Lunker777

Love your reports, Thats a sweet pike ..... they are a RUSH to catch eh ? That would be crazy if it was the same fish over and over.... maybe next time tag her, hole punch in the fin or something.... that way you would know ! haha Thanks again !

Sunday July 19th Plan was to get up BRIGHT and early to hit the bay with the wife. The night before, Megan asks one of her friends to come over with her boyfriend (NOT MY GIRLFRIENDS BOYFRIEND HAHAHAH ) ! Well that went later than anticipated, and we didn't get to bed till about 1… so the early morning thing kind of fell by the way side. I ended up getting loaded up, and on the water by about 10:30 AM I missed the top water bite as I saw everyone leaving the shallows for deeper water, so I figured it was done. I headed out in search of some deeper weed beds. I was looking for some sparse weeds I could rip a spinner bait through. I came up to one stretch while motoring along I thought might be good. It was about 6-8 FOW and weeds stretched to the surface here and there. PERFECT ....I pulled a 180 and headed to the beginning to start a drift. I was using a fire tiger pattern Booyah spinner bait. I landed a couple nice fish… maybe in the 1 LBS range but nothing to be excited about. I searched around there for about an hour or so, It was a decent size area. Once I figured there was nothing there, I packed up and headed in search of some fish ! I stopped a tossed a few at a couple other places in the bay I thought might work. But I had no bites. Today was more/less a search and destroy day. It was only my 3rd or 4th time out by myself and in the bay since I got my boat and I really took the time to do some searching of my own ! Well, I found it…. Same type of structure as the earlier spot… but a little deeper. The wind was blowing ABSOLUTLY PERFECT… Southwest wind…. Since it was my first time fishing this area I didn’t know how big it was. Well it was huge… I would say about a KM long by half a KM wide…. Perfect weeds, weed lines, random weed patches that stretched right up to the surface…. Lots of holes in the weeds. PERFECT SPOT !!!! I tossed the fire tiger some more with no luck… 1 or 2 fish…. That’s when I decided a change was due… I threw on a straight chartreuse spinner with bronze willow and Colorado. Once that lure hit the water…. It was GAME ON !!!!!!!! I drifted the area 3 times before the wind changed directions and I landed roughly 15-16 fish in about 3 hours. They ranged in size from little dinks up to I would say 3 lbs I didn’t take any pics of the dinks, because I was by myself for one, and I didn’t want to drift to much messing with a small fish ! 2 Highlights for the day ! Number 1 highlight...As I was reeling in a decent bass, I would say he was about 2 lbs. As I got him right to the boat I saw 3 others the same size if not bigger trying to steal my lure out of his mouth ! I popped him off and got back in the water as fast as I could but I didn’t get anything else. BLAAAA ! First time that has happened to me ! Highight #2 ... Was the big fish for the day… I did get a pic of her though ! She was roughly 19 “ long and I don’t know the weight as I didn’t have a battery in my scale but if I had to guess I would say around 3 lbs ???? I dunno, you guys tell me ! This fish weighted in at 2.25 LBS for comparison ... All in all this spot was DEAD on, there were a few othe guys out I talked to that had NO LUCK all day... It was just one of those days for me I guess.... Thanks for reading the report….. I know it was long ! sorry ! hahah Stay tuned for July 23rd Report !

haha The bargain cave is SWEEEEEEEEEETTT !! I just went to Dundee Cabelas for the first time a couple of weeks ago, Picked up an ABU GARCIA Revo SX for $108 bucks !!!!! Reg. $170 I couldnt believe the deal ! I have to admit, I was always a doubter of Cabelas, always went to the BPS.... now since Ive been to cabelas, I think I HAVE to go back !

hahaha yea that would be awsome !

Just placed a small order with "Tackle Warehouse" Anyone else do business with them ? Any problems ??? They seem to have a great selection of products. All higher end stuff though haha $$$$$$$$$$ I picked up a few maps, drop shot weights, and Im going to try some Terminator spinner baits !

I think it was the cord from the camera, hahah I was thinking to myself " Thats talent, reel in a big fish and hold the camera and tape at the same time !!!!! "

hahah Yea, they ran away in laughter when they saw what happened !

I suppose that would work if you had one of those amphibious cars ! haha

One night a guy called saying that he could lower my phone bill by "X" amount of dollars.... I showed some real interest to this guy just to get his wheels going. I had him on the line for about 5 minutes and then I started bartering with him.... I kept pounding him with offers, saying I wanted this and that for cheaper than he was offering.... At one point, I dont think the list of come backs he has infront of him was enough because he was litterally speachless.... then the convo ended ! hahah it was great ! Im no Tom Mabe, but I love to mess around with these people !

