Fished Simcoe in the morning yesterday. Nothing at few spots on the way out, but I did not spend much time at each and was heading further out having the nice weather and almost perfect walking conditions to get to a hump. On a slope of the hump found a cloud of smelt and setup there, 56'. They nibble my smallest offerings, but no hookups. About an hour later another bunch of smelt was passing and I got a hit from nowhere. Something picked up from the bottom the Blue Fox Lil’ Foxee Jigging Minnow with a shiner on the hook. Reeling first 20 feet did not have much resistance, then a show began with about 7 runs from almost the top all the way down. The last couple of runs I was almost sure I would not land that fish. Did not want to set drag too tight seeing how aggressive it fought and rushed down. Expected that it was a laker and was worried a bit that my 6" hole may not be big enough
First trip to Simcoe this winter
