Iced Brown, Lake O

Was a tough bite today.
Managed to ice one, and lost 2.
Couple small hammer handles in there too as well as a few perch.
All in all a decent day on Lake O.

Very Nice

Now that looks fun! Nice fish.

Dave

Nice looking Brown well done! Looks like you answered your own question from Saturday's post.

Sweet! Nice colours on him

Whereabouts are you fishing on Lake Ontario
You do not want to mention here I understand
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nice buck

X2
My exact thought process.

It was fun !!
This thing was a BULL. Fought hard for a good 15 mins, felt ALOT longer.
In only about 7’ of water. Where I was fishing it’s kinda a mixed bag of fish. I knew a big brown was possible, but not likely. I was using a Slab Grabber with an emerald shiner about 12” above at the time, as a small school of perch were moving through. This thing came out of nowhere and smashed the shiner. Ziiiiiiiiiing goes the drag !!

Was 25” and just a touch under 7lbs.
Can’t wait to get back out.

Also, I will mention that during the fall this year I experimented with some new Salmon Roe cures which I didn’t like the way they turned out (for Steel)
So I thought I’ll bring a jar along to maybe chum a hole. The bite was slow so I thought ahh what the hell. Let’s give it a shot. Sure enough withing 5 mins boom, first hit. On an emerald (drop shot) 1 min later gone. Damn.

20 mins goes by boom another hit on an Emerald (drop shot) gone right away again. Wth. I change from Berkely drop shot hooks to raven specialist Sz 4 I believe. Maybe about 30 mins later this school of perch comes through. I drop the slab grabber down like mentioned above (with Raven hook for emerald), and this time the hit takes and I land one.

I will forever chum my hole in this particular spot with Roe. Hahahaha

congrats on that nice Brown trout

Beauty Brown!! I keep losing the trout this year... Man do they put up a fight under the ice!! Haven't even landed one yet, but it's my new favorite fish to target (Rainbows & Browns)