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An inexpensive 1/2 day trip can be taken from Queen Fleet Deep Sea. They have a couple big party boat catamarans and go out a few miles to fish the artificial reefs for snapper and grunts but every time I went out we also did well for grouper. They have everything there at the dock. Also alot of charter boats there to check out inshore/inland-deep sea. I always buy my own bait and pick up some mid sized dead sardines. The party boats usually provide cut up squid as much as you want $8 will get you out on the pier but I'd rather spend $50 and take a boat ride. You'll be sure to catch a fair bit of grunts out on the boat and they are great eating. Did well fishing the rocks and tide flows at Johns Pass at St Petes. Sea trout and lots of sheepshead. Squid chunks work almost anywhere down there

Nice fish Steve, looks like it gave a good fight. I haven't been able to turn a bigger chinook yet anywhere out there

Very nice, I still got Wednesday offwork, hmmmm?

Spent Day 2 and 3 of my holidays the same as day 1. Trolling out off Oakville trying to find some big silver fish. After Day 1's shaker-fest I wasn't to optimistic that all of a sudden a whack of 20+ lb salmon would all of a sudden show up. Started day 2 with my new camera (which I somehow messed up the white balance - enjoy the blue!!) Monday Started back in 140 FOW with my fav lure spread, NK's on the riggers and Dream Weaver's on the sliders. Kept the black/green and pink theme going but nothing was moving. I recently pcked up some silver fox lures and decided to throw that down on the slider. Took 2 quick shaker salmon and then this nice suprise. I have hardly ever picked up browns out in the lake. Nice little tubby guy. Was pretty dead on the inside water so a south troll took me out to 250 FOW to try for some bows. One boat followed me out and as we passed each other rods fired in both boats. Nice 27" Other boat must have gotten a good one as they still were fighting it as I was setting rods back up. Looks like the dipsey rod fired so must have had some line out. It was a nice steady pick for the next 3 hours landing 8 more respectable bows up to 5-6 lbs and the odd shaker mixed in. Still can't hook up a big one though. One that wouldn't sit still for a picture It got real rough out there later in the day with harsh offshore winds. Got really wet on the ride back in. Rigger program 42' and 34' surface temp 64F, temp at 34' was 54F Slider on both rods - Silver Fox Pink Panties was hot bait Day 2 - Tuesday Had all hopes for a bow repeat but wanted to do one pass across to Bronte just to check and see if there was any salmon around. Started right out of Oakville at 6:30 am in 100 FOW and spent the next 2 hours wasting gas. Never saw a mark, never saw a rod move, never heard anything on the radio for catching. It was barren. Several pass by's to other boats yeiled empty arms and big shoulder shrugs. At 8 am it was my que to get out of there. Headed south again and didn't stop till one of my old rainbow way points out in 290 FOW. Figured maybe test out the "almost" blue zone. Put both riggers at 35' with sliders. Within 10 minutes the port rod fires and starts screaming. Pulled the rod and felt some weight but absolutely no fight. Must be a laker. Got the fish easily to the back of the boat in a few seconds See silver - it's a bow but I think it's dead? Scooped it with the net and it goes beserk. I could hardly hold onto the rod and the net. The hook was in the gills and blood was flying everywhere. 30.5" ands 9.3 lbs on my scale. Had to keep it as one side of the gill was toast Was a good wait between fish but managed another 6 bows and of course the shaker mix. Had 2x of these come to the boat. Bow on the slider (pink panties again!!) and shaker on the main. Had to check lines every so often to clear the shakers Here's the area I worked hard One last bow and I was spent. Sunburned feet, had the sea legs bad and was getting really hungry. Kept the first bow and 2 other small ones for the smoker. Have tomorrow off but not sure about how much juice is left in the batteries. Running solo trips is a lot of work. Kind of think I need to go bass fishing now and wait for the big guys to come around later in the summer. The smoker will be running tomorrow

Yes definitely change in speeds or direction will sometimes cause a strike. If I can mark fish and they won't hit I sometimes pull the lure out of the release after marking fish near the ball. The lure picks up speeds and starts to rise. This has worked in triggering some strikes but I only use this when it's a tough bite. What releases do you use. I run offshore and cannon's but modify the lenth of the lead to around 16-20" between clip and release. The added length lets me see any small pulls when shakers hit and stay on. You can tell immediately when you have a shaker on. It's been shaker fest out off Bronte and the other day I only had 2 fish pull the release. All the rest were visual hits on the rod.

