Ling and Lakers

[BowSlayer]

Well ChristopherK. and i decided to go hit a lake in the haliburton highlands, in hopes of hooking a few ling. When we got there, i expected good laker action, well we didn't have that, neither did we have any action at all. I started drilling holes like crazy, checking and jigging each one and by the time i drilled the two holes for the hut, i managed to run out of gas for the auger and we had to chisel the other hole through. By the time i got back, Chris already had a ling on the ice and was pulling up another. I decided to join in on the fun, we set up the hut and had a good number of hits, then it lit up, Chris got one, then i did, then back to Chris, then i get a small laker, only one so far. I decide to go back to another hole where i had recently lost a whitie, i go over, mark something right on bottom on the flasher, as I'm dropping my micro jig and minnow down there, just as it gets halfway down, a big red mark is heading towards my bait, i stop flip the bail back over, and something smashes my jig, i set the hook hard and it goes off like a freight train, my ul looked as if it were about to snap any second now and my drag was barely holding off my four lb test. Just as i think it might be a huge whitie, i get a headshake and a run down 30' below, nope this is now whitie, its a laker!! I yell for Chris to come and help and just as he runs over i manage to lift out this beauty laker on my 5th try after it falling back in the hole 4 times without me getting a grip. I went over back to the hut and watch Chris's rod tip bounce, i set the hook and yell for him to come and grab his rod, he pulls out a nice ling in a couple minutes and we decide to call it a day, beautiful weather but the wind was a pain, still an awesome outing! [/URL[url=http://s879.photobucket.com/user/rainbow256/media/IMG_20140314_175003_zpsd8f0e2a6.jpg.html] [/URL[url=http://s879.photobucket.com/user/rainbow256/media/IMG_20140314_175102-1_zps3cd1be1b.jpg.html]

 

[Shmogley]

nice fish bud

 

[classic drifter]

bravo! bravooooo!!!!! good job u guys!

 

[BowSlayer]

thanks guys!

 

[Brian]

Looks like you guys had a good time out there.
Nice job.
I've never caught a ling before. What's the fight like?

 

[BowSlayer]

they fight well, ounce you set the hook they just stand there and you can't really move them than they have a few small runs simiallair to a laker then they just twist around and it feels like little runs, they definitely fight well, they bite mostly on set lines though, the ones that i cleaned had a stomach STUFFED with minnows of all sizes, theyre definitely hungry, they eat a lot right now before the spawn in the spring. The laker had a couple big smelt in it and a bunch of minnows, I'm pretty sure one of the smelts was one of the ones we dropped!

 

[getin]

Nice going. Well done

 

[fishermandan420]

Ling spawn in winter under the ice. Prob just coming off the spawn and putting on the feedbag.

 

[BowSlayer]

thanks! Ya these guys will be spawning in a couple weeks time, they're usually spawning by now but every things holding back this year, they were real fat, ready to spawn for sure, they really put on the feed bag even during the spawn! We go out in the boat and still get them, we were in 51 feet of water, in a couple weeks they could be as shallow as 10 feet thats when things get fun!!

 

[FishChaser67]

Great report ,, nice fish Congrats ,,,

 

[BowSlayer]

thanks Jacques!

 

[RedCat]

Great report thanks

 

[OCDComputing]

Great job!

 

[BowSlayer]

thanks guys!