Hey everyone Buddy of mine and myself were thinking about maybe heading to long point bay to do some fishing in the next little while. Any advice on what we can expect when we get there ?? Or maybe where to head and what would be the best technique ? we're fishing for bass... large or small ! haha Thanks

hahah wow.... JEALOUS !!!!! I agree on the digital scale, only I havent bought batteries for mine yet hahah So Im still guessing !

hahah wow.... very creative ! what about high efficiency light bulbs.... or lamps ...or lightbulbs.... or CFL's.... hmmm

Isn't this site spose to be about fishing ??? I see alot of pissing matches going on here latley.... If the kid is speaking truthfully, then Hes a better fisherman that I am, and for that I would go to him for advice. If he isn't than leave it be and let him have his fun and move on !

I believe the Archery range is the only ACTUAL range ! The shooting range is just a game for kids they have ! I think the BPs in michigan has the same thing

Welcome buddy ! Not from your area, but if your ever in the Chatham-kent area, drop me a line..... No pun intended.... well maybe a little ! hahah This place is a good spot to come to, Im sure you'll love it !

I just got back from a trip up north and we took a tour on the ATVs into the bush and came across this SWEEET back lake... and there was a nice little camp set up, When I say camp I mean an area cleared out for a tent . No one was there at the time but there was 2 nice little boats resting against trees. I didnt even consider taking the boat for a tour. I didn't think people would be that nice to let you take there boat out. But I guess if you return it how you found it, everything would be cool !

Molly n' OJ's was the resturant you ate at and YES they have some good food ! Thats to bad you were there prior to bass opener. The weeds are crazy now... but thats what rondeau bay is all about ! hahah The fishing is still slow in there... at least it was last time I was there The park at Rondeau isn't the greatest. The last time I camped there was for May 24 weekend back in high school. We got kicked out after the first night hahaha OOOPS Well hopefully you can make it back to the bay to do some fishing again. Next time, let me know when you will be there and maybe I can take ya around and show ya some stuff !

Thanks for the heads up...

... Whats the quick question ??? I think if you have watched WFN you have saw every infomercial there is ! I still need to pick up my SHAMWOW !!!! also, have you saw the new knot-less hook ??? WEAAAK !

Ive suggested fishing through the ice, but something about it being spring fed makes the ice unsafe ??? Im determined to pull a lunker outta there ... there has got to be fish ! There was 100000 baby largies around there early in the season... so there has to be some big mommas out there !

Ok, My buddy has a 4.5 acre pond at his place. The pond was stocked with bass and trout at one point. I think the trout have since died because no one has caught one in about 10 years. There currently is a $500 bounty on them if you catch one hahah ANYWAYS The bass used to be crazy in the pond. Would always catch them. This year has been very slow... He said its never been this slow ! The pond is about 35ft deep in the middle. Up untill saturday, fishing from shore was the only way to fish the pond, saturday we went to cabelas and picked up a transom mount trolling motor for a little 14' tinny he has in the pond. Now we can get to any part/depth of the pond, its great. Yesterday we fished it for a little while and I managed to land, I would say a 2.5-3# bass on a white spinner bait and that was it for the day ! Not another bite ! Now, the depth changes VERY suddenly in the pond... itll go from a foot or 2 on the shore and drop to 16-20ft in a matter of feet. WHERE ARE THESE BASS HIDING ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What should I be trying ??? The pond also has bluegills and tonnes of them for bait fish ! Thanks for any help !

This is the best place for advice ! I've learned alot from the people here at OFC ! Im sure once 5-6 oclock hits you'll have lots of people chiming in on what you should be getting into ! haha People finish work then ! haha

Uh oh..... If I remember correctly there was a post here a while back about the same kind of thing. Possibly even the same company. People being promised lower $$$ and getting screwed with higher bills ! Hopefully you didn't get hooked up with the wrong people !

Again, Im not an EXPERT haha but I have my 3 bait casters spooled with power pro braid. But thats because my main fishery is crazy weeds.... they are everywhere. I have one spinning reel also with braid and I have another spooled with 10# floro for drop shotting. If I remmeber correctly for cranking you'll want to use floro, either 12-14# For flipping, usually your into some heavy cover or brush piles logs, etc. I use 50# powerpro. Anything with soft plastics usually you want a lighter line ( floro ) to not affect the action of the bait or the rate of drop ! But braid will work well with a floro leader usually ! I know guys that use braid for EVERYTHING.... and tie on a floro or mono leader when needed. I guess its all in what your going to be fishing ! haha Again, like I said.... Im new to this hobby myself. So take what I say with a grain of salt I guess !

More info needed..... what type of cover, what type of technique.... etc. etc. Im no expert but I would say 6'6 MH 6'6 M or ML and a 7' H to start... That way you have something for crankin, drop shotting and soft plastics and a flippin stick !