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Water Wolf

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Water Wolf's Adventures
« on: May 05, 2008, 11:01 PM »
Hi all,

Another new season has arrived. I went out last Sunday {May 4th} and fished from 4:15pm until 8:00pm.
My destination was the Whitesand / Theodore Reservoir.
I was happy to see that it was 100% ice free.  :)

I fished for an hour without any luck. I tried casting spoons, jigs and tails, crankbaits and spinners.
Finally I figure that the water is just too cold for any movement so I decide to use a single arm pickerel rig with a circle hook and smelt left in one spot.
This would be the ticket, and not long after, I land my first fish of the new season. ;D

This 3.7lb pike.

Throughout the afternoon I get the odd tap from something small, was it a small walleye or perch? I finally I land one of the culprits.

Say hello to my little friend. :laugh:

This guy hangs on to his smelt meal all the way in and only lets go when I grab him.

A little while before I go, I get another, not so gentle tap, and the fight is on again.

This one is 2.7lbs.

Fishing was kind of slow for everyone that day.
At one point there were 6 anglers fishing with me.
An older gentlemen to my right landed 1 pike and the group of 5 lost a few fish.

The guys coming in off the water were reporting 0 to only 1 fish per boat. I though they would have had alot better luck than that. We did just as well off shore. :o

The lady who runs the lake store said that there was a 14 lb pike and a few 2 lb walleye caught right off shore on opening day.

For myself, I was happy with my results considering the conditions that day.
I saw some birdlife, got to wet my line, and avoided the skunk. :)



WW

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 02:19 AM »
Nice pictures ! good to see the pike are biting :tipup:

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2008, 12:54 AM »
nice pictures where were u fishing if you dont mind me asking?

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2008, 03:22 PM »
nice pics Waterwolf, glad to see ya got out for a bit

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 11:07 PM »
great pics wolf, love the crayfish one, i had one on a jig through the ice this year whilst going for whitefish and lakers, we were amazed it hung on all the way in too.



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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2008, 08:18 PM »
Those crayfish are funny...if they are like thier cousins the crabs they got some serious grip, as i found out recently on a marine bio field course when one took a hold of me...they don't like to let go!
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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2008, 02:46 PM »
Thanks guys. :)

peat_fish, I was fishing at the Whitesand / Thedore Reservoir, at Regional Park.

Good crayfish picture Goonloon, neat winter catch. 8)

Those crayfish are tenacious little guys who can deliver a pretty good pinch if you are not careful.  :pinch:

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2008, 03:16 PM »
looks like u had a fun time guys keep it up
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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2008, 09:08 PM »
great pics...love the crayfish ;D
Here fishy fishy fishy

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures -Fishin on the long weekend!
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2008, 09:29 PM »
Thanks crappyslayer and gonephishin.  :)




I was able to make it for one day of fishing this long weekend on Sunday for a part of the afternoon.

I snapped photos of some of the bird life around me that day.






It didn't take too long before I was into fish. :)
The first one of the day.


With more to come.




In the end I was able to find 6 pike. 8)

They were 1 lb, 2.3lbs, 2.7lbs, 3.8lbs, 3.9lbs and 4.9lbs / 27 inches.

The 1 lb pike would have gone back but the hook went through the roof of his mouth and into it's eye, blinding it.
I couldn't let the fish go in that condition.

They were hitting yellow single tail mr.twisters and white double leg grubs.

I would have stayed a bit longer but it got really windy with some rain. :P

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #10 on: Jun 13, 2008, 09:04 PM »
On Wed June 11th my uncle and I decided to try some evening fishing. It was a dark and windy day but we though we would try it any way. :-\

As we arrived we realized we had the entire shoreline to ourselves.
The only other anglers out there were these 3.

They fished around us in the sheltered part of the lake for most of the evening without much luck.

We had one small shower pass over us but the fish didn't hit untill the last 2 hours of the evening.

During the last hour it started to rain again, but, we were determined to find a few fish, so we stayed and fished from the shelter of the trees.

In the end it turned out not bad, the final results were 3 pike and 1 walleye. :)
I also hooked a polished Len Thompson spoon and a small swimming lure of unknown brand.

The pike were 3.4, 3.7 and 4.6 lbs. The walleye was 1.7 lbs.

All the fish were caught on spoons.

We got one more surprise when we filleted the fish. The 3.7 lb pike,{ 2nd from the top}, that my uncle hooked, had an ultrasonic transmitter embedded in it's ventral surface. :o

This is the first fish my uncle caught with a transmitter.

I have hooked two fish so far with this type of ultrasonic transmitter, one last summer and the other in the winter of 07.

My uncle and I may have to try fishing for the tagged pike in Tobin Lake, would be nice to win a new boat or quad with one. ;D

WW 


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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #11 on: Jun 14, 2008, 06:27 PM »
Nice fish, interesting about the transmitter.
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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #12 on: Jun 18, 2008, 09:32 AM »
wow look at all the dead pike...do you eat them? cause in like 4-5 years those babies would be alot more fun to catch and easier to fill your plate..

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #13 on: Jun 19, 2008, 03:12 PM »
Thanks guys, :)

Pike_Hunter,
I have found that the smaller fish are usually not as fishy as a larger one, plus they will have less contaminates if present in the lake.

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Re: Water Wolf's Adventures
« Reply #14 on: Jun 19, 2008, 03:28 PM »
must have been alot of fun,pike always provide a good time,i just love catching fish with fangs ;D

 



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