Yellow14

Doh! I know I had originally written that I was fishing for bass and walleye but I must have edited it out when I was proof-reading my post. So basically I am looking for lure choices for bass and walleye on the cluster of lakes between Peterborough and Buckhorn.

I am planning to go go out and fish off the Lakehurst causeway over Pigeon and Buckhorn Lake on Saturday evening and need some advice on lures and colours to use. I was there last weekend and had success using Northland Tackle Slurpies (perch colour) for panfish, actually caught a 12-13" largemouth with it. I lost a white and silver Jawbreaker spoon though which I will probably replace since I noticed a couple other people using a similar lure with some success. I have a frog lure for the surface and a few black white jigs with White Yum Walleye grubs that got some attention last time as well as a nice jointed minnow lure that looks to have some potential but it also runs pretty shallow. Can anyone give me advice on what other lures I should look at adding to my collection for Buckhorn, Lower Buckhorn, Pigeon and Chemong lakes? I noted in some previous threads that combinations with black seem to be popular choices for those lakes. One other question actually. How long do those scented baits like Yum and Gulp and the Slurpies last in the water before I should replace them with a fresh one? Thanks for any advice everyone.

Thanks for the welcome everyone. It is a pretty twit knit board so I figured a good intro for myself was important. I am thinking about heading up to Norland Sunday morning and maybe see if I can find some decent spots on the shores of Shadow Lake and/or Head Lake. If I catch anything I will certainly post it.

I was surfing the net and found this site. What an excellent resource, the posters are all very helpful from what I have read so far. A little about me for anyone interested. I used to fish often and then about 10 years ago moved to BC for a year where I did mostly saltwater. Moved back to Toronto and just did not have time to fish. My grandfather died at about the same time and he was the one who always took me fishing so with nobody to go with it was easy to fall out of fishing. Last year I was visiting relatives up in Kirkland lake and we had a great time fishing bass on Larder Lake which started to rekindle my interest in fishing. This year my girlfriend said she wants to go fishing with me which really has me interested in fishing again. Now without a boat and no plans to get one I have found this site useful for finding shore fishing locations and advice. Other than my grandfather's old wooden AL&W rod pretty much all my gear disappeared over the years and so I am also rebulding my kit from scratch. I recently picked up this Rhino Tackle Tote thingy from Canadian Tire and it is great since I can strap it to my back and ride my motorcycle to all sorts of spots for relatively little gas compared to my truck. Add to that the some of the best motorcycle roads are Hwy 507, 503 and 118 as well as Elephant Lake rd and it is practically a match made in heaven.