No line ups at the launch ramp today ! LOL

[irishfield]

Well, Lew got lucky and he didn't have to shovel the 1400 foot laneway to meet me at the house!

 

 

But he did drive thru some wild stuff to get here. Leah was listening to the radio, while I got the boat ready, and called out to me in the hangar and said there was 60 accidents from Innisfil Beach Road North to Orillia and was worried Lew would get delayed...but I had faith. Lew was right on time!

 

We took the boat down the whole mile to the Midland launch...and i did have to shovel it (actually used the shovel to throw water on the snow to wash it away) Got the boat in and ready to go...no foot prints but our own..and nothing changed when we reloaded the boat after dark.

 

 

So we hit the bay and did the mandatory troll of the harbour. Lots of bait in that water in front of the elevators/town dock...but never seem to connect with any of the big hooks that accompany them.

 

 

Funny the difference a mile makes...This shot shows Midland Point snowless and it snowing pretty hard in Midland itself.

 

 

Definitely wasn't a 14 foot tinny day out there....

 

 

Honest he's happy...he really is .... lol

 

 

We viewed some beautiful scenery...when we could actually see it

 

 

Covered about 50 miles of water and endured some snow, sleet, wind..

 

 

 

And came up absolutely empty handed at the end of the day. Doesn't change the fact that we had a wonderful day on the water and no matter what it was better than Peter's day ! LOL Sorry Pete..couldn't resist!

 

This was the only traffic jam that we encountered comin home to re-load the boat.

 

 

 

Thanks again Lew...for another wonderful day on the water..and Lunch!

 

And sorry Andy.. the kid backed out on me this morning when he saw the weather!

Edited November 8, 2007 by Spiel

[Squid]

Thanks Irish!! All I could do was dream of what you guys were doing.

[irishfield]

We'd hoped to get a big gal..so we could call you to say your day just got worse!

[2 tone z71]

Nice pics WAS cold, and damm my E tec dont smoke like that lol JK,I gave up on the ski hunt for 07 I got 2 this fall and missed many, time to put the rest of my gear away

[BFSC Kevin]

no fish?

always next time!

atleast you two had tonnes of fun!

[danc]

Aw man. That's awesome. I wish I was out there there with you guys. Great report Lew and Wayne.

[Mike the Pike]

Funny not to see the Turkeys on your lawn.Sure looks like you had a better day than us cause we were all working.

If Lew is happy he sure looks frosty.What no pics of the captain maybe you had a bad case of bed head

Nice pics Wayne although I like my tiller you must enjoy the full protection of the roof and windshield.

 

[irishfield]

Nice pics WAS cold, and damm my E tec dont smoke like that lol JK,I gave up on the ski hunt for 07 I got 2 this fall and missed many, time to put the rest of my gear away

 

LOL 2 tone..that's just exhaust..they do it above water. Ask Glen what I think of the Etec. One of them rattling things was running at the dock when we launched on Saturday. I almost sprayed them with water, with my motor tilted up, as I couldn't hear my Verado running and I over rev'd it a tad!

Edited November 8, 2007 by irishfield

[Squid]

HAHAHAHA that would have been funny Wayne!

[Weeds]

No fish but nice report all the same. Looks beautiful out there; definetly getting frosty. I want one more ski myself before season ends here in the Kawarthas. Not much time left!

[irishfield]

Funny not to see the Turkeys on your lawn.Sure looks like you had a better day than us cause we were all working.

If Lew is happy he sure looks frosty.What no pics of the captain maybe you had a bad case of bed head

Nice pics Wayne although I like my tiller you must enjoy the full protection of the roof and windshield.

 

 

No turkeys...but I almost pinged off two deer in the laneway coming home!

[Roy]

Great report and some fine pics guys. How much warmer was the water compared to air temp?

Looks like you had a great day. Glad Lew was able to slalom around all the fender benders.

[irishfield]

Water in Midland Harbour..actually at the launch...47.5F, but there's a stream coming in there. On the main lake 50.1F

 

Air was -2C to start and truck thermo pulling boat home 1C

[lew]

Another awesome day has come & gone Wayne, and as usual, it's always a pleasure to spend another day on the water with you. No fish this trip, but that's never mandatory for a good day of fish'n anyways.

 

It looked chilly out there, but it wasn't really as bad as it looked, infact I don't think I even put my coat on till about 2:00 or so when the temps started dropping again.

 

The drive from Penetang back to the Smoke this evening was a heck of a lot easier than the drive north at 6:00 this morning, cept for the fact that my cruise control decided to take a vacation ...... Have to get that fixed tomorrow before I head to Windsor this weekend.

 

Here's a couple shots of the hiway up around Barrie about 7:00 this morning

 

 

 

Sorry Wayne, but I had a good shot of you in the boat , at least I thought I did, but it never showed up on the camera. Oh well, I'll take 2 of you next time to make up for it.

 

Thanks again for another great day Wayne, the pleasure was all mine

[irishfield]

Sorry Wayne, but I had a good shot of you in the boat , at least I thought I did, but it never showed up on the camera. Oh well, I'll take 2 of you next time to make up for it.

 

No need to ruin peoples suppers anyhow Lew!

[duckdog]

Man I miss living in that area, I used to fish Hogg's Bay, Matchedash, Little lake and quite a few little ponds, I gotta get back up to visit buddies and thank Irishfield in person :-) Great pics I have not bin out in awhile :-(

[Guest gbfisher]

Could have been there by 6 if you called me at 4:30.

 

Now thats fishin!!

At least you didn't have to contend with this first thing.......

 

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Looks like fun. lots of time to get another yet...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stan the Musky man Nowacin is out on Friday.

85, two 20 hp mercs, 20' King boat.

 

I can only hope to be able to do that at his age.

[Dano]

Way to get out there and stick with it guys! Looks pretty chilly!

[lew]

Could have been there by 6 if you called me at 4:30.

 

Shoulda called me Andy, I coulda swung by & picked you up

[irishfield]

Way to get out there and stick with it guys! Looks pretty chilly!

 

Was just a training trip for next week bud!

Edited November 8, 2007 by irishfield

[irishfield]

Shoulda called me Andy, I coulda swung by & picked you up

 

If I hadn't told him there wasn't a third spot for him...feel bad..but I had to give the kid a chance! Won't happen again...

Edited November 8, 2007 by irishfield

[Dano]

Was just a training trip for next week bud!

 

Lol, thats what I'm afraid of!

[OhioFisherman]

LOL great pictures! Walking that dock looks a lot like walking the plank to me. Options, radio heater, forget the radio? Two heaters!

[fatherof3]

great shots,good to see you guys had fun

[Jen]

Winter Wounderland

Edited November 8, 2007 by Jen