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I just can't believe what I'm experiencing on most the Kawartha lakes the past couple of weeks. We are catching incredible numbers of fish in all size classes and I just returned from taking a client out on Buckhorn and we caught a Walleye pushing 8lbs and another 6. Both of these incredible females were promptly released after a quick photo. We caught all our fish today working deep weedlines (11-12') focussing on areas were both cabbage and millfoil weed was present. All fish were taken on 1/4oz jig heads with various minnow and twister plastic trailers. Surface temps are in the low 70's right now and the absolute best time of the year to be out for the prized Walleye's. It would appear that the Zebra mussel population has leveled off or on th decline and the fishing reminds me of that experienced 20yrs ago.... here's hoping the its a sign of the times! Take care and Good Fish'n.... Greg.

ccmtcanada: Was not Scugog althought I love that lake for eyes and did very well there last year.... have been focussing on Camerson, Tri-lakes, Sturgeon and Balsam.....G. Tipupesox - Great job and best of luck on your fall Ski and Eye trip! Johnny Bass: Best eating fresh water fish for sure.....Good luck on your future outing(s)! Big Cliff - Remember to be flexible try to differnt jig weight and body combinations.... the Walleye's change sometime hourly so you need to todo also.... I usally have 20 rod/reel combo's rigged on the boat and keep switching to find the 'Best combo' for that particular time.....good luck...Greg. Greencoachdog: You are bang-on!... nothing can replace consistent time on the water to figure out exactly where the Walleyes are and what and how they want their jigs presented!....Good luck to all and be safe out there.....Greg.

Wow..... what a difference a few days of warmer temps can make on setting up ideal Walleye conditions. Sinceothe May 12th opener the Kawartha lakes average water temps and weed growth has really progressed and along with it came some exceptional Walleye action. I have fished a number of the lakes the past 2 weeks and found the fish and cover to be somewhat scattered the 1st 3 days or so.... we still got into some really nice fish but had to work extra slowwww and stay right on the outside and inside weed and rock/sand transistions. This past weekend I marked surface temps as warm as 74' in the shallows and found the bite to be really agressive and hot. In fact the action on the weekend was some of the best I have seen in 20 years here as we enjoyed some double headers and at 1 point caught 16 Walleye in 25min. All the fish we caught were taken on various jigs and NOT tipped with any live bait. Head and plastic body combinations of White/Pink/Black/Smoke/Yellow and Chartreuse all produced well with the lighter colours working best with the bright sunshine. All the fish were relating to weeds and were taken in 3 to 13' of water. I did try a number of excellent rock humps but found that the Walleye were just not relating to them yet.....that said I suspect that will change over the next 2 weeks or so. Attached is a couple of client pics from the past few days with fish taken under very different conditions.... one was sunny and calm ... the other raining, cool with a strong N.E. wind! The action should be great over the next month so get out and enjoy the water and some great Walleye fishing action. Take care and Good Fish'n...Greg.

Stan..... you win the prize buddy!! You are correct as there are in fact 4 Walleye in the pic....... I think you are in the wrong business..... should be 'Seeing specialist' vs 'Hearing Specialist'.... LOLO... Take care and see you on the water.... Greg.

While spending a few days up in the Haliburton's fishing for Rainbow and Brook trout I stopped by a couple of small rivers and was able to see first hand some really nice Walleye heading up the rivers for the spring spawning ritual. Here is one of many pictures I took.... this one is cool as it shows both a male and female Walleye beside each other! You just got to love the spring time! The trout fishing was great also.... here is a couple of beauti Rainbow's taken while trolling a spinner and woolly bugger combo. Take care and good Fish'n.... Greg.

