David Chong

Greg is a great angler & very knowledgeable guide! Glad that you had a great day!

???It was definitely a deep water event! I use a 16/17 gauge needle, you can get away with a 18 gauge! I don't use a commercial fizzing device! Just make sure you have a reamer made for it to clear the needle!

Yes, I’ve done the crossing to Vermont on Champlain which is pretty cool! Both Champlain & George can get pretty rough because of their length & orientation, especially if the wind is strong straight out of the south or north! I’ve spent several days on Champlain when there were legitimate 6-8 footers out there, no fun???!

I was at the Barrie Sportsmen & Outdoor Show today to present a seminar and had a great crowd! I’ll be presenting again tomorrow at 1:30 PM if anyone is interested! My seminar is titled “Become a Better Bass Angler!” Nice little show, very impressed with Bradford Greenhouses store, come cool stuff in there! First one to mention OFC site gets a new Yamaha cap!

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to go down to Lake George in New York state to compete at the TBF (The BASS Federation) Semi-Finals, the final step before the Nationals. I was a little disappointed to hear that the event was to be moved from Lake Champlain to Lake George but that changed quickly when we arrived there! It is one of the most beautiful lakes that I have ever fished. Surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains, it was deep and clear with the water a green-blue colour and the fishing was not too shabby either! I had a pretty good event and ended up in 5th place overall out of 68 boaters! I weighed in all Smallmouth Bass and caught them all dropshotting in 30-45 FOW! They all came of 2 different sizes of Z-Man Trick Shots and the Ultra Tungsten drop shot weights were key to maintaining contact with bottom. It was a very "technical" lake and I relied heavily on my Garmin EchoMap Ultra electronics units to locate fish. The Garmin G3 LakeVu mapping with the Garmin & Navionics data was unbelievably accurate, once I figured out the deep pattern, I could literally follow the charts on my electronics and pick out fishing holding locations. It was so much fun, video game fishing for these Smallies, many of them especially on the 2nd day were caught right beneath my boat right off the graph! Other keys to my success was Daiwa gear and my Sunline fluorocarbon leaders which were critical on this crystal clear deep lake. Congrats to all of the top finishers especially the top finishers on Team Ontario, Joe Rodrigues (Boater) & Will MacFarlane (Non-Boater), who will now represent us at the Nationals! During my second day, I even managed to catch my Personal Best Pickerel, Chain Pickerel that it is! The New York state record is 8 lbs. 1 oz. and this one was in the 7 lbs. range! If anyone is looking for somewhere not too far away for a great fishing vacation, I would highly recommend this body of water and hope to get back there myself soon. the drive through the mountains to get there is also stunning! Now here are lots of pics...

Cool!

Not sure about that procedure but I hope that if you try it that it works for you! My father suffered from Parkinson's for many years before he passed a few years ago! Best of luck!

The cool thing about saltwater fishing is that you just never know what you're going to catch next! That does look like a Ladyfish, I caught my first one last year! Enjoy!

Sunrise on the St. Lawrence River! Could really get used to seeing that every morning!

Safe travels Lew!

They definitely do on most bodies of water that I fish! Especially noticeable when the gamefish on Lake Simcoe follow the Shiner migration!

Here is an article about the Trenton incident! https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/quinte-west-boat-explosion-sends-six-to-hospital

WOW, what's going on? It's happening everywhere, apparently it was the 2nd explosion in Trenton in a week!

Wow, there seems like a rash of different boating accidents lately! Unfortunately at the cost of human lives, one weekend there was fatalities on Lake Joseph & Stoney Lakes! Deepest condolences to friends & family of the deceased! This past weekend, while we were in a tournament on the Bay of Quinte, a cruiser was refuelling at the new Trenton gas depot and there was an explosion that sent 5 people to hospital! Not sure of the severity of their injuries! See pic of sunken boat and charred pier! Hopefully, there is no more this fall!

Our fish came in 24-42 FOW

Sorry, our fish were deep but the winners fished shallow!

We’ve been using a Carolina rig in heavy current for about 8 years now! The Elites are finally starting to catch on!!!

Just wrapped up the PanAm Team Canada qualifying event on Lake St. Francis and my partner Rob Lee & I finished up in 2nd place! This qualifies us to compete on Team Canada at the upcoming 2019 PanAm Bass Championship to be held in Cornwall in Ottawa! Team Canada consists of 8 two person teams with captain, Bob Izumi & his son Darren being one of them! The is also the next step to competing at the World Black Bass Championship! The competition at this event was super tough requiring I’ve a 20 lbs. average per day to make the team! Throw in constantly changing weather with 5 straight days of east winds makes thing challenging! But this is one of the best Smallmouth Bass in the world! We weighed in 22.94 lbs. on day 1 to sit in the 2nd qualifying position and followed that up with a 20.26 lbs. bag on day 2 to maintain that spot! Every fish weighed in was a Smallmouth with numerous ones over 5 lbs. Scott Lucky & Andy Kinstler won the event with 44.6 lbs over the 2 days! Keys for our finish in this event were my Skeeter ZX 250 with the ever so reliable Yamaha 250 SHO to get around safely and quicker on this tricky body of water. My new Garmin EchoMap Ultra electronics loaded with the Canada LakeVu G3 charts complete with Navionics data enabled us find the structure & fish to make the team. Tackle-wise my Daiwa equipment loaded with Sunline perform flawlessly! Ultra Tungsten weights for Carolina rigging & drop shotting were critical to get that bottom feel in that heavy current! Z-Man Diesel Minnows & Trick Shot we’re our & the Smallies’ baits of choice! LOL My Skeeter live Wells, G-Juice, Oxygenators & V-T2 vents kept our fish alive & healthy! Fizzing our fish and adding ice also made a huge difference! They were all released to fight another day! Can’t wait to compete against the teams from the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico & the First Nations in Oct.! Proud to wear the Maple Leaf again!

Been on quite a few bodies of water but the St. Lawrence River around Ivy Lea is insane on a weekend!

I use a bunch of them & I believe that the Daiwa Fuego LT is the best spinning reel for under $150! I do believe that they retail for about $130-140

400 hours is nothing for a four stroke engine! I’m a big Yamaha guy and have run their big block 4 strokes for many years with no major problems at all!

Wow, deadly boating accidents at night on Stoney Lake and Lake Joseph! Sad & crazy stuff! Will interesting to find out the full details of both incidents! On the water safety is critical! Be safe out there!

Greg Klatt would be awesome! Brent Bochek also guides on Cameron!

Around the Iroquois dam!

We fish a Pike tournament there every year hosted by the Aurora Bassmasters and the pike population seems pretty stable with some in the 10+ lbs. range! Bass fishing should still be pretty good but the walleye population as in most of the Kawarthas is down! it is a weedy lake though! LOL