jediangler

She's a beauty! Congrats on the new PB. Something tells me that will hold up as your biggest bass for a while.

Great to see a report with the both of you again. I was thinking maybe family life spelled the end of the Action Angling boys.

I've caught 5 lake Ontario salmon and two of them were horribly deformed. I wouldn't eat them.

I started riding my bike to work a couple weeks ago. As far as I know, no oil companies have gone bankrupt yet. I'm not giving up though .

This marks our 12th year for the boys musky weekend we like to call the hunt for "Big Jake". We stayed at Camp Ashtabula and were very happy with accomadations and our rental boats. Rob & Donna are great hosts. http://www.campashtabula.com All 4 of us went up in Griff's minivan and there was enough room to pack the guitars. Joonmoon on bass and the Shipper on guitar while Griff sings the folk songs of his youth. We arrived Friday at dinner time and enjoyed great food and drink while we prepared for the tourney to start the next morning. Griff and Joonmoon were the cooks for the weekend, here Griff enjoys a cold one after dinner. The 1st quarter (Saturday morn till 1pm) we decided to go to the north section of Pigeon lake. The Shipper brought out his new lucky hat for the ride north. We had no rain and very light winds and managed to get 3 muskies to follow to the boat. Two followed Joonmoon's Grandma and one followed my Slopmaster but all looked rather lazy and didn't even attempt to strike at the baits. The 2nd quarter (4pm-8pm) I asked if they wanted to try the west shore accross from Gannon's narrows. We tied some jigs on in order to try and get some table fare and maybe a bass or two as well. I picked up this 19" smallie on a white jig & grub and it turned out to be the biggest bass of the weekend. You can see Griff and the Shipper in the backround. Joonmoon used a small tube jig in pink to entice these two perch and one crappie to come back to the cottage with us for dinner. The wind was light and the sky was cloud filled but only a spit of rain was coming down as we moved to our favourite sunset fishing hole. I had on a Mepps musky killer in black with a gold blade when this beast hit at 7:40pm. Joonmoon did a fine job with the cradle and the camera as I landed a new PB musky that measured 49". The Shipper took this release shot from their rental boat and the fish swam away strong after a few minutes of revival. The 3rd quarter we decided to go over to Buckhorn and try our luck in and around Gannon's narrows on the way. We fished Gannon's bay and around the bridge a bit but only had a few panfish hit jigs that we hoped would get us a walleye. The Shipper did get this great pic of a loon that was not shy at all and came closer to the boat than any other loon I have seen. We went back for lunch and poured over the maps to see where to go for the 4th and final quarter. We decied to go north again where we had the follows on the first morning. Nothing was happening so we worked our way south hitting all our spots on the way without even seeing a follow. When we arrived at our sunset spot I put on an orange J-13 and slowed down my presentation just as the rain started. This little 28"er liked the wiggle of the J-13 and tried to get it all in his mouth at once. It wasn't hooked as bad as it looks and it sped off as soon as it hit the water needing no reviving time at all. Again it was around 7:30pm although it looks much darker by the photo. That was it for fishing as the rain began to pick up as we made our way back to the cottage in near dark to end another "Big Jake" weekend. Sadly the Impaler missed this years tourney after making all eleven previous years. We missed you buddy and hope you can return with us next year.

Good fall fishing for bass at Elephant lake. You will probably catch more pike than anything there. We used to hold our annual boys musky weekend at Elephant lake, until 2002, when we caught nothing but pike. From 1991 to 2001 we never caught a pike in Elephant, only musky and big bass. Texas rigged plastics and spinnerbaits are best for getting through the weeds to the fish.

I think as long as you have a 4X4 you'll be OK.

Awesome collection of skis. Congrats on a very successful trip. I only hope to have as much luck this weekend.

Also don't forget those who died trying to make a difference since 9/11. http://icasualties.org/oif/ We are very lucky here in Canada.

You can have a boat with a gas motor as long as it's up and out of the water. The launch is tough unless you have a 4wd. I'm sure you could get the boat in, it's getting it back out that might be tricky. Not sure what the water levels are like, maybe someone else can give an update in that department.

I was on the graveyard shift the night before, so I slept through the entire day. Didn't hear about what had happened till 5pm.

Don't sweat it Rich, soon Splenda will be outfishing you too. Might as well get used to it .

Here's a link to the Walter Bean trail system with access points to the river. It's pretty vague so use a city of Kitchener map along with it. http://www.sju.ca/grt/MainMap.htm

That boat alone is worth about $800 new. Good deal for anyone who wants a fishing boat for small waters or conservation areas. You could probably sell the motor for his asking price and get the boat for free. Go Sportspal.

Great story Rich. The one that got away always makes a better tale. You'll find that fishing trips take on a more epic importance, if they are few and far between. Family life will do that for you.

That looks like another fun outing. Congrats on your new PB bly. I guess by now you've got full blown musky fever . Don't feel bad Cliff, my wife outfishes me for musky too.

Great fish and a PB smile as well

No FnF, we didn't see the giant carp or any security. I think they only patrol on weekends once the kids get back to school.

All I know, Fisherman, was the names on my paycheck changed from Uniroyal to U/G and when M.A.S.T. bought us (Michelin America small tire) they closed down both Kitchener plants to eliminate their competition. The North plant (formerly Uniroyal) and the South plant (formerly Goodrich). Michelin put over 2000 local workers out on the street, after recieving some very generous tax breaks and incentives from our local and provincial governments. They closed the Uniroyal plant first and then held the Goodrich plant for ransome. They told the government that if they didn't recieve some cash and tax breaks they would close the second plant. After getting what they wanted, they still closed the Goodrich plant. You can put Michelins on your wheelbarrow if you like but I won't be giving that company any of my money.

Went out to my favourite local quarry this morning with my bro, joonmoon and our Alberta cuz, walleyeguy. Joonmoon was the master of baby bass today catching this smallie. And this largie on jig & grub and jig & powerleech. Walleyeguy had a 2ft pike landed but by the time I got the camera out, it had wiggled away. I lost a decent smallie on a jump and had to make due with half a dozen WGSF and the beautiful weather and warm water. Nice to get out again with walleyeguy and joonmoon. If I didn't have to go in to work at 3pm we'd probably still be out there.

More and better fish in Guelph lake with lots of shore fishing access.

Opinions are like a part of the human anatomy, everyone's got one. Here's mine: I worked for 10yrs at Uniroyal, which became Uniroyal/Goodrich, which became Michelin. The quality standards on CTC tires were higher than that of any other brands we produced, including our own. We made Atlas, Irving, Fisk, Big "O", Sears, and on and on including Canadian tire. Say what you want, but you get a tire as good, or better, for half the price in some cases. My only suggestion would be to take them to your own mechanic to have them installed. I wouldn't let those guys monkey with my car.

You gotta love Grand river smallies. Thanks for posting.

I love it

Lets have a GTG with 100 or so OFC'ers right at the bridge. That'll get him going