well i guess if superbowl, hockey, college ball, and even rugby fit here than how about something more than just a few take part in other than on the fan basis. how about something real and yes it is even gonna generate a smoke!!!

this past weekend my bro in law and myself went up north into canada just to see if they would let us back in the country. i think the pasport deal is finally about to take effect. sounds like june 1 will be mandatory.

promised capt dan a few pics so here ya all go

bro in law and myself packing in to the cabin
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430am cold start up
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at the lake first thing in am
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getting set up
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and then stuff happens, dang they are purty!!!
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these going into brine for smoke this weekend
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also got a few whitefish, ck out the size, never got them this big before
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will follow up with the smoke this weekend.

DUDE!!! Thats awesome. Great catch and cool pics. Almost like I was right there with ya cept withold the cold.Them are nice sized whities. Thats got excellent fish smoke written all over it!

points

erain, those look great! you got a sweet thing going up there!

Who needs a cooler? Nice haul! Wooo!

Nice erain! Cold don't feel so bad if your catching a few :).

Nice Dude
I KNEW you were holding out on me.
Smoked white fish is GREAT!
Hogs.

Looks like you had fun. Lake trout are fun to catch.

wow - now that's some neat fishing.
Excellent fish too.
So what do you use for bait ?

And given that bugger all light penetrates the snow and ice - why'd you get up so early ;-)

So you gonna smoke them whole or fillet first ?

Beautiful fish erain... That should be some great eats..

Great pics. Looks like you had a nice haul.

wow - now that's some neat fishing.
Excellent fish too.
So what do you use for bait ?

And given that bugger all light penetrates the snow and ice - why'd you get up so early ;-)

So you gonna smoke them whole or fillet first ?

for bait used big sucker minnows. 6-8 inches long

reason so early is well thats how long it takes to get where we want to go, aint much for trails.

them fish will have to be split open, they are way to thick to get brine penetration and also be easier to make sure smoked til done. also opening them up will allow better smoke penetration which suits my taste just fine.

Just awesome! Great pic's!

You could always steak them into 2-3 inch steaks. I have done that with trout and whities before, works pretty well. I try to interlock the ribs so they are not out in the open, better if the rib skin touches the rib skin of the next steak. Know what I mean. That way when they are done, just spread the centers open backwards and they break apart at the backbone, and alot of the rib bones and pin bones will pull out of the meat and stay on the skeleton.
I love smoked lake trout, good and oily! You are a lucky sum beetch!:thumb:

Wow erain nice pictures and fish!! :cool: Looks like you had a great time, and picked a great day to do it. I could smell the exhaust from the picture of your snowmobile getting fired up. I haven't ice fished in a long long time, wanted to do some when I was up in Michigan last month but just couldn't find the time. All I ever caught ice fishing were Bluegills and Sunfish, never knew you could haul up Trout like that out of a frozen lake. This boy has been living down south way to long.

Wow E!!
You ROCK! those are beautiful sea kittens!! Nicely done!!

those are beautiful sea kittens!!

lol I'd forgotten that fish were now kittens - them'd be lake kittens though ;-)

(see I avoided all references to eating pus-:faint:)

nice erain... very nice... going trout fishing this weekend in AR... will have pics next week...

You could always steak them into 2-3 inch steaks. I have done that with trout and whities before, works pretty well. I try to interlock the ribs so they are not out in the open, better if the rib skin touches the rib skin of the next steak. Know what I mean. That way when they are done, just spread the centers open backwards and they break apart at the backbone, and alot of the rib bones and pin bones will pull out of the meat and stay on the skeleton.
I love smoked lake trout, good and oily! You are a lucky sum beetch!:thumb:

thks dan, i cut steaks almost to the dorsal fin, then i took the back half and ran the knife down the backbone on both sides, so i ended up a buncha nice steaks and some nice sized fillets. best a both i guess. will do pics this w/e.

Nice catch Erain. Where abouts in Canada did you go?

Great catch E...Lookin forward to the smoke!!

Beautiful pictures, erain! Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see the smoked fish!

lol I'd forgotten that fish were now kittens - them'd be lake kittens though ;-)

(see I avoided all references to eating pus-:faint:)

See that's the limey humor I was talking about that we were missing!! good one!! LOL!!