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#1 Angler

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 11:11 AM

Hey all,
I was up in the Bancroft area this past weekend.
Hit up lots of Walleye and a few Splake Trout. Ice was over 10" thick on most lakes. Lots of huts on the ice.
We tried to make a mission to some stocked Brook, Rainbow and Lake Trout lakes but the road conditions were poor :angry:
Caught a few Perch and got snapped off by a Pike. Walleyes were hitting hard!!! Spent a day on a stocked Splake Trout lake with 4 miss hits and 3 caught.
Great few days of fishing! Heading back up in 2 weeks.

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#2 ChaseChrome

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 11:58 AM

Sounds like a fun outing man!!
If only it wasn't for the ice--but then it wouldn't be ice fishing would it??
I'll stick to the indoors (mucho flies to tie before spring)
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#3 LICENSETOPIN

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:07 PM

Hey all,
I was up in the Bancroft area this past weekend.
Hit up lots of Walleye and a few Splake Trout. Ice was over 10" thick on most lakes. Lots of huts on the ice.
We tried to make a mission to some stocked Brook, Rainbow and Lake Trout lakes but the road conditions were poor :angry:
Caught a few Perch and got snapped off by a Pike. Walleyes were hitting hard!!! Spent a day on a stocked Splake Trout lake with 4 miss hits and 3 caught.
Great few days of fishing! Heading back up in 2 weeks.


Nice fish!
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#4 georgianbaydrifter

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:39 PM

beauty walleyes what you hit them on? we got a six pounder while fishing crappies last week fishing with teardrops and small minnos
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:52 PM

Great report, that'll be me in a few days, except I'll be north of Bancroft.

Great report :)
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 07:02 PM

Angler, you were the one who went to Combermere, ok.

I'm heading to Barry's Bay ;) Lots of stocked lakes in that area there but HARD to get to. There is ths one lake that I just remembered about, stocked lake full of sunfsh and splake. On top of a mountain, if you want the name of it, PM me. Place is unreal in the summer. Water clartity is a good 15 feet, lots of logs, fished it twice last year and only had sunfsh, I don't know how to catch splake. Gonna take up the ATV to get in there when we go, rough terrain. Anyways, what did you land the splakes on? I need tips ;)

Where did you catch the perch and walleyes at? Kami near Combermere?
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:26 AM

Angler, you were the one who went to Combermere, ok.

I'm heading to Barry's Bay ;) Lots of stocked lakes in that area there but HARD to get to. There is ths one lake that I just remembered about, stocked lake full of sunfsh and splake. On top of a mountain, if you want the name of it, PM me. Place is unreal in the summer. Water clartity is a good 15 feet, lots of logs, fished it twice last year and only had sunfsh, I don't know how to catch splake. Gonna take up the ATV to get in there when we go, rough terrain. Anyways, what did you land the splakes on? I need tips ;)

Where did you catch the perch and walleyes at? Kami near Combermere?



I used a small minnow on a dead stick in shallow water off shore for the Splake.
Walleye and Perch was about 20' of water on a ledge between deep and shallow breaks with a minnow.
Jig something in your 2nd hole to attract the fish. 9 times out of 10 the fish will hit the live minnow.
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 07:55 PM

I used a small minnow on a dead stick in shallow water off shore for the Splake.
Walleye and Perch was about 20' of water on a ledge between deep and shallow breaks with a minnow.
Jig something in your 2nd hole to attract the fish. 9 times out of 10 the fish will hit the live minnow.



I've heard that is really productive--pics speak for themselves I guess... :grin:
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 06:53 PM

Nice job on the eye's congrat's and very good eating.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 05:27 PM

Looking to go to a buddys cottage this weekend up in Bancroft. It willm be my first time fishing there,do you guys have any good locations with recent reports???
Ive also heard of a lake called lake padaush where people go. Would that be a good spot?
Thanks
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