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mykola	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 05:35 pm #permalink #1
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1181 Member No.: 13075 Joined: January 11, 2017	Real windy out there! Holy moly that’s bitter cold. Fished 9-2. Landed one Whitefish and 16 Jumbo Smelt. Tough day, bigger marks were sluggish. Only the smelt were consistently vicious. Fished 45 fow. brrrrrrr. And yummmmmm… smelts!! I was a little blinded by the light in this shot!!

mykola	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 05:37 pm #permalink #2
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1181 Member No.: 13075 Joined: January 11, 2017	7” snow and 7” ice about 50/50 black/white. No slush at all. Walking was decent. 16 fat smelts for dinner guests.

crappeeeman	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 06:49 pm #permalink #3
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 3248 Member No.: 18589 Joined: September 15, 2020	Yes cold with that wind. I hope that makes more ice for all you guys and gals out there. Nice fish enjoy.

Nuclear	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 07:00 pm #permalink #4
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1174 Member No.: 3419 Joined: February 03, 2013	Always nice to be out how much ice roughly.

mykola	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 07:34 pm #permalink #5
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1181 Member No.: 13075 Joined: January 11, 2017	The spoils.

mykola

Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 07:35 pm

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QUOTE (Nuclear @ Feb 17, 2024 - 07:00 pm)

Always nice to be out how much ice roughly.

About 7-8” of 50/50 black and white.

simcoeslayer77	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 07:37 pm #permalink #7
Trophy Trout Group: Members Posts: 655 Member No.: 10724 Joined: January 18, 2016	Nice work! Did the whitie come on the bug as well? Enjoy the eats

Nuclear	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 08:10 pm #permalink #8
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1174 Member No.: 3419 Joined: February 03, 2013	Thanks

fishmagnet	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 10:30 pm #permalink #9
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 5977 Member No.: 515 Joined: March 07, 2011	Mykola, I'd take those smelt all day, so good to eat. Well done.

Flukes	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 - 11:43 pm #permalink #10
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1383 Member No.: 15807 Joined: March 11, 2018	Can't beat having both smelts and whitefish to eat.

mykola

Posted: Feb 18, 2024 - 08:04 am

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QUOTE (simcoeslayer77 @ Feb 17, 2024 - 07:37 pm)

Nice work! Did the whitie come on the bug as well? Enjoy the eats

The whitie came on a meegs with tipped with mayfly larvae.

Mike33	Posted: Feb 20, 2024 - 12:22 pm #permalink #12
Lunker Trout Group: Members Posts: 332 Member No.: 19120 Joined: March 09, 2021	My uncle’s old Ukrainian friend who I swear has fished every lake in Southern Ontario gave me some soft plastic crayfish he poured and dyed himself. They actually look quite similar to this. Can trade some with you next time we’re out.

Longshank	Posted: Feb 20, 2024 - 04:21 pm #permalink #13
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 11050 Member No.: 118 Joined: February 11, 2011	mmmmmm winter smelt......go get some more

mykola	Posted: Feb 20, 2024 - 05:58 pm #permalink #14
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1181 Member No.: 13075 Joined: January 11, 2017	The eats.

mykola

Posted: Feb 20, 2024 - 05:58 pm

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QUOTE (Mike33 @ Feb 20, 2024 - 12:22 pm)

My uncle’s old Ukrainian friend who I swear has fished every lake in Southern Ontario gave me some soft plastic crayfish he poured and dyed himself. They actually look quite similar to this. Can trade some with you next time we’re out.

Sweet.

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