highdrifter Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Howdy doodly folks Hit the Islands yesterday with Lucid and was rewarded with some good ol pike goo.. I just happened to be sneaking out of a general assembly at work and McDoug rang me up with a nice little proposition.. "A little pike session at the Islands you say? Well, I'd be delighted sir.. capital idea!!" Me no like work, all work and no play, make HD.. something something.. I like to think I keep good tabs on the elements that make for a good outting, but it's a bit more tricky here on the great lake O. You can never really predict if the fish will be on or not.. Textbook conditions have often left us scratching our heads, while other days, few and far between they may be, have left us laughing like mad scientists.. (You know what I'm getting at, Snag). We take the days we can, fighting that sinking feeling that we're just killing time. If we left it up to mother nature, we'd rarely leave the backyard. We caught the first ferry we could and crossed the harbour under an angry sky. The rains would come, sure enough, to dampen our spirits, and yet, we pressed on... All on a feeling, a very fishy feeling. Indeed! After scouring the nooks and crannies of the islands for some years now, we've come to know the areas rarely treaded and have greatly improved our success rates. On a weekday when the inner channels have had the chance to settle, and the party boats have yet to blast us with top their top 50s, we make a b-line for areas only accessible to those who wade.. We fished through intermittent downpours, broken by bouts of intense sunshine and electrical storms.. You could just feel the static electricity in the air. The fish no doubt felt it. Unstable pressure sometimes instills that sence of urgency, to feeeeed. We ideled while on our way to the money holes, but we had a plan to fish, run and gun style. We were just working up a groove... Weedline droper #1, and right on schedule, McDoug with his first decent fish. Duuude, those waders make you look bulgy.. A little recon and some proven field tactics took us to our next hole. Once your through the brush and in the water, and out of reach of those nasty fire ants, it's smooth wading and a prime location, all to yourself.. Generally, odds are angainst you if you're always the second person to get your bait in the water. Happens all the time.. One guy at the helm always seems to catch more fish. It's simple, he's hitting the fish before the other! Doug let me ahead of him at hole #2 (the nice little turd that he is) and I landed this purty ladie.. I Was watching my x-rap through to glum and she vanished, and just as that happened, good ol Stradic went zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. I had barely enough time to grab my fish towel that the Dougster was into another.. She smashed a firetiger hj, a lure fine tuned by countless pike mawlings. I get a little exited when i see this bait in the water... oooohhh If only tank testing meant that all Rapalas were like this, I'd be a little less stingy with my wallet. Beauty fish! No plyers and a mouth full of teeth.. Shoulda, woulda, coulda been a surgeon.. The release.. Managed to raise a few good ones that day, and had a couple solid swipes. An afternoon very well waisted and whoda thunk it, we even got descunkafied! Rule of thumb: Ya never know. cheers HD Edited June 20, 2008 by Highdrifter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice Pike... Glad to hear ya smell like a pike rather than a skunk (although to the nose there is little difference) Some nice sized fish there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice job gentlemen! I commend thee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_paul Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Great report HD, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice read and nice pikes! Good to see Doug alive and kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice report HD! Good to see Lucid still around as well ! It's been a while since we have seen one of these island pike reports! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeedLine Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice pike buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Excellent read, thanks for the report. Some nice pike there. Alot of the good fisherfolk of NW Ontario furrow their collective brows at those among us who target 'jackfish', but as your report shows, great fun, great action and like it has been said in a recent report...makes a walleye look like a sissy! LOLOL....love that word "descunkafied" may i get permision to use that HD? nice job guys. Edited June 20, 2008 by limeyangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 NICE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 love that word "descunkafied" may i get permision to use that HD? nice job guys. You may. Use it well, my son. Also acceptable are unskunked and my favourite, deskunkered.. Thanx for the replys lads. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 You may. Use it well, my son. Also acceptable are unskunked and my favourite, deskunkered.. Thanx for the replys lads. HD Exskunkated. These various island reports make it sound like a fun place, what with pike, bass and carp plus the docks to work around. JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Very nice doods, That is a hike to get to that spot! Lucid looks flacid in those waders. Guess I should've cut outta work. Dang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinggeek Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Great report! I've been skunked all but one times while fishing Lake O gators. Everything I see a report like this, I realize how skilled and experienced you guys are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 nicely done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy - Curtiss Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice to see that you've finally bucked the skunk! I say we hit it up again next week. You know there are 40' + gators lurking in those island depths just waiting to be taken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I remember wearing those kind of waders, haven't owned any for many years now, but I guess they still have their purpose at times. Great report Fidel, and congrats to you and McDoug on a great post with pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Aside from a couple of reports around opening day, there has been hardly any pike reports from T.O islands. If youse guys are just getting deskunkified it must have been tough conditions down there. Nice fish and thanks for report, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Can't believe I haven't been to the islands yet this year (stupid lousy spring). Well done on getting out of the obvious spots with the waders and congrats on the deskunkifcation! (that's odd - the spell checker doesn't like deskunkification ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Great report! I've been skunked all but one times while fishing Lake O gators. Everything I see a report like this, I realize how skilled and experienced you guys are. We certainly put in enough time.. props for that! yeyeeee HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Looks like a good outing for the both of you. I can hear the mad scientist laughter from here...ha ha Ha Ha HA HA HA hA hA ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Great report and good job to the both of you. My last trip there I managed to see an uber large bowfin, a dozen or so largemouth bass, carp and my first ever sight of a Toronto island smallie but no pike. Good to see they're around albeit in smaller numbers. Definitely looks like it was worth the effort. Top angling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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