Fishing. Lake Michigan/Canada-Where ever it is you fish Thr

[canucklehead]

Re: Toews Lake - Plan your vacation now

[quote name="jakobeast"]



September 3rd to the 10th. You don't have to know how to fish, they just bite.



Sound fun?[/quote]

It definitely sounds fun, but my friends from Seattle are flying in on the 5th I'll be in Winnipeg for the first 2 weeks of august for 2 family reunions (the second week is wide open except for the weekend). That would have been perfect as would have any other time in august.

 

[Ymono37]

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[quote name="jakobeast"]It's like you were channeling Ymono37.[/quote]

I heard my name... purplemonkeydishwasher

 

[IceHogsFan]

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Oh Canada......

 

[canucklehead]

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[quote name="IceHogsFan"]Oh Canada......

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I'm sorry, but If i caught a fish that big it would become my latest cooking creation, not be released .

 

[Guest]

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Not if the DNR was there Canuckle. Or after you fillet that cooking creation you can stop by the office and write them a check.



Besides the big fish are not the eating fish, and Northerns are massively boney. The meats ok but when your up there it's all about the shore lunch with the eyes. Or the pan fried Lakers.

 

[Guest]

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[IceHogsFan]

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I want to catch lake trout! Nice pics and beatiful scenery (not you Lughead).



As far as my northern (45" x 17") I could have taken her home because she

was over the slot but I would never in my life do such a thing. I only keep what

I am going to eat that day. The lodge manager was telling us last year that some

ahole caught a 50" pike and brought is back to the lodge. He asked the manager

to freeze it for him so he could have it mounted. He took a hatchet and chopped

it in half and told him there were mounts that could have been made and now he

can take it home and eat it! He was pissed just talking about it and it was a month

or two previous.

 

[Guest]

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Yea I'm the same way. Like I said the older the fish the worse eating it is. No matter the species. Plus you let them go back to live another day and be caught another day.



Lakers are funny up there. In the summer they dive DEEP for the cold water. So you are pulling them up from up to 100ft at some points. They, like us, have their bladder bloat out with air. So a good percentage of time the fish will die anyway swimming in circles trying to dive but not able too due to the oxygen in their bladder. You can poke the bladder and release the air but it's not the easiest thing to do. I had a 49lber that I let go and I just knew he died.



Great eating though about 26-32 inches. I think as good as the Walleye.



Reed Lake in Grass River Provincial Park has a record of a 67 inch Northern. Although they call them "jacks" up there. 45-55 inch are in the norm when biting.

 

[jakobeast]

Re: Toews Lake - Plan your vacation now

[quote name="R K"]Yea I'm the same way. Like I said the older the fish the worse eating it is. No matter the species. Plus you let them go back to live another day and be caught another day.



Lakers are funny up there. In the summer they dive DEEP for the cold water. So you are pulling them up from up to 100ft at some points. They, like us, have their bladder bloat out with air. So a good percentage of time the fish will die anyway swimming in circles trying to dive but not able too due to the oxygen in their bladder. You can poke the bladder and release the air but it's not the easiest thing to do. I had a 49lber that I let go and I just knew he died.



Great eating though about 26-32 inches. I think as good as the Walleye.



Reed Lake in Grass River Provincial Park has a record of a 67 inch Northern. Although they call them "jacks" up there. 45-55 inch are in the norm when biting.[/quote]



Walleye are great eating at about 17 or so inches.



The bigger the fish you should release. Let them pass on their big fish genes. At the aren't good eating.

 

[Guest]

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Walleye are slotted on a lot of lakes up North.

 

[Tommy 0]

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Man all this fishing talk and about 20 guys i know just leaving this morning for Lake Erie really has me bumming. Having a 1 year old and another one on the way in September oh and this great economy has me home all summer. At least i will have my deer, duck and goose hunting soon. But anyway great pics guys cant wait till i can fish again.I was really hoping to have been up to our place in Sturgeon Bay catching walleyes , northerns on the bay and rainbows, lakers and kings on the Lake but doesnt look like its gonna happen anytime this summer.And next summer i am going up to Lech Lake no matter what lol.

 

[jakobeast]

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[quote name="R K"]Walleye are slotted on a lot of lakes up North.[/quote]



On Rainey where we are going the slot, at least a few years ago, was about 14.75" to near 18", then one over 24" for a trophy. They aren't exact measurements, as everything was in that weird ass metric.

 

[Tater]

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[quote name="Tommy 0"]Man all this fishing talk and about 20 guys i know just leaving this morning for Lake Erie really has me bumming. Having a 1 year old and another one on the way in September oh and this great economy has me home all summer. At least i will have my deer, duck and goose hunting soon. But anyway great pics guys cant wait till i can fish again.I was really hoping to have been up to our place in Sturgeon Bay catching walleyes , northerns on the bay and rainbows, lakers and kings on the Lake but doesnt look like its gonna happen anytime this summer.And next summer i am going up to Lech Lake no matter what lol.[/quote]



I'm in the same boat (broke). You just have to find local ponds and go for bass or pike if available. I've been hitting them just about every weekend, better then nothing I guess.

 

[E Runs]

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[quote name="R K"]

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Are those Blue Blockers?

 

[Tommy 0]

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[quote name="E Runs"]

Are those Blue Blockers?[/quote]

LOL

 

[Guest]

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no but I always wanted to lose a pair of those. The glasses above are at about 100ft right below where the boat in that picture is.

 

[Tim]

Re: Lake Michigan Fishing

41 lb Brown Trout caught in Lake Michigan off Racine today. Very close to the world record:

I didn't break any records today but these two Kings were decent:

 

[Guest]

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Nice fish Tim. That trout is huge. Caught from shore?



I would have let it go.

 

[Tim]

Re: Lake Michigan Fishing

[quote name="R K"]Nice fish Tim. That trout is huge. Caught from shore?



I would have let it go.[/quote]





That Brown took 1st place in a Tournament. :



Total Fish Count:1835

Daily Fish Count:235

Offshore: Grand Prize

# Name Location Species Weight Date

1 Roger Hellen Franksville, WI Brown Trout 41.15 Fri 07/16

2 Kraig Kelliher Menomonee Falls, WI Brown Trout 22.40 Sat 07/10

3 Jay Anderson Leland, IL Brown Trout 21.65 Tue 07/13

4 James Moczynski Racine, WI Chinook Salmon 21.15 Sat 07/10

5 Josh Dulac Racine, WI Chinook Salmon 21.15 Tue 07/13

6 Jerry D Guest Barrington, IL Brown Trout 20.50 Sat 07/10

7 Christopher Dorsey Stoughton, WI Brown Trout 20.30 Mon 07/12

8 Shane Lemke Racine, WI Brown Trout 20.30 Thu 07/15

9 Todd Marke Milwaukee, WI Chinook Salmon 20.00 Sun 07/11

10 Addison Huck Racine, WI Chinook Salmon 19.90 Sun 07/11

 

[Chaps]

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[quote name="IceHogsFan"]Oh Canada......

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Never quite understood the fascination folks have with catching Northern Pike... Vile slimy creatures they are... land one in your boat and your a fly magnet for the rest of the day.