Oddbean

Omg I absolutely love fishing! Being out on the water in itself is so calming and relaxing. My favourite is to troll along in a boat and slay the walleye. I love to catch fish but even if they aren’t biting being out there is a blessing in itself.

Wow, can we be friends?! lol I haven’t fished in about 10yrs ever since our family cottage was sold. I’ve recently re-connected with a buddy of mine that lives 3.5hrs away where our cottage was. We used to troll in the 14’ tinner for walleye, and used to slay them on F11 rapalas in about 10’ feet of water. I asked him if the lake is still any good, he says it’s dead. It was heavily fished unfortunately. Loved walleye fishing on that lake, they always hit hard and tasted even better! I have thousands of dollars worth of fishing gear and it’s been collecting dust up to this year. I actually just got my license again so I could get the kids out this past year, but I personally haven’t actually fished😂 My buddy and I picked up right where we left off which is good. He has been hunting & fishing his entire life, so definitely considering going with him on a hunting trip.

Consider us friends! 😎 I’m used to good fishing as well. Sadly many classic lakes have been depleted in walleye. Not many people devote anytime to restocking the lakes which really is a shame. I’ve been to some lakes that hit hard on just raps themselves too. Others that do well are the rattling googly eye jigs (likely something new for you to look into) and of course spinners. I’ve been to amazing lakes with the monster walleyes in them and have limited out in no time at all. It’s such a rush. What makes it even better is seeing the kids excitement when bringing in a fish all on their own; in my case my niece and nephew but hope to be able to experience this first hand one day. I sure hope you get out hunting and fishing with your buddy! 😊 I didn’t get out fishing much this summer or last summer but hoping for that to change next year. Do you enjoy ice fishing too? Walleye are great to catch any time of year but lake trout ice fishing is pretty fun!

I used to ice fish quite a bit back in 2009-2011, even had a 2 person clam hut. Still have all the hard water gear, just no hut. I’ve taken up snowmobiling in the winter time, therefore haven’t had/made much time for the hard water fishing. Fishing overall is definitely something I want to get back into. It was so much easier when we had the family cottage to go to. Snowmobiling (trail riding) has turned into a huge passion of mine over the past 10yrs or so, so that’s the main reason ice fishing has taken a backseat. I feel if I’m ever able to buy a cottage of my own one day, that’s when I’ll build a hut and get back into ice fishing again on a more regular basis. But, since reconnecting with my old buddy again, I’ll likely get up north where he is located at least once and get out for some ice fishing. Im hoping for it, but I’m that type that waits for an invite, so we’ll see what happens. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

Forgot to elaborate more on the walleye and laker ice fishing. All I’ve ever caught for walleye was around the 3lb range open or hard water. Only caught one laker during hard water season which was around 8lbs and was caught on my moms Walmart special. Likely only 2-4LB test line. It was out there all day, and went I went out to check on it at around 5pm the rod was pointing right down the hole, bale was open somehow, barely in the rod holder and hardly any line left on the spool. I was like wtf? Closed the bale, reeled up all the slack and then realized It was game on. No idea how long he was on there for but damn lucky to get him into the freezer. Noticed his one fin was clipped so it was a stocked fish and was likely stocked years earlier. This was when we had the family cottage.

Wow! You got lucky there especially with the bale being open and the low lb test line on. A great story to share though! 😊 I’ve caught my share of large walleye and a few nice lake trout. The majority of the walleye I have caught are typically during the summer months or opening weekend on May 2-4. Luckily I still get out fishing but not at all like I used to.

Nice! I’ve never heard ice fishing referred to as hard water. Snowmobiling is a passion of mine as well. I haven’t been able to trail ride in quite some time. I used to live in a small town where we could take off from our backyards or drive down a couple of streets and cross a few places to hit the trails. I had a group of friends I used to go trail riding with and I absolutely loved it especially in fresh powder. Living in a city makes that tough especially when I don’t have a circle of local friends that partake in loving the outdoors as much as I do. I hope to expand my circle who share the same passions from fishing to hunting and snowmobiling and even going out for a quad ride. Definitely stick close to your buddy. Good friends are hard to come by especially those who share similar interests. 😊