NLaferriere

Here's a few of the different morphs of Lake Trout in Great Bear Lake.

Thanks for the great pics. Those are some very big fish. Is it catch and release only or do you enjoy them for lunch?

We keep a juvenile Redfin for lunch everyday, approx 4-6lbs. Redfins are the most abundant morph of lake trout in the lake and inhabit a lot of different habitats. From the shallow surge zone, to deep water troughs and drop offs to open water. I've seen them crashing on balls of ciscoes at the surface and even sipping caddis flies off the surface. They seem to be more of an opportunistic generalist feeder.

The Greys are the largest and feed on whatever will fit in their mouth. They also have large heads, massive mouths and enlarged teeth. This combined with a long, sleek body and large tail make them the ultimate predator in Great Bear Lake.

Welcome to the forum George!

Welcome!

Love them poop machines eh?

Thanks!

Bugs are bad for the first couple weeks, mostly just a nuisance at shore lunch and on shore. I just try to pick a windy shore lunch spot and use bug spray when needed. As for bugs while fishing, not really an issue. It's a giant lake.

Age of the lakers, it's less than you'd think. The Redfins and even more accurately, the Butterfly Redfins live the longest, up to 70 years. The big piscivorous "Greys" are 30-50 yrs old. We have 7-11 different morphs of Lake Trout in Great Bear Lake. (depends on which biologist you talk to) All classified as the same species but each has evolved to occupy a specific niche in the food chain.

That's great to hear there's some quality fish around.

Ya the Ruarwe are a deeper, orange/yellow colour.

Thanks.

For $35, even if it lasts you for a year, you can buy just the strip of LED's for about $10, so it's still cheaper than running fluorescent.

The 150 LED/Set comes with the 44 key controller and remote, as well as the larger more powerful 5050 LED's.

Ya, my only concern is if people are using adhesives that aren't aquarium safe it could potentially affect aquarium health. I'll probably just leave it white. I remember you could buy reflectors from Fluval for their T5 HO lights for pretty cheap. Seen them at Petsmart etc.

This guy is selling LED strips in Canada and he has a whole bunch of options available. I'm waiting for him to get back (says he's gone til the 16th) and then I'll be ordering to do the build.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/AC-DC-16ft-5M-5050-RGB-LED-Waterproof-Light-Strip-44-key-12V-Adap-free-ship/301579579215?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3D77e0b7a40ca3437d9c9ba6e64ca4599e%26pid%3D100085%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D301579579215%26clkid%3D2558935322971221959&_qi=RTM2247625

Great pics! :drool:

Thanks Jvision! It's a pretty incredible part of Canada.

Wolf

Sun finally setting in August. Sun doesn't at the end of June and first couple weeks in July.


Arctic Char from the Tree River

46lb laker

Moooooooose

Arctic Grayling

Young bull muskox

During the summer months I work above the Arctic Circle on Great Bear Lake, NWT and Tree River, Nunavut as a fishing guide. Here's a few pics from this past summer.

August Northern Lights. Gotta love having to look straight up and south in order to see the lights.

20 lb lake trout caught with the fly rod from shore. My biggest I've personally caught on fly gear.

Redfin Lake Trout (different morph) caught from shore on fly gear.

Redfin release.

Third Falls on the Tree River, Nunavut

Tree River Sunset

True. Just glue down the non-shiny side. Could even use silicone and stack a gutter on top to shape it properly while it's curing. That way if water gets in it's not leeching anything toxic into your tank.

I was doing so good for so long (traveling) but I've since fallen off the wagon and the itch was too bad to bare. =P

Before the summer I had a killer Tanganyikan Community setup but I left it in the care of my family and they killed everything.
I had a young group of Enantiopus sp. "Kilesa" F2, Paracyprichromis nigripinnis F1, and Cyprichromis leptosoma "Mamalesa" F2...was a heavy hit on the wallet. =/

Thanks RD.

Ya the Lion's Cove variety does have a varying amount of white to them. I'm not bashing any of the wild strains as they all have awesome colour and differing features. I'm talking more about the Yellow Labs you find at the less reputable or big box fish stores. The washed out, farmed labs and the clearly hybrid labs with no black to them at all.

Even the White Lab from Nkhata Bay can have some yellow on them, even from wild fish.

Ya that's a good tip also. The only thing I would change is either paint the inside of the gutter with chrome spray paint or glue in some reflective film so it disperses the light better. I like the idea of wrapping the LED strip around the PVC though, makes use of the whole 5 metres as opposed to cutting it.