"Yellow Gold" - Tips for mining Spring and early Summer Jumbo Perch Perch enthusiasts certainly know all about the awesome ice fishing lake Simcoe offers for Jumbo Perch. But in my books, the open water season is the number one time to 'cash in big' on the best Perch fishing Simcoe ever has to offer. For any anglers looking to mine some of this "Yellow Gold" here are a couple of tips to get in on the action. Throughout the spring, summer and fall, feeding habits dictate fish location and the foods available to the Perch at any given time. Seasonal shifts in the food supply will determine their location and produce concentrations in key areas. During the spring/early summer Perch roam (often in huge schools) across sandy flats with mixed spare weed growth and are feeding on the large schools of minnows in shallow water (5 - 10ft). The key to locating the Perch is to keep your boat moving by either drifting or slowly trolling with a electric trolling motor. Move your boat slowly across these flats covering water close to shore then out towards the deeper edges of the flat. Once you locate a school of Perch, slow down and spend more time fishing the area vertically than trolling. They will smack small jigs dropped and worked vertically and Perch don't have much fear of the boat so they will actually gather under the boat for a short period of time. When the school begins to break up, continue to move across the flats until you encounter another school. At this time of year the Perch will often move with the baitfish so it’s important that you keep moving also. When the water starts to warm up various insect hatches start to emerge, and along with them one of the Perch's favorite foods..... the Crawfish hatch! Perch absolutely love chowing down on these guys and will show up in big numbers to feed on them. Crawfish will begin to hatch first on the shallow gravel and rock stretches located near shore. When the Crawfish have started approaching the 1" size Perch will emerge in huge numbers looking for some of these tender morsels. These small Crawfish will attract and hold schools of fish for days at a time and since these hatches don’t all occur all over the lake at the same time, this pattern can be good for a month or more. Perch will hit various jigs, spoons and especially small twisters and tube jigs worked over these areas. Tipping with a small shiner minnow or piece of worm will increase your success that much more.... especially when the bite slows down during mid day. Cast out your offering and retrieve it slowly back to the boat by hopping it along the bottom. When the fish are really finicky slow down even more by basically dragging you lure right along the bottom. When you feel the slightest tap or weight sensation set the hook! When the fish are not aggressive slowly working a jig vertically inches off bottom is often the ticket....especially with you impart frequent pauses holding your offering motionless. Remember to maximize your success keep moving around when the action slows and be versatile trying different sizes and colours of lures. By doing so you will be sure to strike it rick on some of that "Yellow Gold". Remember to practice selective harvest and release the really large females (12+in) to ensure a strong future fishery. Picture insert: Greg Klatt with a couple of giant Spring time Perch. These egg laden females were promptly released after a quick picture. Best Regards and Good Fish'n..... Greg.

ccmtcanada: Congrats on your 1st ice fishing experience.... it will only get better for here!!... good luck next year!!...G. Fishndevil: Right on man..... Kudo's all around for Ontario's World-class fishery!!! b2kptbo: Best of luck on your spring Perch'n.... it won't be long now!!! Smokey: I can relate to the planking thing..... have also walked out on downed trees along the shore to get onto safer ice.... we are a crazy bunch hey! ecmilley: Don't procrastinate.... get out there next year for sure.... you won't know what you are missing until you experience it!...... good luck G.

Got to be my favourite time of the year to get out as most often we are the only ones on a given lake (other then a few deer!) The bonus is that with the melting shores and increased temps the fishing action seems to pick up considerably. The past couple of weeks have seen us on many different lakes in the Haliburton and Bancroft regions with some beautiful fish being caught. Here is a great combo catch from last week of some Laker's and Silver (Kingscote) trout. These fish were taken on minnow-tipped spoons in 18 to 53ft. Also managed to get in some evening last ice Walleye trips and were rewarded with some nice fish like this one. The past week I have been able to get the Argo way back into some remote Splake and Brookie lakes and had a great time. Small Jigging Raps, Minnows and worms along with some small spoons all got some nice fish. All the fish were taken in less then 10' of water focussing on points and shorelines with lots of downed trees. Attached are a couple of pics from the last trip including a beauti 3lb+ fish I caught. Already started to put all the ice fishing gear away for next year and look forward to getting out the bassboat towards the end of the month to chase Crappie and some Jumbo Perch before the Walleye season opens!.... man... you just got to love Ontario and all the fishing opportunities it presents! Hope you all had a safe winter season and the very best of luck to each of you this upcoming 'soft-water' season! Go get'm..... Greg.

Man, thankgoodness for the new wide tracks on my 2007 Argo Avenger.... I'm able to get out into the middle of the lake and cross all the slush beds with no problem at all.... even with 6 guys in the vehicle! Fishing continues to be awesome out there with 18 Lakers and lots and whities caught the past 3 days. Modified jigging Raps, Meegs and William's spoons along with minnow set lines have accounted for the fish. I'm fishing areas' with no one within 2km and the fish are not pressured and responding well. Moving around a bit seems to the be the key at times. Look for hard to soft bottom transistions and fish them hard.... they are fish highways!!!.... we have had double headers on both Lakers and whitefish a number of times by fishing hard and paying attention to details. Here are some pics from action with clients the past few days.... Be careful out there and be safe!!...Good Fish'n .. Greg.

