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Hello everybody once again on OFC. It's always a fun to sit back after a great week of camping and fishing in North Eastern Ontario. Weather was hot for day 1 then it cooled off for 2 days slightly. After that temps were cranked as I'm sure many of you already know. Water temps started at 74-80 degrees and rose to 80-89 degrees. Water levels were also very low so my shallow frog bite I was hoping for was gone. I did manage to get a few fish pitching the TRJ in the pads and however 95% of everything else came on a 3/4oz and a 1oz flipping jig. Couple jerk bait fish as well through the week but only one of decent size. We had engine issues with my rope start, got things fixed up the next day but lose a evening and fished with the electric for a morning found a pair of smallies no braggers but still didn't want to waste a hour or two on the lake. Enjoy the pictures, was a tough bite for my dad this week he did manage some small ones and 2 decent fish. Weather sucked on the way home all of our tents and camping gear came back soaked as we packed up in the rain. Lot's to do tomorrow drying everything out and the usually work after a camping trip. Day 1 I was invited out to fish a small tournament with a couple of guys. First was 16lbs last was 10lbs I had 14.88 for 5 if I remember correctly. 4 good ones I caught and a dink we couldn't get rid of before 2pm. Later in the evening the bite slowed found a couple smaller largies. Next day was tough started searching the "spots" found some nice fish and one of the bigger largies of the week. Got to love that pitch into the pads then the mean fish that jets out to the boat. Was a fun fight managed to get it on the GoPro Great way to wake up in the morning. Caught smaller fish every morning finally a nice smallie took the jerk bait. Solid fish gonna be huge one day very healthy. Morning Jig bite. Smallmouth on the jig. Unreal fight managed to swing this one in as it jumped beside the boat. As always we found a bowfin. Fun fight but still a drag when bass fishing. Lot's of smaller fish shallow found this 3 later on. Decided to abandon the pattern and switch to just the deep weed and banks. My trip down the bank out front of camp before making a coffee and getting the motor fixed. No braggers but glad to be out. Finally got onto some deep main lake fish. Produced just a few the first day but next day we had a blast for 2 hours putting about 10 in the boat on the jig. Dad found some on his 10" worm as well. One for dad The next day when we hit the spot took a few pics 1 big one but solid fun. Another Loving the jig bite The reward for sticking around Dad enjoyed one big fish also Last 2 days were the hottest and the toughest. Wish I got to fish today when the temp dropped and the rain came but good test to my patience and man did i drink water. Another chunk happy to get a bite Little better fish off the weed edge Last day was tough but caught some smaller fish in the morning and before packing up for the day we headed out and found just 2 fish but one was the big fish for the week. Awesome end to a great vacation. Perfect end to my day. Such a strong fish not a nickel but o so close. Thanks for reading everybody. Looking forward to the next trip when temps are cooler and i take my mom and brother out for a week. I'll miss this for a few weeks no better sight to see in my mind. And our GoPro edit from the trip. A couple picture fish in this clip lot's of smaller bass but lot's of fun to edit and put together. https://youtu.be/qXpy2QMia6k Tightlines MTBF

Well here we go, for me the season of 2015 is done. 2015 Was a fun year for me covering a little bit of everything. Ice fishing late January and Feburary, great success on the creek this spring with the Rainbow’s. Walleye wasn’t amazing but the two times I got invited out by my friend Glenn we caught some fish and had awesome weather to do it in. Bass opener soon followed then one two week camping trip and a 6 night trip in September. All in all I can’t complain too much I got to fish lot’s and enjoy my summer. Didn’t break any PB’s this year except a big trout but aside from that I sucked. Didn’t catch any 5lb+ smallies on the inland lakes I stay at. Largemouth this year were bigger on average but no giant’s, some nice low to high 4lbr’s breaking 5lbs once. Maybe next year well break the PB Largemouth and find that 7lb’r I’ve been searching for. With my last trip out back in September fall has been slow just working and picking up things for the boat project next spring. We finally got away from the rental so should be able to fish a extra week or two next summer. Rental’s are expensive so the 14’ deep and wide open floor style boat I picked up will be perfect for the smaller lakes. On with some pictures now! First trip out for 2015 was Rice Lake Ice Fishing. We mainly were after a few cold beers and some good food from Rhino’s but got out on the ice for a few hours managed to catch a little over a dozen Perch and Sunfish. Was a good “ice breaker” after many weeks of cold and snow. Back to basics, no wind so had all I needed lol. Decent Perch Got out on Lake Simcoe for 2 trips out with a hut rental operator. Caught lot’s and had to bring lunch and tackle was awesome! Clean fish always a nice treat Trout opener soon followed. I was surprised this year how busy the creek was, decided to wait until the first weeks in May, less fish but no crowd and could actually enjoy a hour or 2 down there tossing small spinners and crankbaits into the pool’s. Here are a few pictures from my trips out. Dozen’s of these guys, fun fish New PB, no scale or tape I would guess 7-8lbs the fight was intense on the 6’6 Light Fast Spinning Rod. I did good work keeping the fish on deffinately test’s the “light” equiptment. And another Beauty little trout love this shot Walleye then opened up next. My first of the year haha dink from Rice Lake always happy to catch a couple there. Another day another pair to take home 2015 Lineup ready for war with bass season around the corner, lineup always changes have added another rod and reel I think since then Bass opener wasn’t great. I got out with another friend of mine on Clear Lake for the day. We caught dozen’s of bass many small smallmouth and a few walleye also that day. I hooked up with the 2 only decent bass that day. After so much open water and rock I convinced my friend to steer the boat into a backbay that was shallow. Not a 10 minutes in I hooked up with a nice chunky largemouth. Made my day had me wanting to be on my home waters in