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fishy1 wrote:11/26/2016 started out solo this morning at 7 am but soon would be joined by other forum members before mornings out. eric stopped and said he was going up to a river and i said okay im waiting for some freinds. eric was back in a 1 and 1/2 hours he fell in and was very cold. started out with lakers busting water and i had a hit but no taker. then around 8 am had a hit and fish on landed a small 20 inch laker. then i had 2 hits at 8:30 am almost back to back and both busted water and shook loose. then around 9 am or after elys and her 2 sons riley and christopher and a freind showed up elys got stuck lost a lure christopher got into a laker and got broke off and then riley had a laker stop him cold and fish on an off. thats to bad i said to riley but its been like that all week. then wayne called and said he would be down soon and vt matt and edin texted me and said they were on the way. those lakers are going to see some metal and streamers. had a couple of more hits and wayne showed up. i was telling way about a big brown that surfaced in front of me twice and would like to get it. we casted awhile there and wayne said im moving to the other end of the rocks. wayne had just left and that big brown surfaced again and i casted right out near him and the lure hit the water and there was a big splash and fish on the brown nailed my lure. fish on and what a battle 1 jump 2 jumps 3 jumps 4 jumps and away it went. the last jump # 5 i tipped my rod down just enough for him to throw that lure. ugh! that brown had to in the 6 to 8 lb range. what a brown and what a fight. then shortly after forum member vt matt and edin showed up for some laker fishing with their fly rods. wasnt long i heard matt yell yikes and he lost a nice one after seeing the laker just before that. then i had a another hit and a miss. just heard from matt he left after i did at 1:30 pm to hit a river and wayne stayed another hour and still no hits. the lake was like glass so the fish were spooked . we saw several lakers with follows but would shy away. i had 10 hits today lost 3 lakers and the big brown and landed 1. riley lost 1 christopher got broke off by one wayne 0 hits vt matt lost 1 and missed 2. lots busting water but not aggressive today. free upload
here is a pic of elys, christopher, riley, and freind casting for lakers.
here is the honeybee i used most of the morning had 8 hits on it but went to a mepps cyclops when the water was calm to get a little deeper with my cast.


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here is a mepps cyclops that i went to went the lake calmed down only had 2 hits in 2 hours but the brown was special. probably would have hit the honeybee also since it was on the surface.images hosting

Sawyer wrote:Is it normal to find the lakers with empty stomachs this time of year fishy? i would think they would be eating with the cold weather. (I know i am LOL)

Salmon-crazy wrote:26.5 "Laker on a Krocodile trout pattern. Man that's a great lure. I wasn't planning on keeping the fish but I forgot to de-barb the single hook and it was a bear to get it out. Got it on light weight spin gear with 8 lb test from shore. its going into the smoker!

troutcrazy wrote:Haha! yeah my spot looked a little different from that!

Hey salmon-crazy, I'm glad to see I'm not the only lunatic around!

Well, I woke up before my alarm went off this morning. I was planning to go out in the canoe and try for salmon, but I couldn't bring myself to do it in the snow, so I walked to my shore spot. A few fish busted water. Caught and released one laker about 20".

I've been catching them with empty bellies too! Last year they were full of smelt.

I'm still throwing a kastmaster. I ordered some Krocodiles and Honeybees-- can't wait!

Salmon-crazy wrote:Nothing hit in the early afternoon or just before sunset. Not a bite. I was still using the Rainbow Trout Krocadile, single hook. There were some fish coming to the surface but no takers. The lake was extremely calm, flat and clear as a bell! Maybe tomorrow morning will bring some strikes!!

fishy1 wrote:

Sawyer wrote:Is it normal to find the lakers with empty stomachs this time of year fishy? i would think they would be eating with the cold weather. (I know i am LOL)

not normal compared to last year. the few i kept last year had smelt and alewifes in them . mostly smelt about 4 to 5 inches. i dont keep many so the only ones i know are the ones i gave to waynes son. up until this past week most lakers caught were also males. dont remember catching many males last year in fact dont think i caught many small lakers like this fall. most have their left fins clipped.