Met up with Terry, Wayne, Lloyd and Aile Goby on Simcoe today. So far this year Paul and I have been skunked, but I washed that skunk right out of my hair today!!!
We had a rough ride out on crusted over slush with a million tire/sled tracks to contend with. By the time we got to the spot Lloyd was set up at, Wayne had lost his auger cap, Terry's fishfinder was broken, everyone's pop/water bottles had busted open in their coolers and any kind of food was bashed to a million pieces
Oh ya, and I think Wayne ran over his glasses too
We set up and Lloyd gave me a quick tutorial on my pain in the arse fishfinder which helped immensely and contributed to my catching my fish. Thanks Lloyd!!
Paul had the first fish on tho, a nice laker. Got it right to the hole and then the fish banged off the edge of the hole and was gone.
Lloyd getting ready for the grab.
Then is was my turn, and I got it to the hole and Paul scooped it out
A nice 28 incher.
Terry decided to move and in the process, broke his thumb on his auger somehow, so was in alot of pain the rest of the day. It was swollen up pretty good and bruised. Kind of funny to hear him reeling in a fish going ow, ow, ow!!!
We didn't mark any fish for quite awhile so Terry and the two of us decided to move.
It was a good move because Terry got into this nice Whitey right off the bat - YAY!
Video of Terry's fish: he was having a hard time because his reel broke, then he thought he had it by the tail, then Paul thought it was by the middle, but it ended up being caught by the mouth but was stuck on the ice at the side of the hole. I can't believe they got it on the ice!!
Wayne somehow found us without a GPS later and tried to set up.
And Wayne wonders why he can't catch any fish on Simcoe
Coupla other shots.
Terry Jigging
Paul smiling
We left around 4 p.m., and I must say, my face is sunburned and hurtin! But it was still a great day on the ice. Great company and some fish to boot.
Got home and it was time to filet. The Horror!!
Got 6 nice filets out of her with the new knife Paul bought me down in a little shop in Belle River where the guy makes his own knives. This one was made out of wood knot. It cut like butter.
So 28 more inches for Team 5 - The Reel Deal
Cheers,
Joey