For the A/O Members from Manitoba

Zip-in-Z · #1 10-18-2021, 07:42 PM

This past weekend was the Pine Falls - Winnipeg River Fishin Derby.

8 Walleye over 2 days totaled 42.83 lbs, that's less than what I remember won the tourney in the past, it was normally over 50 lbs. Fished it a couple of times never placed in the top 10 was always in the middle of the pack.

Most often an American team won, nice to see a couple of Wpg boys take home the $8K first prize.

Miss those big Greenbacks this time of year ....

Cheers

D.

Hard to read ....

For those who never caught a Lake Winnipeg Greenback, they look like these BTY's ...

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Savage Bacon · #2 10-18-2021, 07:47 PM

There's a few monsters!!

AlbertanGP · #3 10-19-2021, 11:03 AM

Those are great looking fish! I'd like to go out to Lake Winnipeg and camp on the ice, but I've heard some super sketchy accounts from others who have done the same. May have to try for Northern MB again after Christmas and see if it actually pans out this year. Last year Covid won...

fish99 · #4 10-19-2021, 11:10 AM

looks like what we used to catch in pigeon lake back in the good days

Red Bullets · #5 10-19-2021, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fish99

looks like what we used to catch in pigeon lake back in the good days

And the North Saskatchewan and Pembina rivers up until Halloween or later.

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Nice cheeky looking walleyes in the pics.

-JR- · #6 10-19-2021, 08:33 PM

ha ha , very easy to make fish look bigger when you come as close as you can with camera !

Still a nice fish

Zip-in-Z · #7 10-19-2021, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by -JR-

ha ha , very easy to make fish look bigger when you come as close as you can with camera !

Still a nice fish

It's all about the emerald green, those 3 pics i posted were just the small one's you should see the big one's, need a bigger camera.

When you get one close to the boat or coming up the hole ... the emerald green color is amazing.

Edit: Even old Whiskers has some of the similar color.

D.

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58thecat · #8 10-20-2021, 10:36 AM

that is really neat color features.

CardiacCowboy · #9 10-20-2021, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AlbertanGP

Those are great looking fish! I'd like to go out to Lake Winnipeg and camp on the ice, but I've heard some super sketchy accounts from others who have done the same. May have to try for Northern MB again after Christmas and see if it actually pans out this year. Last year Covid won...

"sketchy"? as in ice or people?

Poppa · #10 10-22-2021, 03:17 PM

absolutely nothing beats Manitoba fishing. I am born and raised about a half hour from Pine Falls, right on the Winnipeg River. It's spectacular, and I miss it - literally - every single day.....

AlbertanGP · #11 10-22-2021, 05:43 PM

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"sketchy"? as in ice or people?

Locals. Imagine Peerless Lake with locals that like to get physical. Google winter camping or overnighting on Lake Winnipeg. Shouldn't take too long to come across a few stories.

Zip-in-Z · #12 10-22-2021, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CardiacCowboy

"sketchy"? as in ice or people?

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Originally Posted by AlbertanGP

Locals. Imagine Peerless Lake with locals that like to get physical. Google winter camping or overnighting on Lake Winnipeg. Shouldn't take too long to come across a few stories.

They call it Big Windy for a reason, this is what can happen on Lake WPG - Balsam Bay, a couple of years ago. Ice conditions can be sketchy when it separates & blows around with you & your equipment on the wrong side.

D.

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Originally Posted by Poppa

absolutely nothing beats Manitoba fishing. I am born and raised about a half hour from Pine Falls, right on the Winnipeg River. It's spectacular, and I miss it - literally - every single day.....

P ... I was born in Whitemouth that's were we farmed, we share the same memories of those big Greenback's.

D.

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newguy · #13 10-23-2021, 05:15 PM

I worked at Hecla Island (south basin of lake Winnipeg) for a few years before moving to Calgary. We spent a few nights each winter on the ice. Wish I still had the pics of our catches because I don’t even believe me! Fished hard water with some Indian friends and saw some absolute monsters come through the commercial sized holes they cut with a chainsaw.

Lost a friend while we were snowmobiling one sad evening. He hit some open water and all we found was his scarf. Ice can be 6mm-6’, scary.

keeks · #14 10-24-2021, 09:06 PM

I sure miss home. Used to have a cabin just south of Pine Falls.

Zip-in-Z · #15 10-24-2021, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by keeks

I sure miss home. Used to have a cabin just south of Pine Falls.

I loved the Lac du Bonnet, Lee River & Point du Bois area's got up to Eagle Nest Lodge area a couple of times, lots of rocks to watch for going up that way but excellent fishin.

D.

Poppa · #16 10-26-2021, 02:35 PM

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P ... I was born in Whitemouth that's were we farmed, we share the same memories of those big Greenback's.

D.

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Very interesting. While I grew up at Pinawa, my family (Noel's) farmed at Seven Sisters Falls, and my dad's whole family all went to school at Whitemouth in the 70s...

Zip-in-Z · #17 10-26-2021, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Poppa

Very interesting. While I grew up at Pinawa, my family (Noel's) farmed at Seven Sisters Falls, and my dad's whole family all went to school at Whitemouth in the 70s...

Don't recognize the name but it's a small world ... we sold the farm in 1959 & moved to the PEG so I could start school, all my family have left the area, no one stayed behind.

I joined the "Ice Fishing Manitoba" Facebook group to catch up on the stories & see the pic's of the fish from back home ... sure miss it this time of year.

Cheers

David