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Was just gonna suggest the same as Photoz. Island lake is great for panfish and I always see kids out there having a ball. Even with the water level being lower than normal you can still catch them from shore if you cast out far enough. You can buy worms right there then just put them on a small hook under a float a foot or so and toss it out as far as you can from almost anywhere along the shore line (go just past the beach and you'll see some picnic tables near the water - that spot should work). If you rent a boat ($50 for a half day for a motor or much less for a canoe) then just drift around with the hook in the water just about anywhere and you'll get some panfish. One spot that's always good for some perch is near the island to the right of the docks - go straight out from the docks to the opposite shoreline and then to your right you'll see where the island breaks up the main lake into two channel - just drift down the middle of the further channel (the one opposite the docks). Good luck and welcome to the board.

May not be much of a dinner 'eye but a hell of a story. I'd say that's a fair trade.

Definitely sounded worth a bit of annoying rain. Nice job in any weather, congrats.

Nice fish, congrats.

MJL - you forgot two other changes that 'growing up' and fishing addictions bring (and man can I speak from experience) - Watching your house fall apart around you because any free time you have to fix stuff around the house you realize can be better spent fishing. I'm still trying to get around to my spring cleaning of the rain gutters and tree branch trimming. Guess I can just merge that with the fall cleaning - Now that you have a real job with real income you REALLY need to be careful at places like Bass Pro. Sometimes I swear I can't walk into BPS on a pay day or I'm risking my hydro getting cut off that month

This boards gonna get a reputation for having kids that outfish their parents pretty soon . Sounds like a nice vacation Lexx.

OFC - Not just a discussion board out on the internet but a real community. Great to see this happen and good job everyone involved.

Nice job guys

Hey Bass Master, great first post. PatrickG and I were on Lovesick the same time (Saturday) with about the similar results (mostly smaller fish). Have fun in Vancouver. Johnny - we didn't see any "real" Musky caught by anyone while we were out but Patrick caught a monster 15"er (report is probably a page or two back if you want the details).

Great report, those are some beautiful pics that really bring the story to life. Thanks

Great stuff, congratulations on some beauty fish.

Bon Echo park has some canoe in sites as well. I haven't been there personally but wanted to try it for just that reason. I'm sure some of the guys on the board can point out some more details on Bon Echo if you're interested.

Great story. Glad to here you got the gear back. Wonder who was more surprised - you or the musky

Glad to see you got out. You seemed to be about the same as I do during the day there - nice fish but a bit far inbetween (at least for me, I'm sure others slay during the day, I'm more of an evening guy when it comes to that lake).

I think you'd like it Cliff - with a little trolling motor you can get into just about anywhere (I'd just be careful around the main channel from the buckhorn to stoney locks as some guys fly through there. Joey: I host my pics on flickr which takes full size pics and then I just link them in (vs uploading the pics to the site directly). In fact you can click on any of mine to see the whole gallery and the original sizes and what not, if you want some more details just drop me a pm.

