Back lake brookies

Got the family out last Saturday for a long drive and hike into the bush. Passed a lot of lakes with open water and everyone was skeptical whether it would be safe. Arrived at the lake early afternoon and shoreline looked to be holding up pretty good.

After a few spots not marking anything , a couple hours went by before I noticed my rod gone. So I run over and all I can see is a few inches of my cork handle sticking out. My handle was the only thing saving it from going down the 4 inch hole. Pick up the rod and fish was still on. Got the fish landed and relieved I didn’t lose my rod. So I put little bells on a couple rods lol.
Afternoon bite was definitely on. Landed 3 within 5 minutes. Overall we went 7 for 7 and missed 2 hits.

Lots of ice but most of it was white with only couple of inches of clear ice in some spots. Be careful out there, especially with all this rain we just got.

14-15 inches

Nice catch I sure miss those outings one of my favorite fish to catch just in the beauty and taste of them good for you to get out .

Nice haul.

Awesome catch......nice to see them turn on for you. Dinner is going to be good at your house.

Awesome! From the photos they look like splake.

SS77

Nice catch deepjigger how deep are you catching them this time of year are they still shallow .

Beautiful catch, congratulations!

For me the square tail is usually a dead give away its a brookie. I haven’t caught many splake, but the ones that I’ve seen have a somewhat forked tail.

Yes Sparky, they were shallow. Caught them from 4-10 fow. Tried 13-17-18-19 and nothing hit.

Awesome catch. Looks like the whole family came to you.

Look like stocked fish from the same year class as most have their pectoral fin clipped.