Giant lake trout

[albertadeer]

Went to Peerless for 5 days last weekend. The weather was amazing! Glass calm lake 3 days in a row. The fishing was slow to say the least....But i learned something this trip...THERE ARE MONSTERS IN THAT LAKE!:sHa_shakeshout:

On day one we blew a starter fuse on the motor, so we anchored by shore out of the waves to fix it. I threw on a big ol storm jig and hucked it out a few times. Soon i felt a whap WHAP! I set the hook and the fight was on, only using 12lb test on a small rod i was the under dog.

The beast took off on a run for the deeps, almost spooling me out of 125yds of line. When i got her in the shallows by the boat and we seen her i thought "no way would we land her" She then decided to dart around the anchor rope not once but twice, i had to pass the rod under while keeping tip pressure. We finally got her tired and next to the boat, my friend then grabbed the tail and belly and got her in (our net was to small)


We quickly took some pictures and let her go, a weight and a few measurements would have been nice....Over 20lbs with out a doubt...could have been 30+, it was one hell of a fish.

My friend caught his first lake trout ever, a healthy 36" 12lb male. It was weighed by the F&W doing studies.

We had one other one to the boat the got off, it was bigger then the one i caught....

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[BobLoblaw]

:sHa_shakeshout::sHa_shakeshout::sHa_shakeshout:
Fantastic fish! Good on ya, man!

[The Fisherman Guy]

NICE! Great looking Lakers!

Thanks for posting

[BeeGuy]

awesome! what a beast

[pickrel pat]

great fish! did you try graham? or is that a june 1st lake?

[hal53]

Nice fish!!!...which one was the 20# one?....confusing by looking at the pics...anyway, looks like you had a blast....

[pickrel pat]

Nice fish!!!...which one was the 20# one?....confusing by looking at the pics...anyway, looks like you had a blast....

serious?

[hal53]

serious?
just saying both are great looking fish..not good at judging big Lake Trout...sorry....

[albertadeer]

great fish! did you try graham? or is that a june 1st lake?

Graham is June 1st. We talked to some guys who found some good walleye in peerless, 3 8lbs and 1 9lb. I caught one about 5lbs.

[albertadeer]

just saying both are great looking fish..not good at judging big Lake Trout...sorry....

One could eat the the other....:sHa_shakeshout:

[pickrel pat]

just saying both are great looking fish..not good at judging big Lake Trout...sorry....

the big one is the 20...... the smaller one is the 12.....:sHa_sarcasticlol:, yes, two solid fish!

[hal53]

One could eat the the other....:sHa_shakeshout:
thats kind of what I thought, but when I initially looked, I thought you were saying the first pic was the big one..LOL.....just confused, I do not do well on the fishing forum....

[fishinggeek]

awesome trout. that 2nd one is a hog. :sHa_shakeshout:

[pickrel pat]

that could be alberta laker of the year, south of lake athabasca!

[Bigwoodsman]

Incredible Fish.
I was just showing them to my 3 year old, and she says that one is bigger then me!
Thanks for sharing your story and pictures.

BW

[ReconWilly]

That fish is bigger than you...

[AlbertanAngler]

Sounds like a great fight! So exciting!!! :) gorgeous fish. Nice work.👍

[Alberta Bigbore]

Beast!!!!! Nice Laker!!!!!!!

[Kingfisher]

Some nice lakers there. That second one looks like it took a beating.

Rob

[tight line]

Congrats!!!...that is a BEAUTI! i had a couple over 20 on last winter,caught 4 all over 12 the one day, got one in about 18lbs, there is some TANKS in that lake for sure...cant wait to get back to work so i can get out!!!...lol

[tight line]

caught a few with tags in them as well

[WillyOneStyle]

Very nice catch, cool photos.

[Bound2Fish]

Great catch, thanks for posting.

[waterninja]

fantastic pics. bet there was some censored language when line was wrapped around anchor.
took a close look at you holding those hogs. you should cheer up.

[marlin1]

nice laker , looks like a good trip

[iliketrout]

Beauty laker and great story to go with it as well. Congrats!

[Safety D]

Beauti fish !!! They look just like the lakers from Great Bear and Great Slave. I sure miss those shorelunches !!!!

[Bearen09]

Wow, hog is all I can say and from the look on your face you had a great fight......Well done and congrats..

[moosehorn68]

Just got back from a week at Peerless had a great time. No problems with any locals this time. Got lots of great fish just wanted to share a couple pictures with everyone. My 32lbs and my 22lbs lakers. Having troubles uploading pictures can anyone help out:( Thank you :mad3:

[pickrel pat]

Just got back from a week at Peerless had a great time. No problems with any locals this time. Got lots of great fish just wanted to share a couple pictures with everyone. My 32lbs and my 22lbs lakers. Having troubles uploading pictures can anyone help out:( Thank you :mad3:

someone help this man. i would love to see peerless lakers.... peerless quality trumps cold quantity every time!

[Solle]

Wow..... speechless

[Snag]

That is one heck of a beast! Congrats!

[moosehorn68]

try again to put pictures up of 32lb laker.53717 will get the pictures from the other camera and post right away.

[T-Bone]

Real beauty....Fish peerless on May long weekend every year and the best I've done is 22 pounder though there have been a few I couldn't stop..One great fishery..Were you fishing the ridge?? Towards the river there are some nice holes for big jack

[moosehorn68]

Real beauty....Fish peerless on May long weekend every year and the best I've done is 22 pounder though there have been a few I couldn't stop..One great fishery..Were you fishing the ridge?? Towards the river there are some nice holes for big jack

No we were from the island out to the bay southwest. I have been going up there for 12 years I love it.

[moosehorn68]

Here is my 22lb laker I got both the same day. This one has a huge head!

53731

:sHa_shakeshout:

[albertadeer]

Here is my 22lb laker I got both the same day. This one has a huge head!

53731

:sHa_shakeshout:

Is that one of em whitish big storm jigs???

Thats what i caught mine on...

[moosehorn68]

yes it was good hook

[albertadeer]

yes it was good hook

Yup! Perch hooks seemed to work good to. All the lakers we kept had small perch in the stomachs.

[WayneChristie]

now those are trout worth fishing for !
:sHa_shakeshout:

[pickrel pat]

curious if any of you guys have ever caught or heard of a laker being caught in graeham lake?

[Rock Doctor]

Those are some really nice Lakers, I've never caught a big one but I've caught a bunch of smaller ones (2-12lbs)
Congrats

RD

[moosehorn68]

curious if any of you guys have ever caught or heard of a laker being caught in graeham lake?

i have not caught laker in graeham have not heard of anying 0 limit now must not be to much in there needs the deep spots