Okay, okay!! First thing is first...got home from my fishing trip...so a touch of history first. My buddy and I have been fishing togather through the ice for around 20 years...we have travelled all over the place seeking big fish through the ice and our success has been hit and miss....anyways my buddies dad bought a camp way up north(10 hour drive) and we have been going up there in the winter for 4 years now. Again success on this huge lake is hit and miss, more so in the winter when fish tend to be fairly inactive. We have had okay success in this lake in the winter and caught some solid whitefish, lake trout and walleye, but nothing overly big and tops 10 fish a day.
So now onto this year....my buddy spent a bit of cash and bought a lake chip with the lake the cabin included so it show under water contours....this was HUGE....we saw a spot on the detailed map that looked too good to be true!! Well it wasnt and our instincts treated us very well!! This new spot was instantly good and we caught a ton of fish....one day i landed over 30 walleye myself, and every other day i landed 10+.
Highlights
Lake trout - 8 landed with 5 of them being over 15 pounds in weight, with 2 being over 35" in length!! Shown is a 29" fish
Walleye - 6 fish landed over 20" in length...none were monsters, but several fish landed in the 17"+ size. Here is a pic of a 20" my buddy grabbed
The drive up north was typical!! Fair bit of snow!
Crossed a rive on one of the roads and grabbed a couple of pics on the way by
Holy shit do you see that moose!! Odd, moose usually stay away form the orange backgrounds!!
Beautiful day on the water/ice....didnt see another soul for 6 days!! Just the way i like it!!
Got some weird weather one night and what a view