jaydub

Sorry, can't really help with any hot spots. I was just at a cottage on Buckhorn and spent a bit of time targeting Musky (mostly bass though) and was told to find rocky shoals, points and weed lines. There are definitley some nice Muskies in that lake so good luck! Don't know Pidgeon real well but I think the whole lake is pretty shallow, mainly a weedy bottom with a few rocky spots similar to Buckhorn. Let us know how it goes.

Spent a few days with the family helping my father-in-law build his new cottage on Buckhorn. Got lots of work done but did manage to have some fun with the kids tubing and also got out fishing a few mornings! The first morning I got up at 5:15 and headed straight for an island not too far from the cottage. Spent a few hours casting senkos at the shore line which had lots of good structure and looked promissing for the nice bucket mouth I've been looking forward to getting this summer. Senko wasnt' producing even a bite so I headed off to an area with lots of lilly pads and weeds and tossed the scum frog for awhile...still nothing. Decided to finish off the morning trolling a bit in the hopes of getting a smallie, walleye or maybe even a muskey...still nothing. Next time out I headed for the other side of the same island and decided to cast a wake bate in the open water (8' deep with weeds 3' from the surface) and landed this little guy in the first 15 minutes or so. Not really picture worthy but after being skunked the first day I was happy to get something! Continued that for an hour or so and got 2 others about the same size but then decided to head back to the slop on the other side of the island. I was sure there had to be some nice ones in there and I have been looking forward to landing a nice bucket on the scum frog all summer but don't have any real good spots near my house. I started casting a few around a fallen tree and had a strike on the second cast but tried setting the hood to quick and lost it. Tried a few more time in the same area but couldn't get him to bite again. I moved down a bit and casted just beside a little cluster of weeds and almost instantly had a blowup! This time I paused for a few seconds and then gave it a good yank...this time I had him! I started reeling in, he was putting up a good fight but then all of a sudden it felt more like a snag. I was sure I lost him and was now hung up on a log so I releast some tension and instantly felt him swimming down. I got it to the surface and dispite not having a net got him in the boat. It wasnt' huge, but it was my PB at 3.4lbs and every bit as fun as I had hoped! Sorry the pics aren't great as I was alone with only my blackberry camera. Fished for a while longer and got this 1.7lber. I do wish I had had a bit more time for fishing but it was a working vacation after all. We also did some family fishing of the dock and all four of my kids managed to catch at least one pan fish which made them happy as well although you wouldn't know it by the expression on her face.

Those are some nice monster Muskies guys!! I did some fishing this past week on Buckhorn hoping to land a nice Musky or two but it wasn't meant to be. What lake were you fishing?

Those are some nice ones Cudz! Were any caught on your Dollarama gear?

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the new world record 24.??lb largemouth was just caught in Japan a month or so ago. Didn't count as the official new record though cuz it only beat the previous one by .2oz or something.

Nice to hear about your senko success! I'm planning on doing some serious senko fishing this week and hope for the same results you've had...I'd love to snag a nice musky!

Thanks Gerritt, I'll post my results when I get back. I'm looking forward to some good topwater Largemouth action!!

Thanks Jer, I still have a heck of a time distinguishing between pike and musky so I probably wouldn't know forsure anyways. lol

Thanks Jer, I still have a heck of a time distinguishing between pike and musky so I probably wouldn't know forsure anyways. lol

If anyone's a procrastinator like me and trys to get thier Dollarama Derby gear now it's too late ...at least at the south Barrie store. I had good intentions of winning this thing on Monday but when I went to get my stuff on Friday they told me all the fishing gear's been replaced by Haloween stuff...go figure, it is still August as far as I know. P.S. Good news for you though Cudz...now you still have a chance! LOL

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Heading out today for 5 days at a cottage on Buckhorn Lake with the family and plan on doing some fishing. Anyone know any good spots for large/small mouth, pike & walleye?

When you fish with the right guys, good things happen! lol This hog put up a fun fight!

Nice fish! I've been wanting to get out and do some top water large mouth fishing as well but haven't found any good areas (that don't require a boat) yet. Looks like a blast!

The derby's running for the whole month of August as far as I know.

Nicely done boys! That PB's gonna be a hard one to beat. Great story & pics!!

Couldn't have put it better myself Cudz...story well told. That was definetly the best night fishing I've ever done! Lots of fish and TONS of hits! If anyones ever fished with Cudz, you'd know he doesn't miss many, so it was getting pretty funny by the 5th time when I'd hear; "this is a big one, @#$% lost it again" . I thought for sure I had the biggest fish this time...but no, 11pm the hits are slowing down and I hear it again, this time we net the monster... and of course he beats mine by a good 1/2lb

Chris, nice fish, especially that 21"smallie! Nothing wrong with five 2 -3 hour fishing stints in a week at the cottage!

Count me in Cudz, sounds like a good time!!!