RavYak
09-14-2014, 09:46 PM
This weekend I decided to go try out a couple new places and try my luck with some new species.
I started out at Obed Lake going after my first brown trout. Things were slow and after a few hours with no bite I turned my attention to perch and caught a half dozen borderline keepers.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9130003.jpg
As dusk started to roll in I turned my attention back to brown trout and was rewarded with my first brown trout. I caught 3 more but couldn't find any larger ones.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/YellowheadCounty-20140913-00105.jpg
I then packed up and decided I was going to go after my first Cuttie so I started the journey down to Muskiki Lake. Since I didn't print a map or have a GPS I soon started to question my location and found a place to sleep.
The next morning and a short ride I was there and greeted with this absolutely beautiful weather and scenery(minus the snow lol).
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140004.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140021.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140015.jpg
It didn't take long until I caught my first cutthroat, a decent little new stock.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140009.jpg
I stayed out for a few hours doing a lap of the lake and in total was able to land 12 fish, the largest being this 15.5 incher.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140020.jpg
Fishing slowed down and a breeze started to roll in so I decided to start heading back home. I stopped at one lake that I was interested to look at the trail in. I see someone else had the same idea.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/IMG-20140914-00109.jpg
I didn't stop to fish there but I still had lots of daylight so I stopped and fished the Embarras River for a bit. It took a while but eventually I found these couple rainbows(athabasca rainbows???).
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140022.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140024.jpg
And then just before calling it a day I found my first arctic grayling.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140027.jpg
All in all it was a pretty good weekend with 3 new species(and maybe my first athabasca rainbows).
I started out at Obed Lake going after my first brown trout. Things were slow and after a few hours with no bite I turned my attention to perch and caught a half dozen borderline keepers.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9130003.jpg
As dusk started to roll in I turned my attention back to brown trout and was rewarded with my first brown trout. I caught 3 more but couldn't find any larger ones.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/YellowheadCounty-20140913-00105.jpg
I then packed up and decided I was going to go after my first Cuttie so I started the journey down to Muskiki Lake. Since I didn't print a map or have a GPS I soon started to question my location and found a place to sleep.
The next morning and a short ride I was there and greeted with this absolutely beautiful weather and scenery(minus the snow lol).
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140004.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140021.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140015.jpg
It didn't take long until I caught my first cutthroat, a decent little new stock.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140009.jpg
I stayed out for a few hours doing a lap of the lake and in total was able to land 12 fish, the largest being this 15.5 incher.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140020.jpg
Fishing slowed down and a breeze started to roll in so I decided to start heading back home. I stopped at one lake that I was interested to look at the trail in. I see someone else had the same idea.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/IMG-20140914-00109.jpg
I didn't stop to fish there but I still had lots of daylight so I stopped and fished the Embarras River for a bit. It took a while but eventually I found these couple rainbows(athabasca rainbows???).
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140022.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140024.jpg
And then just before calling it a day I found my first arctic grayling.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/murtyl/P9140027.jpg
All in all it was a pretty good weekend with 3 new species(and maybe my first athabasca rainbows).