jjcanoe Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 (edited) Got a late start on Saturday in the derby. We went to Tromblays to pick up some minnows and a few other things and was impressed by the service and helpful staff they had there. After that it was off to the headquarters to pick up our pre paid tickets. We were not very politely told that we couldn't park in the almost empty lot there to get our tickets but had to park way out back on the grass. After spinning the tires and covering the front of the boat with a nice coating of mud, I remembered my new pickup has 4WD! Me and jr. walked across the soggy muddy grass to pick up our tickets. Did I mention the rain and lightning? After we picked up the tickets we saw the girl who told us to park it on the grass. "Sorry about the lawn" I said and then asked were there was a car wash to hose off my boat and cover. The one she sent me to was a drive thru so I found a wand wash and hosed the caked mud off. We went over to the port Launch just about the time that the rain died off and stuck the boat in the water. The starting battery was dead. I unhooked one of my trolling motor batteries to get us going. Through the narrows into Simcoe and off to the crowd of boats we went. After about an hour of nothing we decided to move on, we went back under the bridge to Couch. and pulled up to a spot at the mouth of a channel, dropped anchor and were immediately into fish. For about 3 hours it was non-stop perching action with a few bunch of doubleheaders and a few quadruple headers. (2 hooks per line X 2 guys= Quadruple header!) Average size was about 7" but got 3 or 4 in the 12" range. Jr. was all about the minnows but after a while I decided to try something different. I had a 1/16th oz jighead with a tiny plastic crayfish. This worked about half as well as the minnows, meaning I got one every third or fourth cast instead of every other cast. Funny thing about this spot was that although there were a few other boats within casting distance (within 50') of us we seemed to be the only ones having any sort of luck. Don't know if it was the setup or the spot or the "Lucky Fishing Hat" We managed easily over 100 fish in total. My son was really happy with the fishing there. We managed to get off water and bring the perch 2 biggest to the live release "check in" station with about 3 minutes to spare before the next thunder storm rolled through! Here's the R's the Ride the Rig the Region the Radar the Results the Reason Had a great day out there. Please note the presence of the Lucky Fishing Hat! jjcanoe and jjcanoe jr. Edited April 27, 2009 by jjcanoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Remarkable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcanoe Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thanks Brian, If I had my knife with me I'd be calling you over for a perch feed! jjcanoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 must be the lucky hat, I lost mine years ago sounds like a great day of perching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radnine Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 That looks like a happy kid! Congratulations! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Well done, glad ya's got into some good action... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinbanger Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Really Really Really ...GREAT! TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcanoe Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 used to be MY lucky fishing hat but it has since changed hands! jjcanoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Great post JJ - big points for the R theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Great report and pics jjcanoe Congratulations to both of you Your son's quite the fisherman!!! His smile says it all Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboy Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Nice work and glad you got out. I had a friend and his son report that with the lightning on Sat and the wind on Sun they got precious little fishing in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcanoe Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Nice work and glad you got out. I had a friend and his son report that with the lightning on Sat and the wind on Sun they got precious little fishing in. We timed it just about right on Saturday! jjcanoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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