T-bones, striploin and lamb in no particular order. did a beef tenderloin last night. Very tender but for the price I wouldn't rush out again to buy one

Just picked up several bags of Matzuo plastics. On sale for 2.99. No colors in worms but nice tubes and a flipping creature in stock. will give them a try

My bet would be you need a new transducer

This week started about the worst way possible. I was given this week as the only allowable time off from my company as we're putting in a new computer system for Sept 1. Last Friday a huge email from the head office in Japan lands on our desks with urgent requests for updated budgets and production forecasts. I was supposed to start holidays on Monday but now had to work. Finally got all the reports done on Wednesday and said SEE YOU LATER!! Woke up early today and hit the road looking for any carp action around west end of Lake Ontario. Pretty dismal to say the least. Checked out 3 spots and was home by 10 with nothing to show for my time and gas. OK what's next ?? Why not a solo trip to get the bugs out of the boat as it has not seen any action so far this year. Quickly grabbed my 2 riggers, spoon box and a couple rods just in case there might be a chance to set up a troll. Launch was completely vacant of other boats. Got clear of the harbor and lit her up to 35 MPH for a good 30 minutes or so. Went almost across the lake to Grimbsy and back as it was pretty flat. Came back to Bronte area and decided to put down a rod. within 10 minutes a little shaker was on These things were all over the place. Decided to try to put the second rod down and kept getting interrupted by another hit. Found a great pocket out in 200 FOW and had good amount of hits right through to 2 pm when it died. Think the final total was something around 18 or 19 of those little guys. Loads of fun for a solo trip. No other boats around till later in the day. All fish were on Dream weaver spoons greens, blacks and the hot color was blueberry muffin. 40-50 ft deep on the riggers with sliders. Equal bite on riggers and sliders. Really good temp break out there off bronte in abbout 180 FOW. Had only 2 hits all day that actually popped the release and this one a little over 28" Work gave me some extra days next week so I'm off till Thursday and hope to get back out there for some more fun

Best big bass lure on Scugog is a muskie bucktail

The 4's have been dropping $ on ebay and usually go around $50-60 but that's without shipping. 3's still will cost you close to $100 in good shape. With a box you can get to that $200 mark pretty quick. It's a collector reel for those who saw/had them through the 70's and early 80's. Light years ahead of it's time and a drag system that still rivals todays top end reels for way more money. The weight and constant clicker makes this a display case reel for me, but I know of a couple guys who still use them all the time. Been actually thinking of picking up a 7 for carp just for a laugh.

Thanks guys for the input. I tried West Marine a while back for a different project (console) and they told me they didn't stock it in that store but since they moved I haven't been back in. Will be driving by there tonight on my way to the ball park. At the same time I'll check if they have marine carpet but I'm afraid of the price they want.

Looking for a source to buy real 3/4 inch marine plywood around Oakville. I have some deck hatches on my booat that need replacing and when I went to look was told all I will find is green pressure treated at Home Depot. I always believed that the green plywood does not have the lamination strength or tightness to compare to real marine playwood. I guess it would do in a pinch but looking for the right stuff. Thanks guys

Take those back. Small Senkos do not catch fish. Especially in Temagami

I bumped into a long lost fishing buddy last year and it would be nice if we could work out a trip up to his family cottage. Private launch for cottagers only and you could fish the whole lake without starting your outboard. My other 2 times on this lake about 10 years ago were very memorable. First 3 cast I had 3 smallies on, smallest was 21". The lake is hardly fished as most cottagers are non anglers and being a smaller lake there's really only car toppers or canoes out there. South side of the lake is all rock, cliffs and shoals, top end is 1-2 miles of floating logs, duckweed, lily pads and undercut willow bushes.

My votes go for the Mojo and BPS Extreme. I have several Extremes purchased when they went on sale for $69 and have never felt the need to go out and replace these. Have both trigger and spinning and they perform flawlessly beside more expensive St Croix, Fenwicks and Diawa's. Last year I picked up 2 of the Mojo's to replace some older Team Diawa finesse rods (try and find these if you can) that were finally beat down and could not come back to life. The 6'8 Mojo drop shot is a really nice rod. Another light to medium series I like for similar money is the St Croix Premier

What sites did you find useful to find this style of boat. I've been searching but have only really found Walleye Inc and then tons of bass boats

This post is killing me. I'm stuck in the city all summer with work and a basement reno. Malcolm leaves on Saturday for that exact spot. Was there last year for a week and did well on lakers and walleye end of June. You could kind of say that place is kinda home as I married into the family that owns it. Been moose hunting in the fall there for +20 years and have 10 or so fly in trips with buddies plus all the day trips in to help Rick with guests. Boy I miss that. Nice lakers and boy is the water level high this year. When the dock lays flat like that you know the water level is up. The narrows into Lady Evelyn (first pic)is our picnic spot and we always lay in those rock and drink beer. The rocks on the left side under water is what you normally stand on. Thanks for the pitures and report. Will make getting through today a little easier

