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Hey Joey, thanks again for the suggestions you gave me for hooking up with a charter down there before i left, might still use that info one day

Nope Leechman...did not see any leeches being used, on the next to last day i was there i went out on the pier and a guy was casting out 4" watermelon and brown/sparkle tubejigs and getting some real monster bass...i mean all around 5lb mark, i only had a chartreuse tube with me but had no luck with that.

thats a fair point Simcoe Fisherman, and you'll be happy to know that we ate most of the bass, and that i did remember my net the next time i went out

Hi Y'all, Got back home from 'Down South' on Saturday...sheesh we drove over 6000km round trip...cant wait to get back on the water as opposed to the tarmac...lol. Anyway, the trip was to see my in laws near London Ontario...staying at their trailer in Erieau, then a week later drive to South Haven Michigan to pick up my Mum and Dad who have flown over from England and were staying with friends there at a waterfront home, stay there for 2 days and then bring ma and pa back up North to our place as they have not seen us our the house since our move almost 2 years ago. I knew I was not gonna have a lot of time to fish...but staying by lake Erie and then Lake Michigan looked promising and i had arranged prior to leaving to go out for bows/steelhead with a friend of my in laws. After 2 days of driving we arrived at Erieau. The in laws were there waiting and after a short hello from me ...lol...i was out walking along the pier to check out the fishing possibilities, chat with the anglers fishing and sus out what tactics/bait/methods and species were about. as i walked up the pier i put on my polarized shades and right away spotted some fish swimming up the side of the pier wall...i rushed back to grab a rod and threw on a Northland Thumper tail minnow plastic on a jig and within minutes had caught my first ever LMB! i don’t think they fight as good as SMB though. FIRST EVER LMB FOR ME!!! After chatting with the locals on the pier it seemed that a bobber set up during the day was the preferred method with either worm or minnow bait and the next morning i headed off at about noon for a session. Minnows were hit and miss from the minnow wholesaler but worm seemed to work best and i bought some power bait minnows as back up. it was not long before i was catching some nice SMB......... LOTS OF THESE GUYS ALONG THE PIER <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/m1.flv"> There were a few other guys fishing either side of my wife and i, one was catching crappie...big ones too....using artificial minnows, and another guy who was struggling to catch anything until he swapped over to a bobber. After he swapped to bobber he started hauling in bass after bass. All this time i was still catching a few but this guy was catching non stop. Curious as ever i walked over to inspect what the secret was...he had live crayfish....SO THATS IT! he was also getting into some very large Sheep head, which looked great fun to catch on the light gear......... SHEEPSHEAD SEEM TO LIKE CRAYFISH BEST AT THE PIER <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/m2.flv"> THIS ONE WAS HUGE....IT TOOK THE GUY A WHILE TO GET IN I did not have any crayfish but i did have some gulp crayfish scent spray so sprayed my night crawlers with it and was rewarded with a couple of smaller ones....they really put up a good fight even if i was told not to eat them..... I GOT A COUPLE OF SMALLER ONES The guy fishing on the other side of me was hauling in really nice crappie all morning, using powerbait minnow things, i had some in my bag so thought I’d give it a try too. I got a couple but the biggest one was caught by my wife when i handed her my rod to hold while i went over to help out the other guy land another big sheep head...lol...always the way eh? it would have been a PB for me at 13", now my wife holds the record....lol. I SAID HOLD THE ROD, NOT CATCH 'MY' PB CRAPPIE OF 13"...SHEESH.....LOL <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/m3.flv"> The next day i was introduced to Sonny. Sonny is from Detroit and like my In-laws spends his weekends during the summer in his trailer. Sonny is a true original....i thought i was gonna have to kill him...he never ...ever....ever...shuts up!...lol...but we had a blast and became good buddies in a short space of time. Sonny fishes for crappie at the harbour wall almost every night he is down there, and i joined him when i could. The first time we went out we got there at about 9pm and fished to 11pm. We used long poles to get out from the wall a bit, with just a half ounce sinker set 10" above a small Aberdeen hook, we also used a bobber set up, but the current along the wall made this difficult at times. Sonny fished at about 5' below the surface whereas I found the bite better slightly deeper at around 9' in 16 FOW......sorry Sonny...lol.....but there were more at 9'!!!!! That first night we only got three...but went back at 4am and we got around 15-20 crappie by 9 am,. At 9 we moved to a friend of Sonny's dock for some blue gill and got a few of those too. SONNY WITH 1 OF 3 CAUGHT THAT NIGHT WE WENT BACK AT SUNRISE WE DID MUCH BETTER IN THE MORNING FINISHED THE MORNING CATCHING BLUEGILL AT A FRIENDS DOCK I also got the chance to get out with another weekend resident at the park called John. My father in-law had told John we were coming down, and that i was fishing crazy and wanted to get out for trout and salmon...so John, who has a boat at the marina, took us out. We headed off at around 7:30 am and got back at 1pm. There were 4 of us...John(the captain), Ed.......another really nice guy who weekends at the trailer who came out crappie fishing with us too and my brother in-law Andrew who visited us for 2 days. The weather was perfect, in fact John said he did not think he had been out in his boat when the water was that calm for decades. We were only out about 4 miles and we fished in 60-70 FOW using 2 Downriggers and 4 dipsy divers. The fish were all taken in the 40' to 20' depth range. We got 5 in the end, i got 2 really nice big ones, Andrew got 2 and Ed got another medium one. John just said he was happy to be out in the boat and watching the fish jump out the water when hooked was enough for him....THANKS JOHN FOR THE TRIP, MEMORABLE!!!!!! we did not get any salmon, but all rainbows took flight and was an awesome experience. ED WAS HELPING JOHN PREP THE RODS WHEN WE ARRIVED AT 7AM AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECt MORNING JOHN WAS AN EXCELLENT TUTOR. THERE WERE LOTS OF BOATS OUT THAT MORNING ANDREW WITH HIS FIRST ONE I GOT A COUPLE TOO The last night we were there the grand crappie fishing extravaganza at the harbour wall was on! the three stooges as i called them were there....that is my father in-law Dave, AKA "sleeping Jesus", AKA 'George', AKA Colonel Sanders...all the names have stories but would take to long to explain...lol, Ed, Mark and me were all fishing my wife sat with us and everyone else showed up to watch at various points of the evening. We caught lots of fish, but the best bit was the banter between the three old fishing buddies who sit there year after year teasing each other and telling their...'stories'... MY FATHER IN-LAW DAVE......AKA "sleeping Jesus", AKA 'George', AKA Colonel Sanders. THE WHOLE CREW AT ERIEAU GREAT TIMES....GREAT COMPANY!!!!

