off I will be spending the rest of the season on last mountain chasing big pike and eyes.
Is it tough moving the shack around now with all the crunch snow scooter? How well does that shack of yours pull?
Hey Layne! The old shack doesn't pull too well thru big snow banks. Might be tough to get the shack off the lake but we'll do it!
Have you been out?
We've been focused on Alice/ Wee too and we're getting the odd walleye but nothing fantastic or big.
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8 walleye at wee too yesterday, all came from 4:00 to 8:00.
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nice work
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were you out eyecatcher?
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no i didnt make it out to last mountain yesterday, sat in the warm shack on echo. got out there today with layne and got some eyes, dogs and pike. no perch. Headed out there again tomorrow
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Hey Layne! The old shack doesn't pull too well thru big snow banks. Might be tough to get the shack off the lake but we'll do it!
Have you been out?
We've been focused on Alice/ Wee too and we're getting the odd walleye but nothing fantastic or big.
Just got out for the first time in while yesterday and we fished the other side of the lake with pretty good success, the burbot and pike are really starting to pick up. If you guys need any help getting the shack back to glen harbour let me know, its fairly easy getting around but there are some big old drifts out there and the snow is banked up pretty good at some of the launches. PM me for my cell number if you need it, eyecatcher and I should be out all next weekend. Glad to hear you boys are getting some eyes.
Cheers :tipup:
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Well it was worth being on the ice in the cold today! We were rewarded with 2 nice 6 pound burbots, a decent pike and this MONSTER PIKE!
check this lovely lady out: http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html (http://brimmerandco.blogspot.com/2011/01/deluxe-ice-fishing-shack.html)
This is a little sample, but the good pics can be seen on the link above.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fIwOX2mj3MA/TXVuELdwHtI/AAAAAAAAAKg/AaRVbaMgOuw/s1600/2011-03-07+14.31.41.jpg)
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really nice fish congrats fish balls lol
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congrats! nice fish
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big smelly old gator! haha nice fish!
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WOW! Thats a great fish!
Nice work man!
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Way to go Frosted.Fish.Balls, dandy big pike. :tipup:
Was that LML or the fort lakes?
WW
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It was on LML at regina beach. I thought about giving you the coordinates, but fish don't move around the lake and the big ones are only at my spot. lol
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Nice fish and it's sure a good thing you're not sharing any info! People will push your shack out of the way and fish out of your hole! That must be what happened to the find your own fish character. Nice job! ;D
We were out yesterday and didn't catch a single fish!
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LOL, I agree no need to get specific, Regina Beach is fine enough. ;)
You don't want to experience what I call the "Sea gull effect". One gull gets a fish and before you know it the whole flock is after him, trying to get that same fish. :whistle:
I have had it happen before, it's amusing to witness, but not as fun when it happens to yourself. :wacko:
WW
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Collingwood? Anybody been there lately?
Hows the driving and fishing?
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talked to several people that fish both sides of the lake and all reports for fishing are bad. :(
It's gotta pick up again soon!
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How did you make out getting your shack off scooter?
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Are there any fishing reports for Rowans Ravine, particularly off the point?
Can you drive to the point with a 4x4, and how is the ice there? ???
WW
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Are there any fishing reports for Rowans Ravine, particularly off the point?
Can you drive to the point with a 4x4, and how is the ice there? ???
WW
When I was last out on sunday you could go anywhere easily WW, with it warming up now it might get a little stickier and tougher to get around. Bring an extension, I was maxing my auger out everywhere I drilled on that side of the lake.
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There is a tourny at Rowan's Ravine this weekend right?
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and one at Regina Beach! :o
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How did you make out getting your shack off scooter?
Got the shacks off fine. Lots of work but I am glad they are off. This melting, sticky snow is going to make things more difficult to get around.
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and one at Regina Beach! :o
Who is putting the one on at Regina Beach? The Lion's Club?
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Was out yesterday.. weetoo. bite was good from 7-9:30am then it died off quick. 6 walleye, 1 jumbo perch, and a tulibee, alson had a big one on the tipup, line broke on the hole... all in all a good morning.
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Great news about wee too!
I think it's the Lion's club doing the RB tourney. Tickets available at Donovels, Pokey's and few others. $25 entry
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What day is the Rowans Ravine derby?
WW
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slow day yesterday. Atleast it was nice being able to fish in the sun and not have any wind. Layne and I managed to get 3 pike, 3 perch, a walleye and 7 burbot
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any body no about the next derby somthing about rowns and regina beach?
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was out at grandview today nothing went to little arm nothing so i think im going to stick to my fort lakes
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fort lakes were weak today too
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3 of us fished wee too caught 6 walleye in the morning. Then moved north and got 6 dogs and 2 pike not a great day for weather but we did bring some fish home so a good day in the end.
