Giant lake trout
 

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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Fantastic fish! Good on ya, man!

NICE! Great looking Lakers!

Thanks for posting

awesome! what a beast

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

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

serious?

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

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.

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

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

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....

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

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

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

That fish is bigger than you...

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

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

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

Rob

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

caught a few with tags in them as well

Very nice catch, cool photos.

Great catch, thanks for posting.

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.

nice laker , looks like a good trip

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

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

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

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!