Hey JB...great report...thanks for sharing. you got some decent fish there despite some bad luck and weather. Once again....thanks for sharing, the report was a great read with my morning coffee, i winced at the part about hitting the tree....OUCH! i hate damaging my stuff too, had many sleepless nights myself thinking about the dents and bumps i have caused...lol.

you are probably heading out as i write this Cliff....but have a blast...look forward to the report. Just had a look at the area you are heading to...looks amazing!

WOW...like someone else already said...well worth the wait.....that is an awesome specimen....co ngrats.

Great fish...i will get a muskie one day too...maybe....lol

Great report FM...those are some really nice 'eyes. Thanks for sharing.

Great report patrick....you got into some nice bass there. I just caught my first LMB and Sheepshead last week....and those sheepshead really go like freight trains...even the small guys are tough as tanks. great report thanks for sharing.

great report as usual GCD......you do look like Jack a bit come to think of it....lol

Great report TJSA.....you almost drove right past my house to get to LOTW....i was down south at the time......but we live in Dryden on Lake Wabigoon...next time you come up...lemme know...not many members this far north it seems. lololol

Cliff...you dun did gone dun it again....GREAT REPORT...pics say it all really.....thanks for sharing.

Those are some awesome Bass. Very similar to the Sea bass i would catch back in England. Thats an awesome rig you have there too!!!....i hope you dont mind but i am gonna post a link to your post on an eEnglish sea fishing forum....just to make them jealous , also i few of the guys i know over there are thinking of getting into kayaking...your set up will give them a few ideas.....AWESOME REPORT AND FISH...thanks for sharing.

wow.....i mean WOW thats a monster! congrats.......me jealous i work in Sioux Lookout and fish Lac Seul fairly regularly for walleye ....looks like i'll have to buy me some musky gear....thanks for sharing.

