Author Topic: Trading lakers for pike. (Read 2307 times)

lowaccord66 · « **on:** Feb 12, 2018, 06:09 PM »

Needed a break from jigging lakers and hit the big lake to do some ice camping and pike hunting. Saturday's set was deep...too deep and my thought of targeting large fish ouside of the shallows was squashed with a skunk for the pike. Had traps setup for walleye but no dice. Tried to get some action jigging Sat evening with only perch to keep me company. 20 something degrees and snow made sleeping a bit cold but managable. Sunday we packed up camp and took a long ride on the ice to a spot I caught fish at in October. Ended up with a dozen pike, only one worth of a pic but fun none the less. I saw lots of prime water being ignored, water that had weedbeds in October so I'll probably go back this weekend to exploit them!

THE JIGGER · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 07:04 PM »

Nice job Jon.

ctownfisherman · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 07:13 PM »

Million mile Jon at it again. Way to get It done.

Flags up,
Ctown

BaitBucket · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 07:17 PM »

Nice job man!

Jschumacher · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 08:57 PM »

Way to get it done Jon. Looks like you took a long ice ride

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 09:22 PM »

Quote from: ctownfisherman on Feb 12, 2018, 07:13 PM

Million mile Jon at it again. Way to get It done.

Flags up,
Ctown

Sadly, the spot where you got your eye is dead. There hasn't been a good weed bed there to hold fish in the past few seasons.

bogtrotter · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 12, 2018, 10:07 PM »

Looks/sounds like some hard core conditions.

The pike in that next to last photo is a beauty, though.

elevatorman · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 04:39 AM »

Nice job

manitron2 · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 05:59 AM »

Another solid adventure. Nice work Jon.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 06:13 AM »

Quote from: manitron2 on Feb 13, 2018, 05:59 AM

Another solid adventure. Nice work Jon.

Thanks Manny. Speaking of adventure...can we drive on at smelt land?

moosehunter · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 06:57 AM »

you do get out there, jon. nice. you slept in the car?

Rangerboats391 · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 07:52 AM »

effort = success, nice work

pmaloney86 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 08:05 AM »

nice work jon. I wish I could say that my first trip to LG was as successful. I had a good adventure with good people. Fish are just a bonus.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 09:27 AM »

Thanks guys. No I slept on a cot in my shanty in a zero degree bag...still froze but got it done. Should have put the cot in the truck and idled all night. Little pain is good for the body though.

Ash82 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 09:38 AM »

Great pictures! Congrats!!! Really liked the picture of the car on the ice! Shows the scale very well.

Jschumacher · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 09:40 AM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 13, 2018, 09:27 AM

Thanks guys. No I slept on a cot in my shanty in a zero degree bag...still froze but got it done. Should have put the cot in thw truck and idled all night. Little pain is good for the body though.

I got a nice Slumberjack 20 below bag for sale. Only used a few times. Kept me warm on the side of Mt. Washington at -25 $75

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 09:51 AM »

Quote from: Jschumacher on Feb 13, 2018, 09:40 AM

I got a nice Slumberjack 20 below bag for sale. Only used a few times. Kept me warm on the side of Mt. Washington at -25 $75

Nice. I think the next time I go I am sleeping in the truck or when the lows are more tolerable.

ActiveTrapChecker · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 10:21 AM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 13, 2018, 09:27 AM

Thanks guys. No I slept on a cot in my shanty in a zero degree bag...still froze but got it done. Should have put the cot in thw truck and idled all night. Little pain is good for the body though.

Pain buildings character. Nicely done, thanks for sharing the pics and the story

F.R.E.D. · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 11:20 AM »

Looks like a fun trip, congrats Jon.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 12:13 PM »

Quote from: F.R.E.D. on Feb 13, 2018, 11:20 AM

Looks like a fun trip, congrats Jon.

Thanks Mark! You make it out west?

otzi · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 01:30 PM »

Hard core. I'm envious. Way to chase down the fish. Nice report.

PikeKing23 · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 02:11 PM »

Nice fish. Good job.

JFeen82 · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 02:45 PM »

Nice job Jon!

WHITETAIL111 · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 02:55 PM »

Beautiful pike. Very nice. Is Champlain like that all over where you can just drive up and down the lake? Looked like an episode of ice road truckers! Lol.
Nice adventure! Thanks for sharing.

ICEHOLE · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 05:18 PM »

I want to go!
Nice work Jon

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 13, 2018, 06:10 PM »

Quote from: ICEHOLE on Feb 13, 2018, 05:18 PM

I want to go!
Nice work Jon

Tell me when and Ill show you Matt. I might do a suicide run Monday. Takes about 23 hours to do it in a day with the driving (about 9 hours of it!)

Whitetail...definetly not all over the lake. There are spots where you can drive liberally but you have to watch out for weak spots like you would walking just on a different scale.

We drove from 78 to the canadian border...my plan was to turn left into missquoi bay but it would have required driving through a bunch of sets or over the border. I didn't want to do either so we picked a random flat and let it rip.

F.R.E.D. · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 08:25 AM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 13, 2018, 12:13 PM

Thanks Mark! You make it out west?

PM on the way.

V Menzone · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 08:28 AM »

Thought you were going up there to catch giants?

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 10:19 AM »

Quote from: V Menzone on Feb 14, 2018, 08:28 AM

Thought you were going up there to catch giants?

Its called fishing Vin...LMAO. Headed up Saturday.

BASSQUATCH · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 17, 2018, 01:41 PM »

Nice work Jon, next trip just go a little further. I hear flathead lake has some nice beauties !

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Author Topic: Trading lakers for pike. (Read 2307 times)