Cold Lake Report

[BIZJAY]

Managed to get out on good old Cold lake couple times on my week off, and what a great decision it was. With lots of snow on the lake I was glad for the warm weather, packed it down enough I could get the car out there. Both days were rather warm and enjoyable, second one bright and sunny. I was fishing in 85-100 feet of water managed 10 holes with the hand auger through 24 inches ice, with my cold it wasnt an easy task. First day was rather slow only managed to land 2 missing a couple others.
first one of the day 25"



second of the day and my now biggest laker 32.5 inches around 16lbs. was in 95fow saw it come on the screen at 35 reeled up and barely passed him when it smacked my tube jig awesome fight and beauty fish, in my eyes




Second day was a lot more action managed to pull in 7 and missed 5 more very active day all were hanging close to bottom but would come up when droping my bait and had several chase from bottom almost to the serface before hitting, first time this tactic has ever worked for me and I sure enjoyed it and never would have landed any without my electronics

first of the day


a decent 26.5"


Then this guy showed up when i saw it under the ice i didnt know what to do it wouldnt tun its head to come up after some percistence and some tense moments he turned and came up throuh my 8 inch hole with little room to spare 31" 19" girth by far the fattest laker ive ever hooked. I had just released one and dropped back down when he hit didnt even see him on the screen.



I was havin a couple follows up 20' off bottom and one knock but couldnt get them to commit till this guy came on the screen, id been reeleing up and stopping and having some come hit but most would stop or go back down so when I seen this one come on the screen i just kept reeling and the faster it went the faster I did till I felt the whack then set the hook and the fight was on with several long runs too it was great pulled out this 31.5" with 16" girth



ended the day super happy and looking forward to next year when I can get back on the ice again I know where Ill be spending a lot of time!

[Rabdo]

that's awesome man, congrats on some beauty lakers

[HuyFishin]

Wow nice catch!!
Is that the rapala r-type rod and reel combo in the background?

[BeeGuy]

awesome fish

looks fun

[tight line]

Gotta love lakers! Good job! Love when they chase it to the ice, then peel you out to the bottom!

[Daceminnow]

good job man. some beautiful looking lakers and great pictures. i like your style of taking photos. sweet. thanks for sharing.

Dace

[Fil_Can_Yakker]

nice photos and report!!

[HunterDave]

Great story and pictures. Congrats on some excellent fishing and thanks for posting!

[baptiste_moose]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. The pics are picking up again. Good to see!!

[sparky660]

Congrats, those are some nice fish!!!

We were on Cold Lake yesterday and didn't have any luck but there is always next time.

[splake0]

Originally Posted by sparky660

Congrats, those are some nice fish!!!

We were on Cold Lake yesterday and didn't have any luck but there is always next time.

Yes it was slow. in 3 hours I manged 4 with one being over 65 cm

[Mike_W]

Great to see you had a blast!! Are those self taken photos?!?!? Wicked!!!

[EZM]

Nice job on Lakers and pictures .......

When the weather is good and the fish are biting ice fishing is so much more fun .....

Great post.

[Drewski Canuck]

Fishing was slow but sort of steady for us. Lost 2 got 2 and left by 12:30. However, there was someone near us and they had a flasher. They did mark alot of fish in the bottom, or perhaps the same fish that was curious but not committed.

Drewski

[sparky660]

Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

Fishing was slow but sort of steady for us. Lost 2 got 2 and left by 12:30. However, there was someone near us and they had a flasher. They did mark alot of fish in the bottom, or perhaps the same fish that was curious but not committed.

Drewski

That's what we found. They were there but didn't want to take our bait.

[splake0]

We had a good day. We set up 4 out of 5 of us had a keeper within 15 minutes.
The fifth guy got skunked.

[sparky660]

Originally Posted by splake0

We had a good day. We set up 4 out of 5 of us had a keeper within 15 minutes.
The fifth guy got skunked.

Damn, we were there all day yesterday and got one or two bites but didn't land anything. I guess that means I need more practice which is fine with me.

[OneGirlWolfPack]

That is awesome! Love the pictures and story. Thanks for posting them!

[fish gunner]

Great pics , well done looks like you have a pattern that's working well . congrats

[Alberta Bigbore]

Congrats on those fish!!!

[SNAPFisher]

What a smokin good report. Congrats on the days out! Hand drilling 10 holes...yep, arm sore time

One question, are those single hook tubes or do you include a stinger? Just picked some up that are not and I'm curious.

[Rumtan]

Great job ! Looks like everyone had a great trip

[Sigma408]

good job man!!!! Great photos

[thorne]

Best damn post in a long time!! Great stories, awsome pic's, and no one nagging blah, blah, blah, !!! Man this one made my day.....well done guys!

[JReed]

Congrats on the fish! Looks like a blast, nothing better than days off of work and biting fish

[35 whelen]

Nice job great fish ,

[Chewie66]

Awesome pics! Can't wait to get up there in a couple weeks.

[pikeslayer22]

Originally Posted by Chewie66

Awesome pics! Can't wait to get up there in a couple weeks.

A couple weeks you might need a boat! supposed be 7c this weekend

[sparky660]

Damn, I was hoping to get one last trip in. I fly out Thursday for a week and the warm weather that is supposed to come this weekend might ruin my plans that I had for my next set off. Damn you global warming!!!!!

[FisherGrrrl]

Nice pics and story!! Looks like you had a good weekend at cold lake :P Hopefully that cold lake special gives me the same luck this coming weekend :P you going to head out again for another round?