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Post by tightline on Dec 16, 2003 11:49:20 GMT -6
Two of us were out at Hunt Lake on Dec6. First time. Caught five brook trout ranging from 9 to 10 inches and two rainbows about 12 inches. Fished for about 4 hours.
This was my first time fishing this lake. Through the ice was very productive the day we were out there!
Has anyone fished this lake during the spring/summer/fall?
Tightlines!
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Robert Burton
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Post by Robert Burton on Dec 16, 2003 14:40:53 GMT -6
Hey Darian what flys were ya using? ;D I have fished this lake plenty in the open water season. Though it has not produced in size it has sometimes been crazy for numbers of fish for me. Welcome to the board but so ya know we only talk fly fishing and fly tying here. rb
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Post by tightline on Dec 17, 2003 11:00:56 GMT -6
The fellow I was fishing with was my cousin from Knee Lake. He guides for brookies up there in the summer....fly fishing only. We were using a couple of his custom flies. You will be able to find these flies in this year's Orvis cataloge. Called the BTK. Used a #8 hook with a very small cone head (yellow or orange). White bodies with a longer marabou tail. Basically a minnow immitation. Had to use slow jigging technique.
If you are wondering about my fly fishing experience, you can find a picture of me and my cousin on the cover of the Manitoba sport fishing guide for 2004. You will see us holding two nice lake trout we landed on the fly on Westhawk - doubleheader!!!! Unfortunately, the fishing guide will not be available for a few months.
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Post by Robert Burton on Dec 17, 2003 11:14:52 GMT -6
Now i was on west hawk trying for this lakers this past spring and got skunked. I was in a boat with a guy doing the gang trolling thing so if i get to do it again how would i deal with this?? (i felt that if he would stop the boat and i could cast to the fish with enough time for my sinking line to sink) rb
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Post by tightline on Dec 17, 2003 11:44:59 GMT -6
I have heard of guys fishing Westhawk in spring using gear but I have not heard of anyone fly fishing. I have never fly fished for lakers so this is a new experience for me. Very cool fish on the fly! They bulldog straight to the bottom!
A fellow from the local area took us out. It was in the fall - beginning of Oct. Apparently there is a window of about 3 weeks where the lakers come up really shallow to spawn. They are very aggressive. We fished for about 2 hours one evening though apparently you can catch them all day. Caught eight lakers ranging from 2-4 lbs.
We were using bunny leech patterns. Red or white seemed best. Partly cloudy. Flies were medium sizes leeches about 4" long. They all had a few lead wraps to provide extra weight to get them down quickly, though sinking tips would work well also.
The boat would drop us off along different shore lines or off of islands where there appeared to be a shallow flat with a drop off just out from the shore. We were standing in waders. We would cast out past the drop off and let our flies sink until they reached the bottom. We would retrieve them with slow, short, jerky stripping motions to get the bunny backs to undulate on the retrieve. We would get hits as soon as the flies crossed over the hump onto the flat. Towards teh end of the evening we were getting cold so we jumped back in the boat. Within no time at all, we caught a doubleheader right from the boat!
Our friend/guide was gear chucking and only caught one fish! Boy I love to outfish the gear chuckers!!!
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Post by Robert Burton on Dec 17, 2003 13:53:06 GMT -6
Our friend/guide was gear chucking and only caught one fish! Boy I love to outfish the gear chuckers!!! Ya me too though i was skunked on the lakers i out did my rapala tossing host on the smallies after which he said "that looks like a very effective way to fish" My host has a cottage on the lake and fishes for the lakers on the reef just out from Penniac Bay. Where were you getting "dropped off"? rb
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Post by tightline on Dec 19, 2003 11:27:12 GMT -6
Please keep this one a secret among us fly fishermen...in Penniac Bay between the orange marker buoy and the shore. There is a large shallow flat. Also, on the north eastern end of the lake, there are two islands - a larger one and smaller one. The smaller one is to the south east of the larger one. There are markers between these two islands marking the reefs. All around this area it is quite shallow. The lakers come up on this flat area also.
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Jan 12, 2004 13:02:22 GMT -6
Just to let you guys know the fall lake trout fishing on Westhawk is great. You are right about the areas to fish. My best luck was from the small island. I used a Mrs. Simpson ( New Zealand fly ) and clobbered lakers and whitefish like crazy. Best laker was 29" and my best white was 22". What a day!
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