Pigeon Lake Whitefish
I decided to head out to Pigeon on Saturday to see if I could catch one of those elusive jumbo whitefish. The weather was great and the black tent felt like room temperature. It was around noon and we already caught a pike and a couple walleye. I did not see any whitefish so i decided to move out into about 8-10 feet of water. I drilled a hole and started fishing outside. No more than 15 minutes later i felt a tap on my marmish rod but that was it. I thought it may have just been a walleye but I decided to put my coat over my head and look down the hole. About 30 seconds later I saw this huge whitefish descend on my hook like a submarine, I set the hook and the fight was on. I only had my marmish rod so I had a long battle ahead of me. Every time I got it near the hole it would turn it's head and take off. After about 3 minutes I was starting to get impatient because I knew the hook wasn't all the way in it's mouth, but after about 2 more minutes the fish gave up and the victory was mine. The whitefish weighed in right on 5 pounds. We also ended up catching 6 more walleye and a pike to end the day. I was very happy, it being the biggest whitefish for me to date. Now I just have to figure out how to get more than one.
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Nice.........what a fatty!
I just picked up a Marmish rod and I am looking forward to using it next year; it's nice to know you can bring in the big fellows with one. Congrats. |
Awesome white. Congrats.
The whitefish in that lake seem extra fussy, though when they bite the fish are usuall big and fat. P.S. So far, my only method to catch those white fish buggars out of Pigeon is to use dynotmite.:sHa_sarcasticlol: |
Fine looking white!!
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nice fish
looks like you reeled it in with a fly tyers bobbin |
Nice!!! Congrats on the good day. I was out on Sunday and heard the same kind of experience from an fellow who had fished Saturday. He had a great afternoon like you. Sounds like the day to be there. Sunday was much, much slower. I still managed a 4.2 lber though and it had a pronounced hump.
One more week left. Good luck out there. |
I find it challenging at pigeon because I only seem to locate a couple whites in one spot, but i haven't found a spot that I see a fair amount in one day, at least the big one's anyway. I guess if you explore the lake enough you can find some great locations to catch more than one white. I think next year (hopefully none will die in the summer) I will have to spend a little time on the lake to find a spot with some consistency. On an interesting side note, when I was filleting the whitefish I found 9 of the aquatic bug's that make their home in a wood like structure in its stomach. I was surprised considering that kind of material must be difficult to digest.
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I plan to be there Friday and/or Saturday. Probably the PP. Look for the green Woods or black Ameristep tent.
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Congrats on a the white Burbotman.
But thats just average for Pigeon. They come a lot bigger than that too. I would like to get out on Friday too and catch a few more. Quote:
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great catch i havent caught any of those gold 4 hook spoons yet. only pike/walleye so far
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soo thats what they are i googled em with no results now i know what there called lol thanks
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Castaway
FH7--Castaway has them and many other colors. BEL
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Sylvan has got some hogs if you know where to get them.
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Unless my scale was way off I beg to differ. |
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i believe sylvan has the quantity and gull has the quality.
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so can you share some spot ?????????????
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