Thorne Bros Annual Ice Fishing Outing
Jan 28-31, 2010
Muskie Bay Resort, Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada
www.muskiebayresort.com

This has become an annual trip for us at Thorne Bros and we look forward to it every year. Paul, Chris, Jake and Ashley Trinkner and their staff do a great job taking care of us. This is an American Plan trip and we will have local guides bringing us to the hot spots. As a group, we will decide what we want to do, but the basic plan will be as follows:
Show up on Thursday and fish or get your gear ready. Supper will be provided. Friday, we will get up and have a quick breakfast of donuts and/or rolls and hit the water early. Lake Trout will be the primary target early in the day on Crow Lake and its surrounding lakes. Conditions will dictate how far we will be able to travel. We will come in for a hot lunch of sandwiches and/or soup and then head to Lake of the Woods for and afternoon of Crappie fishing. At dark, we will come in and have a hot supper. Saturday we’ll do the same, but that night we will have a dinner of Crappies and Lake Trout. Sunday morning we’ll fish and then head home.

You will need a snowmobile or 4-wheeler (depending on snow/ice/slush conditions—snowmobile is usually preferred), a portable/mobile fish house (like a Fish Trap or similar), a flasher (Vexilar/Marcum/Hummingbird), heater with enough propane, ice scoop, warm clothes with waterproof boots (temps can get to less than –40F and have very slushy conditions) and the following recommended fishing tackle:

Lake Trout: Thorne Bros 42” Professional Plus, Shimano 2500 to 4000 size spinning reel, P-line FluoroIce in 8# or 10#, ice rod case, #10 barrel swivels, 3/8oz tube jigs and 3”or 4”tubes in white, glow and/or rainbow trout and a needlenose pliers.

Crappies: Thorne Bros Panfish Sweetheart Plus, Tica SS500 spinning reel, P-line FluoroIce in 2# or 3#, ice rod case, Lindy/Systems Tackle #10 Fat Boys and #10 Genz Worms, Hali 25mm, Berkley Power Maggots or other small Powerbait, #2 Jigging Rapala and a forceps.

The price for the Ice Outing is $350 USD. Taxes not included. To book your trip, contact Paul, Chris or Jake Trinkner at Muskie Bay Resort at 1-800-363-3379. A $100 deposit is required. For any other questions, contact Brett Erickson at Thorne Bros, 763-572-3782 or brett@thornebros.com or check out our message board at www.thornebros.com

This sounds like it would be alot of fun to do..

Its very relaxed and laid back. Just nice to get as many people together on the ice as we can. Fish, eat and just take it easy.

I had an absolute blast on this trip last year, the resort is great, the guides were super, the food was unbeleiveable. You can't ask for a better package then what this one offers. My buddy and I have already committed ourselves again for this coming January and hoping to get some Fish. We loved the crappie bite and the people were a blast to meet!! Everyone should go for this trip!!!

why do you guys always do this when I am at super bowl. You know that LOW is my favorite place in N America.

Man I want to go on this trip so bad. I've never fished laketrout before.

It is a great trip. Those Lakers are just plain MEAN and fight with a vengence. I will be up there a couple times this winter.

Trout are one of the best fish to take from under the ice, but also one of the most challenging. For most people the hook to land ratio is usually under 50% because of the head shakes and fast runs. Be sure to bring a reel with a great drag cause they will test it everytime.