Gull Lake Report

[Zip-in-Z]

Dec 15th …. Since I'm not going south this year I plan on working Gull over the winter. Went out to Brownlows, there were a few shacks out and people were driving out on the ice. Dragged my gear out, got set in 5 fow over busted up rock were Whites normally spawn in the fall. Was surprised with the ice thickness compared to Sylvan, obviously Gull froze over much sooner. It was a slow-slow day, seen my first White just after 9:00 am, slowly came it looked at my 4 w/w’s & swam off, not a good sign. Seen 5 Whites all day, they are twice the size of Sylvan whites, they all admired all my creations but wouldn’t even bump one, Pink Mag's didn't help, they slowly came in and left. Had 3 small Pike bugging me, 1 hit a flutter spoon the 2nd missed my w/w & got it on a bottom thumper. Didn’t see any Perch, Walleye or Burbs. Guys started departing around noon, spoke to 2 fellas, one seen a Burb the other seen 2 Whites, no fish today. Had a surprise visitor, Doug dropped in from R/D, came to see how thick the ice was, told me his ride was still younger than he was, we chatted for a while nice guy. Will have to try Sandy Point next time out.

A bunch of pic's … enjoy.

D.






No problem with the Lake Access





More Snow than Sylvan but still Slick










Z-z's 10” Drill is Super Fast like 1/4 Mile - 10 Sec or Less!



That's a lot of ice!




14.5” to the Top of the Hole





Custom Ride stayed close to Shore




Had a Fly By ….







Met Doug & his 1949 Piper … special visit.



Three Small Pike Bugged me most of the Day




Wacked him with Bottom Thumper it missed my w/w & got snagged.





Hopefully the fishin pick's up, those Whites sure are Big.






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[Poppa]

F***in Gull, man... It's been my nemesis since I got into ice fishing 5 years ago. Fished it 3 or 4 times and skunked every time. Unreal that there's 14.5" ice...

[Talking moose]

Quite a bit more ice at brownlowes than Wilson’s. 4-5 more inches. Getting sick of tugging sleds. Maybe brownlowes next.....

[mapleleafman3]

Zip, where did you pick up that yellow auger flight? I've love a small hole for my camera.

[Skabulon]

Hey Zip, I was out on the ice there yesterday as well. My Jeep was parked on shore. Saw the plane land and go over to talk to you, was wondering what that was all about, I thought he was gonna run my tent over haha!
I also had zero luck where I was, near the shacks that they were pulling out through the day. Had a couple little perch come through just after setting up the tent, one of them bit my tungsten jig but spit it out before I got him to the hole, then they were gone.
I stayed till probably 7PM, bite wasn't any better at dusk or after dark

[Ribolovac]

Thanks for the info Zip. Better luck next time!

[Zip-in-Z]

Originally Posted by Skabulon

Hey Zip, I was out on the ice there yesterday as well. My Jeep was parked on shore. Saw the plane land and go over to talk to you, was wondering what that was all about, I thought he was gonna run my tent over haha!
I also had zero luck where I was, near the shacks that they were pulling out through the day. Had a couple little perch come through just after setting up the tent, one of them bit my tungsten jig but spit it out before I got him to the hole, then they were gone.
I stayed till probably 7PM, bite wasn't any better at dusk or after dark

Agreed it was a slow day, the highlight was meeting/chatting with Doug, that was a nice surprise. I went out on Sylvan today, seen over 20 Whites but didn't do that well, they don't compare to the size of the Gull Whites. Don't plan on giving up on Gull yet.

Wish you all the success this season.

Cheers

D.

[Zip-in-Z]

Originally Posted by mapleleafman3

Zip, where did you pick up that yellow auger flight? I've love a small hole for my camera.

Needed one for my Marcum camera, got it on E-Bay last year when I was in the USA, it's called a Iceberg 5" Mini Hand Ice Auger, unfortunately, the seller no longer carries them. Found one that's similar but no shipping to Canada.

D.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tornado-Pow...item48de7e5231