It's raining...

[splashhopper]

dang.... no rain all week and then today ,,,, rain,,, rain rain down here in the London area..

 

no matter,,,,

 

I have a rain suit,,,,

 

I am gonna try for some carp... or some crappies.

 

they seem to be like "Mikey"... they'll eat anything.

 

 

What are you all doing on a rainy saturday morning ?

Edited June 20, 2009 by splashhopper

[Paully]

reading this post...

[Lunker777]

Im sitting at work till 12.... so Im not to worried right now.

 

But Im spose to be working on my boat after work and I dont know how well thats going to work out if its raining !

 

BOOO

[Handlebarz]

The wife and Daughter were out half the night until they stopped the Relay for life due to lightning last night so about 1am they came home but went back at 6:30am so I guess its time to clean the house and play inside here as my two girls are very tired and my son will be to much for fishing in the rain. I hope the wind stays down tomorrow for Dad and I to get out for fathers day.

 

and also watching OFC

[BUSTER]

I got up a 4am to head out, be on the water by 530....rain,rain,rain,rain in guelph ruined my plans.... ill have to try later this afternoon.

[Spiel]

Honestly I hope it rains all day, it'll make for good worm picking tonight and those Lakair walleye loves worms.

[johnnyb]

Sitting at work...until 5:00 But heading up to Muskoka to see my dad...will be up bright and early tomorrow morning lookin' for fish

[Sinker]

I know what I would be doing, if I wasn't working.... ....and rain definitly would NOT be changing my plans!!!

 

S.

[DRIFTER_016]

When I lived in Ontario we had a joke that went like this:

 

What follows two days of rain?

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MONDAY!!!!!

[johnnyb]

[bigugli]

I'm a gettin the outdoor kitchen ready for a fry tonight. Must start summer right and celebrate midsummer's ( even if I'm a day early)

[IndySKS]

i got up a 6 and got ready to go to Wildwood and just as i went out the door it started raining. So i have been on the couch surfin all morning, off to angling outfitter's soon and to get a liner for my pool. Fishing tomorrow morning maybe.

[johnnyb]

You can't fish in the pool!! Put the raingear on and get movin!

[danbouck]

It's my youngest's 1st birthday party

[Twocoda]

Rain is a good thing ...they been calling for it for three weeks now ...and it keeps missing us...finally we are getting hit ....

 

Have you ever seen grass " smile"

[BUSTER]

It's not the rain , it's them darn thunderbolts!!!

[MillerPhoto]

Customizing baits at the moment, and rain is supposed to slow down here shortly, then heading to a covered dock on Brighton Bay to try for some Wallys.

[KelfuN]

just got off work..

will be heading to the kawartha's soon searching for walleyes

 

for steelheaders, we fish in the rain/snow/sun....a little rain won't hurt

[splashhopper]

Welll,, I had a BLAST today.... ALL BY MYSELF

 

Stopped by the grocery store and grabbed some Del Monte corn and a loaf of bread.

Headed down to a spot in St Thomas that i usually catch carp at and I wasn't dissapointed today either

 

They weren't too big today, but they were biting like crazy... or should I say, i was setting the hook like like no other day of carp fishing ? lol

 

A couple of them tried to kiss me I think >

 

And another one wanted no part of me kissing it >>

 

The carp were hitting fast and furious in this little hole today... thank goodness I decided to brave the rain >>

 

 

 

But then I got Bored catching all these fish

 

So I headed down to Port Stanley to see what the water looked like there... hoping to catch some perch for dinner maybe

 

The sky was sputtering and spitting rain all day today, but i just stuck with it,,,

 

not too often I can fish at either of these spots and not have others there as well..

 

i picked up some minnows and set up the pickeral rig,,,,

 

Not even 5 minutes and I was in to my first perch of the day >>

 

Hey, I didn;t say it was Jumbo perch ok

 

A few minutes later and I am into this one

 

Now i am thinking ... hmmm... if there are small ones this close to shore, there must be some biggers ones too

 

15 minutes later and WHAMMO ! My 10ft light action rod bends down,, I fight it for a few minutes thinking maybe I got a catfish or a stray walleye

 

but NOOOOO... not even close

 

It was a danged sheepshead ( a good sized one though)

 

The sun came out and I had a chance to get my shirt off and let it dry on the rocks...

this might have been a BIG Mistake though...

I think the fish got blinded by the pasty white guy on the rocks

 

Fish slowed right down, but not before I caught this last one of the day

 

And now that I look closer at that last pic, maybe that damned see-doo messed the perch up

 

Oh well, I can only hope for another perch day like the one I had last Saturday just down the lake a few miles

 

Ahhhh... they were good to eat this week, now Mrs Splashhopper wonders if I am a real " hunter gatherer HeMan" when I didn;t bring any of todays fish home with me

 

No damned rain is gonna stop me!

 

Git er Duuunnnnnnn ! lol

 

Splashhopper

Edited June 20, 2009 by splashhopper

[Greencoachdog]

Yup! fishin' is good int he rain if it isn't thunder and lightning!!!

 

You should've taken that Sheepshead home for the table, a couple of folks on here have tried them recently and said it was good.

[splashhopper]

Yup! fishin' is good int he rain if it isn't thunder and lightning!!!

 

You should've taken that Sheepshead home for the table, a couple of folks on here have tried them recently and said it was good.

 

I was wondering about that sheepshead too. right after i let him go