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Yep...slow this morning at home....timed out a few times. Got to work and the same thing.

What an awesome report! Great friends, great scenery, great times, great fish! You cant ask for more than that. Congrats on a great trip.

Awesome report and GREAT largie there! You had a great day out there...congrats!

Awesome report Shelley! It truly was great to see you and Chuck again...and of course our hosts were amazing. Great pics...this report took a while to compose I'm sure...and let me tell you...you did a great job on it!

An article in today's Star...we had the driest summer in 50 years...and forecast for fall is drier and warmer than normal.... http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/252979

LOL TJ...love your poses. I did my best to copy your signature pose on the weekend as well. It's in my report (bly and I went to visit brickNblock and Charmaine). Looked like you guys had a great time up there...great pics and some nice fish!

HOLY COW! Those are some great looking skis there!!! Congrats on a great outing!

Wow...those are some great looking fish!

Nice work out there!

Great report! The bite on Saturday was tough....I'm thinking that cold front probably had a lot to do with it. Looked like a great time out there!

Part 2??? There's a part 2?? Jeez...my heart is still pounding after seeing those pics and reading the story!! What an awesome fishing trip...wish some INCREDIBLE fish!

Great report! You got into some fish, so at least that was exciting. As for those pike, they'll continue to taunt you...dont give up. I find that by telling them (yes, shout it out), that you'll promise to release them, the nice ones will take your lure. Give that a try next time, and if you get a few strange looks from people, just start screaming and hitting yourself...they'll likely just leave you alone.

Great report! I had no idea that carp fishing would be as great as it was until I hooked into my first one! I'm thinking the cold front on Saturday didn't help things at all...there were a few reports of tough fishing.

Wow...those are some great looking fish you got into there! Great pics (as usual), but that one of the moon and eagle was AMAZING!

Wow...pretty cool! She's got the look right down with those sunglasses!! I suppose you'll take any prospective boyfriends to the shooting range first?? LOL.

Great report Joey! Glad to hear you had a great weekend at Roy's place. We passed by that same big apple on the way to brickNblock's place too!! Great pics...esp of the close up fish...for some reason I think those ones are pretty cool.

Great report and some nice fish for the little ones! We haven't been there in a while...good to see they are still biting and getting bigger. Congrats on a great day out there!

Great report and pics! Wow....$70 for 10 hours is a sweet deal! Good to see you got out there and did some catching this past weekend!

What an awesome report! Felt like I was right there with you guys. The pics will be great to see...looking forward to them.

It was great seeing you guys again! Thanks for the offer in your boat as well. I'm sure we'll be seeing you guys again. Take care! Cliff

Awesome report! So, if you were there alone, who took the pics of you fighting your fish?? haha. I'm assuming your dad came back down. Great job out there in new waters. You had to work hard to get there and overcome some adverse conditions, but your persistence, knowledge of fishing and determination got you into some fish and you had a great day!

