A trip for lake whitefish had been in the works for a while, and yesterday it finally came together. We set off on a two hour drive to Manitoba\'s Riding Mountain National Park where a good population of whitefish can be found in one of the two lakes that remain open to ice fishing.
We tried a couple of areas and found a few fish in each spot. The fish weren\'t found at any specific depth, and the ones that we caught came in water ranging from 2\' to 35\' of water. The ones in deeper water were suspended almost 20\' above the bottom.
It didn\'t take much to tempt these fish into biting. They were aggressive and usually hit on the first pass. If I missed on the hookset, they were quick to grab the jig again when it dropped back down. It was quite exciting to watch the tube jig completely disappear into their mouth with one quick gulp, even when they took it on head first.
My dad also caught a 30-something inch pike on his ultralight. It looked like it must have just swallowed a whitefish of its own, judging by the huge bulge in its stomach. It was wrapped up in the line and took some untangling, so we quick released it without a picture.
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fishingwithpole
Mon, 01/28/2008 - 20:01
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Mon, 01/28/2008 - 22:11
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Tue, 01/29/2008 - 08:52
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Tue, 01/29/2008 - 09:24
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