As typical in late season the perch are most scattered and often in smaller schools but the action can still be great if your willing to move around a bit and try different things.... the past couple of weeks I have taken folks out on perch trips between trout and whities and done well 3-5 KM out from beaverton working in the 28 to 35ft depths. Super light lines (2lb) are key this time of year as the fish are really finicky. Small shinners on Gold hooks and spikes (maggots) on micro jigs and small jigging raps have accounted for great catches. Remember to be flexible and keep moving around on the flats... the fish are there big time... here are a couple of pics from trips the past few days.... http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict.../100_0005-5.jpg http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict.../100_0028-5.jpg http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict.../100_0009-5.jpg Be careful and safe out there..... lots of slush in some area's! Best of luck and good fish'n.... Greg.

MoB..... not on your list but Beaverton..... 4km N.W. on the flats.... 30(ish) ft. Keep moving around.... you'll get'm. Good luck!....Greg.

Great pics and report Clampet..... you make Jethro proud! Nice to see you putting the new Normark "Micro-drill" to work..... moving around is the key to success!....Great Job... Greg.

Hey H2..... Good on you for your success in Lake Joe!.... well done. I would suggest that next time things slow down you #1... try moving around a bit more... different depths off points/humps and especially the flats.... we have taken over 50 Lakers in the Haliburtons the past few weeks in different lakes....#2 Have found that dropping down to smaller minnows and/or spoons (tipped with tail end of 1/2 minnow) have produced well on slow days... light lines... 6lb max!... we got a 17lb Laker a couple weeks ago.... came on 4lb line! Best of luck.....Greg.

The clients I had out today got a treat and limited out on some beauti Simcoe Lakers. We ended up getting most of the fish approx. 9.5km N.W. of Jackson's pt in 73ft of water. Blue Fox Vibrotail jigs, Williams spoons and Meegs account for the action.... we limited out before noon and moved into the Whitie grounds. Working the jigs aggressively on the bottom then moving them up while shakin seemed to be key today....most of the stikes were agressive and a good time had by all. http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict...100_0025-50.jpg P.S. .... Watch the slush out there..... very bad in some places. Take care and Good Fish'n.... Greg.

The weather has been pretty wild the past number of days. Lots of wind and snow squalls have made for zero visability at times (Thank goodness for GPS!) Lots of snow with drifts and slushy spots on the lake right now in the area's I'm working from the N. side of Georgina Island and West over to Fox Island. Have found that the bite on hardware has been slower then usual with minnows on light line getting more action. Currently getting Trout and Whitefish working different area's from 53' (on rock) to over 87' on a soft bottom. Here is a pic of a nice chunky Laker that nailed a #9 Jigging rap with 1/2 a minnow worked slowly bouncing off the bottom in 77ft. http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict...000_0245-50.jpg This Ling Cod (Burbot) was a huge surprize while working for Whitefish.... it hammered a Silver/Blk jigging Rap.... if you can get past the looks these fish are absolutely delicious! http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPictures/000_0247.jpg This nice Whitefish also hit a Rap in the same area as the Ling.... http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict.../000_0251-5.jpg Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this or not but so far this season I'm having more success fishing Raps and Meegs then my favourite Williams. Got out and enjoy... the season closes exactly 1 month from today! Good Fish'n and be safe.... Greg.

Hey CityFisher..... was out there with a couple of folks today and also found it a tough bite.... we went 1 for 3 on the Whitefish .... here is a pic. Take care ... Greg.

Great job Jeff.... nice fish. Have been fishing the Haliburton's for them the past 3 weeks and also done well on small minnows on a hook just off bottom. We have caught number in the 3 to 10lb class with the largest in the 16lb range..... hope the action keeps up! ...Greg.

