Steelheading Sun/Mon Another Banner Trip!

[solopaddler]

After fishing for so many years I'm just not into punishing myself anymore, fact is I just can't stand the cold.

Was supposed to fish last Thursday but bailed for obvious reasons, Friday and Saturday were possibilities, but the weather still looked cold...

After seeing the weather forecast for Sun/Mon with both days reasonably warm I made a couple of calls. First to my co-worker who was happy to cover for me on Monday, then to my steelheading buddy to see if he was game for an overnighter. He was of course, so the plan was set.

Over the course of the last 2 days we put a lot of miles on my Honda and fished a variety of different trib's. Sunday was fun as we caught a mixed bag of Browns and Steelhead.

Started out the day though with the breakfast of champions .

 

 

I thought this sign was a hoot!

 

 

Some fish...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today was interesting....very surprisingly it rained overnight which blew out

the river we had it in mind to fish. Fortunately there's always a back up .

We made our way to the estuary of one of my favourite rivers under a leaden sky with light rain falling.

No wind to speak of and temps well above zero, just perfect!

We found a decent little push of fresh fish, all full of pure evil , with lots of spunk.

We had some epic battles today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did catch a few real booty looking ones, obviously they'd been in the river for

awhile. Some though, like this nice buck had just gorgeous colours...

 

 

 

All in all another 2 solid days of fun.

 

Cheers, Mike

[tonyb]

Sweet looking fish, I assume that these are all Canadian?

 

I fished one NY Tributary on Saturday and got a handfull of browns. Fished locally Sunday at the mouth of a Lake O trib and got skunked...

 

I wish the ON government would do more for the ailing Lake Ontario migratory fishery. I live 10 mins from a great tributary, but travel hours just to catch some fish..

 

Tony

[fatherof3]

another great report and nice fish,congrats

[steverowbotham]

nicely done. I finally got out this weekend, so I'm not AS jealous.

[dobee]

nice fish solo! always look forward to your reports.

[tbayboy]

Great stuff as always. Interesting that the grub colour on the last one matched its cheeks almost exactly. Or maybe not that interesting but hey its' been a long work day

[FishFinder]

Thanks for the report mike!

Saw you on one of my favourite tribs yesterday, didnt have time to stop and chat but its always nice running into a fellow OFNer.

Glad you got into a few of the smaller browns ( they give the best roe).

 

Cheers

 

Skelzwoods

[Paulus]

I've been waiting all day for this report. Thanks bud. Glad to see that you did well.

 

p.-

[ccmtcanada]

Wow....unbelievable! Great job out there Mike. I just hope Thursday is still looking good....I'm pumped seeing your reports....esp after seeing the creeks frozen this past weekend locally.

[huntervasili]

As usual Awesome report Solo... thanks for sharing the great pics

[FinS]

wtg Mike always a pleasure reading your posts nice fish pics

Im getting ready for ice fishing season heading up north dec 18 - 29

have a good one

[camillj]

Great report - as always ... boy I guess I really need to dust off the waders and get back at 'er !

[solopaddler]

Thanks boys, and Cliff, keep your fingers crossed that the weather cooperates this week!

[discophish]

Great job! I love the colours in those fish. You just may have insipred me to get out on the rivers. The boat thing just isn't working when ice is covering the lakes up north.

[scuro]

Great report...always a pleasure to read.

[Milty]

Stellar report as always Han Solo!!! that first pig of a brown looks bustin to give you some eggs...lol!! nice work as always!!!

[canadian_copper]

NICE WORK DUDE!!

YOUR KILLIN ME HERE!!!

HURRY UP LAY OFFS LOL

[irishfield]

Another wonderful report Mike and I darn near missed it.

[MJL]

Fantastic report as always.

 

Each report you post is a dagger to my motivation to do well at university. It's been 67days, 10hrs, 25minutes and 33 seconds since I last drifted for steel...You can probably tell, I'm a little restless for the next report.

[fishindevil]

WOW...Amazing fishing trip & report !!!!! 1 those browns look so nice,and so do those fall steelhead,well done....

[wuchikubo]

WTG Mike, another great report. I know I'm always in for a treat when I read your posts.

[wuchikubo]

WTG Mike, another great report. I know I'm always in for a treat when I read your posts.

[solopaddler]

Fantastic report as always.

 

Each report you post is a dagger to my motivation to do well at university. It's been 67days, 10hrs, 25minutes and 33 seconds since I last drifted for steel...You can probably tell, I'm a little restless for the next report.

 

Hey, glad I can help ease your pain .

It's not looking great weather wise for the foreseeable future though, won't be long before the rivers are all locked up anyway.

Don't fret over not being able to fish, just worry about your studies.

If I could turn back the clock that's what I'd be doing....

 

Cheers

[mattyk]

very nice report, thanks for sharing with us.

[Moosebunk]

Mike... you're killing me. I'll get you for these reports... you just wait. lol