ccmtcanada Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 (edited) This story starts on Friday night. Bly started a chat, and a few of the regulars showed up, as well as Sinker. We've been a little bummed lately....our motor has been giving us fits, and the weather forecast for the weekend was stormy and windy for Saturday and just plain windy for Sunday...not that it mattered....the boat motor was an issue. Anyhow, Sinker, thinking Saturday was a write off anyways, offered to come down to our place to help us out with the motor. After literally 3 minutes, he says to pull the cord and the darned thing starts right up!! A quick phone call with BITEME assured us that there were a few things that we could do with the motor that would get us all set up and tuned quickly and inexpensively! Already the weekend is getting better! Sinker then says he has to head back home because he wants to install his trailer hitch...which has been giving him fits...nothing seems to be going right with the installation. He says he's itching to get it done because he wants to get his boat on the water. I figured, he was good enough to come down here, so I offered to tow his boat to Sturgeon Lake, where he keeps it in a slip. He replies "Well, if we're doing that, then we're going fishing!!". Good enough for us! We called a close friend hoping that she'd take our little one for the day/night....and as luck would have it, it wasn't a problem. The weather was bright and sunny and down right warm! The weatherman is never right..... We headed up to Sinker's place, picked up the boat and were on the water at about 330 in the afternoon. We waved at Big Cliff as we passed his place and headed off to start fishing. Suddenly, we hear thunder...turn around and we are greeted with this.... Luckily, that storm went to the south of us and we were spared! The sun came back out. We were targeting walleye, so when Sinker landed this little one, we had to take a pic....it's bad luck for us to NOT take that first pic, because you know if we didn't it would be the only fish all day long....LOL. We contined drifting when Sinker and I have a double header.... Here's a nice eater sized one.... Bly gets her second ever Kawartha walleye.... Near the end of the outing, Bly asks Sinker where he'd look for Crappie on this lake....and he tells us a few spots to check out.....a few minutes later, she catches this guy....hehe. We also saw this guy fishing with a HUGE tiller....close examination shows it's a huge 175hp monster! We took this pic for Greencoachdog....LOL. The rains started up at around 8:30 so we decided to call it a day. We had to pick up our little one by 10pm...so it was perfect timing! Here's the haul for our fish dinner tomorrow night. We were hoping to stop in at Big Cliff's to say hi, but we had to boot out of there to get our little one....next time we'll stop in for sure! Anyhow, early Friday evening, Bly and I were in crabby moods....but the entire weekend turned completely around! Sinker is a GREAT guy to fish with....and I'd fish with him anytime! (hint hint Sinker....whenever you need/want someone in your boat, you have our number....LOL). Edited June 1, 2008 by ccmt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Nice report Cliff! Your both welcome back any time. Honestly, it was my pleasure. I"m sure we'll hit the water a few times this summer. It was a great way to turn around the weekend, that's for sure!! Enjoy that meal, they'll be delicious!! Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 OFC'ers working together. I love it. You should have kept that crappie too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Glad to see that you finally got into some walleye. I was kind of keeping a watch on the sky and wondering if it would blow around us or not, glad to see that it did. Sinker, next time you have something like that to work on, give me a shout, I've got all the tools even a portable compressor so there isn't much I can't fix. Cliff, I thought your motor problems were sorted out after your last trip up here or I would have happly looked at it for you too. Glad to hear that Sinker was able to fix it for you. Sue and I were wondering if you might stop in after your fishing was done, we even got a new coffee maker LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Nice read...and great turn-around for your weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Great report and pics!!! Good on the Sinker dude for takin' the time to check out your motor for ya!!! Those construction worker type hoser/rednecks come in handy sometimes. Those look like some nice Kawartha Pickerals, and should make for some dandy fine eats! Looks like y'all are gettin' the hang of "boat fishin'"... lookin' forward to some great reports!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Glad it all worked out and a nice fish fry up also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Glad to see that you finally got into some walleye. I was kind of keeping a watch on the sky and wondering if it would blow around us or not, glad to see that it did. Sinker, next time you have something like that to work on, give me a shout, I've got all the tools even a portable compressor so there isn't much I can't fix. Cliff, I thought your motor problems were sorted out after your last trip up here or I would have happly looked at it for you too. Glad to hear that Sinker was able to fix it for you. Sue and I were wondering if you might stop in after your fishing was done, we even got a new coffee maker LOL. Hey Big Cliff, I was going to turn the boat around and come by your dock when I saw you out there. Then I looked at the sky and figured we'd better try and get a drift in before the rain came.......then stop by. We got lucky with the rain, and ended up running out of time for a visit. I"m sure we'll be seeing each other a few more times in the near future I'm off to my BIL's place now........he's the metal guy.......shouldn't be a problem getting this hitch on. Thanks for the offer!!! As for Cliff and Carole's motor......it was just little choke issue. I knew what the problem was when he described what was happening in chat. Rather than try to explain it in chat, I figured it would be easier to just go over and have a look. I got over there, primed the bulb......didn't touch the choke, gave it a pull and it fired right up.......LOL. The choke setting was too rich, and was flooding it out. I didn't do a thing......LOL.......seems to be running great now! It was a great afternoon on the water though......great way to turn around a "rainy day". Can't wait until next weekend The real fishing starts saturday morning Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Sue and I were wondering if you might stop in after your fishing was done, we even got a new coffee maker LOL. Ok Ok...now that you have working coffee maker, we'll stop in next time....LOL. See you on Sunday Big Cliff....Sydney is already excited about seeing you guys again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Got the hitch on......good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 NICE Thanks for posting that report -- always good to see things turn out for the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfville Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 OFC is a happy family, your posts prove that. Thanks for the read and glad things worked out great for you guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Looking good Cliff, Bly, and Sinker. Enjoy the eye's and glad to hear the day turned out for ya after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Great report Cliff and carole oh and I like the new hat Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Nice report Cliff, great to see you guys managed to help each other out and catch a few fish in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'll bring the net if you let me join you next time. nice report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Great report guys....glad to see that you got into some eyes and even a crappie.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks for the report Cliff! Great to see some OFC family love too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Good on you Sinker for getting Cliff's motor going!!! The fishing gods were kind to you, Kawartha walleye, and a few of them!! I'm still trying to hook into one!!! I've caught everything else the Kawartha's have to offer but no 'eyes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachone Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Cant go wrong fishing with pals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Dinner invite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I was wondering how things turned out with the motor, glad you're up and running. Bly looks a little sleepy in those pictures - up late in chat? -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'll bring the net if you let me join you next time. nice report. Oh man.....I hope you washed the curse off that thing!!! Your more than welcome to join me anytime bud, you've got my number!! Did you pick up one of those lucky spinner baits yet Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'll grab some, but I'm going to try a few different things before I slap one on. And yeah, the curse is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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