July 30 Bluffers

Got out for a couple hours. Fished from 6:30pm till 8:30.
First and only fish hit at 7:00, in 190 FOW, 57 down on a cheater.
A light breeze coming from the west. Sadly didn't hit much.
The down temperature was 50degrees at 57 down. Surface temp was mid 60s.
With the rain that occurred today, fish should be going up the rivers shortly. only 2 1/2 weeks left in the derby!

mon 22 tues 23

mon 22 1 - 2 super windy day trolled westward to spits from 7 till 10 ish, the waves and swells were real bad
tues 23 0 - 1 only fished from 6:30 ttill 8:30, east wind. slow day

Trolling lake Ontario morning and then evening!

Morning 6am - noon
Great calm day on the water.

Got on the water right after the sun broke the horizon. About 6 am. Set the lines and got my first fish after 10 mins. A 15 lber king on a fly and spin doctor down 50 in 160 fow. The hook went too deep ad the fish bled. Had to keep it. Next fish came 30 mins after I circled back into the same stretch. This time it was on the deeper rigger. Came on a mc rocket down 130 in 160 FOW. It peeled about feurcley over 100 ft of line but popped out. 

Down 50, it was 48-49degrees.
Ended the morning with 1 for 2 at noon.. 



Evening 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Got to the launch at 6, started trolling by 6:30. At about 7:15 I had my spin doctor and frog mc rocket down 60ft, didn't have a single hit on it for almost an hour, I added a NK super glow clown as a cheater on it. Within 3 mins, I had a hit. It ran hard and took lots of line until something happened. The line broke... I lost everything on it. The line appeared to be frayed?
30 mins later, I hook into a decent rainbow, about 6-7lbs, as I was about to land it in the net, my other rigger rod goes off, DOUBLE HEADER!
Shortly after netting both fish and releasing them I hook into  a small rainbow that I released boat side. Trolled around till almost dark and was about to call it quits but then a rod starts to bounce, nice! a last hurrah! As I'm fighting it, I get ANOTHER DOUBLE HEADER! The sun was pretty much down, not much light left, but the GoPros were still on, recording this. Both turned out to be mature kings in the 20lb range. It was a great night. Much cooler than the day. I'll hopefully have some videos up soon.

Tally
2 rainbows, 3 kings, 1 screamer lost

Gosd hunt - July 15 2013

Out on the water again today. Started the troll at about 6 am. The action wasn't the best for me but I heard decent reports. One knock and two small kings to show for today's efforts. One king hit on a spoon set 60 down. Other king hit on a cheater on a rigger that was set 150 down..

The weather was great, flat calm. Almost glass. Too bad action wasn't better.
Packed it in at 12:40, WAY too hot. 32 degrees plus humidity! 

Bluffers Sunday July 14

The day started late this time since I had work in the evening and I didn't want to be too tired for that.
Started trolling at about 9:30am. From what I heard on the VHF radio, it was a rather slow morning. At about 10 I got my first hook up. It was a rainbow on a spoon 60 down, 100 back on a swr. I torpedoed the fish back and it looks like it swam off but floated 20 ft away. I swung around to net the fish back but I didnt want to tangle so I reeled in the other rod. I set the rod to release it from the clip and started fiercely reeling in. I had reeled in 50 ft of line or more before I noticed something weird. There was weight! A fish must've hit while I was reeling in?? It turned out to a respectable 25lb king.

Other than that action, I had one knock on the line and that was it.

The conditions out there was great. Minimal east winds. I don't have any pictures at all of this trip but I do have video footage..

The hunt continues...

7 - 11 - 2013 lake o banner day

Eugene came back today to do wedding things but I managed to sneak him out for a few hours of lake o trolling- his first time out!

Well the weather wasn't the best at the start but the winds did die down a tiny bit as the morning progressed. We fished from 6 till 9:20am. He had to go back in for an appointment. In those few hours we managed 3 for 7. It was a pretty good morning. He got his first fish on a spoon set down 57ft in about 120 ish FOW, I don't recall exactly. After two lost fish and a shaker, I got into a fish. It was about 20lbs, coming off the dipsy diver, at about 200 back on a 3 setting. It was on a spin doctor and fly combo. 

