First Ice trout!

[Scott Wpg]

Hi all,

The ice up here in Manitoba is coming in really well! Looks like we could have some terrific conditions on Lake Winnipeg very soon, and the Red is already starting to go strong.

While we're waiting for the big lake and big walleyes, we decided to head a few hours out of Winnipeg for another favorite hard water target... trout!

Pretty amazing couple of days, which included losing a rod down the hole, and then "finding" it a while later, fish attached! We took some video, hope you enjoy...

Wishing you all a safe, fun and productive hard water season... and if you find yourself heading up to "the great white north", drop me or Steve a line!

[Hookedeye]

That was indeed a great trip with lots of laughs.

[AuggieDawg11]

Great video guys. Beautiful trout also.

[tweedlap]

You two a quite the pair ! Had me chuckling the whole video

long. Some nice trout along the way.

I am ready for Ice 2 !

Thanks,

tweed

[Surface Tension]

Excellent work!

[nubote]

You guys are EVERYWHERE.lol. Love the videos and Hooked Mag! I hope to get out to the Parkland tomorrow.

[buzbunni]

Anybody that questions why we hit the hardwater each year needs to watch your video guys.

Great stuff. I laughed 'til I cried, and then I laughed some more.

I wanna go fishin' with you dudes.

"You had me at "trout"....."

[Scudly]

Scott and Steve-

Amazing video, excellent trout fishing. What a blast! How lucky to not only get your pole back but your fish too! A couple of characters, I look forward to more of your videos. Kudos!

[harvey lee]

Very nice. Now you have me all pumped for the Lake Trout opener.

The Gunflint lake trip cannot come soon enough.

[fishgutz77]

Nice Vid.

Awesome trout fishing hey!

[fsh4trout]

Excellent Vid. Shows the lighter side of fishing.

What did you use to catch them?

[Scott Wpg]

Thanks all! We're sure having fun documenting some of our trips, and really appreciate the kind words and encouragement!

The most productive presentation for us this trip was 1/8 or 1/16oz jigs with a gulp or slurpee minnow. We also had some action on the smallest size Lindy Darter, but by far plastics. Jigging outproduced deadstick by a wide margin... and we'd find that if we reeled up fairly aggresivley when we marked a fish, they would chase and hit... hold it still or vibrate it and our success rate went down.

It was a little strange, other trips jigging little cleos are typically our best bet, but there was little interest with those this time around.

Cheers!