splashhopper

hey M/S:.... give yourself a break brother....not everyone is cut out to handle this kind of situation... I learned a big lesson in this about my mom who was an RNA.... i never understood it... until I had to help my mother inlaw got to the washroom one night( she had Lou Gehrig's disease) and couldn't help herself... then I learned the gift that my mother has.. Just know this.... you took him out for a day with you... how many others are even trying to do the same... Keep it up bro... You will be fine....and count the blessings in your own life when you are out there with him. Splashhopper

got 30 lb power pro braid put on the 7' med/heavy stick today.... went and tested it at "the pond" right after work... wouldn't ya know.... a damned pike tore right through my new line,,, and my NEW weedless frog was gone.... but hey.... that blast outa the water scared the bejesus outa me again.... I am not sure if its in catching the fish,,, or stalking it and seeing the strike....but it is exciting...i can hardly sleep! lol splashhopper

WTG Brad... Working with anyone with disabilities is a worthy deal.. and to introduce him to a sport you love is truly a gift shared... i am sure that spending time with him on the river put any troubles in your own life today, in its proper perspective,,, again,,, WTG Brad.

Nice looking fish Victor... glad to see I am not the only one who enjoys fishing all night once in a while

Hey BB: I brought two rods with me today on my littel tour of backroads and ponds for soem top water action.. One of the rods is a Berkley 7' Med Heavy.. The other is a 6'5" Abu Garcia Medium light... Don't it figure I have my white weedles frog on the lighter action rod and lose FOUR largies today..... geeshhh.. Ok, so tomorrow,, I am off to Angling Sport in London and gonna have him run some 20-30lb braid on the 7ft rod... We are heading back up north( sorta) on Saturday with the canoe again... I am gonna rip those largies face out if nothing at all... Stay tuned.... I am still practicing. Splashhopper... PS... I took the swivel off my white frog tonight ( pond fishing) and don't I get clobbered by a pike....buh bye frog

excellent report Ceceri... go nail em at the cottage

Nice fish,,,,, No details

any thoughts on the line I am using.... I don't have a boat yet so I am shore fishing all the time... I don;t have a problem using 6lb test with a 4lb leader for some big rainbows on the Maitland river and am wondering why so many guys are suggesting heavy braid around 20-30 lbs;.. thanks again

Interesting you mentioned losing the snap swivel... I was wondering if the action of the lure would be different without it.. Will give it a try tomorrow... I am going back to that pond for some more "practice" before my buddy and I head up north this weekend with his canoe for another shot at some bigger fish..

welll... I had the day off work .. went in to Canadian Tire for some of those Matzuo HALF PRICE lures this morning... I grabbed four of their top water lures... here is a pic of my VERY FIRST "top-water" (landed) bass.... yeah,,,, i know its small.. but dang... learning to let them take it down is tough stuff lol Then about "two strikes later" on a different lure, I got this one>> So, I walked around the pond and started tossing the new Matzuo again, seeing if I could raise any fish in a section I normally wouldn't even try to fish before I got these lures and got this >> When I pulled him up on the deck, it did a death roll and spat the hook( see the line its mouth) I kept on fishing the other side of the pond, over some lillie pads and weeds.... had a blast in them.... I couldn;t ever fish those areas before(no boat .. YET..lol)... I got into two huge bass and they just pulled straight into the weeds.... knarled me up and spat the hooks... I guess I am gonna have to go to stronger line than the 10lb test I am using now ??? Thanks for the support on this thread guys... I am officialy hooked on Top-water fishing... I sure hope this doesn;t mess me up for rainbow trout "float fishing" tacticts Splashhopper

went out tonight at a local pond just down the street from me... two swipes... nothing tugged the line...no worries.... I am going back out in the am before work... my wife is gone at 5 am.. and I will be gone at 5:05 am keep the tips coming guys... i am writing down the lures too.. .still have a $50.00 gift certificate to burn up. from Fathers day. splashhopper

thanks for the adventure via pics n tales... splashhopper and botbot

I had a blast with that buzzfrog that someone mentioned here a few days ago... So now, I wanna buy a few different types... I was given an old tackle box of lures a few weeks ago that has some hoola poppers( black and a white one) and jitterbugs( green and a yellow) in em..( lady was throwing em out at a house that my friend was doing a junk removal at. I tried the Jitter bugs(green) to no avail so far. Haven't tried the Hula Popper yet. Questions please: 1) Which top water baits do you all use? 2) What type of fish are you targeting with them? 3) Why do you use them for those particular fish? Thanks... Splashhopper PS.... I discovered that top water fishing and float fishing have something in common for a guy like me. No ADDHD happening in the anticipation of a strike! lol

