solopaddler Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 After mulling over our options on Friday my buddy Dave and I decided to head north to Georgian Bay. The weather forecast was calling for a high of 8 degrees on Saturday with 10mm of rain overnight and another 10mm during the day. We were hopeful the cool temps and cold rain would push some fresh fish into the river. As it turns out there was little or no rain overnight and it didn't really start raining in earnest 'till about 10am, so at least the morning was perfect weather for steelheading and very comfortable. We drove up in separate vehicles so that we could leave one vehicle downstream, then drive up to our starting point and make our way back to the 1st car. We made a day of it and fished a lot of nice water which otherwise we wouldn't have seen. Anyhow the first fish was hooked, I fought it for quite a while then it broke me off.. Here's a shot of the fight Now this is really amazing to me. 10 minutes later I hooked a second fish in the same spot, only this one didn't fight quite as hard.. Turned out it was the same fish, there was my first hook broken off in it's mouth when I landed it! (that fish was either REALLY hungry or REALLY stupid ) Didn't feel so bad about losing the first fish after that. . These fish were absolutely electric! But that's par for the course for the particular strain of wild fish that run this river. The next one streaked 50 yds downstream the second I set the hook with me stumbling and bumbling after it . Gotta love it though, that's what it's all about! It's been a loooong day, so I'm just going to throw up the rest of the pic's minus the comentary. They'll speak for themselves anyway . And finally, a shot of the competition . By 3:30 the river was becoming blown out from the rain and the action was tapering off noticeably. No problem though, we'd had our fill...it was an incredible day, definitely one I'll remember for a while! Once again the vast majority of the fish were caught on large (quarter sized) chartreuse and hot pink roe bags. Because of the off coloured water no finessing was required as far as tippet goes... Under clear conditions I usually run 5 or 6lb fluorocarbon, today we ran 5 and 6lb Maxima Ultragreen (for those that care about the details ). Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmastermike Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Wow what a day out congrats on the great looking fish great pics too thanks for the report!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 congrats on a great day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 AWESOME !!!!!! great looking fall steelhead. ...and even better pics,good report as well,thats what i call a sucessfull,fall fishing trip to georgian bay,thanks for sharing...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Nice Chromies there. Looks like it was a great and productive day. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 im beginning to develop a hatred for you ... a hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 im beginning to develop a hatred for you ... a hole Ah, come'on he just happened to have better luck than you....now that I think about it I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherriff Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Another stellar day. Some sweet fish caught.. Sherriff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster4 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 great report nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 (edited) congrats i wish i had that much fishing time Edited October 14, 2007 by FinS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 jerk, showin off the mykiss and loomis combo i wish i had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 nice report, thanks for sharing it with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Nice haul, great pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrap Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Freaking awsome, can't wait till I go steelheading now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 If I was you, this time of year, I would have closed up my cottage too, and forgotten all about pike and walleye. Nice bows Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Sheesh you make it look easy nice colors in the pics Mike MTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Oh so pretty. WTG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 ....Beauty, clearly it's time to dust of me floatrod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I gotta get out of the rut of fishing the local tribs and hit the road to find fish... Well done man! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Shirley Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Sweet steelies! Note: I would think twice about putting your float reel in the water where you walk around. The water has micro sand particles that will get into the reel. Sorry if you already know this and clean it after your day of fishing. Just thought I would point it out because I hate when that happens to me. Great day of fishing! Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Sweet steelies! Note: I would think twice about putting your float reel in the water where you walk around. The water has micro sand particles that will get into the reel. Sorry if you already know this and clean it after your day of fishing. Just thought I would point it out because I hate when that happens to me. Great day of fishing! Aaron You're right of course. On the other hand anytime I hear that "grinding" "ratchety" noise, one quick dunk and shake in the river and I'm good to go . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I love your reports. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milty Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt.............My instincts told me to go North yesterday,..but somebody talked me into going east just cuz he caught his first fish there after 51 outings,...and East SUCKED.....not Mentioning any names...lol Got to remember to ALWAYS TRUST MY INSTINCTS,....Awesome report,...thanks for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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