Wednesday
August 18-25 report!
Rick Sweeney and Steve Schmitt were in camp the week of August 18-25, 2012. We were joined by Claire and Tom Bressler who were first timeers up to Great Slave Lake and each caught their biggest pike of their lives!
Although both water level and temperatures were above normal we still had a very good trip. Early in the week the weed beds held both quantity and quality of big pike and the beds extended much further than normal. As the week went in the fish seemed to turn on and off at various times of the day. My biggest disappointment was that the after dinner trolling bite was not as good as normal. Several nights Rick and I stayed out until 11:00 and still the night trolling bite had not been what we had expected from past trips.
During the week our boat caught 30 pike 41" and above with the largest being a 46" which was caught early in the week. We caught a total of 217 pike during the week with a large number in the 38-41" range that were great fighters.
After several days of wind Eagle Point turned on and we caught several trophies and had a huge pike follow to the boat (48"+) but would not eat our baits.
All in all we had a good trip which easily would have surpassed any pike trips to other destinations throughout Canada.
Steve Schmitt
*Pics to follow*
Although both water level and temperatures were above normal we still had a very good trip. Early in the week the weed beds held both quantity and quality of big pike and the beds extended much further than normal. As the week went in the fish seemed to turn on and off at various times of the day. My biggest disappointment was that the after dinner trolling bite was not as good as normal. Several nights Rick and I stayed out until 11:00 and still the night trolling bite had not been what we had expected from past trips.
During the week our boat caught 30 pike 41" and above with the largest being a 46" which was caught early in the week. We caught a total of 217 pike during the week with a large number in the 38-41" range that were great fighters.
After several days of wind Eagle Point turned on and we caught several trophies and had a huge pike follow to the boat (48"+) but would not eat our baits.
All in all we had a good trip which easily would have surpassed any pike trips to other destinations throughout Canada.
Steve Schmitt
*Pics to follow*
Tuesday
Thursday
The Guarascio report!!
From Herb Guarascio!!
Great trip as always! My son Matt and I really enjoyed fishing with the other guys in camp; just a great group! I was excited to see Tracy cooking and she spoiled us with her great meals and desserts once again. Don, Bruce, Garret and team took great care of us as always and it's simply great to see them and catch up. I liked the new addition of mosquito nets for the bunk beds too.
As for fishing, here's my stats:
My longest was 49.5". I also had a fat 48". Matt caught 42 trophies (41" or more) and I caught 31. What else is new? He always out fishes me. For those who measure trophies differently, between the two of us we had a total of 98 pike that were 40"+; and well over 150 pike that were 38" or more. I counted over 1000 fish for the week. Many of those were walleye - and nice ones at that.
All fish were HEAVY. We weighed a 45" just to get a sense and it was 24.5 pounds!
They were stacked up in Becks, but only little guys showed up when we tried Thubin. Weeds weren't up yet. Doctor spoons were our lure of choice. Very slow on the bottom. Superstalkers and buck tails didn't work well for us.
We each caught an incanu! Very neat. They fight like crazy.
I always enjoy Taltson Bay Big Pike Lodge and this year was even better.
Great trip as always! My son Matt and I really enjoyed fishing with the other guys in camp; just a great group! I was excited to see Tracy cooking and she spoiled us with her great meals and desserts once again. Don, Bruce, Garret and team took great care of us as always and it's simply great to see them and catch up. I liked the new addition of mosquito nets for the bunk beds too.
As for fishing, here's my stats:
My longest was 49.5". I also had a fat 48". Matt caught 42 trophies (41" or more) and I caught 31. What else is new? He always out fishes me. For those who measure trophies differently, between the two of us we had a total of 98 pike that were 40"+; and well over 150 pike that were 38" or more. I counted over 1000 fish for the week. Many of those were walleye - and nice ones at that.
All fish were HEAVY. We weighed a 45" just to get a sense and it was 24.5 pounds!
They were stacked up in Becks, but only little guys showed up when we tried Thubin. Weeds weren't up yet. Doctor spoons were our lure of choice. Very slow on the bottom. Superstalkers and buck tails didn't work well for us.
We each caught an incanu! Very neat. They fight like crazy.
I always enjoy Taltson Bay Big Pike Lodge and this year was even better.
Monday
THE FIRST REPORT OF 2012 IS IN !!!
This was on the twitter page courtesy of Brett Hendricks:
" Warm and windy. Fished shirtless two afternoons. Becks was on fire, Tower Island inflow kicked out some monsters. Caught two 49s, a 49.5, a 48, three 47s and a bunch of 46 and 45s. Doctor spoons, Williams Wobblers and Johnson Minnows dominated."
OUTSTANDING!!! Thanks Brett!!
" Warm and windy. Fished shirtless two afternoons. Becks was on fire, Tower Island inflow kicked out some monsters. Caught two 49s, a 49.5, a 48, three 47s and a bunch of 46 and 45s. Doctor spoons, Williams Wobblers and Johnson Minnows dominated."
OUTSTANDING!!! Thanks Brett!!
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