Eastern Ontario right at that moment love slop and heavy cover. Next trip was first 2 weeks of August. Lot’s of pictures I choose some of the better pics. First of the trip, morning fish on the jerkbait out deep Not many frog fish this year but here was a pair My papa came with us on this trip. This was his first bass and ended up being the biggest of the trip. Went 5lbs 9oz and is his new PB. Life took us apart for 6 or 7 years so now that things are good again I expect to take more trips with my Papa, Dad and Uncle in the future. Still mad he beat me haha not next year! Very thankful he brought me into fishing when I was very young. Every morning I love throwing the popper around. Didn’t produce any size this year. Caught lot’s of nice bass like this one but no piggy’s this year. Lot’s of these 2-3lb class fish on the plastics and jigs. They sure do love that 3.5” TRJ Big fish from pads close to deep water. Love that new Aldebaran 50HG incredable reel very strong. Every summer I tangle with a few of these here was the biggest of the trip Swim Jig’s were a important addition to my techniques this year caught big fish and lot’s of them. Good for covering vast weedy areas, I used this on outside edges and when going from slop bed to slop bed anywhere I could, even sinking it deep and fishing it like a crankbait worked well on tougher days. More Largies from the deep on jerkbaits Few smallies too finally showed up Got off shore this year learning to visually follow weedlines, flipping a jig down them worked in the afternoons pretty good got to expand on this more next summer My dad and I wanted to start a tradition with my uncle and friend out where we go fishing. So here was the deal. 2 boats Dad and I vs the other two guys(locals). We did cooler’s with running bilge pump’s(Home made livewells) and went for a 4 fish limit. We set out at 5am and had until 11am so 5 hours made for a quick derby. Dad and I only boated 6 fish that morning I think with 2 in the well. We won and took bragging right’s for the summer with 8lbs 10oz the other guys had 4 fish for 7lbs 10oz haha. Nobody caught a kicker and we had basically 3 2lbr’s with one bass around 3lbs. Can’t wait to do it again always fun a little competition Last round was my trip I took back in September. We went for the last 6 days and it was fun. Fish were biting and I did pretty good. First morning, cold but got a nice smallie to come up and crush the spinnerbait Another spot another Smallmouth Only got 1 bass from slop this trip was nice to get one pitching the plastic around Back to my friend, the Jig Big fish of the trip Spinnerbait bite was strong, was happy to come across it After the rain And another Last outing for me was a fun one. After a tough 1 bite morning I was mad at the fish. I went out solo after breakfast until 3 or 4 that afternoon. Burning a spinnerbait on some weedlines produced nothing but Pike, did the jig in the same spots and came up empty. Abandoned my gameplan and went shallow and to a channel where there might of been warmer water. Sure enough I found decent slop and dead weed in the channel so we got onto a stretch of maybe 3 or 4 bites in a hundred yards. These 2 were nice so they got seats in the livewell. Made me happy and I turned a terrible day into a good day, was nice to put pressure on yourself and when you can be successful it all becomes worth it. https://youtu.be/c4qaz8wZzDg This summer I got a GoPro so am just starting editing and making little clips. Here was one I put together from my trip in September. Can’t wait to do more of this next year, thanks for reading and viewing all the pictures everybody! Be safe this winter and good luck to everybody in 2016 MTBF

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Two weekends ago went to a friends property on the maskinoge to do some carp fishing where I had greats luck! Last year I didn't catch many there but I did catch my biggest carp yet and as any carp fisher man/ woman knows gives a amazing fight and deserves a lot more respect then they get. I started Saturday around ten and seen tons of what we like to call carp bubbles in front of the dock so me and my buddy baited out hooks with some no name peaches and cream corn, casted out about six feet from the dock, chummed around our hooks and began the long wait for first bite. Around 12:00 we got our first bite which resulted in a loss of the carp due to low pound line and a bad rod ( I gave my good rod to my buddy and used my bad rod). After loosing the first carp of the year I went to the truck and grabbed the girlfriends brand new rod that I had just spooled and she has not yet used and went back to catch my carp. After a half an hour of catching small mud cats my line finally went slack and I knew I had a carp on so I reeled in the line and set hook... Fish on!!!! I fought it for about two minutes got it to the dock and my first carp of 2015 was in hands. Pictures were taking he was released and back at it I went and loosing two more I was really disappointed until I seen the line moving slowly and at the last second I realized that I have another fish so as I went to grab the rod it got pulled into the water! In disappointment I cussed a lot and pretty much gave up for the day. I called my best bud Gallie and told him what happened and that I was giving up and going to buy the girlfriend a new rod. After five minutes of him telling me to put a heavy weight with a treble hook and cast around trying to catch the rod I finally agreed and listened to his advice. After the third cast I felt something heavy( and with 50 lb braid I cranked the drag) I reeled in a thick peice of wire and at the end was the rod I had lost! I grabbed the rod cleaned it up a bit and noticed there was weight on the end so I reeled in and bam! The carp was still on the hook! Got some good pics and ended the day with nothing but smiles!... The next weekend I went back out with two buddy's and ended up pulling in a large amount of carp during mid day. The afternoon got really slow and we all felt like quiting until I notice my friends line moving very slowly (Brett fish on I yelled) he grabbed his rod and started fighting but it wasn't the same fight as a carp not as much strength and with polarized glasses I notice it wasn't a carp but a bowfin. He got the bowfin in and which was very exciting due to the fact we didn't catch anything for hours and I've never seen one before( exspecially with the neon green belly). All in all a great two weekends fishing P.s pics are to big to load on so I'll have to add them to my album tomorrow