abamasagi

[gmattbruin]

Just wondering if anyone has any reports inregards to fish & water levels?

[gmattbruin]

somebody must have some info with TLO hav 3 cabins and Osullivans with 1. goin in Jun 09...just curious

[unclepaully]

you might just be the first WC guy going in this year... give us a full report when you get back. I'll be there Aug 11 with O'sullivans.

[gmattbruin]

Quite possible. Our group has fished this lake several times with TLO...this year goin in with Osullivans...I will update. Have you used Osullivans before?

[unclepaully]

Nope, first time with O'sullivans.

[Dialed In]

Flew in on the 18th with a four man crew to Osullivans Aba Lake Camp.

Weather was pretty good, we did have a little snow one day but for the most part had good weather. The lake levels were not bad, alot better than the last couple of years. The camp was in good shape, sorry to tell you guys we did scrape up the fresh paint on the boats dragging full stringers of walleyes along.

We are trollers for the most part and did not spend anytime jigging. The narrows contained some fish but the hot fishing came around Pup Island and along the East shore from Pup Island toward Islands in front of Twin lakes camps. Biggest walleye 26" and the biggest Pike 39".

We left a detailed map on the wall of all the hot spots - Hope its still there, good luck and have a great trip.

[unclepaully]

Thanks for the report and the map(hopefully its still there). Maybe guys will just add to it. Sounds like you had pretty good fishing. Curious to know if you tried for any lakers? I've read about them on TLO website but haven't really seen any pictures or stories of guys catching any on Aba.
Also any fish in the immediate vicinity of the cabin? Just wondering if there are any places close to the cabin on days when the wind really kicks up.

[Dialed In]

No we did not try for Lakers, this time of year they are just starting to head for the deeper holes in the narrows near the cabin, we were hoping to pick one up when we were trolling but never did.

You can fish for them in the 100 plus foot hole near the cabin, there is a big hole in front of the narrow opening where the lake continues around the cabin. If you want to get out of the wind head for this opening (LOOK OUT FOR ROCKS) once you get past the 20 feet of rocks it will open up. Saw a moose and calf in there. fishing was ok in there.

A real good spot close to the cabin was at the huge rock face wall between the cabin and where the lake opens up, (cnat miss it) we killed them there. If you troll they liked alot of action black and gold hot n tots were the ticket, 40 feet back.

[gmattbruin]

I appreciate the report. There are so many great options on abamasagi. We will certainly add to the map or leave another behind. Tht shows a pattern to the fishing. Those main lake islands are always amazing. In 2010 we fished mostly thru the narrows up to the other parts of the arm and tht produced the most and biggest fish. Trolling the south shore from TLO cabin3 to the 2 rivers at evening till dark was also amazing. 5days,cant wait!

[Dialed In]

gmattbruin,

No problem on the report, but like you said there are alot of options on the lake and you can find fish everwhere, if our map is still there you can see we caught fish in several areas. Been fishing Ontario all over since 1975 many times on the Attawaspiskat and Albany Rivers, but for your money its hard to beat Ara, Meta and Aba lakes. We been to all of them, some twice and have never been disapointed.

Hope your trip is a great and safe one, I only have 349 days till my next one. Until then I will have to settle for Lake Erie Walleye and Steelhead.