bbog Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 The misses and I thought we would spend a few hours on Simcoe yesterday in an attempt to find Black Crappie. Hit the ice mid-morning and initially used a couple of abandoned holes. Right away we had tap, tap then it was very quiet for several minutes. I moved about 100m out and drilled a couple holes - just then I hear a squeal back at the original hole and the reason the Perch were off. Mr Pike had come to visit! It wasn't a large one at 21" but on the way up I was told what would be for dinner if we didn't catch any fish. We kept the Pike! The day was gorgeous and was pretty much steady Perch action in the holes I drilled. Kept 15 between 8 and 11 inches and sent many, many back. Had several double headers with the weight suggesting a nice keeper only to find two dinks! The abandoned hole managed to produce a number of species (except Black Crappie). It wasn't as fast action as my holes but did produce two very nice OOS Largemouth as well as the Pike and Perch of various sizes. The people beside us were finding the odd Crappie, Sunfish, lots of Perch and also an OOS Largemouth. Then the squeal of excitement - they had caught a very nice fish. I could hear them moaning about not having a camera so I rushed over with my Blackberry and offered to take one for them and then email it. This fat female measured in at 13.5" and was released to spawn right after the picture. Here is our small pile for the few hours we fished. And here is the happy misses. Just a fantastic day to be out - not even the slightest breeze. Great company, just perfect. Thanks for reading, hopefully my next post will have higher quality images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nice report. Wish I could have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nice haul there...It was a beautiful day for fishing.. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistyriver1 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Looks like a great outing for you and your Mrs. Thanks for sharing your day. How thick was the ice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Looks like a great outing for you and your Mrs. Thanks for sharing your day. How thick was the ice ? Guessing around 30" - getting close to the handle on the manual auger See now why we initially opted for the open holes we found LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Great report and pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Wow, beautiful day for sure, nice mixed bag. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Beauty, glad ya's had a good time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Great stuff Barnie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbag Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nice day Barnie How was supper??? Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nice day Barnie How was supper??? Cheers Craig It was fantastic! My son and his lady friend came over for me to fine tune her new bicycle and were treated to a pretty nice feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nice day out for sure...and a yummy dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chong Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Nice haul! There is no shortage of ice! We were out on Thurs. and got into some pretty decnt perch! They seemed to be moving quite a bit! Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramble Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 ohhh to be out on the... Good report. -R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyman Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 WOW!! The Perch festival isn't that far away (three weeks). It's going to be some tough boating . Nice catches guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 nice report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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