StoneFly

Just for FUN!!!!

Thanks for the cut and paste....Come and check out Erindale park,...for example around Sept 15th. other than that,..if you want to do some real fishing,..PM me,....should start in about 2-3 months,..+/- 30 days,...go figure...

what were you trolling for?

Not worried at all,...Just glad it was a SMB and Not LMB,...as I know that makes it SO MUCH SWEETER....LOL ...and that little piggy is still there waiting for round 2,..maybe next weekend,..maybe later,...maybe never...but she sure tided me over til some real fishing starts in about 2 months...

Sorry, I lied,...I did catch a few monster ants and a few horse flys and actually used those as bait for the rock bass and I used the flyfod,...does that count as live bait? was that enethical if a Bass hit it?

where do you get 'Purposely' from ? how many SMB do you catch with a flyrod? Rockbass are alot of fun, lemme tell ya,..ever try it? did I use Live bait ? NO!!! Even dew worms? NO.... once we realized it was Sunfish, we just used light steelhead set-up, with a crappy rod/reel,...I know I see them do that in tournies all the time..... , hmmmmmmmmm if i was expecting a big bass like that would I have done that? Give your head a shake.....some of you bass guys gotta get a life....for reel,...No pun intended,..

Good Point, but what does the 'Magical date' of the reg's actually mean? NOTTA!!! mother nature dictates it and it goes by no calender. the 30-60 day varience by when the Stleehead show up in rivers is not governed by a calender its weather conditions, Bass are the same,...Can we please get real here? If the MNR had the funding, they might change the dates here and there or maybe adopt some other provinces practices. Last sat in June can mean way too late or lots of fishing,...same as Sept 30 or Last sat in April.

Not offended AT all SF, just laughing over here at symantics. I see 100's of salmon/steelhead caught illegally all the time every year,...put my personally safety at risk tyring to help/school the ignorant offenders. Roll your eyes all you want, its not gonna make next saturday come any quicker for you...

Appreciated for sure. However, Reg's aside, dont even get me started on Reg's. The fish was 20' from any nest and was only 2' down in atleast 12' of water, so it was crusin, the nest was abandonded anyways. Again, not a Bass guy here, but an Avid Steelheader, so If anyone can appreciate what you are saying, I can.....No offence to anyone,..but its usually the Bass guys that break the salmon/steelhead Reg's,...Lol the difference is that they KNOW it. So since I did not know there were OOS fish to be caught, and one was, should I have ripped the lip right off? Since I didnt even know if it was LMB or SMB and it was the biggest I ever caught, should I have not taken a pic? would this have helped the fishery?

How many pics of Rockbass do you take? LMAO. Out of the water about 30 Seconds, revived her like a nice steelhead, WAY better than most Bass guys ever do. BTW,..used a #12 barbless steelhead hook, again not knowing about the Big bass. Hmmmm,...what size hooks do you use? Im bettin that fish survived better than most you catch with your trebles etc. How many have you killed with that style? did you stop fishing when they bled? im pretty sure you let fish that bleed go and have broken the rules many times ...KNOWINGLY!!!!

Did you have one eye closed to read it? Lol,...This lake was rated to be one of the most polluted in Ontario not too many years ago, do to irreconcilable reasons, so to get a large SMB like that was a total shock. this is not a fishing lake,...as in noone fishes it. To me, it was nice to see the natural species doing well. BTW if I was targetting big bass I may have gone about it differently, but since I dont own a boat or have the gear, I used cheap crap for sunfish once i realized Pike were not around. just chill and go polish your $40,000 boat and dream of next weekend. Maybe I will go back next saturday with my crappy-tire rod and reel and out fish you..Lol

Do RockBass = SMB or LMB or Sunfish? The big one with pics is the same fish!!

Well its about 12' at the end,...but the fish was hooked about 2' from the surface and about 20' from the end of the dock. Wasnt really too sure about Reg's as it had nothing to do with steelheading, lol and since we let them go,...what is the harm? As for what was I targeting, really wasnt targeting anything, but I knew there were rockbass and the GF wanted to fish, hoping for a pike the first day but the Sunfish were fun. The lunker was a gift and we gave her back.

We were flyfishing and using little float rigs to catch mainly big RockBass all with artificials, hoping for a pike, the SMB's were a kindof a surprise. All were returned regardless.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Lol, but the Tape doesnt lie..

Small lake, north of Huntsville. I have actually seen that big Bass swimming around before, I guess Saturday was our lucky day. Was a little nervous once I saw it jhooked as I knew I only had 4lb flouro for line and about a $50 ultralite rig including rod and reel, Lol. Pretty nice fight on her. Anyone guess the weight? Age?

Bass, Pike, Carp, Catfish, Crappies and Bluegills.

took off for a long weekend up to the cottage with the lady. Great time all around, even the bugs werent too bad. I dont consider myself to be a Bass Fisherman by any means, but we had a great time nailing 100's of huge huge rock bass and smallies on everything from flies to spinners to rubber worms to 1" rubber crawfish all from the end of the dock. Weather was great for the most part, except saturday rained all day. lost a few 2-3lb smallies and the highlite as for fishing goes was my PB for Bass (20", guessing 4-5lbs) still cant tell if it is an SMB or LMB, that how much I fish for bass,...Lol Lisa with one of the hundreds of little ones.. Then the big one on a 1" rubber crawdad SMB or LMB????

Nice day on the river, alot of hard fighting acrobatic fish in the 1-5 lb range landed and quite a few succumbing to the logs and straightened out fly hooks in the 10lb + range. Even had a double header going at one point, but only one landed from it. See if my fishing buddy who stole the show will post his pics as well, Lol.

We used mainly Roe, Fresh and Garlic, , grubs, little red wiggler worms, fly/jigs,... in that order. That last Hen was extra special as she got 10' into a log Jam half way through the fight and I pulled Her out. By far my most fun of the day!!!

A few From last week. Alot of Fun and hungry fish!!!

For Ivy, I would say that is about Normal color. Not another angler in site??? I wonder if its due to the C&R only? Never fished it in the spring,, Lots of Fun in the Autumn,.. May have to check it out!!! As for the Damage,..Its amazing what happens to the water level there!!! I have seen massive trees 5' in diameter move hundered of yards after a single storm/melt event, the floodplain for that area can be 100-200m wide in areas.

I Had the Exact Model, but it was a 2005, For 345 hp,..its actually not bad on Gas as long as your not pushing it. My Buddy had the same year F150 and the Ram was way better on Gas and more powerful too.

How was the Fishing? Water looks Decent...