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Originally Posted by straittactical  we are going the first week of august. the lake he went to a few times is
Five Mile lake or camp ground ( or somthing like that ) it is in ontario.
He said he dont care where we go tho so if you guys have had a lot of luck on a certain lake at around august let me know about it.
i am going to make a list and order some lures that you guys have mentioned. i think it will be a good way to start.
thanks for the help |
I used to fly out of Five Mile Lake lodge the first week of August...went 5 times from 97 to 04.
There are (were) several outfitters on that lake...some you stay there, some you fly in....who are you going with?
We used to fly in to outpost cabins with Frank Yuhas...until he decided he wanted to be a bush pilot in the Amazon and sold the rights to the lake...name of the company was Northwoods something-or-other...he sold to a guy named Denis...Canadian Airventures...he flys to the same cabins, but out of Chapleau instead of Five-mile lake.
If you go in the first week of August, stop at Kathy's Kitchen at the Golden Route Motel (about 5 or 10km past Chapleau on 129). There is a group that stays there last week of July every year...they are from Alpena, MI. The guy is (was) a teacher, but owned a farm...every year he would bring his brothers, brothers-in-law, and sons up for a week of fishing...why go, because when these guys come out, they have a mess of fish and have a friendly fish fry (free of charge, though I'd buy some beer and tip Dick and Kathy for their efforts) after the restaurant shuts down...he may only invite motel guests, but it's worth a shot.
Anyway, another reason to stop is because Dick is a master at filleting pike...no nasty Y-bones.
I miss the Mississagui valley...you MUST post pictures!!!
I don't know about the other lakes in the area (only fished Five Mile itself once while waiting on the plane, only caught a couple small pike), but the fish in all of the outpost lakes we fished did NOT like chrome backed spoons.
They liked everything brass or copper, and they liked Daredevles... classic red with white stripe, and they really seemed to like "Hot Mackerel"...other baits that did well were one-ounce deer tail spinners (gold/brass, of course) and some deep-diving plugs (rapala...6-8 inch).
Also, bring steel leaders, and long ones...pike attack bait from the head, and it is nothing for a big one to snip your line above a 12 or 18 inch leader when they go after it...I prefer 24 to 36 inch, and heavy...also, look into the braided Spider Wire....good stuff.
Be sure to get yourself some LONG needle nose pliers to remove hooks...you do not want to stick your fingers into the gaping toothy maw of a 40-inch pike for ANY reason. Rapala makes good ones, and I know they have saved many ounces of my flesh.
Another thing is, be sure to grab some BIG Daredevles. You won't find them at Dicks, or anywhere else around here. You still have time to order them, and you may find some at the Wal-Mart in Sault Ste. Marie on the states side (assuming you are driving). When I say big, I mean 3 ounce. There are fish that will take them.
We fished the same lake three out of five years that we went, and during our second trip to that lake we had a fish finder...after trolling the lake, we found a long ridge that came off of a point; it had a saddle in the middle of it. We trolled our 3-ounce spoons through there several times and BAM! My father-in-law's line got tagged...he thought it was a log, until we cut the motor and, while we were reeling in, whatever hit that thing splashed topwater. When I turned to look, I heard metal clanging as I saw the 3 ounce spoon get thrown at least 20 feet above the lake and fall back in!!! This is why we will be going back to that lake if we ever return.
I have so many good memories up there...again...PLEASE POST PICTURES
Let me know if I can provide more info...I'll dig up links for the places I mentioned.