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My best trip ever (caspian)
« on: Mar 06, 2018, 07:38 PM »
*disclaimer* I will not be giving info on where I was I caspian I promised I wouldn’t tell.


So I’ll start my tale 2 days prior. Me my dad and brother decided to spend some quality time together and decided to jig for lakers as we’ve heard it’s a blast. Well we fished till 12ish and left my old man being the only one to catch any (he got 2 keepers). I however was determined to catch one after watching him catch them because they seemed to put up a good fight. So yesterday I decided I was going today and was going to catch me a lake trout. I Got there early around 5 and decided to go try and find some smelt for bait..... welll that didn’t work as I misjudged how far out I was and drilled through and hit the bottom of my auger off bottom (still cuts just not as good). At this point the sun had come up and I could t find any snelt when I got a message from an acquaintance I’d been talking to on Facebook. She said I could join her so when she got to the lake we set off and hadn’t arrived at the spot 10 mins when I hooked a small laker not bad but I wanted a good one so I moved to hole after hole not getting many looks until I was looking on my screen and saw it a red mark so I dropped my jig down and the chase began I’d drop down he’d follow I’d go up he’d go up and up and BOOM! He smashed it! And let me tell you I was using a UL st croix with maybe 4-6 lb test and that reel was a screaming. I felt like I was hooked on to a train I’d get maybe 5 cranks in and he would take it all back out and then some. finally after a few minutes I got him up a solid 19 inches. Well after that I caught one bigger at 21inches and I was ecstatic thus was my best day for lakers yet. However the day was to get better after a while the bite slowed and my new friend decided to check a few areas nearby. Well she promptly informed us that she was seeing fish so we quickly moved over and u
Started getting Em it seemed one after another for a while then they slowed down. At the end of the day I ended up with 20 fish caught 2 kept.here’s  some pics although I didn’t get a photo of some as they were too small.





































i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

Offline shiveringjoe

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #1 on: Mar 06, 2018, 07:41 PM »
That sounds like an awesome day!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #2 on: Mar 06, 2018, 08:24 PM »
Laker slayer!  ;D Sounds like an excellent day on the ice. The trout bite gets tough this time of year, but when they're hungry, they're hungry! I can't imagine catching that many fish in one day, let alone on an UL rod. What a blast!  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #3 on: Mar 06, 2018, 09:24 PM »
Nice fish.
I bet Caspian will be busy this weekend.
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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #4 on: Mar 06, 2018, 11:06 PM »
Niiice!
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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #5 on: Mar 06, 2018, 11:38 PM »
Awesome!  Jig em up!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #6 on: Mar 07, 2018, 04:14 AM »
Nice day of laker fishing ! :clap:

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #7 on: Mar 07, 2018, 04:30 AM »

Nice pics and glad you got some quality time with your dad and bro
Sounds awesome ,
 

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #8 on: Mar 07, 2018, 05:05 AM »
Awesome day!!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #9 on: Mar 07, 2018, 05:32 AM »
Congrats- they also eat good, try one?

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #10 on: Mar 07, 2018, 06:13 AM »
Nice work! That's one way to get redemption after getting skunked over the weekend!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #11 on: Mar 07, 2018, 07:52 AM »
WOW :o
Good Day right there Ice Fiend! Great work!
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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #12 on: Mar 07, 2018, 08:00 AM »
Great day for sure!!
Jig em up!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #13 on: Mar 07, 2018, 08:45 AM »
great day you will not soon forget. no lakers for me this year.

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #14 on: Mar 07, 2018, 05:30 PM »
Well done ice fiend!!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #15 on: Mar 07, 2018, 06:13 PM »
Thanks guys I feel like a addict because I’m going back tomorrow morning
i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #16 on: Mar 08, 2018, 05:52 AM »
Thanks guys I feel like a addict because I’m going back tomorrow morning
Attaboy!
Catchem up!
Come on get on the ice fish!!

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #17 on: Mar 08, 2018, 06:47 AM »
great news congrats

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #18 on: Mar 08, 2018, 06:53 AM »
Thats a good day. We've had a few like that on LG this year.  If I dont get out for lakers again the count is at 108.

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #19 on: Mar 08, 2018, 10:44 AM »
Attaboy!
Catchem up!
this snowfall postponed the trip I’ll be going up this weekend
i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #20 on: Mar 08, 2018, 02:31 PM »
Ice fiend u going saterday I will be there if u want fish together

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #21 on: Mar 09, 2018, 07:26 AM »
Where's the best place to park if we're going to be on foot? The ice here is getting pretty sketchy, so a road trip this weekend sounds like a good idea to me.

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #22 on: Mar 09, 2018, 08:04 AM »
Where's the best place to park if we're going to be on foot? The ice here is getting pretty sketchy, so a road trip this weekend sounds like a good idea to me.

Town launch on the south end of the lake

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #23 on: Mar 09, 2018, 09:14 AM »
Thanks! Is the bait shop in town open early?

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #24 on: Mar 09, 2018, 09:21 AM »
I didn’t use bait on any of the fish I got
i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #25 on: Mar 09, 2018, 09:32 AM »
I always jig with swimshads and the lakers crush them.

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #26 on: Mar 09, 2018, 09:53 AM »
Yup I was using a mimic minnow rainbow pattern and they were smashing it
i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #27 on: Mar 09, 2018, 05:01 PM »
Who’s going to be there tomorrow?
i told myself id be back by 2 i guess i didnt factor in that the fish were biting

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #28 on: Mar 09, 2018, 05:34 PM »
I’m heading out there tomrow do go on at the beach

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Re: My best trip ever (caspian)
« Reply #29 on: Mar 09, 2018, 05:34 PM »
I'll be out there Sunday, feel free to swing over if you see the big red tent


 



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