Aaron Shirley Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Barry and I headed to the Haliburtons to fish for smallies on our annual trip with the boys on the weekend. We had a riot as always. Barry and I caught a bunch of big smallies up to 5lbs on day one with about 20 fish in the boat, not many under 2.5-pounds. X-Raps and tubes were the ticket with a couple on a DT crank for Barry. I even got a laker on a green tube! Barry had the hot hand on the weekend getting countless big fish. We got to put the new Rapala Volt and RType reels to the test, and I'm impressed with them. I can't wait for the new Rapala high-end rods to come out later this year. Day two we had a mini-tourney with all 6 boats. It was a tough day of fishing, but most boats got around 15 smallies. Spinnerbaits, tubes and X-Raps were the ticket. Barry took it with a 4.2lb smallie. The surface water temps were at 56 F. and gin clear. Moderate to low winds were nice, although we had some storms moving through with bigger winds, one front with hail! The first day was -1 C, day 2 was a lot warmer. The fish were anywhere from 5' of water to 30'. It was a great trip, can't wait for next year already! We didn't take a lot of pics due to the weather, but we got some nice shots. Good fishing! Aaron
steverowbotham Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 nice trip! Can't wait to spend Thanksgiving weekend in the Hali's
tibbs Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Beauty Fish! How are the new Rapala reels and rods? I'm looking to get a new baitcasting setup for crankbait.
Joey Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Some nice smallies there Aaron, way to go. Joey
LimbLifter Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Great job Aaron! Gotta love Barry, every fish is like his first!
Harrison Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Duck! Kiddin, nice colours. Edited October 5, 2009 by Harrison
Jigger Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Nice fish Aaron. Also looking forward to Thanksgiving weekend. Got out for a few hours today, but just couldn't get the hooks into the quality fish that you have there. Even used pretty much the same lure combos... Did you find that the fish were grouping together or scattered? Maybe last nights storms turned them off today? Congrats again. Some real nice fall colours!
MCTFisher9120 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Ah, those TS2 rods are very nice tools to be using. Great report Aaron!! Thanks for sharing, MTBF
splashhopper Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 So THAT'S where the smallies we were chasing were... on your darned line in a another part of the province. Nice fish and great pics
Guest Johnny Bass Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Gotta love this time of year, when the big smallies are schoolin and they are fighting for your bait. Some nice colors on those bass too. Thanks for sharing.
Aaron Shirley Posted October 5, 2009 Author Report Posted October 5, 2009 Hey Tibbs, the new Canadian Rapala rods and reels are really nice. I love the RType rods and reels. The new Volt reels are nice as well. I can't wait to try the new high-end Shift rods coming out later this year. Jigger, we found the fish scattered all over. We had to work hard for our bites and run and gun to keep getting quality fish... although they are small lakes, so we didn't have to run far to a new spot Aaron
Leecher Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Some nice looking bronze back Aaron Great job you guys!!! Thanks for sharing Leechman
bucktail Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Nice fish!!!! Those last 3 pics........ I think I was in that bay last weekend and missed a few 4lbers. Deep weeds??
uglyfish Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 nicely done aaron, u and barry did good on the smallies! the new gear rapala is coming out with looks great! hows the new r type baitcasters workin?? the shift rods look amazing!!
tonyb Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 Great looking smallies, second time I've seen the pictures man the colorations are popping out on those fish! It's that time of year, so many different opportunities, so little time Tony
highdrifter Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 I'm gonna be at Eagle Lake this weekend at Sir Sam Smith's... I've already told the wifey I'm bringing the gear. If she wants a happy weekend, then I gotta do my thing!! Wicked report guys!! Thanks HD
Aaron Shirley Posted October 9, 2009 Author Report Posted October 9, 2009 Hey Bucktail, we did get a bunch of smallies off the weed weed edges, as well as sand flats, rock piles, shoreline and deeper breaks... all types of structure. Uglyfish, yes the new RType baitcasters are sweet Good fishing! Aaron
jaydub Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 Those are some nice smallies guys! Congrates on a great weekend
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