Fish Pictures from June Trip
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:47 pm
Here are some photos of the monsters that lurk in the waters of Isle Royale National Park .
Our trip was in the first week of June. Fishing was slower this year (150Total) than last year (191Total), but the weather was behind 2-3 weeks and the weeds hadn't filled in much at all yet. The big ones were there but were still a little gun shy. We caught 24 fish over 36inches last year, 7 of them over 40inches. This year we only caught 2 over 36inches, a 37 incher I caught, and Steve's 47Incher that weighed in on a certified scale at 28lbs! He caught it on a PINK #3 Mepps Aglia. We released the all pike to be caught again.
Did more trolling for lakers and managed to catch a few eaters here and there. Also trolling with a large original Rapala through the narrows near Chippewa Harbor dock, I caught a Whitefish, which is kinda unusual. Also caught 3 or 4 lakers trolling around the island in the narrows of CH using the same lure.
Also while fishing for pike using a #3 Mepps Aglia, we caught a couple decent sized Perch. We immediately dowsixed to # 2 and # 1 Mepps and casted in and around all the emerging reeds and managed to catch a dozen nice eating-sized Perch and toss them in the live well. Ended up trading them for gas the next day! (that's another story for another day!)
Our trip was in the first week of June. Fishing was slower this year (150Total) than last year (191Total), but the weather was behind 2-3 weeks and the weeds hadn't filled in much at all yet. The big ones were there but were still a little gun shy. We caught 24 fish over 36inches last year, 7 of them over 40inches. This year we only caught 2 over 36inches, a 37 incher I caught, and Steve's 47Incher that weighed in on a certified scale at 28lbs! He caught it on a PINK #3 Mepps Aglia. We released the all pike to be caught again.
Did more trolling for lakers and managed to catch a few eaters here and there. Also trolling with a large original Rapala through the narrows near Chippewa Harbor dock, I caught a Whitefish, which is kinda unusual. Also caught 3 or 4 lakers trolling around the island in the narrows of CH using the same lure.
Also while fishing for pike using a #3 Mepps Aglia, we caught a couple decent sized Perch. We immediately dowsixed to # 2 and # 1 Mepps and casted in and around all the emerging reeds and managed to catch a dozen nice eating-sized Perch and toss them in the live well. Ended up trading them for gas the next day! (that's another story for another day!)
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