tbayboy Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 <a href=" title="Beautiful Morning by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2629784624_a9c5da877e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Beautiful Morning" /></a> 7:27 am on a glorious morning. Mike and I are in the boat and ready to head to our spot. After Sundays fun on the Bog we decided to do the exact same thing today only the weather was completely different. Instead of overcast with a bit of wind ending in a storm it was sunny and dead calm not to mention pretty damned hot. 7:50 am - I'm getting worried as Mikes super bait has yet to catch a bass when Mike watches (the water was flat and clear - you could see everything) a musky fly sideways from 10 feet away and attack his bait. Talk about an exciting way to musky fish! She gave a beautiful fully out of the water leap but Mike held on... <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5dd008b709&photo_id=2629806372"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"></param>'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"></param>'>http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5dd008b709&photo_id=2629806372" height="375" width="500"></embed></object> After letting her rest in the net she came in for a quick photo op <a href=" title="Mikes first by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/2629786430_be0c97cdec_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Mikes first" /></a> The back she went <a href=" title="Off you go by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2628967807_0a5a8c575b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Off you go" /></a> Nothing like starting the day off with a nice fish right off the bat. Back to casting we went. Mike still using his big white topwater and me tossing the gold versoin of the same bait. 8:23 am and my lure hits the water and probably hit this guy on the head - instant boil! <a href=" title="Come to daddy! by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2629792974_79972ecd73_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Come to daddy!" /></a> <a href=" title="Little scrapper by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2628975491_eecbb2f520_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Little scrapper" /></a> Sure not a big one but she was fun and before 8:30 am we had two musky in the boat, this was a VERY nice way to start my Canada day. Mike managed to get a largie soon after but the pics are on his camera. If I'd known that was the only largie we'd get I'd have taken a pic too. Weird day with the bass - they must have been hunkered down good as we hardly even saw any. 10:22 am. We've moved into a bit more open water so I put on a big bucktail I picked up at the fishing show this spring. I picked up a really nice musky rod from DANIMAL on Saturday so I finally had a rod that could handle this big lure (damn those things get heavy when wet). Just when I'm starting to think we should switch to bass mode as my arms getting really tired I see a head come into view about 10 feet behind the bucktail. Two swishes of his tail and he's right behind it. Almost casually he opens his big mouth pushes forward over my bucktail and clamps down. Did I mention I LOVE sight fishing for musky. What a rush. This guy made a bee line for the surface but I saw it coming and was able to keep the tension on as he cleared the water. The second time he jumped I wasn't expecting it but luckily by then the hooks had found their mark. After some more fun fighting she came up to the boat <a href=" title="Bucktail Muskie by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2628979723_0acf3ef043_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Bucktail Muskie" /></a> A quick photo op <a href=" title="Now I'm happy by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2629804546_a6449aab39_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Now I'm happy" /></a> and then a release shot that I think is the same as last years <a href=" title="Go get bigger by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2629807914_19d10c466a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Go get bigger" /></a> Here's last years pic for comparison <a href=" title="The release by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/1430074291_47d67468b2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="The release" /></a> Things slowed down on the Musky side of things so we finally made our way to the lilly pads to go Bass hunting. Mike put on a nice pink frog while I tossed a big white blade dancer over the slop and wouldn't you know it... 2:30pm <a href=" title="Frog Musky by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2629810974_744946843b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Frog Musky" /></a> Silly Musky, Frogs are for Bass! He looks pretty big in that picture but check out the pads for reference We had another little muskie come after our baits in pads but didn't hit so we took that for a sign (well that and Mike's trolling motor battery running out) and headed back for one more pass at our starting spot before calling it a day. Without the trolling motor and the winds picking up Mike lined us up for one more drift, threw out the sock and we went to work. I had a follow on the bucktail that wanted nothing of my figure eight but the drift was going over some pretty bad looking areas. We were getting a little discouraged but eventually we got into some nice weeds again and Mike put on an orange and black spinner bait. Not much later he had a good hit but missed it. A few mintues later I see him freeze, wait and yank and its on! The water is much murkier now so we couldn't see her come at it but when she turned we both got a good look at her back and I think we both shouted at the same time - "Nice fish"! After getting the trolling motor out of the way and trimming up the motor I grabbed the net and remembered my camera <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=457d7e0fae&photo_id=2629803072"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=457d7e0fae&photo_id=2629803072" height="375" width="500"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/2629812584/" title="I'm not coming in that boat! by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2629812584_4e8a551804_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="I'm not coming in that boat!" /></a> This girl barely fit in the net. In fact this fish convinced us that we need to pool our funds and get a bigger net <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/2628992959/" title="Resting