Fished the T.O Islands for a few hours tonight

[007]

Hi there folks.

 

With such great weather this weekend I decided that I had to try and fit a few hours fishing in down at the Toronto Islands. Headed down there about 4pm this afternoon and fished till dusk. Started out by float fishing worms around weeds, but most of these were going brown, so wasn’t too hopeful of getting many bites. After half an hour and one small perch I moved on and tried next to some floating weed near some docks and sure enough I could see some large dark shapes taking a look at the bait. Second cast – bam – fish on. As I reeled this huge bucketmouth out from the cover I noticed two other large ones follow it! After quite a fight including about three jumps and a couple of powerful runs into the weed I had netted my new PB Largemouth Bass – all 20 inches and 4lbs 13oz of it! Beat my old PB set a few weeks ago by only 2oz! Still waiting for one to top 5lbs.

 

 

After all that commotion I didn’t hold out much hope of the other bass still being around but I tried anyway. I switched to soft plastics but had no takers. I then tried xraps and mepps for a while to see if any of the resident pike were around but only had follows from small bass and perch. I switched back to the worm and fished a little deeper and hooked into a 1 1/2 lb Bullhead. Hadn't hooked one of these for a while.

 

 

I decided to move on a little further and try again. Third cast – fish on – another big feisty largie safely in the net. This time the scales read 3lb 4oz. I continued with a float and worm – why change a winning formula – and had a fish attack the bait at the surface as I retrieved it. I assumed it was another bass so cast again – reeled it in and splash a fish takes it off the top. Not a bass but a little snot rocket of a Pike. Though I have hooked into bigger Pike this year, technically this was the first one I had actually landed (so definitely off my list now LOL).

 

 

 

I noticed a few carp swim by, so I tossed in a few handfuls of corn and baited my hook in readiness. One carp of maybe 20lbs stopped and showed interest but got spooked and swam off. Time to go home. Here’s a few shots at dusk.

 

Cheers

007

 

 

Edited October 9, 2007 by OO7

[mikeymikey]

Very nice!

 

Maybe I should revisit for some fall? bass fishing.

[fatherof3]

congrats on your new pb,it is really nice.Love the markings on your pike too

[ccmtcanada]

Wow! What a great outing you had there! Congrats on the PB largie....it was a hog for sure!

 

Also...good to see you landed that pike....now your results wont have that asterick beside the pike....LOL.

[mattyk]

very nice largemouth!

[tbayboy]

Congrats. I'm sure that 5lber will show himself soon.

[MJL]

Another PB largie? Congrats on that! Looks like you had a killer day.

 

Love the markings on that little pike. Sometimes living so close to a world-class fishery, we often forget how blessed we are to have such a resource.

[Golfisher]

Very, very nice bass there. And from the shore, too!

[fishindevil]

Nice catch !!!! man thats not too bad for being right downtown ,at the waterfront.and the toronto islands..good mix of species for sure.. ..and your quest continues...good-luck & cheers....

[Rizzo]

wow, heck of a bass, congrats on the personal best. Couple of weeks and that brute will be a 5 lb'er. As far as the bullhead, man what an ugly beast. Toss that sucker into the log ride and get the heck outta there.

[smokinall4s]

nice pb largie and great pics of the fish, keep up the great fishing.

[Mike the Pike]

Nice Bass 007 and by the way they keep getting bigger so when is the boat purchase.

 

MTP

[Joey]

Wow, that's a nice mixed bag That bass is a hog!!

 

Way to go.

 

Joey

[Aaron Shirley]

Nice bass Gavin, WTG! Who says ya need a boat to catch big buckets

 

So you have gone galavanting all over Ontario's northern parks, only to get your PB bass in downtown Toronto, that is kinda funny. Good to see you getting into some nice fish!

 

Good luck in your quest for one over 5lbs.

 

Aaron

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Congrats on your PB. Thats a nice largie!!! Thanks for sharing!

[fishnsled]

Congrats on the PB!

[ranger520vx]

Good job, I was through there from about noon until 2pm on Sunday and hooked 3 like yours in my boat. Just proves you can never catch them all.