Of all the years I have fished Lakers in various Haliburton Lakes this one takes the cake! Not only was a fish big but the colours and condition was prestine! My guests for the day and I had a amazing day catching and releasing lots of Lakers in the 5-17lb range. We were working hard (rock) to mud transistions in 65 to 81' of water using Luhr Jensen Kroc's tipped with minnows and shinners on small gamakatsu hooks. This monster like the others were all released after a quick picture. Best part was that all the fish we caught today were native... the markings and colours were unreal. Here is the biggest of the day. Take care and Good Fish'n... Greg.

Well.. the wind and super cold temps on Sun was one of the worst I experienced on the lake in a awhile. I had guests up from Michigan for 2 days and had not choice but to get them out. I left Beaverton early and headed to my first spot 3km N.W. fishing some deep rock fingers in 24ft. We ended up getting approx. 30 perch but the action slowed and the bite was really soft with the cold front conditions. I decided to head out to one of hard/soft bottom transistion areas in the deeper flats where the fish wood be somewhat blanketed from the pressure change by the deep water.;.. the move was good as the action was steay with good sized fish and my guests were able to limit out. We were fishing 35ft of water.... using a combo of small shiners worked 1-5' off bottom and small hammered jigs in firetiger and blue/silver combos's... tipping the jigs with the 1/2 minnow only was key as was using 2lb line. We went out again today and because of the frontal conditions started deep....... we limited out on Perch by 1:30pm and headed in. Beaverton must have received 30+cm of snow last night so was glad to have the tracks on the Argo or would have been really tough getting out. Here are a couple of pics from approx. 9:30am this morning under the -20 temps.... thank goodness the winds were down today! http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict.../000_0242-5.jpg http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPict...000_0244-50.jpg Remember to be safe out there.....Good luck... Greg.

Side arm 90% of the time.... the real key though is in the talking up the slack line quickly..... moving from the 6.5 to 7ft rod length can make all the difference in the world to driving the hook home. Other key considerations include using a braid line with mono/flourocarbon leader (low stretch) and of course replacing all hooks with premium quality extra sharp ones...... more fish landed everytime.....Greg.

If they don't run true or get damaged in any way I replace them with new.... the old ones always get thrown to the bottom of the bass boat and placed in the garbage at the end of the day!

Hi Smokey.... totally agree..... the previous day on other lakes all we could get was fish in the 1 to 2.5lb range.... really nice to get some line screamer's for a change...Greg. Good luck out there! Hey Kemper, Your really missing ou bud.... a portable hut and propane heater will allow you to fish gloves and hat free!!..... its most enjoyable and certainly makes the winter pass by quickly.... get out and give it a try.... you'll be hooked for every....Greg.

Well, the colder weather the past few days has certainly made big improvements to the ice conditions on many of the larger northern lakes. This has allowed us to travel further and onto new bodies of water for the 1st time this season. The wait has been worth it as the clients I had out today enjoyed some amazing laker action with all the trout caught being much larger then average. We ended up getting 2 lakers in the 10lb class and others in the 4-6lb class and the smallest fish of the day was in the 3lb range. Shortly after setting up the fight was on with the first fish of the day.... http://profishntanglingservices.com/MyPictures/000_0215.jpg After a long fight we successfully iced the fish and after a quick pic she was released. http://www.profishntanglingservices.com/My.../000_0216-5.jpg Here is a pic of the little one being released in the 'Hot Hole'.... http://www.profishntanglingservices.com/My...000_0218-75.jpg All of the fish we caught were native trout (no stockers) and other then 1 fish for a meal the rest were all released. Here is a pic of me holding up one of the biggest fish of the day... the colour and makings of these fish were just beautiful. http://www.profishntanglingservices.com/My...es/000_0221.jpg Fish were caught in 58 to 82' of water. Small minnow tipped spoons worked just off bottom and minnows on tip-ups worked best..... the minnow bite was hot today. Take care and be safe out there....Greg. ProFISH'nt Angling Services <'(((>< Email: [email protected] Website: http://Profishntanglingservices.com Proud Supporter of OFC Community

Mattyk, They have helped me win a few thousand $'s in Pro-Bass tournament and are great lures.... .that said, dont' plan on using them on lakes with Muskie and Pike.... it can get quick expensive! ....Greg.

Spiro, Redstone has some decent Laker fishing available if thats where your heading. In terms of accommodations this link will give you everything available in the area.. http://www.haliburtonhighlands.com/accommodation/welcome.htm Good luck... Greg.