TJQ Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Avery and I managed to get up to Jiggy for the long weekend... it rained a bit the one day, but otherwise the weather was always better than they were predicting (buzz kills...) On the way in we stopped and saw Oxcowboy and his buds at Golden Eagle, didn't know that Wendel was there or I would have searched him out as well! After we got camp set up, Avery and I headed out on the river, where the pace of the weekend was quickly set with him catching all that nights dinner..... a sign of things to come... You can see his SEG (*&%$ eating grin... get bigger and bigger as the weekend progresses... lol) We managed to get a small flock of black ducks to come in... not as friendly as the ones we had last year, but we still did managed to bribe them with enough bread to get them up on the dock... We have a couple of minnow traps at a beaver pond on the way in and last time we were up there was a TON of tadpoles in the water... well there must be no predators in that pond cause this time when we looked they had all come out of the water, it was incredible!! It was a sight Id never seen before... <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object> This was also something I'd never seen before..a pretty disgusting insect.. it was about 4 inches long... and was attacking the little frogs.. squirming around in them and biting them with its mandibles... Anyone know what it is??? It was like an armoured centipede.. with less legs... Thousands of frogs in different stages of evolution. The next day Avery and I packed up our new to us 12 footer and went back to a lake we know... the one where Monique caught her big perch... he was casting to shore .. it was a Jumla only day for him... I was jigging with some nice minnows to see if there was any pickerel in the lake. I'm pretty sure I missed a big one, the bite felt right, and while I poked around like that, Avery whooped my butt with the Jumla... see the grin get bigger and bigger... Apparently outfishing me wore him right out... so the next day when I asked him what he wanted to do, he wanted to go exploring on the ATV, which was fine with me, I had 4 lakes I wanted to check out to see if they were accessible and if we could get the boat in.. so off we went, putting about 110 km on the bike, we brought lunch and had a great day! In an old clear cut you could see where a bear had walked up the side of a sand dune, i though the tracks made a nice picture... Someones had a bad day.... The end of one cut trail... a spectacular view of the surrounding area... One access to a very large lake... no other access points and no traffic at this spot.. I bet no ones fished it for years.... Till the next time I get in there... Also when we got back.. there was a couple of Beers at the door at Jiggy, apparently some transient with a float plane dropped by to say hi... and of course picked the day we were out gallivanting around... thanks for the Beers IrishField!! Next time let me know when your coming!! After delighting in the fact that Avery was supplying the fish for dinner, he then proceeded to takle 5 bucks from me playing crib as well.... geezz rub salt into my wounds... I think the young padawan is starting to teach the teacher.... The next morning this bold visitor was hopping around camp... It also seemed that there were alot more Terns ( I think that's what this is) as well as an over abundance of woodcocks along the trails... more than normal... Ive also been looking for something we could pull behind my 15hp so the kids can do some water sports in the afternoons while there, so they dont get over board with the ole man wanting to fish all the time... we splurged and bought an O'brien Jimmy Jam board, and hoped the boat would pull it - and yes it did!! <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object> All in all it was a great weekend!! Now back to work to wait for the next trip up in Mid August.
Monique Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Looks like Avery inherited mom's gift of fishing Glad my boys are home.
Joey Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Great report and pics TJ. Nice that you two get along so well. Love that That insect looks like a helgremite, great fish bait, but they bite, watch out. Joey
Headhunter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Nice report and pics! Looks like the boys had a great time... Avery looks like he's been drinking a lot of chocolate milk as he has a milk mustache in every pic! LOL HH
TJQ Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Posted August 5, 2008 Joey... I believe your right... a google image search confirmed that!! They are nasty!!! http://images.google.ca/images?q=helgremite
TJQ Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Posted August 5, 2008 Nice report and pics! Looks like the boys had a great time... Avery looks like he's been drinking a lot of chocolate milk as he has a milk mustache in every pic! LOL HH LOL.. ya hes getting furry... hey HH how long are you at Golden Eagle???
highdrifter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) Dragonfly nymph..Cool pics! Nope. Predacious diving beattle larvae. Coleoptera family. And those tiny frogs may have been tiny toads, which would explain why they're in such large numbers. Great report! cheers HD Edited August 5, 2008 by Highdrifter
Joey Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Joey... I believe your right... a google image search confirmed that!! They are nasty!!! http://images.google.ca/images?q=helgremite Ya, we used to fish with those in Calgary. They are under the rocks there and the first time I picked one up to use as bait I learned my lesson on how hard they bite From then on we'd try to just hook them on by piercing them with the hook without touching them. First cast is fish on with them usually. Joey
highdrifter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 predacious diving beatle larva. hellgramite. Both have large mouth parts, so they can pack a wallop!! HD
Headhunter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 TJ, we'll be at Golden Eagle from Aug 9-16th! My brother and his kids are joining us till the 14th. Really lookin forward to gettin out of the big stink/smoke and enjoying all the good things up there! HH
solopaddler Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 What, 110km on the bike and you didn't drop your boat in the water? C'mon man! Sounds like you guys had a great time as usual, congrat's to the youngun'!
solopaddler Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 predacious diving beatle larva. hellgramite. Both have large mouth parts, so they can pack a wallop!! HD Methinks you are correct sir! (including the toad theory) Highdrifter wins a six pack of Jumlas!!!
ccmtcanada Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Ahhh.....the mighty jumla!!! Looks like you guys had a great time out there....lots of fishing and exploring....how cool is that?
highdrifter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Methinks you are correct sir! (including the toad theory) Highdrifter wins a six pack of Jumlas!!! YAY! Jumlajumlajumlajumlajumlajumla!! Glad my extensive taxonomy classes were good for something.. HD
Leecher Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Awesome report and great pics TJ High five to Avery for all the fish caught Thanks for sharing Leechman
Guest Johnny Bass Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Great Report. Lots of fish, some nice scenery and wildlife shots. Looks like the Jumala is a fish magnet.
oxcowboy Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 looks like a great time, it was great to meet ya both. thats a wicked looking larva for sure, maybe next year we can get together some more. jason
Reef Runner Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Sweet report TJ. Looks like some quality time. That diving beatle thingy is damn ugly.
Handlebarz Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 nice face plant I give it a big 10 or 2 thumbs up. Tj as always you have a great life and thanks for sharing it wit hus. I hope my report in two weeks from my daughter and I weekend aways is this good.
b2kptbo Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Great report, that back lake could be interesting, glad you boys had a good time...
lunkerbasshunter Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 very cool report! good to see some fish being caught! those frogs, tad poles are crazy. topwater frogs must hammer the bass up there? thanks for sharing the report! cheers!
Greencoachdog Posted August 5, 2008 Report Posted August 5, 2008 Great report and pics TJ!!! Looks like Avery has the design and presentation "down pat" for those Jumla's!!!
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