Bay of Quinte Walleye Opener

[Mike the Pike]

After waiting all winter for this day to come it was time to participate in the Kiwanis Walleye Fishing Derby.

 

First off I would like to thank the many volunteers and folks who give their time to make this a fabulous tournament not to mention

the great cause raising money for charity.

 

I arrived late Friday night to meet up with good friends Kenny,Dan and Dave.

 

This year was different though because I decided to bring my boat.

 

Fishing was tough Saturday alot of folks reporting very little walleye action.

 

At 3pm we decided it was just too rough to be out fishing.

 

It was a long boat ride back from the Napannee River along Long Reach past Green Point to Bayside Cottages.It was so rough I decided to put along at 8mph this way we kept ourselves dry.

 

When in took a break had a great supper and went out for the evening bite.

 

Headed down to the Narrows and started trolling at the light house in a 11 ft of water and finally got my first eye of the day.

 

Caught with a purple suspending X-Rap.

 

I have never seen boat traffic like this ever.Navigation was like doing the slalom.

 

We stayed out late and I found the ride back rather creepy in the dark trying to look for the many unlit bouys(help spell check?)

 

Anyhoo here are the pics.

 

If fishing is slow why not have a nap .lots of room in a tiller boat for that GCD

 

A shot of the Napanee river as you can see it was rough in there.

 

My first eye Saturday evening a 28 inch Walleye I didn't weigh her but I figure around 5 or 6lbs.

I let her go to swim another day.

 

 

My fishing partner net minder and camera man.poor Kenny just got some nice OOS bass.

 

Met up with this guy our very own Sonny from OFC fishing with his buddy.

 

Good to see ya again Sonny too bad we had no time to meet up somewhere but fishing is our priority.

 

 

 

Finally Sunday 1:30pm my rod goes off with a big bang the reel was just screaming.

 

My heart was pumping what a scrap .I have never had a long fight like this from a walleye.

 

Kenny and I thought it has to be a big Pike of sheepy she just would not quit line peeling action.

 

Got her to the boat she would not quit,under the boat my medium heavy rod bent over and more drag going out.

 

finally get it into the net and the Long Pink Rapala Huskey Jerk falls out of its mouth.

 

Have a quick look at this big fish and I think wow I could have a chance to qualify in the top 10.

 

I quickly weighed her 9lbs 12oz just under ten not even close to tenth place which was over 11lbs.

There is always next year.This Walley did get the heart a pumping.

Best ever fight from a walleye from one side of the boat to the other would not give up.

 

 

Results of the Kiwanis Fishing Derby.

 

Junior category where I would have qualified if I was under 17yrs old.

 

some prizes from the tournament.

 

First Prize for Pike a 14ft Lund with 15hp motor.

 

first prize walleye a 16ft Lund Rebel XL with 25hp.

 

On the way back from Trenton I snapped this shot of I believe is Canadas Hercules Aircraft.

 

Can't wait until next year.

 

Mike the Pike

Edited May 5, 2009 by Mike the Pike

[medmart]

Great report Mike those are some nice eyes

to bad the weather wasn't better on Saturday

 

Rob

[ehg]

Great report and nice fishes! Quinte coughs up nice walleye even in the spring.

Excellent report!

[endless]

The plane is actually a C-17 globemaster. The Herc has 4 propellers. It's pretty much impossible to tell ya if it's a Canadian one from that range. There is occasionally globemasters from other countries going into Trenton, though it's mostly Canadian ones.

[Zubris21]

Great job! that sure is a nice eye you got there!

[BITEME]

The plane is actually a C-17 globemaster. The Herc has 4 propellers. It's pretty much impossible to tell ya if it's a Canadian one from that range. There is occasionally globemasters from other countries going into Trenton, though it's mostly Canadian ones.

 

 

Yes that is one of our new globemasters

 

BE PROUD PEOPLE

[alphaalpha]

very nice 'eyes!

[lunkerbasshunter]

very nice eyes! Thanks for the report!

 

Cheers!

[Joeytier]

Nice going. I couldn't believe the amount of boats going Eastbound on the 401 Saturday morning. I can only imagine how busy it would've been there.

[JEREMY]

Nice fish,we fished Muscott bay (spelling) all weekend only ended up with a few bass and a couple of pike.

[superdad]

Good report Mike, as always

 

Glad you had some fishing luck, there were some who didn't.

 

Cheers

 

David aka Superdad

[tbayboy]

Great report Mike, nice to see you out on quinte bringing in some nice fish.

[b2kptbo]

Atta boy, great report...

[Terry]

nice fish

you did well, I wish I got out

 

oh well I hope to do some walleye fishing this weekend, just not for the big BOQ walleye

[sonny]

Great report mike,,,good to meet up with ya but next year we'll have to plan a dinner or something,,,glad you got a biggun,,,just remember that spot for next year!!

[Leecher]

WTG Mike Beautiful eyes!!! Congratulations

 

Great report and pics also

Thanks for sharing this special event with us!!! Looks like you had a blast

Jacques

[msp]

Some very nice eyes there. Some people fish their whole lives and never catch an eye that big.You should be proud of your catch. Quinte always produces a great reports..........Old faithfull. Thanks.