LOLOL....JWL...that's kinda like saying...."oh yeah......i have a shirt exactly like that....except its green , not black, with short sleeves and no collar" sorry, couldn't resist

Thanks for the replies guys, yup very cool is what we thought too. Thanks for all the links, specially Disspatcher's....i think its pretty conclusive....SILVER PIKE!

Went to a small lake for a walleye session yesterday...we did good, normal haul of species...then my buddy Chuck hooks into this fish that looks exactly like a pike, with no markings and blue/purple in coulor......any ideas what it is.

Great report Jer, looks like an awesome site. Those are some nice bass too. Really glad bear is ok. Thanks for sharing.

Hi ya'll, Sorry to have to make this such a long post again squeezing 3 into 1, lol but I’m either fishing or working....mostly fishing....so get little time to do the reports......life's tough eh? But with baby Limeyangler on the way and another job offer just in I will be working 3 jobs come September so better get all the fishing in now ......cuz somehow even living on the lake i don’t think i will have much time to fish. Anyhoooooo...enough of the biography....lol back to the report. Went out on Friday on Wabigoon for a couple of hours in the evening to check out a few reefs for walleye, really nice evening but only a few walleye on the reefs...only little guys too A FEW OF THESE AROUND I did get a couple of nice pike though, they really put up a good scrap in the shallow warm water. I was fishing a reef with a thumper jig with those little rattle attachments with a live minnow, the reef is surrounded by 20-30 fow and is shallow enough to loose your skeg on across the top, all the fish came in 5 FOW. THESE GUYS PUT UP A DECENT FIGHT <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1362.flv"> NOT AS BIG AS THE FIRST BUT STILL FUN when they 'CATCH SOME AIR DUDE' <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1396.flv"> I decided to head of to my favourite little island reef closer to home for the sunset bite...but after five minutes this huge storm cloud appeared directly above me...everywhere else was still clear skies lol.....so...decided it was best to not get ZAPPED for the sake of a few fish and headed back. STORM CLOUD, SUN AND RAIN AT SUNSET DEFINITELY TIME TO MOVE....LOL I did a slow troll along the shore in front of the house with a worm harness tipped with minnow along the weed beds but only one small sauger, the storm cloud was now way off but was taking no chances and hugging as close to shore as possible....did come across a couple of ducks though, cool to watch the whole family WAIT FOR ME MUM!!!! <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1413-1.flv"> Was working Saturday day and night but had planned to go back to Grassy Bay again Sunday with the same buddies, this time Chuck brought his partner Amber and Mel brought his wife Sandra along, so there was more swearing than usual going on .....lol. Grassy Bay is near Sioux Lookout ,and is part of the Lac Seul chain of lakes. We had stumbled upon Grassy Bay by accident as we could not get into another lake last week because it would have needed ATVs to do so, but this bay was smoking hot for Walleye, and difficult to get fish not in or over slot to keep. To get there you take the logging roads, and on the previous trip we saw lots of small cuts in the bush heading towards lots of other small lakes...gonna get to them all one day!!!! We also went across a culvert last week and joked that there were probably good fish right there...so this time Mel's boy Pat insisted we stop and try, we did and only Pat fished, he did not get anything but we were agreed there were probably fish there , and we were all agreed we would have to put the small boats in there one day and see where the large creek flowed to, probably another walleye sweet spot! STOPPED AT THE CULVERT ALONG THE WAY IT WAS REALLY SUCKING THE WATER ON ONE SIDE NO FISH THIS TIME BUT WE GOTTA FIND OUT WHERE THAT CREEK RUNS TO After around 10 minutes at the culvert we headed off to arrive 20 minutes later at the bridge crossing Grassy Bay. Chuck got our boat in in under 5 mins, but at last i found someone who is worse at reversing trailers than even me LOL....but Mel got there in the end....... SORRY MEL, YOU"RE EVEN WORSE AT THAT THAN ME......AND I"M BAD! We all headed towards the weed bed we did well at last time and threw in the marker even before we had caught a fish, bad move as not a bite for half an hour with six rods out. At this point the group split and we headed round the other side of the