OT: Hunting/Fishing

[Gotaf7]

Picked up this little piggy an hour ago. My biggest eye of the season... literally on my last drift of the season. Storing my boat for the winter tomorrow . And OMG what a beautiful mid-October day weather-wise... only needed my Jets hoodie to stay warm!

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Nice to see a big eye that isn’t green! Nice fish.

 

[ReganDevils]

Picked up this little piggy an hour ago. My biggest eye of the season... literally on my last drift of the season. Storing my boat for the winter tomorrow . And OMG what a beautiful mid-October day weather-wise... only needed my Jets hoodie to stay warm!

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what lake is that? looks nice

 

[ReganDevils]

View attachment 467937 Some birds and my retriever from opening day.

where is this?

 

[jefferoni]

what lake is that? looks nice

Winnipeg River by Kenora. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[10Ducky10]

where is this?

Netley Marsh.

 

[10Ducky10]

Three of us got lucky with the walleyes yesterday.

 

[10Ducky10]

9 ruffies and 2 spruce grouse this morning in the rain.
3 ruffies, 3 spruce this evening.

I love Nopiming.
My buddy took his limit for the first time.

 

[10Ducky10]

We ended up with 34 ruffies and 7 spruce over the 5 days and barely hunted the last two days.
We ate10 ruffies during the week to make sure we weren't over the possession limits.

 

[10Ducky10]

A small fraction of the redpolls at one of the futures this morning.
We had five sharp tail grouse at a different feeder a half an hour ago.
The other picture is of 2 Hungarian partridges hiding by a hawthorn tree.

 

[10Ducky10]

*feeders.
I wish I could edit my posts.

 

[Gm0ney]

A small fraction of the redpolls at one of the futures this morning.
We had five sharp tail grouse at a different feeder a half an hour ago.
The other picture is of 2 Hungarian partridges hiding by a hawthorn tree.

It's peak redpoll around our feeders right now.

 

[10Ducky10]

The Huns and Sharptails are wary of a Great horned owl we have in the area.
I imagine the Jacks are as well.

 

[10Ducky10]

I thought I would add a couple of pictures of some fish we caught while trolling for pickeral on the Red last fall. That first catfish was caught by the tail.

 

[Cypruss]

Have three days and a 17 foot boat reserved for myself and my son to camp and fish up at Quesnal Lake at the end of June / early July once school is out. Wish us luck!!

 

[Buffdog]

I thought I would add a couple of pictures of some fish we caught while trolling for pickeral on the Red last fall. That first catfish was caught by the tail.

I've never caught a cat while trolling... but i also don't do a lot of trolling where they are

Is that common?

 

[10Ducky10]

I've never caught a cat while trolling... but i also don't do a lot of trolling where they are

Is that common?

Second one I have seen caught while trolling...the first was the other cat in the pics. The jack was also caught trolling...nothing uncommon, but we were on the Red and I don't think that is common. The one was caught by the tail...what a fight. Took line as soon as he was snagged. Crazy fight. All three of us thought it was a sturgeon. This was around Lower Fort Garry or a bit south.

 

[Buffdog]

Second one I have seen caught while trolling...the first was the other cat in the pics. The jack was also caught trolling...nothing uncommon, but we were on the Red and I don't think that is common. The one was caught by the tail...what a fight. Took line as soon as he was snagged. Crazy fight. All three of us thought it was a sturgeon. This was around Lower Fort Garry or a bit south.

Once i was trolling for musky and I had a hit... as I was dragging it in, I actually said "either this is a 50+ inch musky, or a foul-hooked pike"... sure as shit, I had snagged a small pike right in the side and was reeling it in sideways lol

 

[10Ducky10]

Once i was trolling for musky and I had a hit... as I was dragging it in, I actually said "either this is a 50+ inch musky, or a foul-hooked pike"... sure as shit, I had snagged a small pike right in the side and was reeling it in sideways lol

Best fight I ever had was a 36-in carp that I snagged up by the dorsal fin when I was pulling my line in to check the bait. I thought I had a whale!!!

 

[10Ducky10]

Best freshwater fight.

 

[Cypruss]

foul hooked fights are crazy....but often a bit of a letdown when you see what happened.

7 minutes of thinking that you have some sort of monster, to then see its a 15 inch smallmouth hooked in it's back.....

 

[10Ducky10]

We caught a crazy amount of saugers/pickeral last fall that weren't hooked in the mouth while jigging.
First time I have seen so many fish caught like that.

 

[10Ducky10]

Have three days and a 17 foot boat reserved for myself and my son to camp and fish up at Quesnal Lake at the end of June / early July once school is out. Wish us luck!!

Good luck!
Going for pickeral?
Probably be a bit deeper by then.
Some good spots for smallies up there as well from what I am told.

 

[kanadalainen]

Have three days and a 17 foot boat reserved for myself and my son to camp and fish up at Quesnal Lake at the end of June / early July once school is out. Wish us luck!!

Our cabin is nearby. Beautiful part of the province.

 

[Cypruss]

Good luck!
Going for pickeral?
Probably be a bit deeper by then.
Some good spots for smallies up there as well from what I am told.

I love the smallmouth action - that will be the focus. Will for sure be doing some Pickeral hunting at times as well.

 

[10Ducky10]

I love the smallmouth action - that will be the focus. Will for sure be doing some Pickeral hunting at times as well.

I hear Happy Lake is full of them.