Just a quick report this week. After last weeks rental debacle PatrickG and I decided to try a new lake. I was thinking Stony but kept hearing about Lovesick (next door) and I knew a cheaper boat rental on Lovesick so the decision was made. We flew up there, in fact arrived before the owners were expecting us, so we setup our gear by the car. Damn it was cold - we were parked in the shade and damn near froze setting everything up. We met the owners of the place (Marricks landing) and got a little map and a tip on where to start for the bass. Nice people and a fine boat (nothing fancy - 14'er with a 9.9 but no problems with it and no crazy sign your life away forms or anything like that). Off we went into this smaller lake (didnt realize how small it was til I got there) and we found our way to the spot recommended by the owner and pretty quickly Patrick gets hit off a dock. We'd like to call it the first of the day but... The catch <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/1171504739_f801827b5b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_1679" /></a> The lift including a wonderful last second mid air leap... <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1178/1172369906_569f2d7a4c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_1680" /></a> That leads to ... the release <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/1172373940_692856df76.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_1681" /></a> Ah well it was a start and I quickly followed with a similar fish. So a couple small guys pretty early, good start right? Yeah well it was a good start but also a finish of sorts. Though we found loads of great structure with wonderful deep weed lines, weed patches, docks, pads, drop offs and other kinds of spots that we knew had to hold fish they were all taking a little break during the cold weather (at least thats the excuse we stuck with). Even the wacky rigged worms didn't entice much more than the odd perch and rock bass. Eventually we moved onto the other side of the lake and noticed lots of guys fishing in one spot that the map showed as being a big hole and judging from the style of fishing we saw the target was pretty obvious - jigging for 'eyes. We weren't ready for walleye fishing yet so we worked the shoreline and I had a nice 2 fish in 4 casts moment, here's one of them: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/1171520439/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1336/1171520439_dea158a686_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1686" /></a> A bit later Patrick points out that we're drifting into a rock so I kick the engine into reverse and apparently this little guy had been watching Patrick's bait and the sudden jerk launched her into action, surprised the heck out of both of us: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/1172397532/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/1172397532_6bdc4efaca_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1703" /></a> The same spinner bait soon caught what it was aimed at: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/1171536017_766f3552e8_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1704" /></a> I told Patrick it was my turn and flipped a my spinner under an old branch: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/1172400564_f3ed0a1c0d_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1705" /></a> Don't you love when you call them. As you can tell from the pics the sizes were pretty small. We didn't see a decent sized fish all day Later in the day I tried jigging a bit and managed this monster: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/1171543627_58bb1f5618_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1706" /></a> Then we switched to trolling. We worked all over the big hole that everyone else seemed to be working but I marked only a couple fish and though I had a couple taps there weren't any takers. At least thats what I thought as a few minutes later I dragged in my line to clear some weeds and found a 3 inch bass hanging off the back hook of the harness. No idea how long I'd been dragging the poor guy along but he seemed no worse for the experience as he leaped from my hand before I could get a picture of my HUGE trolling catch. We started heading back to the docks and just outside the docks we saw a guy catch a smallie so turned off the motor and let the current take us the rest of the way while we tossed. Sure enough, just a few feet from the return point Patrick gets the last of the day and tries his best to make it look big for the camera <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1305/1171507697_a4dfd41f38_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_1707" /></a> I liked the lake overall. It's a bit on the small side and I might prefer stony just for the variety but I can see why people like Lovesick (especially if you have a smaller boat like a canoe) and I'd like to think if the weather was better we'd have done well (or at least caught one or two fish with some size to them). I'll definitely go back again sometime just to see if it was me or the weather that didn't perform well (probably a bit of both) so if anyone wants to head out there just let me know - I know a good rental place Sean

What a great report. I use to go to Island lake quite a bit and i loved seeing the kids out with their dads out pulling in bluegill and perch and having a great time. Wonderful stuff.

Crap I shouldn't have posted until AFTER I went . leave the fishing section at the sheppard & bayview location alone!

$10 off any purchase $40 or more, sorry my $50.01 didn't make sense (edited to 40.01)

Hi all, sorry if this is off topic but can. tire has a $10 off coupon you can print from their website. As long as your in store bill is $40 before taxes its a flat $10 off. Seems like a nice way to pick up a couple extra shinny things for the tackle box this weekend so I thought I'd share. Just head over to www.canadiantire.ca. Also it appears you can do it once a day all week starting today if you want to by things $40.01 at a time .

Wow that place is really coming along. TV and fried mice, what more could you ask for? Oh those were chicken wings? SURE they were.

Yeah I noticed that one as well - the dreaded M word. No idea why either. The boats looking great, can't wait to here how the weekend excursions go. All of us on the Kawartha lakes will have to keep an eye out for the the outrigger super canoe this weekend.

The weather guys have been pretty bad all summer. Glad to hear you got out, some nice fish there. They say sunny on Saturday without much wind so I figure thunderstorms and 40k winds at least.

Wonderful read. Thanks for the great pics and the great stories, can tell it was a fantastic trip.

The Canadian dream right there - lazy days at the camp with family and fishing. Great stuff, thanks for the report.