Ice Fishing Trout 2021

Well good start to the season.
Stopped at the MINNOW DRIVE THRU to pick up some bait, had to call it in, the girl came running out with my two dozen minnows. I told her she needs to talk to Tim's to make this a one stop shop. lol
Drove 1.5 hours then snowmobiled in half an hour.
Crossed the lake to fish at the mouth of the creek.
There was 4' of water and 15" of solid ice.
Caught 14 natural Brook Trout and kept the biggest 5.
Only fished a couple of hours.
Great day out at -3, social distancing was awesome as I had the lake to myself.
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Wow, that is awesome, so jealous :)
Congrats...

Very nice well done!!!

Can’t get any better than that congrats

Dear, Deer Hunter,

I am one of the many internet CO'S and find some issue with your fishing luck. I feel perhaps something was not legal in your setup. Please forward me GPS coordinates of your spot along with rigging techniques and depth at which fish were caught so I can investigate.

Nice fish!

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nice fish congrats

Nice catch! You forgot to send me a pm about what lake that was?

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Originally Posted by AdamG1

Awesome looking fish. How do you rig your minnows for trout?

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I use a small pink and/or orange hook with a small split shot. I was using shiners and/or large minnows.
I use a long flexible branch and only pass line over it, not tying it. I place my rod in a ABS pipe.
I also caught a few jigging with a small white Rapala with a splash of pink (on pic).
If I remember, I can take a few pics today.

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Originally Posted by oaknut

Dear, Deer Hunter,

I am one of the many internet CO'S and find some issue with your fishing luck. I feel perhaps something was not legal in your setup. Please forward me GPS coordinates of your spot along with rigging techniques and depth at which fish were caught so I can investigate.

Nice fish!

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Haha, I can give you a GPS coordinate, but you might end up catching weird looking fish in a tailings pond. lol

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Nice catch! You forgot to send me a pm about what lake that was?

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Thanks, haha, maybe next time....:D

Nice going sounds like a great time out.

Can't wait to hit up some ice .

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Nice catch

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Originally Posted by AdamG1

Thanks for letting me know. This will be my first year ice fishing for trout. I hope you have good luck again next time.

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NP Adam happy to help.
I find the biggest thing is for the trout not to feel pressure when they bite or they will spit it out.
Those wood tip ups with door spring and plastic reel work well also, I seen them at Canadian tire.
I place split shot sinker 6 to 8" from hook and also go the same length (6-8") from bottom.
Change bait whenever it dies or stops moving around.
I use Trilene XL 8 lb. test mono line.
See my set up on pics.
Hope this helps. Good Luck, trout fishing is the best....

Where in the havens do you have that much ice.......congrats on the beauty fish

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

Where in the havens do you have that much ice.......congrats on the beauty fish

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Thanks, Timmins area.

Well another beautiful day in paradise...
Fished a Splake lake today, was 0 degrees Celsius, 10" of ice, 11' of water.
This lake is closer to home, was just getting light when I took off with the snowmobile.
Set up and caught 3 before 3 younger lads showed up and set up 400' beside me.
They started drilling first hole with a drill attachment, never finished it as the drill caught on fire.
Two minutes later the one lad started his snowmobile and came towards me, yes you guessed it, he was looking for a ice auger lol, so I started my old Jiffy and lend it to him, they were a bunch of happy campers.
Fished a bit more and caught 2 more to fill my limit before noon.
Another awesome day.
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Sounds like another great day well done.

Is that your favorite spoon lol [emoji1787].

Was that a DeWalt drill or a just a cheaper one they had ?

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Sounds like another great day well done.

Is that your favorite spoon lol [emoji1787].

Was that a DeWalt drill or a just a cheaper one they had ?

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Thanks, I'm not sure what drill he was using.

Deer Hunter,

Nice fish bud.

Are you sure they are not splake? Their colours and the fork in the tail look like a splake.

Check the stocking list online.

Either way some good fishing. Congrats again.

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Originally Posted by Muskyhunter

Deer Hunter,

Nice fish bud.

Are you sure they are not splake? Their colours and the fork in the tail look like a splake.

Check the stocking list online.

Either way some good fishing. Congrats again.

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Thanks.
Those are Brook trout, check out the square tail.
That lake is natural, it was never stocked.
If I can post pics you can see yesterday’s Splake with the fork in the tail.
Sorry if pics are not the best.

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Originally Posted by AdamG1

Those pictures are very helpful. Thanks so much.

I went out today and yesterday with no bites. I am going to try next time with minnows. I didn't have any this time.

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Your welcome.
I went Saturday morning on a new lake for a couple of hours. Never got a single bite.
We only post our successful days out and not the days we get skunked. lol.
Fishing isn't a sure thing, so don't get discouraged.

For some reason, I'm not able to post the splake pics. Awful system.

Awesome

[COLOR=#000000]Splake pic. Hope this works?
[COLOR=#000000]Seen post where GW said pictures might be too big> Thanks

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Well went for Lakers last Monday and caught 3 but forgot to take pic.
Went yesterday and caught 3 and missed two big ones. Man that hurts, still bad tripping.
Today I missed one and caught 2, mild but very windy, miserable on the lake.
Bought a little 4" Rapala, man these are handy to debone. Great to watch videos, you find new tricks.
Great weekend.

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Not so bad at all. I get the feeling of the big ones that get away.

Haven't been out in a while myself as this house has kept me busy. Snow is piling up and without a sled I will be on foot soon.

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Sounds like a fun few days awesome job.

I've been slacking too haven't been out in a while lol. This week I will get out a couple days then March I'm just going to put a beatdown the whitties and jumbos lol.

Stay safe.



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