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Make them out of wood for that smokey flavour ?

? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFa4uyGdmA0&t=47s Broke back laker and a nice clean one.

8 foot bass raider. My first boat. Strapped it to the roof of my Mazda 626, no roof rack, just a couple pool noodles and ratchet straps run through open windows. It was secure though, think I actually bent the doors had it clamped down so tight. Couldn’t figure out why it was slow, me and a 200 pound buddy propelled solely by a 1,2 hp air cooled game fisher. Raised very few fish.

For the last 5 years in the summer my wife and I rent a cottage somewhere within a 2ish hour drive from Ottawa for a week of fishing and relaxing. March of last year our little guy was born and the trip has turned into more of a family vacation than a fishing trip as expected. Last year we found a cottage we really enjoyed with great fishing and decided to book it again for our 2019 trip. This year my good friend and his wife joined us on the trip which is always a lot of fun. The little guy is 16 months and did not want to get out of the boat.. it was his favorite place to be all week.. which suits me just fine. The weather was absolutely perfect. Light winds and sunny for a full 6 days straight. Water temp was 77-79 which was great for fishing and swimming. The fishing itself was fantastic. Primarily a lake trout lake it also has big smallmouth, largemouth, and pike. Our focus was put towards jigging lakers in the morning mostly with maybe an hour or 2 in the afternoon. Then after dinner getting out for an hour or so of topwater bass fishing. Monday to Saturday we boated 51 lake trout averaging between 5-7lbs with the biggest just over 9lbs. We only kept 2 with the rest of them heading back to be caught again. Its very important to get these fish to burp on the way up or they will have trouble getting back down. Also a quick release makes a big difference. Largemouth were plentiful and a tonne of fun catching them throwing a pompadour and a frog from dusk to dark. The most interesting catches were the smallmouth though. Fishing for lake trout in anywhere between 70 - 110 ' we would catch them cruising over top of high bait balls. At one point my wife had her line hanging over the side of the boat in 70' and all of a sudden there is a fish on. What a weird pattern to try and figure out! A great week with great friends. Enjoy a few pictures below! BassMan11 aka Troutman11? My buddy with the first of the trip I was soon to follow Double header! The girls even got into them! The big screen sure helps with figuring out whats what (Fish on top. bait-ball, jig, fish on bottom). A few bass My little buddy A beautiful spot Cheers!

Nice fish Brian. Saw the title and figured you were either a cowboy or caught a cuddlefish ?

Really nice fish Brian!!

Thanks There was a bass tourny on. . They were out sat and sun. I have my net way up in the air. Hope they see it. ? I found it funny that all the boats went to the east side. Guess there are no bass on the west side. LOL

Hey Brian, that's a great set up you have . Can't get any closer to the water. Nice lakers also. How do you deal with those speed boats darting on the water?? ??

Cook the Italian way. Four bricks and and a shopping car! It’’s called Italianred.

Good on you for putting that trip together! You have your priorities firmly in order and your son will remember it forever. And yeah, awesome pics and the sunrise is beautiful!!

Better hook removal faculty than in Buffalo area. My Uncle in North Tonawanda goes to the local Vets to have hooks removed from his arse, more than once. I witnessed it. Is the West Arm of Nipp the same as the west bay? Way back my inlaws cottage was on Bear Creek and we fished the South Bay and locals called it the west bay too.

nice fishes a little wavy

Welcome aboard. Want big fish? then fish big water like Erie. There are plenty of big Smallmouth that can be taken close to shore, especially early morning and just before dusk. You can wade plenty of shoreline in the Inner Bay of Long Point for good sized Largemouth. Not knowing your location is tough to steer you towards good big fish water. For big fish use big baits is my recommendation without writing a 12 page essay. Jerk baits for casting is a go to Bass bait. To get offshore a bit I would get myself a cheap Kayak and mount a few cheap rod holders. Even a good pair of chestwaders will get you off the shore. I wore the treads off the boots of my waders before I got a boat. Have fun, be safe and go smash em'.