wankerjohn123

That's better.

Thanks! haha!

Well my annual week long Nipissing fishing trip has come and gone....

Stayed at Promised Land Camp fishing lodge.

Our hosts Linda and Henning were great as always.

Great rental boats by the way....

Mostly overcast/cloudy periods for the week with a few sunny days and sunny periods thrown in.Water temp average for the week was 68-72 degrees.

Water level about 2+ feet below normal.

Fishing was great for Pike & Bass, but boy oh boy, I never fished so hard for Walleye in my life.

We only brought in 4 the entire week (all in the slot) largest was 22in.

I fished every single honey hole that I know of on the south shore.

And believe me.. I know a lot of spots. Also went out to Gull Islands, same thing.. reading them like crazy on the bottom but no bites.Used my usual red and red/white jigs, (switched to every colour jig that I had) bottom bouncers, slow death hooks.. you name it, and if I had it, I used it. It had to be the shad flies!!! they were there, no matter where. Man.

Got stopped by OPP on Friday the 25th out on Hunters Bay, about 9 boats out there including ours late afternoon. OPP were Ok, a quick hello just to make sure we had everything on the boat.

We had no booze on board, no stupidity here.....They chased down a couple boats who decided to leave as soon as the OPP pulled up to us.

Largest eye I got was 20in and looked really unhealthy, eyes bulging out and scars like crazy.No it was not brought up quick, It was only in 5ft of water. Scars were from spawning I guess.

Just not a nice colour.

For the week I caught...

11 Pike

2 Eyes

1 Sheep head

4 Perch

4 Hangovers

1 Catfish

9 Bass

1 Suntan

And lost...

3 jigs

2 packs of smokes

Eyes were caught on red 1/4 ounce jigs w/worm and a gold williams wabbler.

Bass: casting red jigs with Chartreuse power bait.

Pike: Caught with gold Williams wabbler, yellow spinners with worm, Cyclops blue and silver

Bass season opened up the morning we had to leave (June 26th) which was a nice bonus and we were up early. Fun morning with 2 deer 30 ft away from us on shore just stood there for about 20 minutes. Nice.

A few days before took a pic of a mama duck with 19 ducklings, one on her back. Sweet.

Lot's of wildlife this year, lot's of deer on the islands and mainlands and otters swimming about.

Plenty of Jack rabbits running around also. Nip sunsets were just great as ever and so is my tan.

Still need to get some walleye..... where to go, where to go?

One other thing...

If you are heading out to fish Nipissing this year, use caution. The low water level has made it pretty scary in some areas. If you know the lake you should be fine but for those heading out there for the first time just be careful and use common sense..

And since walleye fishing is not at normal levels as well, I have seen many boaters venture into areas that most would not normally fish (myself included) searching for new honey holes. Lot's of rocks just inches below the top of the water that will take off a prop, just ask my bud who bought a new one for the lodge...

As for myself, I have yet to take one out. (Knock on aluminum).

For some reason I am unable to upload all my pics so click on the link below to see shots from the trip.

Hope you enjoy the pics....

Cheers,

John

http://www.flickr.co...s/johnbflicker/

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Nothing but a bunch of punks. I could say a few other words.

Hockey.

Nice Eye!

Awesome!

My niece's husband used to tell us..."show me a fish I can't catch at noon and I'll get up early with you boys"

 

We never could...

 

He is one of a couple of fishermen I have met in my life that seem to have a sixth sense of where the fish are and what they want...When nobody is catching any...they never got skunked...

Beans...

Give me his name and number. HA!

Sure I can make room for him on my trip somewhere!!

woooo that means she must have the hard core pump espresso maker.. BB lets go fishing! LOL

Alex, we have to hook up sometime.

I'm in Toronto.

Cheers,

John

Good video.

I don't do Tim's unless I have too....

I'm a BYOC... Thanks to my wife owning a cafe and pastry shop.

lol if your ever lookin for 2 fishing buddies, vince and i are always down.. were good for gas, coffee, and laughs.

