What a Memorable Trip!!!

[k2muskie]

What a super FUNTASTIC LAKE CASCADE TRIP!!!!

Perfect weather, ice conditions, fishing and company.

This adventure was packed with awesome memories and being able to share with great folks NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN and we hope for a REPEAT come 2014, God willing.

Had a great and warm room to rest in at Pinewood Lodge Motel for the end of day. Owners allowed us to clean fish, use laundry room deep sink for final filet prepping bagging and tagging, provided us with freezer space and allowed us to park snowmobile trailer in ‘their’ reserved spots. Needless to say ‘OUTSTANDING STAFF’ who bent over backwards to accommodate us.

Ah yes and a very good restaurant Grandma’s right down the street maybe 2 minutes away. So need I say more with a restaurant called Grandma’s.

Lures with bait including K2 techniques no different from what I’ve posted in the past. Only fish difference that was noticeable was all large jumbos were suspending up or entered flasher zone anywhere from 3’ to 15’ up from bottom. A few larger jumbos were worked off the bottom including the Perchzillas on the second day.

Dead sticking on a second pole produced very few fish. Had to drop offerings down bounce off bottom reel up and then jig let lure sit to capture the attention of the fish on bottom or somewhere in the water column. When a fish entered flasher zone we’d reel up to it and 95% of time fish hit the offerings.

Now yes we did catch PV size dinks. But we were determined employing them K2 3Ps (passion, persistence and patience) to stand fast as we knew it was only a matter of time. It paid off as we iced close to 50 fish that were 11-13” with a couple 14 inchers and then as the last day literally last half hour of fishing I look over after hearing a very excited Lois say ‘Mother of God’ as she’s hauling up through the ice hole a Perchzilla. Fish was 14.50” and weighed out at Tackle Toms at 1.87 pounds. Yep them 3Ps worked.

Bottom line folks, words cannot come close to describing the most wonderful hard deck experience we have ever had. From perfect weather and ice conditions to lodging/staff accommodations, eating. And above all being able to share a most memorable hard deck outing with dear friends who we believe are now hooked on ice fishing as this was their first time on the hard deck and they LOVED IT.

So with that being said, here’s some photos and fish porn…hopefully you’ll get the jest about this trip.

Click on photos to get full picture. Wish I could figure out picture sizing these photos are all 800X600 or lower.

Arriving Wide Open Spaces.jpg (216.04 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

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Second Day Sugarloaf Island.jpg (190.68 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

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First Day Kim Working it.jpg (50.75 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

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Second Day John and Fog.jpg (161.24 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Second Day Kay and Lois and Fog.jpg (151.59 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Okay now for the fishy porn:

First and Second Days Yep Caught Dinks.jpg (195.67 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Kay First Day.jpg (139.43 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

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Second Day:

Second Day Kim 13 Plus.jpg (174.79 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Second Day John 14 Inch Plus Male.jpg (136.16 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Second Day Boot 13 Inch Comparison.jpg (210.1 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Second Day Perchzilla 14.50 Inch 1.87#.jpg (156.48 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Second Day Haul.jpg (212.26 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Let the Zoro's begin:

Second Day Knife Time.jpg (193.21 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

And toasting to an awesome trip with very dear friends after the fish were cleaned and in freezer the evening of our last day.

Second Day Done and Shooter Time.jpg (154.38 KiB) Viewed 45531 times

Super trip I hope you enjoyed the photos. Have others but tried to pick out the most memorable.

[PACKFAN]

Looks like you had a great trip with beautiful weather and some nice jumbos. I guess I should have stayed with my original plan of going to Cascade after the perch, it would have been alot cheaper than our trip to the WY. SFW banquet Sat. night. I ended up buying a 3 day whitetail deer, hog, and havalina hunt in Texas for Brenda and I in Dec. that was auctioned off. I think it was the JD that made me do it. I did win a Walther automatic pistol so I guess that's some concellation. Thanks for some great pictures.

[bwhntr]

Amazing! I can't believe the size of those perch. Look at the fillets on that 14.5"! Looks like you had a great time, and as always an awesome report. I have to admit I am a little jealous, especially since my girls and I spent Saturday on PV and all we caught were dinks...and an occasional crappie.

Btw, I noticed someone in your group was using a Nils auger. How do you like it?

[k2muskie]

[bwhntr]

I have the 8" Nils and LOVE it! It was recommended to me by a friend. I have to admit I had doubt when he told me how well they cut with such little effort. I have used other augers in the past and hated them. I was searching for a nice gas powered auger when he told me to forget about the gas and get one of these. Of course I am not surprised you have one along with your gas auger...nothing but the best for K2!

[DallanC]

This thread motivated me to go fix the silly picture bug that wasnt showing the entire picture at once, glad I did they are FANTASTIC pictures! Looks like a place to put on my bucket list of places to visit.

You guys seem to target alot of perch when ice fishing. Those big limits sure make it seem fun when they are biting. Fun to read about while I'm stuck at work

Lemme know if anyone sees any pictures that arent showing up properly.


-DallanC

[k2muskie]

Will be headed back here in a couple days and hopefully will find some willing takers. Weather is looking good and ice is a foot thick. Hear some very nice Trout are also being iced. Report will be forth coming upon our return.