January 18th and 19th, I am a glutton for punishment..

So yesterday I decided to walk out to one of my perch spots and what a burden that was. I took my flip, big buddy heater, 5lbs of propane and everything else I needed to be comfortable for the day. It took me an hour and a lot of sweat and back pain to walk just over 1km before I set up. The fishing wasn't fast or furious but it was somewhat steady with singles or couples coming to play and I managed to take 22 home all close to or over 1lbs each. Needless to say the walk back took 1.5 hours. Today after work I figured it would be OK to hit the whitey grounds with no shelter as the wind didn't seem so bad at the time and temperature was still mild. Well when I got to the lake at 230 it really started howling and snowing to the point where I was being pushed off my chair while sitting on it. Lasted for 90 minutes and ended up getting 2 whitefish. 1 good sized one I kept and another 1.5lbs or so I let swim. I can't believe how cold I got out there today in those 90 minutes even though I was bundled up pretty good. After chopping some wood and firing up the sauna I finally warmed up enough to clean and cook the fish for dinner.

Whitefish

The hard work paid off with some nice sized perch there! Did you walk all the way out to deeper water to get those?

Good day for you, I wish could fish on work days. Thanks for report.

In all was a great outing for you Vlad and we need the extra exercise tight lines Frank.LOL

Well done my friend! I bet that was one tough walk! Lol

Nice going Vlad..I see a different lure today, I think..

I feel for you brother! I know those walks all too well. Onw day I'll splurge on a snowdog. Nice catches as always 👍
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Nice bunch of fish. Makes you appreciate them when you've trekked and sat through those conditions. Speaking of conditions, how was the ice out there?

Thanks guys, Frank I need three exercsie for sure. Fishmagnet I used a 10g vibrato this time vs a 1/4oz meegs last outing. Dale the walk sucked so much. I didn't measure the ice but I'd say 7 inches easy.

Nice going , Vlad! Whities and perch , Simcoe treasures! Well done !
Hard work and persistence always pays off!

I'm going to walk 15 more minutes tomorrow. I mark usually but land about 1 out of four times...they came charging in today and then left just as fast. Lol

What he said ⬆️

Nice going Vlad