Where to go?

[patvetzal]

So what about using worms in 3-9 fow, the way we do for specks? Are we wasting our time?

[greenpark]

So how does anyone measure success when fishing rainbows through the ice. Personally if I ice 1-2 fish on any given day I've had a great day! There is at least 1 lake in Haliburton with a 5 pound average, but last I heard from the locals that were also fishing is it is getting surveyed this spring and put up for sale. Probably going to become another land locked lake for someone's private fishing pleasure. Too bad! It was a lake that was stocked and forgotten about, a true gem in my eyes. Anyone got some money they want to loan out?

[KEVERS]

So how does anyone measure success when fishing rainbows through the ice. Personally if I ice 1-2 fish on any given day I've had a great day! There is at least 1 lake in Haliburton with a 5 pound average, but last I heard from the locals that were also fishing is it is getting surveyed this spring and put up for sale. Probably going to become another land locked lake for someone's private fishing pleasure. Too bad! It was a lake that was stocked and forgotten about, a true gem in my eyes. Anyone got some money they want to loan out?

A successful day rainbow fishing on the ice is any bow that comes through the hole, i agree with you 100%. They have to be the hardest species during winter months. I am going to be more specific here with the 5 pound average topic, lets think of them as year classes. At any given time the average rainbow lake probably has 2 to 3 year classes in it. So saying that the average size of a particular year class is 5 lbs would be more accurate. I think that most rainbow lakes are stocked every year or every other year. If a lake is stocked in 2010 and then not stocked again until 2013 (which is very rare) then the average size of that 2010 year class in 2012 would be 5 lbs, but with small numbers, unless it had no fishing pressure.

[awbringl]

With regard to speck sizes and measuremnts, I will only offer my experiences and my $0.02. I grew up in Elliot lake and fished for giant specks thru the ice in lakes where 4-8 pounders were actually relatively common. In high school we moved from EL to a little NW Ontario town just off the mouth of the Nipigon River....I mention these areas of the province only because they are well known for monster specks. I know nothing about previous members posts/photos and I am certainly no expert. However, based on personal experiance catching some "decent" specks (i.e., 3 to 6 pounders) I would have to say that the majority of the larger fish I've caught have definately been over 20" long.....in fact 22" used to be the measure we looked for. Sure, there are shorter stocked fish on small lakes with incredible girth that could top 5 lbs....I just haven't really seen any. I'm not taking sides - just my 0.02.

Slainte.

[awbringl]

when length and girth collide....thats when things get fun

[awbringl]

i'm confused....are we discussing speck lengths, girth, weight, or rainbow sizes? Similar but different. Hey Canada beat teh Yanks today, we can all agree on that!!

[greenpark]

I believe this post started about catching rainbows through the ICE! Catching big rainbows come spring a whole different ball game. I wanna see a rainbow on ice. With a tape measure please and thank you This is what it should look like. Good luck kid. Just a little pressure on you to prove us wrong. No doubt you can do it. Sometimes in this day and age a mans/kids word isn't good enough.

Go get em kid. With all your knowledge it shouldn't be two hard!

[pikeattack]

When i hit a rainbow lake ill be sure to post a pic of a rainbow near a tape measure, but that will only happen when the snowmobile trails are nice and the slush is gone off my favourite rainbow lakes in haliburton, i will get out soon enough though.

[KEVERS]

When i hit a rainbow lake ill be sure to post a pic of a rainbow near a tape measure, but that will only happen when the snowmobile trails are nice and the slush is gone off my favourite rainbow lakes in haliburton, i will get out soon enough though.

I am more interested in a brookie/tape pic but throw in the bow pic also. I fish over 320 days a year, and have heard it all, that is why i would like to see a pic, if you have a story there has to be a pic to back it up. There are to many people out there who over exaggerate weight, weather it is a speck, walleye, pike or bass.

One question for you is the small lake near your house which i believe in an earlier thread you said was stocked by the University of Toronto, are they diploid or triploid fish?

[L_GUNN]

I wish I fished as much as you guys. I have never caught a rainbow, never a brookie either.