Thanks for the video FunkSolid.

Hello and welcome to AA.

AA...lol That's funny. Thanks ckmullin.

This is great and I found this video while trying to figure out how to do LED lighting for my aquariums without spending hundreds of dollars. You can buy these LED strips on eBay for very cheap. 5 metre strip plus all the components is about $35 with free shipping.

Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSxJymRBak

Really nice looking tank!! Definitely do your crossback justice without adding any decor that he could hurt himself on.

Picked up 16 of these from Spencer Jack in Winnipeg. I trekked them across the prairies to Golden, BC and I'm currently raising them up. Looks like the group is male heavy with at least half of them being males. I separated the largest males from the group to a separate tank to allow the subdominants and females to catch up in growth.

Currently I'm doing daily 30% water changes and power feeding them to boost growth on the tank with the smaller ones. I'm feeding small amounts about 4 times a day.

These guys are stunning with solid yellow/orange throughout the entire body. No white at all on these guys, even as juveniles. What sparked me to work with these is my utter disappointment with modern Electric Yellows. The ones you see now a days for the most part are washed out and don't do the species justice. So I'm hoping to pump out some top quality, non-hybrid, true Yellow Labs back into the hobby.

They're getting close to breeding age and I'm excited to start getting these going. Of the males I've separated, I've chosen the two best to be my breeding males. These having the most black in the fins.

Here's a couple pics from about a week ago before the trek to BC. They've since grown but I haven't got a chance to snap any updated pics yet.

Hey!

Currently living in Golden, BC, I'm a photorapher, fishing guide on Great Bear Lake, NWT, and I'm a full-time fishing and hunting artist. Been keeping aquariums for close to 20 years and have bred a large array of species thru the years. Currently I'm keeping 2 tanks with Labidochromis caeruleus "Nkhata Bay" (White), Labidochromis caeruleus "Ruarwe" (Orange/Yellow) and Synodontis grandiops (Cuckoo Cats). Everything is on the cusp of breeding age, just a waiting game right now. Hoping to get them all going shortly though and offer up fry from them all down the road.

List of notable species I've spawned over the years:
-Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)
-Danio rerio (Zebra Danio)
-Pethia conchonius (Rosy Barb)
-Melanotaenia boesmani

-Melanotaenia lacustris (Turquoise Rainbowfish)
-Melanotaenia parva (Sunkist Rainbowfish)
-Zoogoneticus tequila
-Xenotoca eiseni (Red-tailed Goodeid)

-Ilyodon furcidens
-Aplocheilus lineatus (Golden Wonder Killifish)

-Heterandria formosa (Least Killifish)

-Poecilia wingei (Endler's Livebearer)

-Synodontis grandiops (Cuckoo Cats)
-Synodontis lucipinnis (Petricola Cats)
-Corydoras paleatus (Peppered Cory)
-Corydoras aeneus (Bronze Cory)
-Labidochromis perlmutt
-Labidochromis chisumulae
-Labidochromis caeruleus (Electric Yellow)
-Gephryochromis lawsi
-Pseudotropheus acei "Ngara"
-Pseudotropheus acei "Itungi"
-Pseudotropheus daktari
-Tropheops sp. "Red Fin"
-Metriaclima estherae "Minos Reef" (Blue males/Orange females)
-Labeotropheus trewavasae "Chilumba"
-Neolamprologus brichardi "Magara"
-Neolamprologus brichardi "Kipili"
-Julidochromis marlieri "Burundi"
-Julidochromis regani "Burundi"
-Julidochromis ornatus
-Neolamprologus similis
-Neolamprologus leleupi
-Neolamprologus multifasciatus

-Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae
-Astatotilapia nubila

-Haplochromis sp. "44"
-Parachromis friedrichsthalii "Rio Danto"

-Parachromis friedrichsthalii "Cenote Escondido"
-Parachromis managuensis (Jaguar)
-Amatitlania sp. "Honduran Red Pointe"

-Amatitlania sp. "Rio Danli"
-Amatitlania nigrofasciatus (Convict Cichlid)
-Herotilapia multispinosa (Rainbow Cichlid)
-Andinoacara pulcher (Blue Acara)

I'm sure there's more but I can't remember. lol A few different types anyways.

Nick

Labidochromis caeruleus "Ruarwe"

Synodontis grandiops (Cuckoo Cat) fry eating mbuna fry freshly stripped.

Pencil drawing of Apistogramma from a few years ago

2014 Manitoba Fisheries Enhancement Stamp piece I did.