Dragon Troller Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Myself, Tuber and Stonedragon(sp?) are heading up to Swan on Friday night, Tuber and I are there until Tuesday. Weather is supposed to be a bit chilly but the fishing may make it bearable. We will let you know how the trip was when we return. If you happen to be there and see us on the water say hi, we will be in our blue Scadden pontoons. Quote
johnk Posted September 25, 2009 Posted September 25, 2009 Myself, Tuber and Stonedragon(sp?) are heading up to Swan on Friday night, Tuber and I are there until Tuesday. Weather is supposed to be a bit chilly but the fishing may make it bearable. We will let you know how the trip was when we return. If you happen to be there and see us on the water say hi, we will be in our blue Scadden pontoons.Well, I hope you've got small camping units 'cause that parking lot is getting full! Was there today and got blown off by 2' swells but the "boys" yesterday had a heyday on floating backswimmer patterns! Quote
Dragon Troller Posted September 25, 2009 Author Posted September 25, 2009 Thanks for the heads up John, My rig is not small, 27ft if we wont fit then we will camp elsewhere. I'm fishing there regardless. Glad to hear the Fishing is good. Quote
tuber Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) No problems with getting a spot when we rolled in at 11:30 Friday night ;^) Had a blast - backswimmers were working okay - but the real ticket it seemed was a mink leech pattern... Don Anderson had a version that was doing really fine, and I tied up a variation that was more like a rabbit zonker - cast it out, slow strip, pause, wham!I think my version was probably more durable - sorry Don ;^) My biggest of the trip was a 29" fish - was probably 8-9 lbs. Had many others between 20 and 24", but the average seemed to be in the 18 to 20" range. Just a few fish under 18 - smallest being around 14" Was interesting on the water when the wind storm hit - my 'toon handled the swells and whitecaps admirably, although my back and arms were a little tired, even with the motor on full, had to row hard against the wind to get to shore. Was definitely a good time - just have a few fish pics that I'll post up later tonight! As promised: Edited October 1, 2009 by tuber Quote
johnk Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 No problems with getting a spot when we rolled in at 11:30 Friday night ;^) Had a blast - backswimmers were working okay - but the real ticket it seemed was a mink leech pattern... Don Anderson had a version that was doing really fine, and I tied up a variation that was more like a rabbit zonker - cast it out, slow strip, pause, wham!I think my version was probably more durable - sorry Don ;^) My biggest of the trip was a 29" fish - was probably 8-9 lbs. Had many others between 20 and 24", but the average seemed to be in the 18 to 20" range. Just a few fish under 18 - smallest being around 14" Was interesting on the water when the wind storm hit - my 'toon handled the swells and whitecaps admirably, although my back and arms were a little tired, even with the motor on full, had to row hard against the wind to get to shore. Was definitely a good time - just have a few fish pics that I'll post up later tonight!I had full intentions of popping up on Saturday to visit with Don and fish with y'all but when I saw that wind I reconsidered. I was there Thursday and my arms and shoulders are still aching.......wish it could've been caused by big fish and not galeforce winds! Quote
Dragon Troller Posted September 30, 2009 Author Posted September 30, 2009 Its was certainly a good time, and there was a good bunch of people at camp and on the lake. Saturdays winds were fun, Thanks to Don for his help with my Dads cane rod, It was used for the first time this weekend and and I landed a few fish on it, biggest on the cane was 20", caught a few more on the cane with of my Dads flies as well. My bigbest this trip was 24" but I lost one that was bigger on day one. Fishing was very good. Quote
canadagrey Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Sounds like a lot of big fish caught. You have to know if you have an electric motor on and you still have to row like crazy that the wind was more than a riffle on the water. Quote
vince Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 Tuber & DT Very nice pictures....good sized and colorful. Sounds like a good time was had and catching a 20 incher on a cane rod just has to be a hoot. Vince Quote
troutfisherwill Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Seems like you guys had a good time, now i just got to figure out who im going to go with. It seems thats the biggest issue with me now no one to go with. Quote
Don Andersen Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Tuber, The fly's tail tended to wear out after 50 or so fish. Mink hide isn't all that tough. Mind you, I was catching mostly big ones. They don't fight as hard. catch ya' Don Quote
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