Opening Day Ice-Out Trout: Battling Ice to Find Big Brook Trout in Remote Lakes

After months of planning and an uncertain weather forecast, we finally set out for the 2023 Michigan Inland Trout Opener. This is how the weekend played out.
"The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas."
-John Voelker, Trout Madness
Music by Under This Cold Sky
On Ruth, Facing West (Instrumental)
Summer '97 (Instrumental)
The Seney Stretch (At Midnight, in a Blizzard) (Instrumental)
581 (Instrumental)
© 2023 Stephen Hooper

[@avid.venture]

The adventure is on when you gotta shuffle a canoe across some ice to access the water! Right on!

[@Alan-oo2cq]

Reminds me of when we went to Algonquin park.via Brent .Opening trout April 30th or so .No mosquitoes yet Always a blackfly hatch .Good trout fishing .you can even find ice in the shade to pack out your fish A week later I wouldn't want to be in the bush toooo many blackflies.

[@michaelmacdonald3764]

I stumbled upon your video and liked it very much. I actually stayed at that cabin about 2 weeks after you. I also did some trout fishing in the area. I would like to exchange some info if you want. Do you have any soc media?