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<blockquote data-quote="Mizzou21" data-source="post: 151879" data-attributes="member: 3243"><p>Just got back from 3 full days of fishing on the Big Windy.&nbsp; Averaged 50 fish per day.&nbsp; Big fish of the trip was a 31.5 inch that went 12.04 pounds, and of course caught by a total newbie!! LOL.&nbsp; Biggest fish I have ever seen come through the ice, and hell may be the biggest I will ever see.&nbsp; We managed 3 other 27's and 3 26's.&nbsp; Never got any other MA's this trip.&nbsp; Had a great time, and as always the people of Canada are fantastic to deal with.&nbsp; From the Canalta, to Dave with DNA Outfitters, and of course the folks at Boston Pizza thank you for all the hospitality and excellent information!&nbsp; We traveled around in a truck, and as others have stated, rough as hell.&nbsp; We accessed ice from Ralph road in Matlock each day, and fished the same area out from the mouth about 2 miles.&nbsp; Fished the same ridge/crack area each day.&nbsp; 18-20 feet was best.&nbsp; DH custom rattle baits from mister DirtyMike himself caught 90% of the fish and had the locals up there asking for some!!&nbsp; Salted minnows and livies produced, but the salties were better.&nbsp; Fish were very lethargic this trip compared to others, many lookers or took multiple times to entice them off the bottom to get them to bite.&nbsp; And very few slammed the baits like in the past, most were lighter bites.&nbsp; The bigger fish we caught over 24 inches were the more aggressive biters, but they also took usually 2-3 times up off the bottom before they would commit.&nbsp; We were 5.92 miles out from access according to gps and it took us nearly 1 hour to get on and off ice from where we were fishing based on rough ice and snow pack and slow travel.&nbsp; That was by far the worst part of the trip.&nbsp; We had an extension, but probably could have made it through just barely with no extension.&nbsp; Good luck to all guys heading up that way, and maybe see some of you up there again in March!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mizzou21, post: 151879, member: 3243"] Just got back from 3 full days of fishing on the Big Windy. Averaged 50 fish per day. Big fish of the trip was a 31.5 inch that went 12.04 pounds, and of course caught by a total newbie!! LOL. Biggest fish I have ever seen come through the ice, and hell may be the biggest I will ever see. We managed 3 other 27's and 3 26's. Never got any other MA's this trip. Had a great time, and as always the people of Canada are fantastic to deal with. From the Canalta, to Dave with DNA Outfitters, and of course the folks at Boston Pizza thank you for all the hospitality and excellent information! We traveled around in a truck, and as others have stated, rough as hell. We accessed ice from Ralph road in Matlock each day, and fished the same area out from the mouth about 2 miles. Fished the same ridge/crack area each day. 18-20 feet was best. DH custom rattle baits from mister DirtyMike himself caught 90% of the fish and had the locals up there asking for some!! Salted minnows and livies produced, but the salties were better. Fish were very lethargic this trip compared to others, many lookers or took multiple times to entice them off the bottom to get them to bite. And very few slammed the baits like in the past, most were lighter bites. The bigger fish we caught over 24 inches were the more aggressive biters, but they also took usually 2-3 times up off the bottom before they would commit. We were 5.92 miles out from access according to gps and it took us nearly 1 hour to get on and off ice from where we were fishing based on rough ice and snow pack and slow travel. That was by far the worst part of the trip. We had an extension, but probably could have made it through just barely with no extension. Good luck to all guys heading up that way, and maybe see some of you up there again in March! [/QUOTE]

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