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Well done you 2.

See here folks. It's not that you were a bad angler, TJ, you just did not have the right gear. Now nobody has an excuse to pick on ya no more. WTG

Square back canoe or the 12' tinny. Easy to pop onto the car or on top of the pop up trailer.

Another Foghorn fan I see

It's not the toys. It's the angler. neat vid.

Sounds like a great adventure.

 

While I was preparing for university and then pursuing my studies (4 years full time), I had to work during "holidays" to make enough money to keep going. I also got married during that time. Then I got a full time teaching job (which I held, with variations, for 32 years) and family came along. There was never enough time to do something like this. Not that I'm complaining, far from it, but this sounds like something I would have loved to do - open road, going wherever it leads, stopping whenever you feel like it. I've had tastes of that, of course (in one- to three-week stretches), but never a protracted "time out" exploration trip all over the country, so I find this fascinating. There is SO much to see and do.

 

I wish you good times and no adversities that you can't overcome (those can be part of the fun, in retrospect).

As you approach them retirement years, you get a second chance to do the things you wish you had done. You only live once. I hope once I can have my family out of hospital that we will be making some of these adventures we have always put off.

Nice looking bass.

You got my 3 today.

There's something about a guy who saves snacks in his beard that I just got to admire

Fine collection of stripers there.

Truckstops for showers. Charging from the battery takes its toll. Especially if you have other more important accessories like a lamp, radio, car kettle, electric cooler.

Looks sum good there Dawg. One little itty bitty question.

How could you serve that up without chittlins or grits? Fried sweet potato even?

Same here over the past few days.

Seems a lot of the B.A.S.S. folks are plugging for Ashlee. I've gotten 3 e-mails in tthe past couple of days looking for votes.

Maybe the mods could send a member wide e-mail?

Hey folks,

 

ONE LAST QUESTION.... What kind of species are known to be caught around the PORT MAITLAND PIER this time of year? Just trying to get an idea so I know what gear to bring...

 

Thanks!

The regulars are the sheepies and cats, but there are always other surprises. Just be prepared, if going to the pier on the weekend, expect to see 2-300 people crowding the shore and the pier. You gotta be there early to get a shore spot.

I'm right green with envy at the moment Jacques. you're having far too much fun.

Great report.

I'll ape what the DAWG said. I want to see people having fun whether it be muskie or sunfish. Heck, some of us at OFC have a blast jigging for smelts. The fun, friendship and sharing is where it's really at.

Nice report.

Could be worse, you could be in Alert for 6 months. Nobody is ever quite the same after being in Alert

Carefully check into the gig they are offering, the pay, and the allowances.

Don't forget yer little fella. Do you really want to miss 3 really fun years of growing up?

I'm all for taking up life's adventures, but not at the expense of your family.

Thank-you very much!! What can you catch in the pool before the rapids? (Bass / pike?) Are there any perch in this lake?

 

Thanks Again - really appreciate the info.

The lake has the full range of pannies. The pools hold rockies and smallies. Don't try to wade the pools.

Get a full size van for sleeping in. It's that much more room with all your gear. Bring a tent, fresh air is a good thing.

Purchase no more than 2 days meat or dairy. Keep meals easy and simple. One pan and one pot.

Buy an aluminum griddle for using on your Coleman stove. $15 investment for a single cooking surface. Pack all dry goods like flour, pancake mix, cereal, biscuits, in tupperware.

Once you get to your starting point, try to keep driving time to a 4-5 hour max. daily or you will miss so much along the way.

Most important. HAVE FUN, and take lots of pics

It's a big lake. Boat traffic is heavy on weekends and fishing settles down by Tuesday usually. Lots of pike and bass, for walleye you really have to know the humps and shoals. There are big gar, pannies, etc... as well. There were trout once, but not since the mid 70's.

Wauwatosa Marina on Crooked Bay rd. used to allow launching, for a fee. The only bait available on the lake is worms. The park and marinas have a decent map of the lake.

As for as a water feature? Cut across the mouth of Hungry Bay, you will enter an area known as Pretty Channel. 1/2 mile in on right are the rapids and pools. You can beach either side of the rapids, its crown land, walk in and fish the 2 pools, picnic. Further into the channel you will get into a really isolated and picturesque (in my opinion) backwater. Yeah I'm biased, I did a lot of growing up there at my uncles house.

Pay close attention to the markers, some of the channels are only 6 foot wide, less in low water years. My buddy Ronnie has dragged up a small fortune in lost props and motors over the years

For a small piece of land, Nova Scotia is a big package. Doesn't really matter where you start, there is lots to do. Spent many months staying with my uncle as a kid. Paraded the legth and breadth of the province with the cadet band from Cornwallis, and took my GS at Stad. After all these years still haven't seen or done all in Scotia. E mail the tourism office and they will send you a mountain of info in the mail ( books, maps, guides,) to sift through to plan your vacation. Be sure to take the kids jigging offshore. Just don't book it in Eastern Passage, you'll be disappointed.

A few things I remember from various trips to the Maritimes.

 

-had a horrible time finding bridge/tunnel to continue on highway 20 east through Montreal. Have your head in the game at this point, if driving the Quebec route.

 

-Levi was much easier to exit for gas and fast food than Quebec City. See what kind of contest Irving gas is running for the summer (if any) and get the appropriate 'cards' needed. You'll be seeing lost of Irvings on your trip.

 

-St. Pierre Port Joli, east of Quebec city was a nice place to stop. The whole town is filled with wood carvers and their shops line the streets. Fairly inexpensive motels.

 

-in N.B. nice scenary along highway 1 as it follows the St. John river valley. If N.S. is your first priority, check the map for the Carleton highway across N.B. as it cuts off having to go south to Fredericton. Taking the trans-Canada through Fredericton and then north allows a visit to the Magnetic Hill not far from Moncton.

 

-Lots of good places mentioned above, but would not miss the Maritime Museum in Lunenburg for a sense of the seafaring history. At the time I was there, there was also 'The Dory Shop' by the waterfront where dories were still being built.

 

-the McLobster sandwiches sold only for a certain time at McDonalds are really good and worth the money. If you happen by some chance to be on the highway between St. John and St. Andrews, perhaps to cross into the US, keep an eye out for the lobster rolls at Ollies.

The Dory shop in Shelburne has been running since 1880 and still works with the original tools. Wifey bought a lobster trap there and I almost convinced her to let me order a custom built dory. I came sooo close.

If you time it right you can be in Lunenberg for the festival and the international dorymen races.

Dartmouth and Halifax have a great festival on the civic long weekend. Fireworks over the harbour. The canoe and rowing competitions at Banook lake, etc..

Get a taste of rustic N.S. living at Jeddore, Oyster Pond. My uncle had a house there in the 60's before it became a heritage site.

The fish in Martindale will be spooked for at least a week come Friday and there won't be any available shoreline. The Henley rowing regatta beings this weekend. Hundreds of rowing shells and motor boats zipping back and forth 12 hours a day.

took my daughter fishing for the first time last year.. she was 10... I had just got back into the sport the previous fall..

 

it's our favorite thing to do together now.

 

check out her smile on this "pre-season" smallie.... one week too early

Love the look on her face