frozen-fire

good job! way better than my opener!!

Ahhhh... I wanted to get out to Scugog so bad today!!! But the downpour I witnessed in the city along with fierce winds kept me at home. Nice eye! Where did you launch from? I plan to hit Scugog early saturday morning with my girlfriend in the sportspal.... not sure if we're gonna hit Goreski's or Port Perry. I might even head up to Omemee pond as it's a nice small water body to explore. Great pics...love the release shot. Amazing photography considering you're the one shooting and in a kayak too!

very nice! what do you shoot with?

nice... a map turtle...not too common around here.

Hmm...seems like most of the ones spotted thus far are snapping turtles. No one has seen any other species?

Possible, but most likely not. She would want soil. They will walk through many types of terrain and will use their hind legs to "feel" for suitable spots with ideal temperatures.

Victor, they are very opportunistic feeders, so any live bait or slow moving plastics will get munched on That snapper actually ate a small perch that was caught by my buddy! After the meal, it came up for air, looked at us, then returned to the murky depths!

It's that time of year again. Female turtles will haul themselves out of the water and make a sometimes long and dangerous journey to find suitable nesting locations. Unfortunately with the increasing development of roads, lots of habitat is destroyed in the process. Lots of turtles will seek warmer sandy areas to deposit eggs. Because roads are often situated higher and shoulders are composed of gravel and sand, they will heat up faster with more sunlight hitting them directly, making these locations favourable to the female turtles. I've already seen a few casualties. Please drive with caution as some will actually be on the road either crossing or in the process of laying eggs right on the edge between asphalt and the shoulder. They will come out usually during the evening and morning hours. These turtles that are at risk are the ones that do all the contribution to the population. Most common species to be seen in our area are the midland painted turtle, common snapping turtle, and the blanding's turtle. Here are some pics of some turtle sightings during my last shore fishing trip earlier this week before the cruddy weather hit us. This painted turtle had no where to deposit eggs, so just selected a grassy area right by a small road with cars zooming past. This male snapper was just cruising around looking for food while everyone was fishing.

Amazing! huge mirror!

That's a very nice perch...good job. Too bad about the rain!

Bang on. Just phone ahead and ask before heading out. By the way, you're still spelling Port Perry wrong!

How is the nonquon? Is it more sheltered from the wind? Rock bass seemed to be on fire all over the lake!

What'd you get yours on?

You're spelling it wrong... there are some sites listed as was mentioned.

Figured out where you're going for muskie opener?

Great info here! Thanks skeeter! Yes, there were definitely deep spots under the reeds. I expected we would get into some accidental OOS bass, but surprisingly, only had one... which is a good thing of course. Those pockets were stacked with rock bass. Ridiculous how many there were. When we trolled along the reeds at night, the mosquitoes were insane. You're right about that. Even with the wind, they still managed to buzz around my face and crawl up my pants.

So... decided to actually try the area around Goreski's. I had to pay $10 to unload a canoe. Needless to say, I don't think I'll be going back unless I actually need the ramp. I could've unloaded anywhere...but time was a concern and I didn't know the area well...for parking and whatnot. Fishing started off HOT... with rockbass that is... probably caught about 30 big rockies. Water was really murky and there was a pretty good chop to it too. What I found really weird was all this wood that was submerged around that area. I kept getting snagged and brought up lots of wood with many mussels attached to them. This normal? When I got to the shoreline (reeds) I saw that the substrate was covered in mussels. Not something I would've expected from Scugog. Got into a couple nice crappie My friend (one who joins me on Scugog all the time) catches the first walleye... I actually think it's the smallest eye I've ever seen! Before ending the night, I land a nicer one.

Thanks guys. Lots more reports to come as the season progresses. Looking forward to my first muskie if it doesn't elude me again like last year

Thanks guys... I guess either way I'll give it a shot. You'll see a report

Nice slabs!

Hey, Planning to try Scugog again tomorrow with the sportspal. Instead of the usual, we would like to try something different. Lots of people launch out of goreski's and fish that part of the lake... so I'm assuming it's pretty good Is it suitable for me to go there, park and unload a canoe and head off? Is there a fee? Parking? Never been there, but always good to try new places. How is the boat traffic? I'm hoping there won't be much since it's a weekday. Sunny in the afternoon with variable cloudiness in the evening. High of 16 degrees Celcius and winds of 5 km/h... sounds like a perfect day to bring the canoe out and try for some crappie/walleye. Thanks in advance.

Special thanks to Bigworm and redsfishin for providing me with helpful advice on fishing this lake. We had an awesome time at the cottage, but the horrible weather kept me off the water most of the time. Friday was the best day. Awesome blue skies with rolling clouds here and there. It was great to spend time away from work and the city ... just relax in comfort with clean fresh air and the great outdoors. Wind didn't really get that bad yet, decided to take the boat out (provided with the cottage) and explore the areas of the lake close to the cottage as it was getting late already. Majority of the lake seemed very deep and barren (didn't have fishfinder so don't know depth or structure below the surface) Found a nice flat shallow area with good weed growth, located some drop offs and starting throwing some jigs looking for eyes. Well...didn't get anything but a very chunky world's greatest sport fish. We motored back to the dock and went inside for some food and drinks. While the sun was setting, my girlfriend and I took the canoe out and paddled our way towards the crowe river inlet where there was some good structure. I tried my luck while she paddled me around but didn't end up with anything other than two small OOS smallies. Seeing the sun go down over the lake made me want to head out to the dock and make a couple casts. I was hoping for an eye, but this smallish pike came out of no where and put up a great fight! I'm still surprised how many times it cleared the water when I was trying to bring it in. This little guy probably gave me the most fight out of any pike I've caught. I thought it was pretty tired out from the fight, but during the release, it shot off like a bullet and left me wet. Cordova Lake sunset Saturday and Sunday were both very disappointing in terms of weather. It got really cold and wet... the wind was ridiculous too. Didn't want to take chances taking the boat out, so just tried from shore a few times off the dock with no luck against the wind. It even hailed Saturday night and Sunday morning. This seems like a good small lake to fish. If the weather was more pleasant, I'm sure there would be more of a report. Definitely a lack of fish, but I said I would post a report, so here it is

it's confirmed he drowned... i believe divers found him today. very sad...

if you're taking them home, you'll need to use some sort of powered aeration device. They need high oxygen levels. If they don't have anything like an air pump or a small filter (aquarium), then they'll die. if you're camping like you suggested in your first post, you can just pick up one of those minnow buckets at a local bait and tackle store. they allow for fresh water to continuously flow into the container keeping them alive. you DON'T have to feed them if you're keeping them for a few days.

This made me chuckle