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WOW!!!! Those Bass are HUGE!!! Congrats to you and your son on those personal bests.....wow....

Great report....gotta love it when a fish hits an unbaited hook!! LOL. As far as I'm concerned an 18" bass is a great size!!! Congrats on a great time....hopefully next time we'll have a pic or two to gawk at!!

Great stuff!! I hate the Bog.....whenever I'm out there, I say "There's no fish in here"....LOL. Seeing reports like this makes me want to give it another try.....almost....

Always enjoy your reports Rich....informative and fun....the way it should be. Congrats to Sugarpacket on her pb too....hehe.

Congrats to your son on the monster fish! Great report and pics....good to see your mom enjoying the scenery too.

Great stuff Steve and Kelli! It's always fun to not have a schedule....just get up whenever and have a nice relaxing day fishing.

Awesome report! Your little guy looks right at home there with all those fish. Looked like a great time, meeting great people and catching some beauty fish too.

Fantastic report Jason!! Congrats on the PBs as well...those are some monster Walleye! It's great to see the two of you having a good time like that one the water....maybe she'll fish with you more now??? hehe. Cant wait for the follow up reports.....

Congrats to the two of you! As much as I like fish pics, I have to say seeing the two of you together with the smiles is what it's all about. You sure clean up nice Jason....LOL. We'll have to chase some fish together soon....you can tell me more about your adventure then! So....are you planning on little basskicker jr's soon??? hehe.

Hey Cliff....I'm a quick study...and would work hard. Could you match my current salary? If so, then I'm your guy!!! You wouldn't have to change your sign either....people could still drop by and ask for Cliff.....LOL. Mo...sorry to hear about the motor problems...I can relate!

Awesome looking fish! Great to see a change in tactics pay off like that for you. Sometimes fishing does feel like your dragging your balls all around the place.....LOL

I had to chase down a muskie for Bly on Saturday as it stripped all kinds of line from her reel. Ended backtrolling once it took a run at us as well....LOL

Great report! Congrats on the PB Muskie in your yak....a great fish no matter how you catch it! Looks like you all had a great time. Gotta love it when the fish cooperates when you have your little one in the boat as well...her smile says it all.

Wow!!! I've been waiting for this report Dan....and it certainly did not disappoint! An amazing report and pictures. Those trout are magnificent fish....something I'd love to fish for one day. I'd love to fish with any of you three....I think the stories alone would be a lot of fun to hear. Yes...the magic of OFC...I've met lots of great people because of this board.

I use 30 pound braid mainline and 20 pound braid for leaders. Where I fish, zebra mussels are everywhere...and it's a rocky shoreline.

Ok...where's the nudity warning?? Jeez....wasn't prepared for that....LOL. Great report Mike...great to see lots of fish caught there!

Awesome part one Mike! It's great to see the whole family getting into the outdoors like that. Your son is quite the hardcore fisherman!! Great stuff....off to read part two now.

LOL....Funny you mention that Glen...we didn't weigh any of them. We did the length just to see if any qualified for OFAH.

Thanks for the correction....largie it is. Thought because of the horizontal line (or lack of one) that it was a smallie. And, thanks all for your comments....was an amazing day out there!

Wow...what an amazing looking family you got there! Congrats! Sweet ride as well....great gift from a great guy. Oh yeah...the fish were great too, but pale in comparison to those family/wedding shots.

Bly and I decided last night that we'd hit a Kawartha Lake bright and early this morning. We didn't decide on the lake until just before we went to bed. The plan....wake up at 5am, out the door by 530am and then on the water on Sturgeon Lake by 7am. All went according to plan. As we arrived at the lake, we passed by Big Cliff's place and saw him working, so we stopped for a few minutes to say hi. I'm glad we did, because he told us where to look for the fish, and what colours were working lately!! We launched and were on the water by 7am. Not long after, using a brown worm rigged texas style, I caught the first fish of the day. The drift was ideal, so I kept on catching fish! Bly on the other hand was having some issues until a little later on. Here's a few of the bass that were caught..... Bly finally hooks into one...her first of the day.....here she is fighting the fish.... And here's her beauty 17" Smallie! The bite slowed down around 11am....so she took the opportunity to work on her tan.... Bly also landed a small walleye, but we didn't care....we were having a blast out there....something we needed! At one point, while motoring back to start a drift again, she's picking weeds off her lure....she throws it in the water...only it hits me square in the face!! We're laughing out heads off, but I got even. She lies back down on the front bench to relax. A large boat crosses in front of us, so I speed up just enough to soak her as we hit their wake....hehe. At around noon we headed to Big Cliff's dock to drop in and say hi. We chatted with Cliff and Sue for a while and caught up a little. Big Cliff then asked where we planned on fishing for the afternoon and I told him that I spied a spot on the GPS that marked water in the 20 to 25 foot range...thinking that they'd head deeper as the day wore on. He suggested trying deep weeds in the 5 to 8 foot range instead, so that's where we headed....and boy are we glad we did!!!! We got to the general area and fished for bass for a bit...then we noticed all kinds of cabbage and grass.....we looked at eachother and put on bucktails instead. About 10 minutes later, Bly says that she thinks she had a hit.....then as she's retrieving, a HUGE muskie is following it!! Ok...we are no longer fishing for Bass.....LOL. We end the drift and decide to troll back up to where we started. As we're trolling, Bly yells out "FISH ON!!". This thing jumps clear out of the water and begins running away from us. She looks at her spool....it's half empty! I start up the motor and chase after it. As we get closer it clears the water yet again. As it hits the water it begins a run straight at us. She's reeling like mad and I begin to back troll to help out....while doing this it jumps yet again. She's finally getting better control of the fish and when it's boatside, it jumps so high it clears our gunwhale. Finally....her first ever and new PB muskie is landed....a beauty 33" one. Here's a shot of it's head....lotsa sharp teeth!!! Back it goes into the water and I spy a patch of cabbage off to the side. I cast over and as soon as my lure hits the water I feel a hit!! I land this 31" muskie.... Bly has been trying in vain since last summer to catch her muskie and now that she's landed one, she decides to show off....and lands this beauty as well! This one also was quite acrobatic! This one measured in at 32"..... We decided it was about time to leave and she says....hold on....there's some more cabbage over there. She yells "Last cast!!!" and don't you know it, she get another one. Anyhow, this marked our BEST day on the water ever. Bly completed the Kawartha Trifecta (Bass, Walleye, Muskie) and we both had a heck of a lot of fun out there. We headed in to tell Big Cliff and Sue about our afternoon and then trailered the boat and headed home. Thanks for reading this novel of a report....haha.

I don't know what you are talking about? I don't have an addiction..... Dammit....why can't I stop reading this damn board!!! Ok...so maybe I read this board a bit too much. Maybe I'll just go fishing instead. See no issues here....hehe. Welcome aboard!!

Shallow is where the bigguns will be. They come close enough for shore anglers. Jerkbaits work well for me.

We are planning to maybe hit a Kawartha Lake at first light tomorrow morning. Muskie is not our target, but hey, I'll claim an incedental one....LOL.

Depends on what speed you will be using it on. I just spent 4 days fishing----probably used the trolling motor 3 to 4 hours a day on the lowest and second to lower setting and it lasted the entire time. When I got home to recharge it, it still had 1/3 the charge in it. Bring a fully charged spare battery if you can to be safe.