Buck and 2R's...back to the Colorado River

[Garry2Rs]

Buck and I left home this morning at 9AM.

After gassing up the truck and the boat we headed for the Colorado River at Martinez Lake.

The closest ramp is at a spot called Fisher's Landing.

When we got there we found that the river was down about a foot and getting the boat off without dropping the trailer wheels off the end of the ramp might be a trick.

Discretion being the better part of Valour, we opted to go up stream to Meer's Point, and launch there.

On Martinez Lake I caught a 12 inch LM Bass while casting around the boat docks.

This fish hit my same-old Sexy Shad Rattle bait.

 

 

There were several boats still fishing on the other "good" spots and a lot of bird activity...

 

 

We moved up-stream to Ferguson Lake.

Casting the windward shore, in a small bay, I landed two and lost a third on the square lipped #2 Sexy Shad similsr to this.

 

 

These three fish hit within 15 minutes and were located along a section of bank no more than a quarter mile long.

We fished for awhile longer, after the bite died, without success.

I don't want you to think I'm a one trick pony. Beside the Sexy Shad I also threw a Rapala Long Cast Minnow, a Sexy Shad Spinner bait and a Lucky Craft Sammy, but only those two KVD baits paid off for me.

 

Here's a nice sunset shot of Fisher's Landing...

 

 

Garry2R's

Edited December 3, 2009 by garry2rs

[JohnF]

I fished in shirtsleeves this weekend. My longjohns had sleeves, my turtleneck had sleeves, my pullover had sleeves. They're all kinda like shirtsleeves aren't they. The only thing that didn't have sleeves was the microfleece vest I had under the pullover.

 

So there.

 

JF

[Spiel]

I got ask Garry, weather aside do you find the bass fishing in Ontario to be better in both quantity and quality? I'm curious to know how you compare it to Arizona.

[Garry2Rs]

Hi Chris;

Hope you're recovering nicely.

 

Obviously I can't speak for all of Ontario or the whole State of Arizona, but I can say that I find the fishing much better around my place in the Kawarthas than anywhere around Yuma.

This is a desert, there isn't much water so there's only a few places to fish. The fishing pressure here is enormous so the fish are very weary. Imagine if all of Hamilton was only allowed to fish in the Harbour...or everyone from Toronto had only Rice Lake...On the other hand the season is always open, there are some big fish and it's a great place to test new lures and techniques...grin.

Garry

[Greencoachdog]

Maybe you'd have better luck there using soft plastics in a

 

 

desert Scorpion...

 

or

 

 

Gila Monster pattern?

[shane]

I think you might catch more fish if you had some hooks on your lures.

[Leecher]

Great report Garry Loved the scenery shots

Looks like a lovely place to be out on the water

Leechman

[Spiel]

I'm doing okay Garry, thanks.

 

Would it be fair to say that given 12 months of summer in the Kawarthas you'd never leave?

[Garry2Rs]

Yes, that would be true. I love my place at Apsley.

Although I would miss the cheap beer and low prices on tackle.

[Weeds]

Gary, thanks for the report. I always enjoy reading your posts, both those from sunny Arizona and here in the Kawarthas. Keep them coming. And just to keep you up to date about things in these parts the weather has been pretty sweet here too, had the new regs come into effect this year instead of next I would've been fishing for musky today in a t-shirt.

[Garry2Rs]

Glad to hear you're getting a break from the weatherman. Here's to a short winter.

Today we received a package from Tackle Warehouse.

It contained a Stradic MG-FB, and half a dozen new Kopper Live Target baits.

Tomorrow Buck and I will be back on the water testing the new toys...GRIN!

Edited December 3, 2009 by garry2rs