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Originally I was supposed to fish yesterday but didn't have a vehicle until too late in the day, and so I invited my cousin (we'll continue to call him Adam) to either head to Liberty (AGAIN) or a brookie lake today instead. He couldn't make it today, so it looked like my weekend would be ruined... Luckily for me, OFC's own Rod Caster invited me to meet up and test out that lake we hit last time, to make sure we didn't just get "lucky" or if it was because of a full moon, or something. So we get there probably between 4 and 4:30pm and load up his Sportspal with all our gear and snacks and away we go. We headed pretty much straight to our little spot, and we jigged here for a while, and nothing. We drifted around with nary a bite. Kinda like last time, there was not much going on here until the sun starts to set, so we headed towards shore to cast for bass. Chad got a little tiny one that flipped off the hook, and shortly afterwards, he saw a little guy chasing after his creepy crawler plastic bait. It was cool to see - if I had been more prepared, I could have filmed it because it was clear shallow water. After, I don't know, 45-60 seconds he committed and he landed the first fish of the day. We cast a while more, but no luck. The sun was getting low in the sky, so it was time to head back to see if we had left any wallies in the hole. It wasn't long before we both hooked into fish - we started off with a bang of a double-header. Mine was tiny! Chad's was much bigger, but I don't think we got a picture of it. We were off to a good start. It was definitely slower than last time, but only slightly. The fish weren't hammering on the bait as hard, so you really had to pay attention and feel for the nibbles. After the first two, I think I landed four more before Chad finally got his second, and from there he gradually caught up. I'd pull ahead, catch up, pull ahead, and so on. Alt. angle: lol: Eventually I was up 9-8 and at this point, I lost count, but I know he pulled ahead of me and kept the lead. For a brief period there, I felt like I might come out on top this time, but nope. Not only did he get the first fish of the day, he got the first walleye of the day (seconds before mine), and the biggest of the day, biggest One That Got Away of the day, and the most fish of the day. Outclassed in every way, except maybe in hair? My new self-cut uneven shaggy look is hard to beat. Or so I tell myself... We landed around 30 fish, Chad having a few extra over me. We didn't snap pics of all of them, but enough. At the end of the day, the sun went down, the bite died off, and we headed back to shore. We took home a few fish, but there's more in there for next time. And there will be a next time, sooner or later.

Good work!

Nice boat, and nice fish!

I'm in Cobalt... Used to live in North Bay. Parents in Timmins. HATE SUDBURY. LOL (Sorry)

I love my Voltaeus.. It was a whole lot cheaper than the rods that I was considering, and it was an impulse purchase. It just felt right in the store... Thinking of getting one as a gift for someone I know this Christmas. I previously used an Ugly Stik and what a difference... I can't go back to that heavy noodle now. It's now my guest fishing partner rod. Poor suckers!

How can you blow anything off the road when you sit in the middle lane and go 2kmph slower than the rest of traffic?

bah, sinclair beat me to it while I was reading

I was inspired by this to try out my own Live Target frog last night. I only had about an hour to fish, and didn't go in a boat, so I was just fishing from shore. Not any slop around where I was, but a bit of pads and some reeds and weeds. I cast the frog a few times towards a dock and dragged it back near the reeds and I hooked into a smallie that fought really good, but it spit the hook after about 15 seconds. It woulda been my first catch on a frog. It was still exciting while it lasted. (Couldn't get anything to take it after that, ended up changing lures and got a pike right in front of me as I was watching my lure's action at the end of my retrieve.)

I already replied in a PM as requested, but I'll add my 2 cents here and say: 7digital.com.

Huh, I didn't know that... I love smallmouth bass, both catching and eating. So I'm glad they're up here.. If that's "wrong" then I don't want to be right!

Yeah, it's not completely accurate, but it's sure better than nothing at all.. If you look at the stocking data, and it says they put 3000 splake into a certain lake in 2010, then that's an example of good info that's likely reliable. But yeah, some species may have died off, and on the flip side, some species (seems to be smallmouth, mainly) that I can readily catch in lakes near me are missing from that lake's list in the tool. I hope they get around to adding rivers and access points, etc, as they say they have planned. One thing that IS accurate: it doesn't list any aurora trout in Liberty Lake!

Is he sleeping?

Sure, swing by my place and pick me up?

Man, when I saw the strike, I wished I were there. And it looks so beautiful outside in your video.

I think part of the reason is because there's less to discuss in a report post - you tell your story, you post your pics, and that's all there really is to it. It's appreciated and interesting, and I try to see them all, or at least most of them, but I don't comment on all of them because usually others have said all that can be said, and I rarely go back in because discussions don't usually happen much in there.. I could be way wrong about this, but that's how I look at it. I think it'd be a good idea to have NF stuff in it's own section, though, so the good stuff doesn't get pushed off the front page so easily, but that's not my call and I'm sure there's a reason why it isn't.

Haha! I know this exact pain and concur heartily. It's worse when you tell them no, and they agree to the price you asked, and then they give you less money ANYHOW! This happened to me once, and I didn't notice until after they left, but I wasn't going to go after them and start trouble for $5 or $10, whatever it was.. But wow, talk about ballsy. I count money now, of course - learned that lesson just the once.

Wrap it in bacon and bake it for a bit, you'll change your mind! But then, that works for just about anything.

Congrats, those are some nice big fish!

What is your point? I was explaining to people in that thread why I would care about weighing fish. I haven't yet, and I won't. YOU WIN.

DanC, I think you missed the humor in my post, and I don't think I'm out of hand at all. I think the eight thousand people repeating the exact same thing is out of hand. I've read the same stuff over and over again, first in the thread I posted about scales, and then here, and just now what you wrote again. I get it, don't weigh fish. Don't buy a scale. In fact, I threw away the one that I did own after the first batch of peer pressure. But my satirical point was, it's a bit ridiculous to keep repeating it, and going a bit overboard - don't weigh the fish, don't handle the fish, don't photograph the fish, don't breathe on the fish, don't look at the fish... Don't talk about the fish.

Clearly, the more times a fish's eyes are exposed to camera flashes, the more likely they are to go blind, and that is bad for the fish, The bottom line here is: don't do anything that may harm a fish in any way! Well, except you can trick them and then drive sharp hooks through their faces, and then drag them around a lake by said hook, that's OK. Just nothing else, otherwise you're a jerk.

Nice fish! I love catching bass, especially on top water. Yeah, Saturday was cool too.. I hit Liberty Lake A BODY OF WATER at about 5:30am, and the sun didn't rise for well over an hour, maybe close to two and holy freaking crap it was cold on the hands. It warmed up a bit by the time I was leaving. In the afternoon I went to Anima-Nip A DIFFERENT BODY OF WATER in the afternoon, and it was warm enough that I could have worn shorts. Almost immediately after the sun went down, it was brutal cold again (at least on the hands). I need to find some gloves for times like this, but I want good ones that let me still feel the rod and cast easily. You're right too, fishing alone can be super relaxing. I've yet to take my canoe out alone, but I do from the shore often enough. Your post makes me wanna go out tonight or tomorrow, but I've not been having good luck lately. Edit: I said "then" way too many times.

Hmm, looks like this "Lake Erie" as you call it has some nice fish and would be a great new spot to try out....

You just posted this lake on a public forum. Now everyone and their auntie will be fishing in that lake!

If we aren't supposed to name lakes, regardless of size, then the rules should say that. As written, they are not VERY SPECIFIC. Can I say I fish the Montreal River? Can I say under the Latchford bridge? Can I say I fish in water??? Rules need tweaking so nobody gets their panties in a knot if we mention a river that runs for hundreds of kilometers.