Bly and I put up a post earlier this week asking for a hookup. We had a few great offers, but brickNblock was the first to respond with a great offer...we could have the use of his 14ft tinny and motor all day. After a few insistent PMs from Whopper telling us that we really really should go and meet him and his wife, we accepted the offer. We actually accepted before the PMs from Whopper, but his insistence sealed it for us. We trust his opinion on people! Anyhow, Bly and I were up at 5:45am on Saturday morning, filled up on coffee and hit the road. We were greeted with a great sunrise. This was an indication of how the day would go! We arrived in the Trenton area by 7:45 and looked for a Tim Hortons so we get some breakfast and a few sandwiches for our cooler. We finally arrived at his place at 8:00am and before we even got out of the car, he was walking towards us to shake our hands. We got out of the car, introduced ourselves and Charmaine came out to greet us as well. The invited us inside their house and chatted for a while. They are two of the friendliest people I've ever met! After a brief tour he showed us the boat, got all the safety equipment we needed and told us a few spots to try out. Here's a shot from their place...wow...to wake up to this view everyday would be heaven!! After reading a few posts on how the fishing as been non-existant this weekend from Simcoe to the Kawarthas, it makes sense on the kind of bite we were experiencing, but we did catch a few fish throughout the day. We ended up launching at around 9:30am and headed to a spot he suggested. After navigating around a few huge boulders near the launch area, we were off....speeding away as fast as a 4hp motor would take us! I also brought along my new trolling motor and battery (bought Thursday!!). The bite was pretty slow, so I decided to do my best TJ impression. I dont think I have the technique quite right, but here was my attempt. Bly of course was the first to catch a fish. Using one of Nipissing's jigs he gave us up at Lakair this year, she caught this small smallie. At around noon, we decided to try another spot, but as we passed by brickNblock's place, we noticed a few extra bodies walking around the yard, so we headed back and say hi. BigChev and LadyWalleye had arrived! We docked the boat and chatted with them for a few hours. The company was great, and we had a great time catching up since we last saw them at Lakair. They had their new boat with them so we of course had to take a look. It's a beautiful boat! The pictures just dont do it justice. At around 3pm, BigChev, Ladywalleye, brickNblock and Charmaine headed off to the Bay of Quinte and we hit the waters again...this time in a different direction. Here's a group shot of us before we went our separate ways. brickNblock insisted that we join them all for dinner tonight, so the goal was to be back by 6pm. The bite remained slow for Bly and I, but we truly didn't care. We were having a blast out there, and we couldn't ask for better company. We tried trolling, casting and drifting. Drifting seemed to be working the best as we did manage a few hits. I decided to try out a variation of TJ's classic pose to see if it would work.... Wouldn't you know it...I landed this little rock bass. The fight was awesome...my 30lb power pro just managed to bring this guy in....LOL. Bly then brought in her own World's Greatest Sport Fish a little while later.... As 6pm drew closer and closer, we were still hoping that at least one of us would catch a respectable fish. Suddenly, we both have hits...we both set the hook and there you go...a Double Header! Admittedly, Bly's fish fought a tiny bit more, but I still think mine was the more majestic fish....Here's the pic...hers is on the left...mine on the right....you judge...LOL That smallie that she caught put up a great fight, coming out of the water multiple times with their patented head shaking. It was pretty exciting! At about 615pm, we headed back to the dock to find that everyone had come back from Quinte. Bly and I asked brickNblock where the nearest grocery store was so that we could go buy some stuff for the barbecue that they had planned, but he emphatically shook his head..."Nope...we're having none of that...by the way, how do you like your steak?" We were hungry after a day of fishing, and were AMAZED at the dinner that they put out for us. The steak was awesome! Charmaine made the BEST potatoes we ever had and it was completed with some very nice veggies and garlic bread.....YUM!!!! After dinner, we stayed for some dock fishing after dark. To the light of the bon fire, a few of us tried out luck off the dock. Bly was the only one who caught anything...3 small rock bass...but something hit her line one time and after seeing the shape swimming around the dock, brickNblock figured it was either a gar pike or muskie!! We put the rods away and chatted and laughed around the camp fire. We had originally planned on leaving before dinner, but since things were going ok at home, we ended up there until 1030pm!! He graciously offered that we could spend the night and Chuck said we could all go fishing on Sunday in his boat, but we just had to head home. We had a fantastic day...one that we wont soon forget. brickNblock and Charmaine were incredibly friendly...by the end of the day, it had felt like we've known them for years. Having BigChev and Ladywalleye there as well was just a pure bonus! We hope to meet up them again soon...like I said, they are great people...and thanks to them, we had a very memorable Labour Day weekend.

Keep at em! You'll get one eventually...like I said...it took me 5 straight days...fishing in daylight, sunset, dusk etc... before I got mine. Good luck and good on you for getting out there!

LOL...if I had thought of that back then I would have worked on that...

I cant sleep the night before a trip either! Like others on the board, when I was in university, I put the alarm clock on the other side of the room. I swear that I would turn the thing off in my sleep and not even realize it! I put my alarm clock right close to the door, so I'd have to get up out of bed...once there, the shower was closer than my bed, so that was added incentive...LOL.