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I’ll keep it short and sweet…. Finished up work an hour early to prep for a hot date… but not with my wife. The weather was unreal! +7 and sunny, I couldn’t resist the call of the lake. Started the long walk out at 3pm on a lake I haven’t fished in a while, laker slot and one line limit. Found a spot and drilled a hole, checked the graph… she’s waiting for me down there with a bunch of action. Drop my meegz down to bottom, stir up some ruckus down below, she follows right away, start reeling to entice the chase, maybe 5 cranks up and like a rocket, slam! Fish on! Great head shakes on this one, had my drag a little tight but the rod absorbed most of the thumping. Just like the other day, this fish jumps out of the hole like a bass onto the ice! No fussing. Toss her on the board and call it a keeper 23”… she even burped up my panfish entry upon landing. lol. Kept fishing, 15 min later another laker 22”, released. Called it a day and off the ice by 4:30. Just an afternoon quickie. Nobody out there at all. Great walking conditions though I did manage to find a slush hole, which happened to be where I fished. Headed home, stopped at the store and bought my wife a dozen red roses for Valentine’s Day for the first time ever in our 14 years together…. I felt obligated after my secret laker date. Trout tacos for dinner!
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Well done on all aspects, lake to plate, and especially the roses! Do you just pound bottom with the meegs or whitie dance it? Tipped with a portion of minnow or small tube. Im interested in trying your technique on Joe this weekend as I have had some success with a moonshine jig with similar profile as meegs but with "glider?" Tail similiar to jiiging rap. I've never tried the meegs there as most of my catches come on a deadstick with a river rig with 5/8 oz egg sinker. Not sure why but this seems to work there.
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QUOTE (simcoeslayer77 @ Feb 15, 2023 - 10:59 pm)
Well done on all aspects, lake to plate, and especially the roses! Do you just pound bottom with the meegs or whitie dance it? Tipped with a portion of minnow or small tube. Im interested in trying your technique on Joe this weekend as I have had some success with a moonshine jig with similar profile as meegs but with "glider?" Tail similiar to jiiging rap. I've never tried the meegs there as most of my catches come on a deadstick with a river rig with 5/8 oz egg sinker. Not sure why but this seems to work there.
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Please let me know how you do on Joe....hoping to go there after next week and could never get a meeg to produce there....thx.
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QUOTE (simcoeslayer77 @ Feb 15, 2023 - 11:59 pm)
Tail similiar to jiiging rap. I've never tried the meegs there as most of my catches come on a deadstick with a river rig with 5/8 oz egg sinker. Not sure why but this seems to work there.
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