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I always like to start around 40 feet and if nothing is going on try shallower and deeper.Seem to always have luck doing that for some reason.Maybe it's just how our lakers here in the NWT roll.
Hey everyone John up at the lodge is asking for our help. Apparently he confronted a truck that was trying to get off the lake through the lodge parking lot. After he politely informed the individual that the lodge is private property and that they need to use the public access the individual flipped off John and did a burnout all the way through the parking lot and up the hill. John described the truck to me as a black 4 door Chevy with a bunch of stickers all over the back window. One of the stickers read " keep calm and hunt on " whatever that means. So if anybody sees this truck driving around town or up at the lake try to get a pic of the license plate and the stickers and send it to me or John. Thanks for the help everyone.
I heard some knucklehead got his truck stuck out on the lake today. Hopefully he learned his lesson.
We should post them on their Spacebook page. I hope it was the guy that flipped off John and did a burnout in his parking lot. Jiggenfrogs can you post picks of the truck I'm really curious if it is the same individual.
Funny how none of the ice fishing groups on spacebook are talking about this.
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing it shut down seen too many gut and cut .... not down with the situation. I'ts about the lake not the site
We talked about this last year and I think that through carefull management we could stay away from closing the winter fishery. FanG feels that catch and release mortality rates are highest in the winter and to "save the fishery" they think shutting it down during the winter is the solution. Now I spent a little time ready some different CR mortality studies and from what I gathered the highest rates ocured during the spawn. It only makes sense, a fish during the spawn is already going to be stressed because of spawning and then you hookem fightem and release them only to die from shock a little while later. Winter was the next highest rate especially towards the end of winter when oxygen levels drop. Obviously exposing a fish to bitter cold is bad but if you are careful and fast the fish can be released relatively unharmed. I feel like shutting down ALL fishing in September and October is pretty much a no brainer. They shut down all flowing waters for rainbow spawning why can't we do the same for the lakers. I know enforcement costs money blah blah blah but why not have a laker stamp. I would gladly pay 10 bucks a year to support laker management. Also how about no retention of burbot in March and April and barbless hooks year round. We might as well go to no bait while we're at it, that would eliminate guys running tipups and dead sticks foul hooking fish. And yes I run dead sticks and tipups so in a way I'm a hypocrite, I monitor my gear as close as possible but still end up foul hooking a few fish. Some of these ideas might sound radical but it order to keep up with the added pressure some of these changes need to occur if we are going to keep the winter fishery. As always these are just my opinions and I encourage feedback positive and negative.
