Reef Runner

Looks like a great day to be out on the water. Some real nice buckets there.

Thanks for posting.

Hello all,

With the Salmon run gearing up and the seasonal enthusist lining up on the shores, I would like to invite some to educate us on proper techniques for catching salmon. I would LOVE to avoid discussion on terms such as snagging, lining, flossing etc. This is a great opportunity to educate those looking catch thier first salmon and possibly extend that knowledge to other river run species.

So please, gentlemen, lets not beat a horse to death with a bag of marshmellows.

Personally, I like the salmon action with spoons. Glo Cleos, spade williams, I'll even toss a bright orange cyclops. But when all the anglers come out and it's shoulder to shoulder out there, spoons can make a mess o' tanglled lines out on the tribs and thier mouths. True, most people have the egg sinker on bottom and in line #3 wide gap with anything that'll float, and most time your option is to get a space in between and hope your setup wont float into all others' downstream.

In this scenario, barring from the cynical "stay home" comments, what is the best bet for catching salmon, beside spoons? I've read here salmon skein works wonders. Is that the belly fat off a harvested fish? It sounds like a very interesting method. I would love to try it if those would be as kind to enlight me on how to rig it and the best environment use (trib mouth, 10m wide trib, etc.).

Your experience and candour is much appreciated. Again, as this discussion can EASILY get side tracked, I appeal to respondents to advocate proper techniques and maybe even share some river etiquette.

Thank you those who respond in kind.

Cool, will keep that in mind Bill. You ever end up trying your luck yet? Talking with other anglers, things are kinda slow right now. It should heat up in the next week or two.

You make a compelling case Fish for Life. With the rain they're calling for, it should be a better experience out there this weekend. Goodluck all.

Very nice fish Cliff! Congrats on the PB.

I'm still yet to get my first of the year.

GBay is really producing some bigguns this year. Congrats on a nice fish.

Love the $50's Terry, you da man.

Maybe its just the handle, but I thought Northamfishing did make lures? I have some of their spinnerbaits bought at the Sportmen show

A nice day off of work indeed Mike. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the superb write up and pics. That there is definately one of my top 3 dream fishing getaways.

Hit the Credit River after work yesterday in search of some Salmon. Tried spoons and then drifted bags for a while. No hits, but witnessed some aerial acrobatics right over my line which had me stickin around for another hour. The Salmon are runnin', but I suspect the water is a little warm for them to entering the river en masse. I left my card and told em' I'll be back. Anybody else having luck on the tribs thus far?

reefrunner

Thanks for the kind words guys. I did a little mushroom prospecting whilst out fishing. I did stumble upon some masczlacki (Polish word for them, don't know the English translation - slippery jack?). Suprisingly, with the amount of rain this year, I didnt find them in abundance as I can remember when I was a kid up there.

Amazing footballs Paul. Cant wait for the Musky on a fly report. WOW.

Welcome all, welcome Fall.

Destination: Kaszuby, Ontario

August 28 to September 1, 2008

Left the Big Smoke on Thursday 28 August 2008 at approximately 10:00am. With the Civic packed to the T and two of my buddies along for the ride, it was gonna be a wheelwell rubbin' 315km drive to Kaszuby (Barry's Bay area). Made a stop in Peterborough to stretch and another in Bancroft, we arrived at our site at around 1:30pm, pretty good time.

As this camping trip was a little bit more rock n' roll than country, I'll share just what applies to the fishing and camping aspects. Needless to say we had more than enough fun, as I met up with my buddies Wiser and Wybrowa and held great conversation by the fire.

We started setting up camp right away. I just bought an EZ tent, that had me in place before my friends could get there polls together. I helped them set up thier lairs and put up a tarp to catch the evening's forecast of rain. Check out the eavestrough, kept us dry.

After we set up shop and quick bite of some homemade fried chicken, I set up on the dock for some Yum Dinger tossin'. SKUNK for an hour, left.

The lake we camped on is called Wadsworth Lake; and while the scenery can't be beat IMO, the fishing . I chatted up a local by the name of Lou, who was kind enough to load me up with some quality firewood and fishing advice. He said the fishing was "OFF" this year and not too many people have been having success. Only bait he uses is live frogs. If I didnt have any, he said, I should just stay home. Well it was too late for that...I have frog coloured yum dingers anyhow.

So, I drove into Combremere and tossed a couple off the dock there into the Madawaska River where I used to catch Pike, SMB, LMB and walleye when I was a kid. (Actually, back then there was no dock, just room under the bridge).

Again, SKUNK. I was recalling Lou's haunting memoir and was fearing the revelation.

Driving back into camp, unsatisfied, I made a stop to another place I used to wish when just a youngin'. A small bridge on Dam Lake, very shallow...but could always get lucky.

First cast, WGSF.

Stayed there for a bit enjoying the tugs from small pans, but they were too small to get on the hook. I went back to camp as I left Wisers all by his lonesome. we enjoyed another great evening of conversation.

Back at it on Saturday. I took off on all my friends and went for a solo trip. With less baggage and more mobile, I toured the area combing the GPS for water close to the road. I found a small lake, quiet with a couple of cottages on it away from the main road. A little sunny opening and reeds to the left and right of me, I tossed out the Yum Dingers and first cast my line goes sideways.

A little dink, very dark for a LMB I thought it was a small jaw at first. Caught a 5 or 6 more of roughly the same size. Here's one for ya centerpin enthusia

Was jonzing for a fish fry, so I said to myself "There's gotta be a bigger guy ion here somewheres" and sure enough, maybe 5 feet from shore on a short pause of ther Yum Dinger

She was released into the frying pan, filleted, sided with whole mushroom stuffed with garlic

Hope ya'll enjoyed the report. I'll leave you with a shot of the great beach from Wadsworth.

So long summer, now bring on the fall brutes.

Reefrunner

Very nice, congrats.

I gotta get my face on one of den der 50 notes.

Happy Anniversary TJ and Monique!

Nice Report as well.

World's Greatest Sport Fish

Nice report and pix Lexx. Glad you got some time out on the water.

Nice report. Winds and waves on Balsam are brutal sometimes, making for a hard fish. Only pulled one trip out there this year, as you know, ya did better than I That's a nice bass your friend hauled in! Thanks for posting.

PM'd Bill

Looks like a great time..and the weather held out for ya. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, awsome size on those buckets. Well done on the Nip!

Those are some nice, fat smallies. Great work

Just because I like to be prepared for anything, I usually buy reels with larger line capacity for that reason...like 5000series spinning and 6500 baitcasting.

Grand report with majestic company, great job out there!

Congrats on the nice catches

hahahaha. that was hilarious. Hell, I can screw up whacky riggin' a senko. lol.