After retuning to dock and dropping Eugene off, I decided to head back out since I still had time to kill before work. Boy am I ever glad I did. From 10-11;45, I didn't manage a sniff. But as I trolled back to end the day. A rod went off while I was fixing my go pro camera. It was a good fish, pulling lots of line. 6 mins into the fight, my other rod goes off!! A double header and I'm all alone!!! See the video for the craziness. It was fun! And after setting back up again, I hooked into another 3 fish in 30 mins. My first double header ever. The double hit my mc rocket and fly on spin doctors. Mc was set 60 down, 50 bak. Fly was 110 down and 100 back.

Weather: strong north winds which barely made it tolerable. Thankfully it died down as the day went on...



An early start to the day.

Pretty rough start..

 Enjoying the view.

 

 Eugene got the first fish of the day.

He was a happy camper

 

My turn

 The double!!

 

Solo..

Got majority of the day on video but that will take some time to get together...
More report to come as the Great Ontario Salmon Derby continues!

Lake o solo trip - July 8 2013

Slow day. Fished from 7 till 1 ish before the heavy rainfall came in. Went 2 for 2 on rainbows..

This is what greeted me when I got there...

It was busy out there..

VIDEO POSTED 2013 3rd Annual Port Credit Pen Salmon Derby VIDEO POSTED

Here is the video of our day out on Lake Ontario for the Port Credit pen derby. Sorry for the delay, busy with work, fishing and just learning how to edit videos..

To see the report, check back further or click this link
http://bigfishsmallcamera.blogspot.ca/2013/06/3rd-annual-port-credit-pen-salmon-derby.html

Canada Day Bass fishing- July 1 2013

The day started at an early 3:30am. Eugene from Montreal came back to Toronto to do some business but had today to fish, so we had to head out. Eugene and Jacky arrived and we loaded up the truck and boat. The weather was forecasted to be overcast and windy, 20k winds with 40 gusts. It was right for once.

 

We were fishing the Kawartha Lakes again. On the water for 6:30am, throwing topwater baits. The top water wasn't working, so I start throwing my favourite bait, Berkley Havocs, at a set of docks. No fish for what seemed like a LONG time, then the first fish hit at 6:47am. There was a light tick, I set the hook and the fish started coming right over. I commented out, "Wow, smallest fish ever!". The fish dove down to some weeds. As I pull it through and towards me, I realized that It was not covered in weeds, it was infact a pretty decent fish. When it was boatside, I find out it was a really nice fish. Up and over, onto the deck, it turned out to be a nickel! 5lb 3oz, 20inch largemouth. Sweet.... Eugene got a good laugh out of this.

 

 

 

Under water release shot of the tank.

 

Not much at the docks anymore so we blasted up river. While I was still setting up, Jacky was casting towards a couple docks and got into the second fish of the day. A respectable fish..

That spot didn't last long since we didn't have any cover from the winds, so we started up the engine and moved on. Found more docks to cast at and weed mats. Not much to show for it besides this two pounder-ish. Succumbed to my havoc right after I casted it at a dock.

 

 

 

Since we were going to do a half day of fishing only, till noon. We made it to our last spot. A small channel with cover from the windy conditions. It was max 6 ft deep. Not a whole lot of action. But Eugene was loving it, punching through the thick stuff with the rod I lent him, a 7'2" extra heavy shimano crucial rod matched with a shimano curado 201DHSV and 50lb braid.

He was throwing around a 3/4oz with ease and distance.

 

 

 

 

Here is Eugene man handling a bass in from heavy cover. Bass and salad.. mmmmm...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Berkley Havoc in action underwater. I just love the action of this lure, the tentacles have great action, the speed of the lure dropping, and the price of it. They cost about $3 for a pack of 8. Note the one in the picture is missing one tentacle, but it's okay, they still catch fish!

 

 

Here the boys are after only half a day of fishing!

 

 

 

Summary.

Over cast day with quite a bit of wind, making it very hard and annoying to control the boat. The fishing action was rather slow. Only a couple topwater blow-ups with no hook ups. I only landed 4 fish, Eugene with 2 and Jacky 1. It was alright since I did get a 5lber... Maybe next trip will have to be a salmon trip.. We'll see..

 

Kawartha Lakes

Docks, shoreline, reeds, weeds

6:30am - 2pm

Cloudy, overcast, 20k winds with 40 gusts

Water surface temps ~80 degrees