Ice-hunting for Saskatchewan monsters

I’m sitting here in the Saskatoon airport, sun-burned and tired, but with fresh fishing stories to tell. We’re about to board, and I know I’ll be way too tired to post another blog once I’m back in Ontario, so here are the photo highlights. To be honest, the fishing was a tad slow for Tobin Lake (up north at Nipawin, Saskatchewan), but we had a great three days running-and-gunning. Kyle Grona got the big fish, a 21-pounder (pictured here), plus the second biggest (16 pounds) and the third (15 pounds), all proof positive as to why Tobin is renowned for producing massive northerns. I guess Kyle had the hot tip-ups! My old fishing buddy Ted Cawkwell and I followed up with the smaller guys, including three eaters (under the 27-inch slot). In all, we landed 15 fish and put up almost as many flags that didn’t produce. I swear I got the monster of the trip, but got stumped (literally) when my fish wrapped around a chunk of timber and broke off. Okay, looks like we’re about to board. Enjoy the snaps!