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I am thinking of ice fishing LML before the season is up (this weekend :)! I have not ice fished there before, and looking for a couple of tips, like were to launch out, ice conditions, genreal area to fish! and will I need to find my extension for my auger?
Thanks,
Trevor
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Take your extension. This was my first time there this year. We went on at Alice beach. Ygr lake was easy to get around on yesterday, rough but no snow.
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pretty decent walleye bite last night. headed out again tonight, hopefully is the same or even beter
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fished from 3-6. crazy winds out there, almost lost the tent. After 10 minutes i couldnt find a bunch of my holes. The bite wasnt as good as the day before but still managed to pick up 8 eyes in the 3 hours
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nice job eyecatcher!
Anyone hear about the 30 pound pike or the 17 pound walleye caught last week?
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No but I would sure like to see this 17lber!!?? hahah
Where was it at?
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I know there was a walleye in the mid 16s caught recently, its at a taxidermist right now.
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What do you guys think the ice will be like on lml by next wed if the weather stays the same. I work till then.
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Any one have picks?
What do you want to know about the ice next week?
Theres 3.5 feet of ice it will be on until June hahaha
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More about the shore line, at buffalo its getting gross wet and sloppy.
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blew in pretty good last few days. If you are going out take a tow rope.
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went on at pelican point last night. got a big white fish and a small dog, wasn't worth it. the snow drifted in bad along the shore was still soft and easy to get threw once out about 20 feet it was easy driving. ice is still thick there but with this weather its probably good the seasons coming to an end.
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I don't mind walking on. But gotta hope they are biteing the first place I try.
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where do you plan on getting on at?
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You might not be able to use every launch but im sure you will be able to get on somewhere. Buddy got stuck getting on at grandview last night, I'd imagine with the big puddle there its going to start rotting quick if it warms up. Im hoping to take wednesday/thursday off to finish off the season but we are freaking swamped at work right now.
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Planning on going up to wee too Thursday 31st morning. Off work at 6 am, should be able to have lines down by 730. Ill have to see what the launch at alice looks like, most likley walk on don't want to be the guy looking for a tow truck at Thursday afternoon
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We should be out there thursday, we'll get you off the lake dont worry. As long as it didnt blow in too bad we should be able to get on/off at alice or most anywhere for that matter. If anybody is feeling brave they can try and use the trail I busted through the steep launch at spring bay on saturday, better have some big grippers or chains though it was intense. :tipup:
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hey layne how is the launch at alice?
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Last time we were out there it had just recently been blown in but somebody did the grunt work and opened it up, still ugly though. I'd imagine once everyone started driving through there it packed it back down but with all this wind and snow I have no idea what it would look like right now. If we fish weetou on saturday we'll try and open it back up if its been blown in.
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me and eyecatcher were out tody i got 3 walleye lost 1 at the top of the hole 2 tullabee and 2 perch he got i believe 11 walleye lost around 7
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Went out yesterday and had trouble getting on the lake. Alice beach is BLOWN IN! Had to go to Sarnia to get on the lake.
We got off the lake at Island view and it was easy going.
Only 5 walleye between the 3 of us. Buddy caught a couple of BIG dogs that were spawned out.
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where abouts mikemiller?
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THANKS ASHY for pullin' me out, returned the favour on the way home helpin' Lyndon pull Jill out on the Craven to Regina Beach short cut - not quite passable yet, again THANKS.
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Fished Sarnia yesterday and in a word, terrible. one eye, two pike and a dink perch between three of us all day. Burbs nowhere to be found. Last trip of the year for me. see y'all next year!
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I am planning on headin out tomorrow after work. Just wondering how the access on the lake at Alice is and if the ice is still good around there. thanks
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forget getting on at Alice, its blown in solid. I'd say sarnia is your best bet for access.
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Anyone know a good spot to walk on? I only have a car and don't feel like walking miles to find somewhere to fish. Can anyone recommend anywhere they are biting with easy walk on access?
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try the bay north of wee too. You can park near the lake and walk out near the fenceline. Should be decent for walleye... just walk out to your left (West) and find 8 feet of water. Good luck!
There's room to park near the houses/ cabins- just follow the wee too road to the end and you'll see it.
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Heading out this afternoon to meet up with the eyecatcher, im fishing last mountain today and all day tomorrow to finish off the season. Its been a damn good season, no real monsters this year but no shortage of fish either. Already looking forward to next year. :tipup:
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Any reports on ice thickness. Has anyone heard if they are dumping water out of the lake like last year.
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You might want to check, "A friendly discussion of Last Mountain Lake" or "Deadly Ice"
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ice thickness varies considerably from one area to another.the area from alice too stone barn just frooze and there is a preasure ridge forming allready.They will be leaving the gates at craven open all winter to get the water level down for the spring runoff.be carefull out there.