Mike Pike

A terrific report and pics!

What a fabulous outing with family and a good number of fish caught too! And that walleye.. WOW!!! That's the icing on the cake, eh!?

Guess he doesn't call himself 'Walleyguy' for nothin'!

There are several creeks that I frequent for brookies and I find 'em an absolute blast to fish. Hiking an overgrown stream bank and plunking a worm/splitshot presentation into likely looking holes is as much fun as you could want. As long as you scale down your gear to the fish, it's a real hoot.

Enjoy exploring those streams. Unfortonately, most would be out of season for brookies now, but on opening day..

Cheers.

Nice job on the report and pics Marko! Looks like the carp kept ya pretty busy there! Congratz.

Way to brave the elements ccmt( and bly ). It sure was a windy one out there today!

Congratulations on catching that brute too! You're getting pretty good at that.

Cheers!

Did you get all that crazy wind and weather down your way fatherof3???

I fished a Grand trib in the Kitchener area Friday afternoon and the SW winds were pretty wicked. Plus the skies were really changable. At one time, they got so dark it looked like I was gonna get hit with some pretty severe weather. Found the fish were pretty inactive too (althought you got yourself a biggun there).

I was casting spinners and Rapalas as usual but found that the Smallies were not in a chasing mood, so I switched to a tube jig, rigged it weedless, and dragged it nice and slow along the bottom. Only caught a couple of foot long bass but I think switching up made the difference. Here's one of 'em.

My cousin picked one up. Wish I had too 'cuz it's terrific for what they had the combo priced at.

Anyhoo, he doesn't fish anywhere near as smuch as I do but I know he hasn't had a problem with his.

That pic has been circulatin for quite a while. The fish was not cuaght in BOQ but somewhere in Norway.

Oh, and it's photo shopped too!

lol

Good shootin' Terry, and congratualtions to ya!

And now you have a great photo to remember it with.

Darn nice fish, Bill, and congratulations!

I never get tired of the scenery and pics from the river. Well done for just a hour, eh.

An hour before supper, I had a snooze.

LOL

Wow, the way they dressed back then, you wouldn't know if they were going fishing or going to church!

Pretty neat old photos!

Ya, don't forget about the Browns of October and November. Maybe not the same numbers as the Chinooks but still worth targeting.

Wow, does THAT ever look like fun! That's like a shorefisher's heaven!!!

Thanks for showing us that, Alex. Sure makes me wish we had surf fishing on the Great Lakes.

Ya know, if you held him a little closer to the camera, he'd look even bigger!

lol

Congratulations Fishdawg( and Mrs. Fishdawg )on the arrival of Jeffery!!! What a happy day!

Hey, welcome to the board Scootch( and Mau )and I think it's great you guys are getting into fishing together. Goodluck, as I know it can be a bit overwhelming at first.

You mentioned you need help with your knots. Here's a site that I go to that reeeeeeeally helps with all the various fishing knots. It's animated and moves as fast( or slow )as you make it. I rely on it regularly.

http://www.animatedknots.com

Cheers!

Use 'The Guide,' as others have said Shoreman4 and then make your own choices.

Ya, and like Riparian said, it's pretty easy NOT to choose the Salmon in the river now as most are in a state of decay.

Me thinks you just stumbled across a pattern for some real slabs there.

Finding Crappie at anytime other than spring is really difficult for me so congratz to ya!

All restrictor plate races are boring. You can't blame this one on the COT.

I got one. They don't work.

I don't hunt myself but pics like that make me wish I did.

Have a safe and successful trip again this year Terry!

I love almost any kind of panfried fish. Unfotunately, some in the household don't like the smell it leaves in the house. I have found, though, that fish panfried in in butter leaves WAY less of a smell in the house than fish fried in oil.

Maybe try that first before you have to suffer the indignaty of baking.

I should have 'tough' days like that!

Nice informative report, as usual, Justin and terrific pics. And some of your expertise is bound to rub off on your Dad sooner or later!

Cheers!

Wow, what a great start to a birthday party!!!

Some real beaty bass there fellas! Great pics and a darn good piece of video too. Thanks for sharing it all, Tbay. I really enjoyed it!

Thanks for the comments, y'all.

Ya, I agree Tbay. The Grand and it's tributaries like the Speed, Conestogo and Nith are terrific fisheries and pretty easy to get to. There are so many access points and with Google Maps, they're really easy to find now.

Exploring is half the fun and you'll never get to all the fishable stretches in fifty lifetimes!

What I enjoy, too, is the simplicity of river fishing. Just pick the species you wanna target, then fill up your fishing vest with a few of your favourtie lures and tackle, throw your waders in the trunk and away you go.

I'm always amazed at how you can walk into the river in a populated urban area, and by the time you've fished a run or pool or two, you've moved away from civilization and you're all alone in the water and surrounded by a lush treed shoreline. A northern experience at your urban doorstep!

As a matter of fact, I've seen more deer at these times than any time I've been camping up north.

Deer, Herons, Kingfishers, Beavers, etc., all reveal themsleves quite regularly to 'River Rats' who fish the Grand and it's Tribs.

Looks like we enjoy fishing the same watershed.

Always enjoy you reports, fatherof3, and it's great to see you taking your 'cameraman' with you!

Cheers!

Hit one of my favorite Grand River tributaries after work today in search of Smallies. Last couple of trips ended with some smaller fish being caught and, unfortunately, a few bigguns getting away.

In this stretch of river, I find the Smallmouth do exactly what they do best.. jump.. a lot! So today, I vowed to do the little things right and it wasn't long 'til I connected with one of the river's better ones. Even keeping my rod tip low, she insisted on going airborn. After some anxious moments, I finally got her in for a few photos.

I put her next to my rod for a quick visual reference( and measured it out when I got home ), then sent her back on her way. She would be the biggy of the day at 15 1/2 inches.

And of course, more of these than I could count.

The rest of the afternoon saw lots of the river's smaller bass like these attacking my spinner.

Just before I was about to pack it in, another good one hit. Along with some nice acrobatics, this one insisted on wrapping me around some submerged branches. I considered myself lucky to have been able to work her out. Snaggs are one of the reasons I like using spinners here because I can ride 'em as high as I need to to avoid getting snagged up( for the most part ).

Then it was back home for her and back home for me.