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#1 BowSlayer

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 04:45 PM

Was out on joe last night, got there around 3, stayed until 8, we got our limits on lakers and released a bunch more, was really cold and we had no hut so i just sticked mostly to the williams spoon. I fund some open holes way over on the other side of where we were fishing and decided to try it out, after a few rips, i feel the rod bend and that beautiful sound of the drag fire up, unfortunately it was a bit loose and the fish managed to get off, it felt like a nice one, darn it! I jigged some more with no luck and we moved over to that spot, i started jigging again with a minnow head and finally a fish on the line! Felt like a nice laker but to my surprise a ling pops his head out of the hole! Ive never had this happen before so was kinda surprised a bottom feeder would chase a fast action spoon. We put one set line down each and one jigging, i was using a wiliams for a few hours straight and tried every open hole i could find, from 40-160 feet, with nothing but that single ling to show for. Switched over to a batboy and as soon as it got down there i had a bite, there were tons of fish down there through the hole water column but very picky, they would only hit live minnows and they HAD to be jigged as well!! We released around 15 fish all together, not too bad for the evening considering its usually almost dead after noon. Most were caught on the bad boy with a small orange glow in the dark tube tipped with a shiner, second biggest producer was the set line, which i landed the 2nd ling on just before dark, as well as some nice lakers, i released a few of the bigger fish and kept some smaller ones, for a little fish fry, biggest i kept was 21 inches biggest caught was 23 inches. Not a bad day out bit really cold and windy had to hide behind some points, lol! heres a pic for you guys, also had another pic of the ling but i swiped the screen by accident and dang phone deleted it, can't find a way to get it back. :mad:IMG_20140316_234818_zps8a428d7c.jpg


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#2 Kit

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 05:53 PM

What are the two brown ones? Bowfin? You eat that? Lol.


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#3 BowSlayer

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 06:36 PM

ling or cod or burbot, whatever you want to call it, considered to be one of the best tasting fish out there, now bowfin on the other hand........LOL!


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Posted 17 March 2014 - 09:23 PM

you guys did great! good job fellas!
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#5 BowSlayer

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 11:13 PM

thanks, it was a fun evening out for sure, man i love lake joe!!


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Posted 18 March 2014 - 09:02 AM

ling or cod or burbot, whatever you want to call it, considered to be one of the best tasting fish out there, now bowfin on the other hand........LOL!

 

Huh never heard of them.. Well cod I have lol.


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#7 FishChaser67

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 09:11 AM

Another great report ,, good looking lakers and ling way to go guys ,, Congrats ,,,


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#8 BowSlayer

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 03:34 PM

thanks Jacques!


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Posted 18 March 2014 - 08:57 PM

zone 16 was close- Lake trout open from Jan. 1 - Mar. 15 & 2nd Sat. in May - Sept. 30. 

 
Other areas are open.

Lake Trout Fishing Regulations

•Ontario Location: Zone 10 & 8

•Open Season: Jan 1 to Labour Day for Zone 10

•Open Season: (Feb 15 to March 15) & (3rd Saturday in May to Sept 30 for Zone 8

•Limit - Sport License: 2 in your possession for zone 10

•Limit - Sport License: 3 in your possession for zone 8

•Limit - Conservation License: 1 in your possession

•Size Restrictions - Sport License: Only 1 over 15.7 inches for zone 10

•Size Restrictions - Sport License: Any size for Zone 8

•Size Restrictions - Conservation: Any size for Zone 10 & Zone 8

 

 

LAKE JOE OPEN WHOLE YEAR EXCEPT JAN 1-Feb 14.  ZONE 15.  You are fine. 


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#10 Christopher K

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 09:19 PM

I heard Lake trout and white fish at zone 16 was close- Lake trout open from Jan. 1 - Mar. 15 & 

2nd Sat. in May - Sept. 30. 
 
Other areas are open.

Lake Trout Fishing Regulations

•Ontario Location: Zone 10 & 8

•Open Season: Jan 1 to Labour Day for Zone 10

•Open Season: (Feb 15 to March 15) & (3rd Saturday in May to Sept 30 for Zone 8

•Limit - Sport License: 2 in your possession for zone 10

•Limit - Sport License: 3 in your possession for zone 8

•Limit - Conservation License: 1 in your possession

•Size Restrictions - Sport License: Only 1 over 15.7 inches for zone 10

•Size Restrictions - Sport License: Any size for Zone 8

•Size Restrictions - Conservation: Any size for Zone 10 & Zone 8

Lake Joe is zone 15........


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#11 salmotrutta

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 10:19 PM

Lots of lakes have separate rules - do not go by what was posted above - check each lake individually because it may or may not be open!


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#12 BowSlayer

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Posted 19 March 2014 - 12:13 AM

lol, joe is 15, check what zone the lake is in, before you write all that, haha!


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