in the pen by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2628992959_4f70fdf7c5_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Resting in the pen" /></a> After she got a rest in the net it was photo time <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/2628994259/" title="Admiring his handiwork by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2628994259_419b125ca0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Admiring his handiwork" /></a> Then back in she went <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emosworld/2629816612/" title="Final release by Sean Maurik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2629816612_535ba60e2a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Final release" /></a> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c96f2e7f0a&photo_id=2629810514"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c96f2e7f0a&photo_id=2629810514" height="375" width="500"></embed></object> As she swam away I looked at Mike and simply said - we can go home now. There was no way we were going to improve on that so we cleaned up, high fived each other and headed to the launch and late late hour of 4pm. I'm still smiling - that was probably one of the best fishing days I've had in years. Really active fish (all with nice thick bodies which was nice to see) and they came spread out throughout the day so we never got totally bored and what can I saw about those clear flat water hits where you could watch them come in to take it - wow. So Happy Canada day everyone, sure was for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Great report Tbay! Can't say I've ever had a day like that on Scugog, so hats off! Looks like you've really got the hang of 'ski-ing! Great shots, too. Does your camera have a polarized lens? The shots turned out really big...I mean good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Awesome report guys, as for me i just slept in and out of sleep all day, thanks for sharing the Pics and Videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Want Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I see TopBogIn Part 1 and run out and buy white and gold Rapala Walk 13's. Now I see Part 2 and I gotta buy a pink frog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bly Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I am so jealous :thumbsup_anim: Great pictures and fish guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Now that's what I call a GREAT day on Scugog!!! Congrats guys....awesome work there. Our Scugog adventure wasn't as successful, but it was great to be out there. After taking 1.5 hours 'off' taking my little one home and then back to the lake, it hardly felt like we fished at all...LOL. Again...congrats on all the muskie...one for the memory books for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 You guys have some great reports. Love the videos. No wonder the bass weren't biting. They were hiding from all the active musky! I guess the warm weather and the shallow water of Scugog really turned them on. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 You guys have some great reports. Love the videos. No wonder the bass weren't biting. They were hiding from all the active musky! I guess the warm weather and the shallow water of Scugog really turned them on. Thanks for sharing! Bly and I were fishing the same shallow warm water today as well and we didn't see a single musky....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Nice fish pics and videos too. That looks like a dream day on the water to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdotfisherman Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Great photos and videos Tbayboy. Looks like you fellas had a great day on the water. I need to get to Scugog asap and try for some of those Musky.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeds Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 A pile of musky for Canada Day, pretty sweet!! Nice Report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Man ya gotta like the action, WTG... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Wow! Can't get much better than that! I'm guessing you guys probably made 50,000 casts that day Congrats on a great day! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I see TopBogIn Part 1 and run out and buy white and gold Rapala Walk 13's. Now I see Part 2 and I gotta buy a pink frog. The fish actually hit it twice before Mike got the hook set - go figure. Thanks for the comments everyone, was a nice day for sure though it means were due for a good skunking soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 OH CANADA.. you gotta love it! Beauty skis! cheers HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitsmith2k Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 damn.. sweet day out there.. nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Wow! That looks to be an amazing day of musky catching there. Nice photos, videos and commentary. Great chronicle of such an excellent fishing day. Thanks for posting, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 (edited) sure was a great day on the water. The musky seemed turned on in the areas we fished and the bass seemed to be hiding , which was the complete opposite of Sunday. I think Sean is hooked on musky fishing now as he was tossing larger baits most of the day. Edited July 2, 2008 by mikeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Nice weeds Nice fish Nice pics....what camera is that you were using? forrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Beautiful fish. Great report. I love the videos Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Nice weedsNice fish Nice pics....what camera is that you were using? forrest Its a Canon S3 IS. Pretty happy with it so far (it replaced my S1 that died). Auto mode picks some lousy ISO setting however so I've been forced to learn what some of these zillion options are for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmls Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 wow...I have yet to see a report with so many muskie in one morning...awesome report Sean...Makes me wanna get out their and give muskie fishing a go....Oh ya and keep up the amazing scenery shots, the first one is my new wallpaper, LOL !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeeter99 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 always lots of muskie down at pine point on scugog suprised you didn't get any big bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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