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Old 10-17-2016, 07:51 PM
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Got the big boat out, first time this year....
The temps at Sylvan did not get past zero. Gave up site fishing early on with the cloud cover. Anchored up back to the wind and started casting out. Wasn't too long to find some action. Good fighters for their size:









Got my limit and then C&Rd a bunch.
Time for some fresh whitefish burgers!
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Old 10-17-2016, 08:58 PM
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Very nice fish.
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Old 10-17-2016, 09:45 PM
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Nicely done!
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Old 10-18-2016, 05:13 PM
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Nice!


I don't want to give your weapon away but where you using chironomids or bloodworm under an indicator?
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Old 10-18-2016, 07:20 PM
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I don't want to give your weapon away but where you using chironomids or bloodworm under an indicator?
I know I went there earlier in the summer and hammered em on a red holo worm and black Cronimid's with red ribs size 12...hung em 1 foot and 2 foot off bottom close to drop offs
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Old 10-18-2016, 07:53 PM
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What was the fly of the day sir?
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Old 10-18-2016, 10:20 PM
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Nicely done!
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Old 10-19-2016, 12:14 PM
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I don't want to give your weapon away but where you using chironomids or bloodworm under an indicator?
Not a problem. I had a big, like size 8, silver chironomid on the bottom and a blood worm I added later on above it. Given it was cloudy the blood worm out fished the silver on that day. Normally I just use the big silver on sunny days and sight fish them. Also, even though there was nice chop, stripping 3-5 times in a row and stopping was the ticket.
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:49 PM
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Nice job buddy 👍 I might head there for my lasr float of the season.
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Old 10-23-2016, 06:53 AM
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Went out again yesterday. Very nice day! Big fish! I was fishing away out deeper before trying sight fishing. Started off a bit slow but really picked later morning. I was catching the usual size when about fish #4 I set the hook and it is real solid. Right away I was losing most of my fly line... hmmm . I just thought, nice walleye
As it got closer it was darting around so much I really thought I had hooked 2 whites, one on the lower and one on the upper hook. I guess I just couldn't convince myself that Sylvan had bigger whites. Once I realized I had a big one on I fought carefully but had one heck of a time to try and net it. A little too big
I started getting a big more aggressive on keeping the line tight and the hook finally pulled through ...sigh. I'm guessing 4.5 to 5 lbs. I know, kind of average for Pigeon but so rare on Sylvan. At least I got to fight it.

In the afternoon it got windier out so I explored the shallower west end. Scared a huge pike in 2 FOW and it came right out on top of the water. Holy monster! Caught lots of whites sight fishing.

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Old 08-15-2017, 09:46 AM
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Healthy looking whitefish , good luck on the water
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Old 08-15-2017, 08:05 PM
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Healthy looking whitefish , good luck on the water
Thanks...
I'm not sure what your intention is on spamming old posts and, in this case, whitefish posts. Good luck to you on this forum...
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Old 08-15-2017, 09:04 PM
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I'm not sure what your intention is on spamming old posts and, in this case, whitefish posts. Good luck to you on this forum...
New to the site and love whitefish angling so thought I'd browse the posts and see what people have been posting , not sure what spamming means.
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Old 08-16-2017, 08:14 AM
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New to the site and love whitefish angling so thought I'd browse the posts and see what people have been posting , not sure what spamming means.
Fair enough then. Welcome to forum and have fun. Whitefish season is about to really start heating up.
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Old 08-16-2017, 09:00 AM
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It's hopper season and you're talking about whitefish? Smarten up Snap!!
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Old 08-16-2017, 10:11 AM
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It's hopper season and you're talking about whitefish? Smarten up Snap!!
Lol! Yeah, I know. We need to lengthen Aug and Sep to last 6 months to fit it all in. I'm definitely going to try to be busy every weekend until ice up
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Old 08-16-2017, 03:21 PM
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Try stripping in a small 2 inch sculpting in olive or grey I catch them faster at sylvan sight fishing in 10 feet of water then I do with the chronic. Great fish fry there
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Old 08-16-2017, 04:12 PM
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It's hopper season and you're talking about whitefish? Smarten up Snap!!
Funny you say this.....was fishing a hopper/dropper on sunday afternoon and the rockies were trying to inhale the hopper

Noticed the rockies are starting to stack up in numbers, let the good times roll
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Old 08-16-2017, 07:20 PM
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Well done seems your turning into a bit of a whitefish guru atleast i know who to hit up for tips when i try for my first lake white on the fly. Looking forward to an epic fight.
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