So my last two trips took me 25 miles round trip. Which amounts to almost a quarter of my spring season total miles. I headed back to upper and lower mystery "ponds" in search of the trout trifecta. Lakers, bows, and brookies. But the bows and brookies didn't get the memo. Only lakers were caught but they certainly did not disappoint. Water temps on the "ponds" both weekends were between 63 and 67 degrees. The wind was kind of a catch 22. The 10-15 mph wind made fishing and trolling tough but also kept surface temps down. Fish were found anywhere from about 25 to 50 feet.
On the first weekend to mystery ponds I was there for an overnight landing only one fish(Picture 1). This was my first laker and after a number of trips over the past few years trying to catch one of these elusive fish it was extremely satisfying to finally catch one. This particular fish was not at all a trophy, probably 15 or 16 inches but one I'll never forget. The next day I was to leave but not without fishing the morning. I hooked one more fish and got the first taste of what a decent laker could do. Unfortunately I couldn't bring this fish in. It got off literally right next to the canoe as I was trying to figure out how I was going to get this pond monster out of the water since my net was not even close to big enough. Mistakes were made enough said.
Onto the second weekend. Which was actually a 4 day trip(July 4th weekend). The hike in entailed a thunderstorm and getting soaked with sweat from the humidity. Also the raging torrents and mud on the trail was to much for my boots. Oh well deal with it. Luckily no blisters. So a total of five fish were caught. Fish one was probably 18-20 inches (Picture 2). Fish two and three were 16 and 18 respectively (no pics). Fish four was my first landed pond monster (picture 3), which measured in at 25 inches. And the final fish of the trip was another even bigger pond monster (pic 4), which measured in at 28 inches. I do think that these ponds probably do hold somewhat bigger fish possibly 30 inch plus. All in all these were two fantastic trips even though I didn't find the bows and brookies. The big lakers definitely made up for it. Who ever has said lakers don't fight don't know what they're talking about or are using to heavy of tackle. These fish put up a spectacular fight. Some of the most fun I've had fishing all season. Hope you all enjoy the pics. More to come soon.
On the first weekend to mystery ponds I was there for an overnight landing only one fish(Picture 1). This was my first laker and after a number of trips over the past few years trying to catch one of these elusive fish it was extremely satisfying to finally catch one. This particular fish was not at all a trophy, probably 15 or 16 inches but one I'll never forget. The next day I was to leave but not without fishing the morning. I hooked one more fish and got the first taste of what a decent laker could do. Unfortunately I couldn't bring this fish in. It got off literally right next to the canoe as I was trying to figure out how I was going to get this pond monster out of the water since my net was not even close to big enough. Mistakes were made enough said.
Onto the second weekend. Which was actually a 4 day trip(July 4th weekend). The hike in entailed a thunderstorm and getting soaked with sweat from the humidity. Also the raging torrents and mud on the trail was to much for my boots. Oh well deal with it. Luckily no blisters. So a total of five fish were caught. Fish one was probably 18-20 inches (Picture 2). Fish two and three were 16 and 18 respectively (no pics). Fish four was my first landed pond monster (picture 3), which measured in at 25 inches. And the final fish of the trip was another even bigger pond monster (pic 4), which measured in at 28 inches. I do think that these ponds probably do hold somewhat bigger fish possibly 30 inch plus. All in all these were two fantastic trips even though I didn't find the bows and brookies. The big lakers definitely made up for it. Who ever has said lakers don't fight don't know what they're talking about or are using to heavy of tackle. These fish put up a spectacular fight. Some of the most fun I've had fishing all season. Hope you all enjoy the pics. More to come soon.
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