Lucky Lisa's Laker Report!

[Lisa Almquist]

OMG!! I CAUGHT MY FIRST LAKE TROUT YESTERDAY!!

On the spur of the moment, Jim and I decided to head up to Burntside (I have been telling everyone that I WOULD fish her again this year!) yesterday morning. We stopped at Great Outdoors Bait to pick up some minnows. GO (also an FMer) was SUPER helpful, very nice and quite a character! Thanks!

We got on the lake and tried a few of our spots out and then I caught my 1st laker around 2PM. She was about 21 inches.

1st Laker

Then at about 4PM I caught a 25 incher:

2nd Laker

There was no more action for the day so we returned early this morning and at about 8:20 I caught another 25 incher!!

3rd Laker:

Jim caught one 18 incher yesterday also. The weather was nice and there weren't too many people on the lake. I am hooked now! My adrenaline was roaring and my drag was squealin'! These fish don't want to come up for nothing! Huge red marks on the Marcum! It's everything you dream about when you think of fishing lake trout. I'm just glad I got a taste of it for myself.

PS. Sorry I look so tired! You have to get up early! Tami, here's that Arctic Armor pic you were waiting for!

[Iambjm]

Wow!!! What a fantastic catch. Congratulations

[muc33]

Congrats Lisa!

[northwoodsdreamr]

Lisa, Congratulations! Nice fish and great pic's. I'm heading back up to Burntside this coming weekend and hopefully will catch my first laker.

[Northlander]

Congrats Lisa. Nice pics too.

[reelemin]

well its about darn time Lisa -

Just kidding -

WAY TO GO - awesome - fabulous - marvalous -terrific.

Very seriouly - very very nice Lisa - job well done sis-ta yeaaaa

[Team Otter]

You've got it goin' on!

Great photos.

[PierBridge]

Sweeeeeeeeeet job Lisa!

Man that looks fun!

[Eric Wettschreck]

Very nice Lisa. Congrats to both you and Jim!!!

I'm jealous.

[harvey lee]

Nice fish Lisa, and it looks like you outfished Jim too.

[bassNspear]

Congradulations Lisa. Its awesome to see that your excited about it all. And plus, you look great in the camo!!

[DTro]

Wow!

There better be some spillage of beans in a couple of weeks

Great shots Lisa

[IceHawk]

Congrats Lisa you deserve it! Nice Photo's!

[hanson]

Congrats Lisa!

Were you fishing where I think you were fishin?

[UdeLakeTom]

Nice fish!!

[boatfixer]

Good job Lisa!! By the way, where do find that suit you are wearing? Since my wife fried my nice columbia jacket on the auger muffler, someone needs a new jacket.

[Lisa Almquist]

Hey boatfixer-I bought my Arctic Armor here!

We found a great new spot hanson! I'll share it if you come up and fish with us again!!

Thanks everybody for the kudos! It's been a sad sad winter and this really was an ego booster!

[Borch]

Way to go Lisa!

Now you got that monkey off your back and you can just enjoy thumping lakers from now on!

[boatfixer]

Thank you. and again, nice fish!!

[Sandmannd]

Nice fish Lisa, looks like you had a great time.

[DeeDee]

Congrats Lisa!! Nice fish

[glenn57]

lisa, when you said ou bought your outfit here, is that the same place i bought my decals? the last time i looked the pictures werent very clear. i did entertain getting a jacket with fm logals on it.

[Lisa Almquist]

I bought the jacket/bib combo through this company and had decals put on: Arctic Armor. The selling point for me personally is the warmth factor. I can stay out longer and warmer with this gear on than ever before. Oh and it floats if you fall through the ice. I was seriously looking at the Carhart Extremes but was really leery of how stiff they were. Arctic Armor is soft and I can move easily in them. I actually have to take my jacket off every time I auger holes because I get too warm. Can't beat that!

[glenn57]

thanks for the info. i think i understand.

[Sandmannd]

Glenn, you can look up walleye dan and get them from him as well.