Rich

Great links guys, thanks for sharing. I'll have to check that out next time I hit the bay, and test it's accuracy in comparison to the weather network. I find TWN's wind forecasts are usually pretty good as long as you check right before you go fishing.

Or posts for that matter.. it says "next year"

Hahahaha "You know you're a redneck when..." Great post!

Quite honestly leechman, the musky I spotted today on the bay was probably that size. I thought it was a huge log until it moved. Wish I could get MINE to bite! lol

Totally jealous of the striper! Great stuff! And I have to admit, after fishing in a sweater and hunting coat this morning, I'm also jealous of the weather.

Hard to beat real fresh roe dude. There's not too many good substitutes. However, there are better alternatives to egg imitations. Trout worms, live worms, streamers, flies, Gulp Alive minnows... to name a few. Don't feel bad.. I get plenty of hits when I hit the tribs.. I just don't land anything. lol

Marshmallows are available at every convenience store

Great stuff Steve, as always!

What a beast! Congrats to him for sure. Awesome!

Earlier in the week Ryan (The Urban Fisherman) and I had planned to hook up and hit some tribs. Gave him a call yesterday afternoon before going to the movies to see if we were still on. When we got in the door the phone rings with a number I don't recognize, so I answer it.. and it's Slowpoke telling me he already spoke to Ryan and now they want to know if I want to hit Lake St Clair. Unfortunately I don't have a vehicle so I have to decline. So plan B was to hit Long Point bay for pike. So after playing middle man and calling back and forth between Ryan and Brian we had our plains laid out. Ryan asked if I'd have any trouble waking up early and I said psshhhh no problem, I get up for work that early everyday. So after sleeping in Ryan came to the door literally 20 seconds after I had just changed my pants in front of the kitchen window, but he didn't say anything so either he didn't see it OR he'll have some interesting pics to add to this report. LOL Ryan and I headed to Port Rowan to meet up with Slowpoke after running to get gas & timmies. I'll let Ryan tell the funny gas story. Anyway we got there about 5 minutes before Slowpoke so I grabbed my pike rod out of the truck and began casting in the channel near the boat ramp. By the time Slowpoke rolled in I had caught my first fish of the day, a feisty little largemouth with too much ambition. After saying our hellos and unloading the boat we were off to find the weedlines and begin the pike excursion. It was a chilly morning but the water was just perfect, not too much chop. We found a weedline and began drifting, and casting... and casting... and casting. Some days LPB pike resemble musky as the fish of 10,000 casts. On my 10,000th cast I finally had a hit, a little guy which I fought to boatside and gave the long distance release. Those guys were saying 1-0 but I didn't count that as a catch. We trolled a bit around the perch boats, then began casting again. Didn't take long near the perchers and the black/yellow 1.5oz spinnerbait nailed the first landed pike of the day. A hammer handle but still a fish. UF has a pic of that fish. Poor Ryan gave it his best but had to go home empty handed as he had to pack in early. We dropped him off on shore about 11am and headed back out. This time I said "well since the flats aren't too hot let's chase some fish in the shallows" figuring at least that way we might get some exciting strikes. We headed to the south channel to find crystal clear water and lots of moss on bottom. We were in about 5 feet of water but it looked more like 2 because the moss was so high. I kept tossing the spinnerbait and Slowpoke was switching between baits trying to find something they liked. Suddenly out of nowhere from a pocket in the weeds came a BOOM!!! Big fish! Didn't connect with the bait though. I was wondering if it was a mid-size musky or a big pike when he hit AGAIN, and once AGAIN didn't connect! But at least the second time I got a better look and it was indeed a nice pike. Probably high 30 inch range and thick too. We kept pounding this shallow weed flat and the water flattened. For a good hour there it was just BEAUTIFUL for an October day. Wow from that point on it didn't matter if we caught anything else. That weather coupled with crystal clear water, you don't get many days like that in October. So I was cruising along with Slowpoke's bow mount when I saw what looked like a log sticking out of the moss. I thought "that's odd, not too many logs on LPB" when I saw it jut forward a bit. HOLY CRAP IT'S A FREAKIN' HUGE MUSKY!! For some reason I had only a bass rod with a buzzbait in my hand when I saw it so I tossed it and just kinda let it drop. The musky spooked. I got a really good look at her and Slowpoke even marked the spot on GPS. This fish was just huge, it rivalled the ones I've seen from the St Lawrence. It was an easy 50" with an amazing girth. It was perhaps the biggest fish I've ever seen on Long Point Bay, of any kind. It's really too bad she wouldn't bite.. I wish I had a musky rod in my hands when I saw her. We pounded that area to death and maybe 15 minutes later I get a good smack. Fish on! My first thought was the musky returned, but no it was just a half decent 31 inch pike. After seeing the musky it seemed like a tiny little brat, but Slowpoke said it was a respectable fish. Beauty colors. Healthy fish for sure. Slowpoke was getting frustrated. Not at the lack of fish, but at his reel constantly backlashing. Actually, we all had problems with backlash today. I had to take off about 20 feet from my musky reel because a huge knot suddenly appeared in the line. Never had that happen with braid. Anyway to save a long story, I kept casting the spinnerbait and was into another fish. This one hit like a ton of bricks and fought harder than the pike, but bulldogged. Turns out it was just a decent LPB largemouth. After this we drifted to some slightly deeper weeds as the wind picked up out of the south and I had a mid-30 inch MUSKY smack the spinnerbait on the surface. Which I yet again missed but clearly saw. I don't know what's with me and these muskies. They are there. I raise or hook one every trip to the bay lately, but never ever land one. Finally as the time limit drew near, Slowpoke asked if we should troll back to shore. I said "sure let's go" (arms were tired and I was hungry) and suddenly had a hit but he missed it. I said "let's go home" as a trigger keyword and BOOM right at boatside a snot rocket annihilated the spinnerbait! Haha, even though it was a little fish, it was the hit of the day for sure. From there on out we packed things up and headed for home. All I can say to Ryan and Brian is THANKS! It was great meeting you Brian and finally fishing with you, and great to see you again Ryan. Thanks for dragging my butt to and from the launch too. I'm sorry you guys didn't get any fish.. I dunno, maybe your baits weren't big enough? Next time leave the baby baits at home and bring the musky gear! Fall on the bay we don't play around. lol Hope to hook up with you guys again in the future as I had a blast, fish or no fish.

