splashhopper

Thanks.... it ain't no muskie... Because I haven't tried for them yet .. maybe next season... gotta be getting on the water for salmon and trout now

ummm Cliff.... How come the last few reports, Bly seems to be outfishing you ? Maybe you should try the "nice red nail polish trick" that Bly used in these pictures splashhopper PS Those muskies sure have some great colour to them .

Had a great long weekend.... up in "spinnerbaitking country"... was amazing when i arrived Saturday morning to this >>> Not a soul to be found.. amazing ! Not too long in to my morning I got into the first of many bass,, ,smallies and largies with a beautiful sunfish in the mix... and and and and and and You get the idea... about every 3-4 casts, with a Berkley watermelon coloured sink worm (wacky-rigged with a weedless hook) and wham.. FISH ON... It was nuts.... and the morning was only 2 hours old... I decided to troll down to the other end of the lake where I had watched others cris-crossing from side to side on previous visits while I was shore-fishing The lake was like glass most of the morning and no one else showed up for about two hours. While trolling with my, " new to me from Kijiji", electric motor I ran right into a weedbed... wasn't looking for one in THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE geesh... I thought my motor conked out.... but then it sputtered and as I looked down at it... a big chunk of weeds was wrapped around it... Being new to this whole trolling thing... I just put it in reverse and blew those buggers right back to where they came from.. Not sure if that is the right way to do that... but it sure worked fine this time I headed closer to shore where I could see some great submerged cover,,,, tossed my sinking worm back in and quickly got this beautiful sunfish Truly amazing colours on it.. A couple more casts, with a different brand of worm that was the same colour but had a red tip on it... I was in to them again..... holy smokes... it was truly the best morning of my short bass fishing career. and and Well.... U don't need to see anymore than those examples... because..... On a cast that went " a little further than planned" I thought I was snagged on a log or something... I was gently tightening the line to see if it would pull off and it was only getting tighter.. But then... the line went limp.... I gave it a BIG HOOK SET... and WHAMMO.... The fight was on! It took two "sky dives" ... pulled line like crazy... till i tightened the drag down a notch or two and then it came charging at the canoe.... I was reeling like crazy trying to keep up with it on my cheap 5:1 gear ratio ...lol all the time I am hearing my daughter, Botbot, voice saying : "don't lose it daddy"... lol ( I was wishing she was with me, but alas,,, she is at Disneyland for a week with her god-parents) The fish bent my medium-stiff rod in half like a pretzel and tore under the canoe like it was heading to a smorgasbord of baby sunfish on a green weedbed platter... nothing was stopping this fish from going under the canoe... I was just hoping it wouldn't get caught up in the motor.... I finally got it landed and took a couple of shots immediately... it was huuuge.... and Wanting to get a better picture of it... I quickly filled my bailing bucket with water( thank goodness it was a big pail) and hooked the fish through the bottom lip with my chain, put it in the bucket and then hooked the chain to the bar on the canoe... "just in case"...lol I put my little motor in high gear and headed back to the launch where a young family was fishing... Man I coulda swam there with that fish... my adrenalin was so pumped...lol A few of the photographers on the this site gave me a a couple of pointers about taking some pics to give the fish some perspective of size,,, so I grabbed the first thing I could think of when I got on shore and took this.... lol The father had an old weigh scale in his tackle box and we weighed it... it said.... SIX POUNDS ! Holy crap... I blew right thru "the nickle".... I have been catching lots of 3-4 lbers recently and was just hoping for my " first knickle" ... lol We grabbed the chain and quickly counted the links ( an inch long) it for some length and girth measurements... Length - 22" Girth - 15 "... a real football... I checked the O.F.A.H site for their Estimated weight calculator and put the numbers in... their calculator says >>>> 6.1875lbs ! woohooo.. I will call it 6lbs for myself,, just in case I get any grief from someone on here.... A couple more shots of my Personal Best ( weight wise) small-mouth bass for the OFC board and this one with my favorite t-shirt prominently displayed... That fish went back in the water and swam off like nothing ever happened to it... I went back out.... caught a few more and came back in to shore.... Had a nice nap in the van.... and went back out for the evening fish,,.,, the action was nothing like the morning.... but I did get to see this view on the way back in on this quiet lake ALL BY MYSELF at the end of a perfect day of fishing Splashhopper This beauty

nice ear ring.... i think u may be taking the fishing thing a little TOO SERIOUSLY.... that will be a story for years to come...