bay following the shoreline. Between the three of us we had around 4 small jack fish and Chuck caught the first walleye of the day. I did not take any pictures because by this time the skies had opened up and it rained solidly for the next 2 hours. After the first hour we realised that Mel had gone to the very shallow end of the bay and had not re-emerged for that whole time. We figured he must have found the fish so crept in there to see what was going on.......As we rounded the corner there they were, and they were casting furiously.....as soon as young Pat saw us he started yelling, "there here!!!! everywhere....hundreds of them!!!" . Well hundreds is a slight exaggeration but they had 5 on the stringer and had had to throw a few slot size back too. AS WE ROUNDED THE POINT THERE THEY WERE AND THIS TIME MEL FOUND THE EYES It was only about 3-4' deep at the end of the bay, full of weed and sunken logs but that’s where the walleye were. We had all been using little Joe walleye spinner type rigs with minnows, and on my first cast i managed to avoid all the weed and obstacles and this guy nailed it right by the boat........ NICE WALLEYE......SHAME ABOUT THE FASHION SENSE Amber was the next to strike....she had decided to drop a pink and whit 'knuckle head' jig right over the side of the boat tipped with a minnow. She got a bit carried away ...lol....decided to kiss the fish...oh well...what ever tickles your turtle! IS THIS WHY THEY CALL IT FISH PORN? Chuck was not having much luck, and neither was i after that first one, casting out spinners with the weight set 30" up the line into weed and deadheads was not the easiest way to fish this area......Chuck and i got a few of these to prove that........ PUT IT BACK CHUCK.......ITS IN THE SLOT! I decided to change up to a slip bobber with a few beads and a small spinner blade above a smallish Aberdeen hook set at 2.5' deep, so i could just drop it into holes in the weed, again first cast and wham......second cast....wham.........third cast a small perch......and fourth and fifth cast another walleye. I set Chuck up on bobber and he too started to pull them in, much to the annoyance of Mel who had stopped catching and was yelling over...."we found 'em, go get your own"....a bit ungenerous we thought...since last time there we found the fish and put Mel onto them...so we kept our replies short and sweet....."$%$#@#$% MEL!" lol........all in good humour of course. We all got a few but only managed 6 keepers due to big and in slot fish......not many pictures cuz of the rain but here's a few.... NOT KISSING THIS ONE AMBER? CHUCK GETTING IN ON THE FISH PORNOGRAPHY ACTION DIFFUCULT TO GET KEEPERS.......BUT THIS ONE WILL DO NICELY CHUCK OUR FINAL KEEPER TALLY FOR THE DAY....GOOD SIZE FISH THOUGH AND ENOUGH FOR A FRY UP! On Monday i again headed out for a few hours in the evening, this time my wife joined me, although she did not want to fish, just sunbathe as the sun had made an appearance at last!!!! I wanted to go into Contact Bay which is about 20 mins away from our shore but i had never ventured into it as i always tend to go the other way and head to Mile and Trap lakes........I added this map piccy so people can get the idea of where i am...i have marked reefs with red dots...who knows it might come in handy if ya are ever up this way....... WABIGOON LAKE We stopped at the 2 reefs central to the channel before you come to Contact Bay, as these can hold some nice walleye. I was not fishing for food, just catch and release as i am beginning to overdose on fish fries. Anyway..... i did get a couple of smallish walleye here, but again the jackfish were biting more. So we headed down into contact bay and stopped at the first island we came to. Straight away i could see on the Lowrance that it was full of baitfish with the odd large fish arch showing up, i did get a couple of walleye, but the pike were again in numbers here......one of which i actually think was a tiger stripe/hybrid musky...it was way to clearly striped to be a plain old Northern.....unfortunately it unhooked itself before a pic could be taken but did get the initial run on video....anyway here's some pics from Monday...... I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WAS A SMALL TIGER MUSKY...I SAY BUGGER WHEN IT GETS OFF>>>SORRY IF IT OFFENDS <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1461.flv"> A COUPLE OF THE SMALL WALEYE WE CAUGHT THIS PIKE HAD A BIG FISH IN ITS BELLY......IN THE SECOND PICTURE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE FIN STICKING UP ITS THROAT <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1451-1.flv"> MUST GET A NEW NET.......CUZ THIS IS NOT HOW TO LAND A FISH <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1455.flv"> Tuesday i headed out again at about 4pm. I wanted to try the worm spinners along the large weed beds i had seen the day before at the bottom end of Contact Bay, i never got that far and am kinda glad i did not in the end. I headed out and again stopped at the 2 midwater reefs before the entrance to Contact Bay. Not any Jackfish there to day, and very few fish on the sonar but i did get this nice walleye... NICE EATING SIZE....I JUST CANT FACE EATING ANY FISH FOR A WHILE THOUGH....LOL <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/MVI_1467.flv"> I did not spend too much time here and headed round the corner to Contact Bay. Like i said i planned to head to the very end of the bay and fish the weed beds to see if the walleye were hiding in there, I’m trying to practice walleye fishing at the moment. Instead i ended up trolling the whole shoreline (left hand side on the above map) from the entrance to Contact Bay, might as well do it now, see what’s there...so i know for future reference.......anyway....only a few small sauger and a Jackfish until i got almost level with the island i had fished the day before. I was in the little bay for about 2 hours, and the whole time i was there, mostly spinning for walleye, fish...large fish, were breaking the surface, so i tried a surface popper, and mepps spinner. after about an hour i finally got a small rock bass, it was none to pleased to be caught and was trying to pee on me .......... THAT'LL TEACH YA TO CATCH ME......EEEEWWW.....FISH PEE I did get another follow, and it looked decidedly like a smallie....but although i knew there were smb in the main body of lake Wabigoon, I’d never got one so just put it down to the 'wannasees'. I gave up on the lure tactics after an hour and started the walleye trolling again, i hit one spot right at the point of the small bay where i was marking a lot of fish, but it was snag heaven and very difficult to get a run without getting snagged....sooo....i did what i tried at Grassy Bay a couple of days before and put the bobber on....almost as soon as the bobber settled...it went under and i got this guy.... CHANGE OF TACTICS PROVED FRUITFUL That was it for walleye, did not get another bite on the bobber. I decided to give lures one last shot before heading home. I had no luck with the top water so opted for the Mepps spinner. I cast for 20 mins or so without a nibble so opted for a Blue Fox hardbait/spinner combo thingy. I chucked it at some weed and rock right up against the shoreline....before i had even reeled in one turn the line went tight and i felt a good weight behind it. I was just thinking jackfish, until a big bass took flight....OMG.......A BASS.....ON WABIGOON......MY FIRST.......DOOOOONT LOSE IT!!!!! luckily i got it in for some piccies, well pleased, last cast of the evening and i get my first ever smb on the main body of Wabigoon Lake. I have had plenty from Mile and Trap Lakes, but these are off the main body of Wabigoon and are much clearer lakes. This was all the sweeter because not only was it my first....it equalled my PB...but weighed more than last 20" i caught, i did not have scales to weigh....but i could just feel the difference in weight...I’d estimate at least 5lbs. Well that’s it for this report...if you made it all the way through...thanks for taking the time...lol...here’s a few snaps of the SMB... MY FIRST WABIGOON SMB.....A BIG FAT ONE TOO!

Great Fish Nemo...thanks for sharing.

Great news Lew!

I'm with Rich on that...LEECHES ARE KILLER FOR BASS...the smallies up here love 'em, just toss one into weed on a small jig and BAM! i have not used them but a fishing buddy of mine does all the time...i just prefer topwater lures for bassin'. As for Gulp Leeches outfishing live leeches, well i know its not a scientific experiment, but me and my buddy were out a couple weeks back for 2 hours in the evening for walleye, he had Gulp leeches and i was using live Leeches, i outfished him 10-1.....would have to repeat that a few times to be fair to gulp...but did not make me wanna run out and spend $22. He lost three of them too, and my live leeches i used 5.

weird post...but too funny....Rich .....side effects...LOLOLOLOL

WOW again FD...first huge walleye now those beasties!!! cant believe you have had probs getting people to take you up on your offer to take them out fishing....like i said if i was closer i would jump at the chance! Great Pics...keep 'em coming.