[walleyemen]

Great catch Mike, if you notice the 3rd place for pike that was Lindsey from our party, he was bumped at the last minute to forth, we had the van already for that 8 h.p Honda LOL! Shermans point was hot saturday nite, we boated 20 plus fish, all in the 2-3 pound range!

Edited May 5, 2009 by walleyemen

[ccmtcanada]

Something is wrong with this report....

 

I can't put my finger on it....

 

It's right there....

 

Oh wait...I know! You are holding the target fish in your hand!!! LOL. Great report Mike...that 9 pounder and change is a nice eye in anyones books!

 

Great pics...looks like a great time was had by all.

[Bly]

Nice looking eyes Mike! I kinda miss the yellow float suit though Congrats again

[LeXXington]

excellent report.. I wish I could have gotten out there this year

[cityfisher]

good report .. i was out on the weekend also but our group got decent numbers .. about 40 for the weekend..2 boats but size was way down from last year... we got 6 over 4lbs all the rest were smaller

[Greencoachdog]

Great report and pics Mike!!!

 

... and a couple beautiful fish too!!!

 

Too bad you can't catch fish like that in Quebec and have to travel all the way to Ontario eh?

 

 

As far as sleeping in the boat... it sounds kinda wimpy to me . I sleep at home in my bed!

 

... and I still wouldn't want to steer my truck from the rear bumper!!!

[smokin joe]

Thanks for the great report and pics Mike, those are some nice eye's for sure man.

 

Thank you for taking the time to share this with us

[Mike the Pike]

Yes that is one of our new globemasters

 

But Peter did you happen to notice the fish in the report.

 

BE PROUD PEOPLE

 

But Peter did you happen to notice the fish in the report.

 

 

Nice going. I couldn't believe the amount of boats going Eastbound on the 401 Saturday morning. I can only imagine how busy it would've been there.

 

You should have seen the amount of boats in the narrows Saturday .What bothers me is the ones that cut in front of you these are the guys who don't get out much many others have a good sense of judgement some are just complete morons .I did let one guy know he was an idiot passing just 10 feet in front of my bow.

 

 

Nice fish,we fished Muscott bay (spelling) all weekend only ended up with a few bass and a couple of pike.

NO pike this year but my partner caught a couple of OOS Bass.

 

Great report mike,,,good to meet up with ya but next year we'll have to plan a dinner or something,,,glad you got a biggun,,,just remember that spot for next year!!

Ya I think I will take friday off next year as I find the 4hr drive from montreal rather long at the end of the day with the start of rush hour early on Friday's .So what will be 4 dinner .

 

 

Some very nice eyes there. Some people fish their whole lives and never catch an eye that big.You should be proud of your catch. Quinte always produces a great reports..........Old faithfull. Thanks.

 

if ya fish quinte enough in the fall or spring finding a double digit will come sooner than you think.

 

 

Great catch Mike, if you notice the 3rd place for pike that was Lindsey from our party, he was bumped at the last minute to forth, we had the van already for that 8 h.p Honda LOL! Shermans point was hot saturday nite, we boated 20 plus fish, all in the 2-3 pound range!

So what was 4th place I forget.

 

 

Something is wrong with this report....

 

I can't put my finger on it....

 

It's right there....

 

Oh wait...I know! You are holding the target fish in your hand!!! LOL. Great report Mike...that 9 pounder and change is a nice eye in anyones books!

 

Great pics...looks like a great time was had by all.

 

The start of this year is much better than last year.

 

 

Nice looking eyes Mike! I kinda miss the yellow float suit though Congrats again

Did you notice I now have a yellow hat to match the floater suit. lol

 

good report .. i was out on the weekend also but our group got decent numbers .. about 40 for the weekend..2 boats but size was way down from last year... we got 6 over 4lbs all the rest were smaller

 

You guys did well we managed about 10 in our group of 4.

 

 

Great report and pics Mike!!!

 

... and a couple beautiful fish too!!!

 

Too bad you can't catch fish like that in Quebec and have to travel all the way to Ontario eh?

 

 

 

 

 

 

As far as sleeping in the boat... it sounds kinda wimpy to me . I sleep at home in my bed!

 

... and I still wouldn't want to steer my truck from the rear bumper!!!

 

 

I can get them like that up North Glen but it requires a longer drive and your chances are fewer.Now I know Lac St-Pierre on the St-Lawrence has the numbers and size but I will have to spend more time there and must learn how to jig properly because trolling on the Larry is tough because it is infested with weeds.

 

Over the past 5 yrs I have become quite comfortable with the Bay of Quinte I am starting to know it well .No other place increases your odds of big walleye like the bay does.Navagation is easy unlike the Larry where I have already busted up a couple of props.GPS is making life easier so I may be back on the St-Lawrence more often.

 

 

 

 

 

When I get my F-150 it will be ordered with the Tiller GCD

 

Well thanks for the kind words and complements folks.

 

I look forward to Salmon fishing towards the end of May with Percher and my son.

 

MTP

Edited May 7, 2009 by Mike the Pike