Mantua/Willard/Bear Lake (17th-18th)

[TyeDyeTwins]

Mantua - Arrived at 2pm. Fishing was extremly slow for my twin on shore and by the time set up my toon the rain started. We waited it out for and hour and then got a call from a JLG78 that the trout were bitting on the west dike. My twin headed out there and caught 3 rainbow trout and lost 11 more rainbows. I headed out to the knoll and caught 1 minnow LMB and 2 yellow perch. My twin was using a Blue Fox Gold spinner in size #2 and a rainbow Kastmaster and I was using a "tube dude special" black sparkly jig. We left by 7pm to campout at Willard Bay.

Willard Bay - Arrived at camp by 8pm. We ate our fish and decided that our camp spot from Willow Campground was a great night shore fishing opprotunity. At 10pm I casted out a night bobber with a size #1 circle hook with a nightcrawler. I watched the bobber go down twice before I got my 1st ever wiper at 2am. It was only 7 inches long but a wiper nonetheless! My twin tried jigs and even a glow in the dark spinner with no luck.

Bear Lake - Woke up at 4:30am and hit the water with CvFisher by 7am. I watched him pull out 6 Lake Trout (the biggest over 12 pounds) and I got my 1st ever Lake Trout (over 5 pounds and 24 inches long)! My twin lost a HUGE cutt. boatside when I tried to net it. I got the hook stuck in the net and the fish swam free from there. It was bigger than my lake trout. We were using 2 downriggers and various trolling gear. We left at 5pm as the wind kicked up some nasty waves. I need more experience with downriggers and with 2 riggers on the boat my twin and I had to trade off. One would catch up on some sleep or re-organize the tackle box while the other fished.

My twin's Mantua's Catch


Sunset at Willard Bay



My 1st Wiper at 2am


My 1st Lake Trout at 24 inches and over 5 pounds




CvFisher's Big Macs!




The lake trout of mine!

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[waldocod]

Just wondering...how did your twin lose 11 trout?
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[fish_hunter88]

Well you an you twin sure know how to kick ass great job!!!
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[TyeDieTwins]

Well done! I'm a big fan of you and the twin. I just wish I had as much time to fish as you guys. Just wondering how do those big lake trout taste compared to other trout species? I've yet to catch one.
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[CVfisher]

Before everyone freaks out - they kept a pup, about 5lbs to eat. The big ones all go back on my boat. On another note, it was fun fishing with you guys yesterday. Sorry I was unable to get you into one of the big boys. Maybe next time.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

[quote waldocod]Just wondering...how did your twin lose 11 trout?[/quote]

As they say in Baseball - " A swing and a miss! " [blush]
As TD sez - hooksets are free.

You guys got around pretty good, but I don't think that's a Wiper - I think you got yerself a little cousin - white bass there <gr> [:p]
Bet it still fought like a son-of-a-gun!

Nice looking Laker! Did you try stacking lines on the D-Rigger? They'll take more than one - just have to run different depths. I suppose that wasn't a female. THAT should give you cause to try smoking a fish - get an old copy of the C&C Up In Smoke album - it'll have the paper you need. Nice that CVSfisher was able to take you out - good on HIM!!!

Been curious - do you "do the Dew" to get your hair to stand up that way, or does it do that naturally? [shocked]
Just ribbing (that's why I wear a hat - so no-one can see "the birds nest" !! teehee)

BTW: Nice sunset pix. Now if only there was a wicked BOIL in the foreground! [cool]
FWIW: You should check out my recent post. I think you'd enjoy my stringer of Yellow Perch! Stayed up all night with the fillet knife I did! Did you find any of those down at Willard? []

[TyeDyeTwins]

[quote waldocod]Just wondering...how did your twin lose 11 trout?[/quote]

They fight and fight and fight and at the last second they spit the hook. Well that is the how it goes when you fish. The fish has the chance to get off the hook. Part of the game I guess.

I have a buddy that counts them if they fight and spit the hook way out on the water. We personaly don't count them until they reach the destination of the shore or boat.
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[TyeDyeTwins]

[quote TyeDieTwins]Well done! I'm a big fan of you and the twin. I just wish I had as much time to fish as you guys. Just wondering how do those big lake trout taste compared to other trout species? I've yet to catch one.[/quote]

Oh man you chose a "popular" username[]!

I have never tasted one before, I will let you know. They are fun as could be to catch.
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[TyeDyeTwins]

[quote CoyoteSpinner]


You guys got around pretty good, but I don't think that's a Wiper - I think you got yerself a little cousin - white bass there <gr> [:p]
Bet it still fought like a son-of-a-gun!

Nice looking Laker! Did you try stacking lines on the D-Rigger? They'll take more than one - just have to run different depths. I suppose that wasn't a female. THAT should give you cause to try smoking a fish - get an old copy of the C&C Up In Smoke album - it'll have the paper you need. Nice that CVSfisher was able to take you out - good on HIM!!!

Been curious - do you "do the Dew" to get your hair to stand up that way, or does it do that naturally? [shocked]
Just ribbing (that's why I wear a hat - so no-one can see "the birds nest" !! teehee)

BTW: Nice sunset pix. Now if only there was a wicked BOIL in the foreground! [cool]
FWIW: You should check out my recent post. I think you'd enjoy my stringer of Yellow Perch! Stayed up all night with the fillet knife I did! Did you find any of those down at Willard? [][/quote]

Yeah we joked that it was more white bass than striper but hey it is another off the old bucket list!

No we didn't try stacking the downrigger. My twin and I were total noobs to the downrigger process. Took a long time to tell if I had a bite.

No ther was no caviar to be had it was a male.[frown]We are seriously thinking of getting a smoker after a trip to Tube Dude's house for some smoked trout. Now the big fish is another excuse to get one!

We use "beyond the zone pro formula, spike it defy gravity" and a blow dryer to get the hair like that.


No perch were found at Willard.......yet!
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

Thanks Tyedyetwin and CVfisher for hangin out at the Bear of Lakes with me. You forgot to mention that that massive Cutty broke my rod! It was just like that episode of River Monsters when Jeremy hooks into a huge fresh water stingray. I yelled fish on....the fish after a great fight popped out of the depths...then as the guys in the boat attempt to net the tired beast....BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!the rod snaps and the fish swims away . The only thing that was different is the fact that I yelled [url "mailto:*&@$"][/url]*&@$[/url] a little louder than Jeremy Wade did! Even if I catch a bigger cutt this year it will never compare to the one that got away. Go figure...I knew someone out of 3 of us was gonna loose a big one.....guess it was my turn. Still I had a good time watching my bros catch some big gunns. Looks like I am gonna have to invest in an ugly rod now.
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