Faststeel
08-11-2009, 01:58 AM
Well in Manitoba anyways. Caught me an 18" smallmouth to qualify, what a fantastic fighting fish. Have some photos coming. Got him at a hike into lake in northern Manitoba called Two Loon, a short hike from Rocky Lake, where we have a cabin, 1/2 hour north of The Pas.
The next adventure was a quad in, fly in trip to a great fishery called Yawningstone lake. The quad ride is about 1.5 hours, then a boat ride across a bay and up a river. I don't have a quad so I hired a Cessna 185 on floats to take me in. 20 minute plane ride on a beautiful summer morning. had quite a time getting my 6'5" body in and out of the aircraft.
Met the boys in there and fished our brains out. We were 3 in our boat and we caught and released well over 150 walleyes, plus some for shore lunch and our take home limit of 6 each. No real big fish but a ton in the 2-3lb range.
Some excellent big pike action as well.
Next trip was another quad in hike in. This was to Atik lake. The boys took a 14ft upside down on top of a 16ft and quaded them in. We jumped in the big boat and rode for about 15minutes to a bay where a trail from that lake comes into Rocky Lake. One of the quads met us there and ferried us in. My luck wasn't so good on this lake as my partner caught all the walleye and I caught nothing but one hammer handle after another all day long, had another great shore lunch and managed a few to take back to the cabin to freeze and bring home.
Then it was an early morning smallmouth adventure on the main lake. A friend from Ontario had sent me several tube jigs that they use for sm fishing and I now have them in a variety of colours. None of my friends at Rocky had ever tried them, we have a new favorite. Mepps spinners were the previous old stand by for bass. lots of great action casting in the shallow waters for these chunky fighters. These fish are catch and release only in our lake.
Back home now for a few days to drop off the boys, then heading back for another week. She one helluva a drive at 1063kms each way, but we like it there. FS
The next adventure was a quad in, fly in trip to a great fishery called Yawningstone lake. The quad ride is about 1.5 hours, then a boat ride across a bay and up a river. I don't have a quad so I hired a Cessna 185 on floats to take me in. 20 minute plane ride on a beautiful summer morning. had quite a time getting my 6'5" body in and out of the aircraft.
Met the boys in there and fished our brains out. We were 3 in our boat and we caught and released well over 150 walleyes, plus some for shore lunch and our take home limit of 6 each. No real big fish but a ton in the 2-3lb range.
Some excellent big pike action as well.
Next trip was another quad in hike in. This was to Atik lake. The boys took a 14ft upside down on top of a 16ft and quaded them in. We jumped in the big boat and rode for about 15minutes to a bay where a trail from that lake comes into Rocky Lake. One of the quads met us there and ferried us in. My luck wasn't so good on this lake as my partner caught all the walleye and I caught nothing but one hammer handle after another all day long, had another great shore lunch and managed a few to take back to the cabin to freeze and bring home.
Then it was an early morning smallmouth adventure on the main lake. A friend from Ontario had sent me several tube jigs that they use for sm fishing and I now have them in a variety of colours. None of my friends at Rocky had ever tried them, we have a new favorite. Mepps spinners were the previous old stand by for bass. lots of great action casting in the shallow waters for these chunky fighters. These fish are catch and release only in our lake.
Back home now for a few days to drop off the boys, then heading back for another week. She one helluva a drive at 1063kms each way, but we like it there. FS