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He’s home safe. Thanks everyone

One for the in-laws!!!

I was up River last week casting from shore. I caught the biggest king Iv’e ever seen.

Get over it, most people wo grew up around Thunder Bay call walleye pickeral. If you called it walleye people thought you were an American.

Feel like I just had a stroke. Am I alone?

Sure most people who grew up around thunderbay as I did aswell say that… but they are still wrong, just because they say it doesn’t make them right for saying it wrong for 50 years… look up in the regulations how many pickerel you can keep… 0 , Walleye is walleye there isn’t even an argument to be had. You are free to say and do as you wish I just have to correct it everytime I see or hear it.

I’ve never had it happen before but my jawjacker landed 2 fish on its own this weekend!! Was set so shallow I heard bells and came running and there was brook trout flopping on the ice… happened 2 times!

DONT DO DRUGS MORON

Not true. Mercury is natural in the environment and may be released from forestry. In this case the mine is not even in the same watershed. Has nothing to do with the mine at all.

There’s still multiple places to access the lake if needed… place is a drama fest you’ll never catch me out there

Adrian is not plowed. lots of ice. got the truck in but definitely needed 4 wheel drive

Not a lot but they are there. Cold wet night. lol

Im no expert either but it looks like dinner to me

Well day 2 I managed a walleye and a rainbow trout. I was told that rainbows were pretty uncommon in the lower Nipigon. Saw some other boats catch salmon. Today I hooked into something that took 300' of line. I tried to reel it in when it tired but it shook the hook. Unfortunately that's the end of my attempt at the Nipigon. Had the right idea towards the end but it was a humbling experience.

Just some friendly encouragement to throw a line where you least expect to catch... I've been fishing wherever I can close to my workplace and my daughters daycare. I walked along the shore near the disc golf course on my lunch break and after 20 or 30 minutes of casting managed to catch a beautiful 19" walleye just a few days ago. I hadn't given that lake much of a shot since I figured the relatively recent draining of it would have negatively impacted fish populations.

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mercury is natural forming in most lakes.

Monday night (May 15) my son and I tried our luck once again after a few sparse nights over the last couple weeks. We headed out around 1 am. McVicar was quiet, no smelts and noone attempting to catch them. Stopped at the south side of the Current River mouth, a few people dipping and we got a small amount - enough to cover a pail bottom for 30 minutes work. Headed out to McKenzie - got there around 3 am - and were fortunate to find the smelt run in full swing - we along with a few others were able to fill each pail in a half hour - every dip of the net brought in fish. Our best dips had 20 - 40 smelt landed. Still surprised to be catching smelt this late on the calendar - and it was warm last night - around 20C with a warm breeze. Guessing they will still run for a few days, was a strong run last night.

Looking forward to catching pickerel when pickerel season opens. Pickerel sure do taste good. Usually catch my weight in pickerel every 20 minutes. Pickerel pickerel pickerel pickerel

Its starting to be on pace for a very low water season if we do not get any good rain. Even after a fast melt with the snow. We had a very low water season, I think 2010 or 2011? Where fish came in and you could literally see every single fish. The spots where its usually deepest were crossable with rubber boots. Did this stop people from tossing hooks across the schools? No. Was a snagfest and sad. Its shitty when it happens but when that water is trickle low its best to just let them be. No sport to it at that point. Gotta have those high chocolate milk water early to flush out the rivers, then the slow drop and the fishings good. Heres to hoping.

Hammered my personal best on oliver after work tonight

Steelhead snaggers will have a good year

We are making good ice with limited snow! It’s not time yet!!!

Hope they went back on the water…

I’m getting the boat out!

Easy fishing from shore. Walleye are waiting.

Go otter! Eskimo is nice too both are good. I’ve had frabills, eskimos and now the last 3 years I’m using the otter (I have the lodge and new to me this year monster lodge for camping trips). Depends what size you are looking for and how many people you fish with… whatever brand you choose take the amount of people they rate it for and divide it by 2 that would be how many you can comfortably fish.Both have full walk through doors . Otter is a bit better in the wind with the strap system that doesn’t lift up off the ice also the bag is definetly easier to put the hut in with otter aswell when it’s covered in snow and ice. Message me if you wanna talk about it more. I’m hard on gear and they get well used every single week… done me well.

..I fished like an idiot for YEARS until I learned that brook trout inhabit water six feet or less during the Winter...

Here is a satellite image from yesterday. With no snow it should be freezing well, not sure how thick it is though.

Hazelwood 4-5” solid black ice

I also use the Black Fox Trigger and insulated Frabrill tip ups. Have a few HT that I use if it is mild enough out to keep the hole open Those Black Fox Triggers are nice, simple to rig and easy to pack. When I first get to a lake, I drill a hole and set up a Trigger and then go drill other holes, check depths etc. Often catch a fish on the Trigger while setting up rest of the holes and hut. Let us know if you get any of those Finicky Foolers Zack, they looked promising.

It’s the broodstock brookies they put in there this year… not even posted online yet… 1 hour we iced a dozen or so between 2-5lb-> all released… I don’t wanna eat them nastys.

Got some in the smoker today

I love happy endings. Haley and Oakley are very happy the dog is back home.

Just a reminder to loosen the drag on your reels if you've put them up for the season. If you leave the drag tightened, the drag washers are compressed and you could end up with a jerky or ineffective drag. Reduced pressure on the drag washers helps them last longer in better condition. Here's one for the trollers that enjoy draggin the line. Enjoy.

Mother in law gets the first fillet

The river mouth of the salmon snag fest … oh wait I mean current river. Where there’s dozens of people filling stringers of just disgusting rotten zombies all snagged in the back.

3 of 118 is 2.5% Hatchery fish......which hardly isn't really worth the effort of stocking/maintaining a hatchery!!! Especially when hatchery stock is taken from a naturally selected self sustaining (one of few) populations from the same lake!!!

There is no catch-and-release restriction on Boulevard Lake.

..eventually you'll need to graduate from a course at Confederation College to be able to interpret the legislation. I wish they'd post the regulations for each waterbody as a separate entity...

Been freshly graded to km 24 ish last week but still a bit rough

took my buddy 20 mins to get these