nice to see you posting reports agin Rich.... those are some beauty lil browns... Splashhopper

nice fish bro.... i just tried those "frogs" this yesterday too.... didn't hook one of em.... but what a blast the anticipation is nuts... I too played with that frog.... all afternoon.... gonna do it again on Canada day.... and this time... "tip down... see the splash,,, and wait, 1,2, 3"".... hope to hear myself squeeling like a litte girl ' fish on"...lol oh yeah... glad to hear your gf didn;t get hurt... sounds like she's a keeper too when she takes YOU fishing on HER day of the weekend bro Splashhopper

niiice fish,,,, what would fish like those two in the pics weigh?

hey... thanks everyone... I had my rod tip up the the whole time.... I did pull the hooks up off the body of the frog about an 1/8th of an inch from the "factory setting" thinking they were too close to the body.. now I gotta learn to "RELAAAAX" when that explosion goes off the anticpation is something else. My buddy had a Williams Warbler (silver and rubt red) snagged about 6 inches up off the water 3 feet from shore and a big one lunged at it too... what a blast We are going back up there, and another small lake we found( gotta portage in about 1500 yards) for some more on Canada day..... Top water bassing just might be my summer "sport"...lol Thanks... I will give your tips a try and let you know how it all works out.. Splashhopper

Had a slow day for bass today... got a pike ( small at 25") on a red devil spoon. ten small crappies... small being the KY word and missed three decent bass on topwater ... buzzfrogs I was using a top water frog(weedless) and had a huuuge bass on for all of 30 seconds... it blew straight out of the water when it grabbed the frog... I "think" i had it hooked, and then flew out of the water again and " buh bye".... gone.... what a dissapointment.. I had even said to my buddy, I bet you there is a bass in that "hole in the donut" of a weedbed... sure enough, as soon as I brought the frog in to the "hole"... gave it a slight twitch and whammo.... just about crap myself... it was exciting to say the least... Kept working that white buzzfrog along the edges of the weeds... had two more do the same thing.. .and I ended up with the same results.... no hooked up bass so, here is my question... when I am fishing top water lures.... frogs, jitter bugs or hula poppers... how the hell do I set the hook on these.. what's the deal with them? Thanks splashhopper

man,, ,that would come in handy in traffic.... change my one finger salute automatically to... five finger wave like the queen

hmmm.... there is editing going in here.... I just tried to say...b-i-t-c;;h slap ... and it comes up as carp slap ! what the hell is a "carp slap"...lol

Tried talking my buddy into hitting our local honey hole at midnight... he won't "bite".... dang... Oh well, I wake up around 4:30-5 every morning and am picking him up at 6.... maybe I will hit a spot near his condo before he is even outa bed and carp slap him with one as he gets in the van

If I can't sleep because of the anticipation? If all my mind wants to do is re-inventory my fishing gear for tomorrow? If my wife says I am NOT listening to her and that I am somewhere else this week? If the van is gassed up, oil checked and air is in the tires? If I wish i could afford a boat to get to a few places I "know" are holding some lunkers? If my daughter is is telling mommy that daddy will be ok after he comes home with some bass? If i jump when the cell phone rings, in anticipation of my buddy agreeing to an all nighter tonight? If I keep checking the weather station " to make sure' all is good in that area? If I keep checking this damned board to see if I am the only one just about out of his mind in anticipation for the opener? If all of this is happening in my "addhd" brain of mine... does it mean I have to go to some 12 step group for fishermen? Please help me... I called the fishermens anonymous hotline... and they asked me to "hold".. I started looking for my rod! lol

I think we're all in agreement that immigrants should assimilate, fisherpersons should only photograph bass after the 4th Friday in June, and carp are all as horny as we were in our teens. Would that we should be as lucky. Oh wait ...... JF You were only "horny in your teens"? sorry to hear that John..

i still voted for Ya Dave... only because i TOO want to be an "EX-Ontarian" lol

Beans Beans Beans... still a rebel....lol It must be that "ant-authority" thing again( see moderators) lol that being said, my wife.... the Filipina GODDESS ... feels the same way you do Beans ! Thank GOD... otherwise i would have some serious living arrangements to sort out