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Title: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: EVAN NIM on Jan 20, 2018, 08:47 AM
Anyone been fishing Tobin this year? Care to share
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: Ramtech on Jan 20, 2018, 04:37 PM
We’ve been fishing for two straight days and it’s very slow!  Got a few at Serenity but nothing at the hump.  Not seeing many on the camera!
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: EVAN NIM on Jan 20, 2018, 04:38 PM
hows the ice around the marina's at the resort? any idea, I used to fish that area in the summer but wanted to try ice fishing
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: Ramtech on Jan 20, 2018, 05:12 PM
Ice is excellent, anywhere from 24 to 30”.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: Majic_Fish on Jan 22, 2018, 11:05 AM
Supposed to be going to Tobin for the first time ice fishing in a couple of weeks. Anyone been out there lately with any reports?
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: mountainguy on Jan 23, 2018, 02:41 PM
Its terribly slow.  For a while now.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: matiachuk on Jan 31, 2018, 05:17 PM
Has anyone been out during the week since the snow ? Just wondering if it's sled only now
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: Pappy on Mar 02, 2018, 06:42 PM
Any updates on Tobin?
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: saskwallydiver on Mar 02, 2018, 07:23 PM
I am also interested, have heard that things are picking up. Wondering how the fishing has been on the flats and what access is like. Heading up there in a week and trying to decide where to go.

Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: jpicks on Mar 05, 2018, 12:16 PM
Talked to guy at Nipawin booth at Sports and Leisure show on the weekend.  He said you'd better bring a sled or you're gonna have a fun time getting around now.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: farmboy on Mar 05, 2018, 01:52 PM
They got smashed with snow the last 2 days again, my buddy out there sent me a pic of the highway this morning. Looked really bad, looked like they got at least another 12 inches overnight last night

This was the highway this morning near the resort


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Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: SASKREADER on Mar 07, 2018, 08:43 PM
Any update on the bite?  Hauling the sleds there this weekend with a small group of guys hoping to get into some bigger pike
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: Early_Riser on Mar 08, 2018, 01:07 AM
We were out there on the weekend.  Didn’t get any pike of size on the flats.  Pretty quiet.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: OverUnder725 on Mar 10, 2018, 01:57 PM
Wondering about access at the flats, is it snowed in or has it been ploughed?
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: bigk on Mar 10, 2018, 06:02 PM
Will not get cleared anymore unless someone other than TLR does it. To many people squatting 10 feet from their rental shacks. Be good don’t need that easy access out there.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: farmboy on Mar 10, 2018, 11:45 PM
Can't blame them one bit I'd do the exact same thing. If people can't use common sense and common courtesy then nobody can help them. Too many people abuse things and I guess this is the reprecutions of people being completely inconsiderate....
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: saskwallydiver on Mar 13, 2018, 10:00 AM
Was up this weekend, lots of snow. Fishing was slow all weekend except for about two hours before dark on Saturday when it was very good. One 21lb and a few mid-teens were the biggest.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: farmboy on Mar 13, 2018, 07:47 PM
The last few guys I've talked to that have fished the flats over the last couple weeks have all said it's been very slow overall
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: prairiedog on Mar 14, 2018, 09:34 AM
lots of slush and flood water,
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: SASKREADER on Mar 14, 2018, 09:54 AM
Small half lb walleye on the river section and a few decent pike on the flats biggest 15lbs few 12lbs.  Overall pretty slow weekend tried lots of spots
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: mountainguy on Mar 14, 2018, 10:55 AM
Very hard travelling with flood water and slow fishing.  What happened to this fishery.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: farmboy on Mar 14, 2018, 11:54 AM
I've seen so many fish mishandled out there it's sad. Guys don't bring tools to the hole with them, catch the fish and leave it on the ice. After they leave it on the ice for a bit they walk back to get pliers, slowly come back and start working on getting hooks out with the fish still out of the water. Then after a minute or two of trying to get hooks out, they take a few pics. Then after that they try weigh the fish. By this time the fish has been out of the water and in sub zero temps for at least 5 mins. I'm no biologist but I'd bet a paycheque that fish won't survive an hour after being released. Very few guys from what Ive seen, bring all their hook removal tools to the hole with them, work on the fish while it's still in the water and get a camera ready while the fish is still in the water. Get it all ready, pull the fish out for 10 seconds for a couple pics and maybe a quick length measurement and back in the water. I'd guess 50% of the pics I see the fish have frozen eyes already in the photo. None of those fish will survive....
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: sidescan on Mar 14, 2018, 02:43 PM
You nailed it. Too many anglers with no clue on handling a fish to live release. Fish safe
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: mountainguy on Mar 15, 2018, 08:05 AM
You forgot about rolling it in the snow first before the picture.  Have your gear ready in a bucket to grab while running to the hole. Its pretty easy.  Just because the fish kicks once with its head down the hole doesn't mean it was a live release.  The regulations are decent there ( when followed )  but fish handling is beyond sh*tty.    Its amazing there are any left at all in there.
Title: Re: Tobin 2017-2018
Post by: farmboy on Mar 19, 2018, 02:46 PM
Talked to a buddy who was just there. Said up to a foot of floodwater on the lake right now. Sounds nasty out there