Maybe that is YOUR experience GCD... it sure isn't mine. I will charter on http://users.gtn.net/bnash/ again anytime... Barry and the guys are GREAT every time...

use lemons or vinegar...

WTG on the PB Jaydub.... Lots of fun with those "scum frogs " eh ( my favorite top water bait by far)

wooohoooo////// yeeehaww./////// ada boy's/////// uda-man's :D

hey skinny..... the following video posts from another of our GREAT friends on this board might keep you interested in your area of fishing >> http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-75...0&hl=en-CA# and this one too >> http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-75...589578177478466 stick with bro.... you will succeed

good night for you bro

stay one more hour.... at night I don't get to the place I fish until 6:30pm , or about 90 minutes before dusk.... and I leave about 30 minutes after it gets dark on the local ponds.. When salmon and trout season are in full force, I will fish till midnight at least... Keep up the efforts... you WILL be rewarded soon

hey.. .who you calling "short and stout" I would like to be held by a "second hand" once in a while too

I fish when I can too... this was the first time i paid any attention to the moon being out though... When I am fishing for trout... they seem to hit at night whether the moon is out or not... I might be canoeing in yer neck of the woods this weekend.... likely at your "in-laws private lake" again I will either be on a red canoe or an old white sportspal... with an electric trolling motor hooked up to either of them. I fish the "serious slop" because somebody on this board mentioned "the sloppier the better" and that adage seems to be working for me too... top water of course..

was fortunate to get out for some after-work fishing tonight... tried an 8" PINK senko It worked for me tonight this one didn't fall apart so i tossed it back at the same spot... two more times and wham.. another one tossed a (new to me)frog out in another spot on top os some THICK slop and got this one > damned if i can remember the name on the package( it's in the van though).. decided to toss "one more" before heading home... and bang ! another one.. I haven't had a night like this in over a month... loved every minute of it,.,, btw... it is almost a full moon... does that make a difference for the fishing ? thanks splashhopper

shrek isn't my friend anymore... i take him all over the place to MY honey holes... does he take me to his.... nooooooooo...... and don;t be calling me donnnnkeyyy anymore! lol

It seems that "Holdfast " has been handcuffed and his latest AWESOME report has been blocked from further replies. I for one have not seen Holdfast acting out or being belligerent or a bully of any sort on this board. (unlike one or two others that seem to ). If anyone else is in support of getting these handcuffs taken off one of the GREAT STORY TELLERS on this board... please add your name to this thread in support of this action. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Splashhopper PS.. Holdfast is not behind this, and I sure hope the moderators take this thread in the spirit it is intended.

kewl

do u have a brand name for this stuff? thanks

i am surprised he didn't take a "professional" picture of himself and post it for this momentous occasion lmao

I really enjoy your journeys in Saskatchewan Rob... the pics where you fish don't look like the area where I was born out there though...lol ( Moosomin) The best part of this report for me was: Setting the sleeping bag up with the zipper on top... I can barely find the damned thing when i gotta pee in the middle of the night

holy smokes bro.... wtg with the lighter action gear too

no pictures?

what a memory..... Prayers for you and yours. In times like these, it was suggested to me to use this prayer: Prayer Of St.Francis "Lord make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted -- to understand, than to be understood -- to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life... AMEN

I am also learning how to use Senko's ( rigged weedless) right now.... I seem to have the same "miss-ratio" on them as well... I think it has more to do with me fishing on top of the slop and pads though.... When I use poppers or jitter-bugs on open water... the hook up ratio is a LOT better. What else can I use on top of the slop ?

I "trained " myself to not set the hook to early by doing the following alot >> Now i "try" to FEEL the hit before i set the hook...