My biggest carp ever came this way. 1/8 oz jig tipped with a leech off Rams Island in Hay Bay. It was long weekend in May and I was sure I had the biggest Quinte walleye ever. Never saw it for the fisrct 5 mio nutes or so. Took over 15 minutes to finally come in on 6lb test and I didn't have a net big enough. Never got a tape or scale on it cause I couldn't get it in the boat but I'd say in the 25 - 30 lb range Had another similar instance when I hooked a 15 lb sheephead in the niagara. Saw a quick flash of silver down deep and figured I had a monster bow on but knew something was wrong as all it did was sound back down to the bottom. Still an awesome fight I won't forget in both cases.

Try starting with the free spool backed off a tad more than for basic casting and start with a heavier weight say 3/4 oz. Get a decent 10 yard flip going and work on getting the lowest lure level off the water and a soft landing. From there you can work on distance and backing the free spool off a little more. If when you flip the lure keeps raising higher off the water then that's a sign your free spool is still a little too tight. I do a lot of practice in the back yard walking around and flipping to the base of trees, planters, under lawn chairs. It helps get in the groove before hitting the water As said your thumb is your best control.

There is a maximum length for goods so check with your airline. We flew into/out of Winnipeg a few years ago and did the 4" PVC tube with the threaded end/duct tape with no probelms. Managed to get 8 rods packed in easily I used to use a Plano travel tube but when it came out in the baggage claim in Florida bent in half, pretty much ruined my vacation. Sad to see 4 one piece rods in 8 pieces.

Make sure you check your fuses too. On my ford there are back up fuses for trailer brake, turn and hazard signals. I had a problem a couple years ago like this and rewired everything only to find a 5 amp brake fuse had blown on my panel. In your manual find the fuse panel diagram and check for any that are trailering connectors.

Started out early this morning to check in around hamilton bay for any carp activity. Spot #1 - nothing, Spot #2 - nothing. Although I did bump into Viktor and Frozenfire, nice chatting with you guys, hope you did better than me at that spot. After a quick Timmies break spot #3 was just as barren. When I mean barren it was all cold water, very clear and no other local carp angelrs to be seen. When no one else is around I know that's my cue that not much is happening. Spot #4 did change for the better though. I walked to the shoreline and the water was alive with bubble tracks in front of me. I've never seen anything like that before. There was also nice dirty green water from the creek run off and every now and then you could see a carp come up to the surface. Hooked and lost a small one within the first 5 minutes. After that it was pretty steady with a bite every 20 minutes or so. Mostly smaller fish around 4-5 lbs but pretty feisty This one was 24 inches but fought great on 6lb and a steelhead rod Went 5 for 9 over the next couple hours and then got a good one. Funny not much of a fight on this one at all - 30" The rain was off and on and finally got too much so packed it up and headed home Final tally 7 for 10 (mostly small ones) 4 broken waggler floats 1 soaked folding chair (it fell in the water) lost most of my egg sinkers when the case tumbled out of my bag and spliied into the water and not the least 1 broken 13ft steelhead rod, snapped clean on the first guide above the ferrule. Strange very strange. Gonna see what the warranty on the Steamside rods are. Bought it at fishing world last fall but who knows where the bill is.

Loads of us that live and fish out of Oakville contacted the city last year when this was being pushed through. I had several emails responded to but honestly it was a futile exercise as the yacht club was putting huge pressure on city council. There's still a few salmon boats with mooring spots as you drive in and the one guy I happened to stop and chat with last year was getting out. They had pushed him from a river spot several years ago to way back up towards the entrance off River street. Told him that they needed the channel spots for bigger boats. I agree, I sure miss the old Bronte. I moved to Oakville 14 years ago and launched out of Bronte until all the vandalism started. Although nothing has ever happened to my trailer. I've seen flat tires and clean cut signal wires a few times. Last year I pulled in to do some peir chucking and the boat guys were cleaning up nails that had been left all over the boat launch Started using the 16 mile launch but it's gotten crazy busy down there too and never any parking because of that yacht club. Last year I paid my fee and launched at 6am - came back around noon to find my truck and trailer blocked in as there was function on at the club. Took over 30 minutes to find the idiots that were illegally parked. I was trying to look up the parking enforcement number when they finally came out - not one word of apology. too many inconsiderate rag bags on the water now for my liking.

you're ????? fly looks like a version of a muddler minnow As much as I ever tried I could never catch anything on those san juan worms