Same here.....

Maybe all us early riser's should go together...

And all our buddies who are late riser's go together...

I usually put in 4 hrs before they even get up.

Ya mine was kinda mushy.....

I have an in-law wedding in Toronto this weekend. No probs, I'm laid back, I'm domesticated, just let the g/f freak out and do all the prep & planning, just tell me where to show up.

 

St. Andrews Church, corner of Simcoe & King downtown Toronto. Smack in the middle of G20 prep hell (literally, it's in the middle of the Uber 2nd Defensive Perimeter). Will that area be shut down to traffic by Saturday, and what's the best way to get there coming from W.Bound Gardiner?

YOU WILL BE OK!

Traffic will be congested as usual and prob a bit harder to get in. Due to the fence surounding the area below King Street.

Enter from the north, try to avoid the Gardiner/lakeshore.

Best bet is come down off the 401 and travel down avenue road, Avenue Road turns into University Avenue (get off at King and University) which is about a block away from the church.

Parking on the other hand........

Click on the link below

Green arrow is the corner where two BIG parking lots are. 5min walk to the church.

"A" is the church marked on the map.

"B" is the subway. You can park north up at Yorkmills Subway station on Yonge street, leave the car there and travel south on the subway and get at point "B" (King / University Subway station) and walk to the church.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=Adelaide+and+john+st+toronto&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Adelaide+St+W+%26+John+St,+Toronto,+ON&gl=ca&ei=z3EbTPDUDsHflgeqzpjWCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

John

There are no set rules for camping.....just be there....we'll fix it. Looking forward to meeting you.

Man... Wish I was going on this trip... Sounds like a hoot.

My trip same time frame, but south shore of the Nip.

Good luck to all.

I don't target Pike very often, but tossing out a dead bait and letting it sit on bottom has always worked well for me. We've been getting a bunch in our back yard in downtown Red Lake recently. Frozen ciscoes are the trick here, but I've also had equal success with smelts and raw bacon elsewhere.

 

Back yard Pike.

 

Raw bacon.. never tried that.

Just let it sit on bottom? Would it not fall off?

What goes around, comes around. Just remember that when your getting stupid. No one mentioned the tea bag trick.

Worse thing I would ever do is hide the toilet paper after everyone eats my chili.

Ive been looking everywhere for fishing maps/ nautical maps of the parry sound/pointe au baril part of georgian bay.... Anyone know where I can find any?

 

Thanks!

Not sure if these help...

Located in Toronto

http://www.fedpubs.com/maps.htm

http://www.nauticalmind.com/_search.php?page=1&q=fishing+map+for+Georgian+bay

http://www.fedpubs.com/mpchrt/charts/georgianb.htm

Are you on an older computer?

Older web browser versions will do that sort of thing sometimes.

Or try logging in on another browser...

Eg: Netscape, Safari, Fire fox, Internet Explorer, Opera

Could also be your security settings in preferences depending on which browser you are using.

Or refresh your page.

Hope this helps...

Cheers,

John

Sorry Roy/TJ, guess this should be in the "Computer help" forum.

Post your planned tricks on the internet so that they can be turned on you.

Rocky.. is that you?

Pull that one at Lakair and he'd have had all kinds of business. Well, he'd at least run out of syrup......

LOL!

This won't work in the summer but a few years ago there was a large group of us guys ice fishing. One of the guys cooked up some chicken wings so when i went into the cabin to have some food they all pulled up my line and tied on a lobster. Then one of the guys came running into the cabin saying "Todd you got one on your line, look at the bend on your rod!". I ran out, reeled it in and stood there with the most dumbfounded look on my face. I've never been so confused and boy was it funny.

LOL!

Catch a bass off the dock while your friends are still sleeping

Wait! that better not be OOS.

We just sit around and watch Joe and Terry fish... all the laughs a person could ever handle in a week !

Ha Ha

I got friends like that.

But, one guy coming up is nothing but a complainer, whiner, etc.

He's a friend of a friend and we just don't get along.

Cheers,

John