"Hunt for Big Jake 12" kawartha muskies

[jediangler]

This marks our 12th year for the boys musky weekend we like to call the hunt for "Big Jake". We stayed at Camp Ashtabula and were very happy with accomadations and our rental boats. Rob & Donna are great hosts.

 

http://www.campashtabula.com

 

All 4 of us went up in Griff's minivan and there was enough room to pack the guitars.

Joonmoon on bass and the Shipper on guitar while Griff sings the folk songs of his youth. We arrived Friday at dinner time and enjoyed great food and drink while we prepared for the tourney to start the next morning.

Griff and Joonmoon were the cooks for the weekend, here Griff enjoys a cold one after dinner.

The 1st quarter (Saturday morn till 1pm) we decided to go to the north section of Pigeon lake.

The Shipper brought out his new lucky hat for the ride north. We had no rain and very light winds and managed to get 3 muskies to follow to the boat. Two followed Joonmoon's Grandma and one followed my Slopmaster but all looked rather lazy and didn't even attempt to strike at the baits.

The 2nd quarter (4pm-8pm) I asked if they wanted to try the west shore accross from Gannon's narrows. We tied some jigs on in order to try and get some table fare and maybe a bass or two as well.

I picked up this 19" smallie on a white jig & grub and it turned out to be the biggest bass of the weekend. You can see Griff and the Shipper in the backround.

Joonmoon used a small tube jig in pink to entice these two perch and one crappie to come back to the cottage with us for dinner. The wind was light and the sky was cloud filled but only a spit of rain was coming down as we moved to our favourite sunset fishing hole. I had on a Mepps musky killer in black with a gold blade when this beast hit at 7:40pm.

Joonmoon did a fine job with the cradle and the camera as I landed a new PB musky that measured 49".

The Shipper took this release shot from their rental boat and the fish swam away strong after a few minutes of revival.

The 3rd quarter we decided to go over to Buckhorn and try our luck in and around Gannon's narrows on the way. We fished Gannon's bay and around the bridge a bit but only had a few panfish hit jigs that we hoped would get us a walleye.

The Shipper did get this great pic of a loon that was not shy at all and came closer to the boat than any other loon I have seen. We went back for lunch and poured over the maps to see where to go for the 4th and final quarter. We decied to go north again where we had the follows on the first morning. Nothing was happening so we worked our way south hitting all our spots on the way without even seeing a follow. When we arrived at our sunset spot I put on an orange J-13 and slowed down my presentation just as the rain started.

This little 28"er liked the wiggle of the J-13 and tried to get it all in his mouth at once. It wasn't hooked as bad as it looks and it sped off as soon as it hit the water needing no reviving time at all. Again it was around 7:30pm although it looks much darker by the photo. That was it for fishing as the rain began to pick up as we made our way back to the cottage in near dark to end another "Big Jake" weekend.

Sadly the Impaler missed this years tourney after making all eleven previous years. We missed you buddy and hope you can return with us next year.

Edited October 6, 2008 by jediangler

[chickenhawk]

sounds like a solid few days! nice fish and congrats on the new PB!

 

Hawk

[tibbs]

Congrats on the PB musky!

 

Looked like you guys had a blast!

[danbo]

Pickin' & a grinnin"! Ya gotta luv it!

[Radnine]

Is there anything better than a trip with the boys?

I think not!

Congrats on the PB.

[Casey123]

Great reprot, the big smile says it all!

[Cookslav]

Nice Job,

Thats a beauty Musky!

 

Gotta love those "Guys Weekends",

Good food & drink....and some good fishing never hurts!

[Ramble]

Good report. Awesome 'ski as well. I love that red and white hat lol

 

-R-

[Pigeontroller]

Nice Muskie Yoda!

[silveradosheriff]

Awesome fish D!

 

See you on the ice in a couple of weeks.

 

:-)

[Bly]

One fish, two fish

Red fish, blue fish...

 

Sorry, the striped hat taking me back to my youth lol

 

Gorgeous looking Musky...Congrats on the new PB!! Looks like it was a great weekend!!

[tbayboy]

Nice report and a beauty fish too boot. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

[b2kptbo]

Good report, looked like a great time with the boys, congrats on the PB...

[Leecher]

Great report and pics jediangler

 

Congratulation on your PB

Awesome looking ski!

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

[1leggedangler]

What a great weekend with the boys!!! Beautiful clean looking muskie, congrats with the new PB. Thanks for the report and pics.

 

Cheers,

1leg

[snag]

Outstanding!

 

I didn't think a bucktail would do that well late in the day.

[Moosebunk]

Caught this read earlier but more importantly the big ski... Congrats fellow Jedi. lol.

[corvette1]

nice job guys congrats on your pb ski

[joonmoon]

What an awesome weekend with the bros...Since I missed the last two years due to neck and spine injuries I had forgotten how much fun we have. Playin the Bass and learning from the Shipper was a blast. Eatin some quality Pigeon Lake perch and Crappies was great but the weekend was made with the chance to land the Biggun for my little Bro. And seeing how exhausted we both were after her release I can only hope to share the feeling again...only with Jedi on the cradle...lol. Thanks Bros for a beauty weekend, lookin forward to next trip out already.

[dizzidevil]

Been talking with Joonmoon at work and I'm hoping to beat that 49 incher. Like i said hoping, but more then likely i'm going to get scunked since i'm going to the same place to stay.

[fishindevil]

Nice fishing trip/report !!! glad to see the muskies came out to play..well done on the new PB...cheers