Some really nice walleyes thats for sure!

No, didn't try anything new.. but I did experience my first topwater musky. Been throwing the Awaker for 3 seasons now and it finally got bit. Twice! Hard to beat that experience.

Steve are you throwing those swimbaits for smallies too or is it mainly a largemouth bite on them?

Always been a sturgeon fan personally.

Everything's made in China, you want to hit China hard, quit smoking! By the way even if something says "made in Canada" legally only 40% of the product had to be made in Canada. In some instances, that could constitute just the packaging.

You know what's odd? Since I was like 3 I've been obsessed with fishing, but to the best of my knowledge I've never once in my life had a dream that had anything to do with fishing.

A dumb rule by the OMNR?! Unheard of!

Cool! Interesting to know. There must be a little natural reproduction at least because there are a couple of creeks I know which get pretty good (nothing in comparison to lake O) returns every year. Another interesting thing is the pink salmon... where the heck do they come from?

I can tell you're from around here originally man.. there's no such thing as a "silver bass" that's Norfolk county slang .. they're white bass. White perch are smaller and the stripes are less defined. Great intro Streamerguy, glad to have ya here. Oh yeah, and there was only 1 musky pic, the first little guy. The rest were pike.

Most sheltered bays are also excepted. For instance you can't use 2 rods within the inner bay of Long Point Bay. The rule is basically for people trolling open water.

What a beast! Smokes my PB by a couple pounds too, and in the rivers to boot. Congrats!

Dang. I hope they hurry up and kill off the annoying walleye population again. jk of course. I hope it happens naturally.

A 20lb fish is huge, 30 is pretty much unheard of. After spacing out at work and thinking about this today, I really couldn't develop a theory WHY the Lake Erie salmon are smaller on average than Lake Ontario salmon. Food source? I doubt it.. we have the alewife, shad and smelt not to mention shiners in great supply. I know there is a reason behind it.. just not sure what it is?

Shimano Curado. Great, smooth, easy casting baitcaster and will last you about 10 years if you abuse it. Longer if you take care of it.

I know I wouldn't fish bass in 30fow... it's boring. lol