SNAPFisher
12-22-2017, 06:30 PM
I've been fishing Pigeon for about 5 weeks in a row for whites. No luck in landing one yet this year. I've had them to the bottom of the hole, came close, but zero. That lake is a tough one...can't wait to get back to it :)
I need whites for XMas so I had the plan to fish ole reliable Sylvan this morning as a final backup to get some whites. I kind of thought that if I could get my limit in 2 hours that it would be an amazing day. Got there at 8 a.m. and setup. Still too dark to fish so I waited in the tent with the heater getting nice and toasty. Finally started fishing just after 8:30 a.m. Hard to see, water was bit murky. Well crap if I didn't see something around the hook but couldn't tell. Eventually I did see a white swirling around. It took the hook about 3 feet under the ice and it was game on. A really good fight and when I landed the white, it was a solid 17 inches...which is big for sylvan. The fishing was hot. By 8:55, just after sunrise, I had my 5 on the ice. That is record setting time of less than 25 minutes! So, packed up and headed home at 9 a.m. ....
Driving 2.5 for a 25 minutes fishing trip seems a bit odd but I have stuff to get ready and hey, what a friggin amazing quick trip!
https://s25.postimg.org/ehcy19efj/IMG_0294.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/lxc7n224r/)
Biggest tapped out at 18 inches, 2 at 17 inches, 1 at 16 inches and then the baby just shy of 16. Nice sizes for Sylvan. There is going to be fresh smoked white appetizers for XMas after all :)
I need whites for XMas so I had the plan to fish ole reliable Sylvan this morning as a final backup to get some whites. I kind of thought that if I could get my limit in 2 hours that it would be an amazing day. Got there at 8 a.m. and setup. Still too dark to fish so I waited in the tent with the heater getting nice and toasty. Finally started fishing just after 8:30 a.m. Hard to see, water was bit murky. Well crap if I didn't see something around the hook but couldn't tell. Eventually I did see a white swirling around. It took the hook about 3 feet under the ice and it was game on. A really good fight and when I landed the white, it was a solid 17 inches...which is big for sylvan. The fishing was hot. By 8:55, just after sunrise, I had my 5 on the ice. That is record setting time of less than 25 minutes! So, packed up and headed home at 9 a.m. ....
Driving 2.5 for a 25 minutes fishing trip seems a bit odd but I have stuff to get ready and hey, what a friggin amazing quick trip!
https://s25.postimg.org/ehcy19efj/IMG_0294.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/lxc7n224r/)
Biggest tapped out at 18 inches, 2 at 17 inches, 1 at 16 inches and then the baby just shy of 16. Nice sizes for Sylvan. There is going to be fresh smoked white appetizers for XMas after all :)