Lakers and my LX3

[Hemlock]

Well, I fished lakers on Sunday for the first time with my LX-3. I was in 50' of water and keeping my jig at about 44'-45'.

Our first stop produced a fish within 5 minutes of dropping a line. The LX 3 lit up right away with several large red blips taking a look at the tube. It wasn't long before one committed and we had a fish on. I was able to use the zoom to my advantage, as I was fishing fairly close to the bottom.

All day, I had lookers and every once in a while, a taker. But boy is that fun, knowing you've got a 5-10 lb trout taking a look at your jig...Red blip = excitement and hang on!

Towards the end of the day, I was marking fish right on the bottom in about 32' of water. I lightened up my tackle a bit assuming they might of been walleyes. After working them and missing a couple bump bump bump, I realized they were perch. Caught one and it was about 3.5" long. Again, impressed with the sensitivity of the flasher to pick up little fish like that down 32'.

All in all 4 lakers caught, two back down the hole and two for the bbq..... and one nice suntan.

[dirtking]

hemlock - we picked up a couple a piece for the four of us on sunday and the same on sat. lots of lookers but not many takers. the few we did clean on sun. were full of minnows. I am guessing they bit like mad earlier last week! - No huge fish this year - biggest was a 24"

[Hemlock]

Dirtking, you weren't at Cigar Island/Horseshoe around 2:00 PM, 4 snowmobiles for a while, then two took off to Russell, and the other two followed about 25 minutes later? If that was you, I was fishing the north tip of cigar island at that time. I also thought I saw the same crew loading up at Maple Leaf around 7:00 PM Sunday.

Our biggest was 28" Fought like a pig. The other three I iced Sunday were all 24-25...didn't check out their bellies.

[dirtking]

Yes hemlock that was us - both times actually / Cigar Island/Horseshoe and at the Maple Leaf. We didn't have near the luck on that end of the lake - we were doing better down closer to Diner. My dad and I are heading back up to LOTW (south shore) next weekend for the final hurrah of ice fishing. Last year we came up (Sioux Narrows) with the boat the day after ice out - fun trip! Don't know if that'll work out this year - but until then have good fishing in your beautiful country.

[Hemlock]

Ahh, I thought that could've been you. With one of your sleds being bright red, it kinda looked like a Canadian rig I should've stopped over and said hello. Dinner was better was it? We were short on time and stayed close to home. As stated earlier, the LX3 was lit up almost all day, with a fish every once in a while to keep us happy.

I'm done ice fishing for the year. I've got a boat that needs some work before she gets put in for 6 months.

[mmm-kay]

Hemlock,

you talk about getting your boat ready, Do you guide?

You sound very smart when it comes to fishing in Canada,

I sure would like to fish with you sometime. Do you have a price sheet so I can get a feel for what it would cost me? US funds please, I am not very good at converting.

Thank you

Kay

[Hemlock]

Kay...thanks for the compliments

Just getting the community/family boat ready for another 6 months of sitting in the water. I use it the most, so I do the most work to it. I'm not a guide. If you are in need of one, let me know.