Ice Team Fish with the Pro Event at Tolen's Pelican Landing on LOTW

[Jason Hamilton]

I was lucky enough to be asked to help represent Ice Team at a contest giveaway from the St Paul Ice Show. 1 lucky winner was picked out of thousands of entries to head up to Tolens Pelican Landing on Lake or the Woods in Morson Ontario, with fellow Ice Team pro Jeff Andersen. Joining us were Clam Outdoors president Steve Geertsen, his son and contest winner Dustin and his father Bryce.

Like much of the ice belt, temperatures were brutally cold the previous couple of weeks, however luck was on our side as the weekend warmed up to near 0C. Perfect to run and gun to get after the myriad of species in this untapped area on Lake of the Woods, which in itself is the best multispecies freshwater fishery in the world.

Tolen's is the perfect base for mobile ice anglers running snowmobiles and portables. New cabins, a comfortable main lodge and access to great fishing. Robert and his family run an first rate camp. We made a amazing scenic run to chase lakers, walleye were found on any main lake point with a deep hole off it. Most surprising of all was the crappie bite. Slabs! we caught big numbers of fish in the 14-15" range. Actually we caught 11 species on the weekend and all on the 1/8oz pink Clam Blade spoon. Pink has long been my go to colour on the northern part of LOTW and it sure transferred here.

Bottom line, great fishing, company, and resort.

[Lunker Luke]

Good look fish boy's. Keep up good work.

[Kevan Paul]

Nice job guys. I would love to come up and catch some of those SLABS!!

[Garett Svir1582813971]

Looks like you had a blast. Great job!

[Jeff Andersen]

Awesome write up Jason. What a mobile ice anglers paradise with tons of fishing opportunity. I enjoyed getting to know Dustin and Bryce. Robert at Tolen's is a great host and I would recommend anyone to put it on there bucket list.

Here is a link to my blog report. Tolens Pelican Landing Ice Team Give A Way Report

[hamms-scooter]

Awesome!

[Matt Breuer]

Looks like an AWESOME trip!!

[welfedted]

I enjoyed meeting Jason & Jeff @ Tolen's Pelican Landing. Rob sure does a great job! I would like to talk a little about the fishing. In my opinion, you couldn't dream of a better experience. Lots & Lots of fish with size too. I had a group of 5 in my cabin and I always worry about my guests having a good time and putting them on fish. I should know that LOW has a way of taking care of that by itself. Question for Jason H. & Jeff A., how would you rate that trip? Maybe you guys are used to such a bite and good time, but I am curious if that trip is the norm or if it was truly something special? I have known Robert Tolen since his family bought Pelican Landing, and I must say its a great addition to my Morson experience. I am surprised that his resort is not full all the time, but I don't mind because that means this hidden jewel is only being tapped by a blessed few. Thanks again Robert! WFT

[Jeff Andersen]

Hey crappie slayer! It was a pleasure to meet you also. As Ice Team Members we are lucky to chase down the best bites across the ice belt. The fishing at Tolens is as good as it gets for the mobile ice angler. Beautiful scenery, a vast bounty of fish, and nobody there! Doesn't get too much better. Yes I have caught bigger walleyes, bigger lake trout, pike and crappies but nowhere have I been able to catch all the above in such good numbers and size. The crappie bite was absolutely spectacular! Average crappie was from 13 inches. I'm not sure if that is par up there or if we just stumbled upon those monsters. None the less we caught crappies almost every spot. A magical place? Yes it is...

[welfedted]

Thanks for the response Jiggy. It truly is a magical place. WFT

[Jason Hamilton]

I'd have to echo Jeff's comments, the multispecies fishing in that area of LOTW the weekend we were there was nothing short of spectacular. Crappie in particular. It is a unique area that ice anglers could go to, take a week and really hone their skills on a number of fish and different types of structure. It was great to get a chance to hang out Ted, I'll be back for a map chat again!