A week on Sans Souci & G-Bay Report

[BillsTheBassMan]

Hey Folks,

 

A big group of us went up to Frying Pan Island/Sans Souci on Georgian Bay last week for a week of drinks, fishing, and good times (though not necessarily in that order).

 

Here's the boat we were using for the week. It has been in my buddies family for 30 years and he's recently put a lot of Blood, Sweat, tears, and MONEY into it. It's a 19ft Bayliner with a 115 E-Tech.

 

 

We also had a welcoming party swimming around our dock upon arrival:

 

 

We started by heading out to the big water (big mistake - explain later) to put the riggers down for some Salmon or Lakers. I put on the good old Purple & Black Nasty Boy and this was my reward:

 

 

He weighed in at almost 13lbs. He was saved for the pan as he was too blown to put back. Our revival efforts were in vain.

 

Also saved for the pan:

 

 

That laker was just a tad over 11lbs.

 

The Rubber Boot Lunch (delicious):

 

 

The bassing throughout the week was average. Each fish caught was 2lbs minimum though. We also had two people we were fishing with catch 2 5lb SMB on a double header off a shoal. I dialed up most bass on double-grub tail jig setups. Sadly this is the lone bass photo of the week:

 

 

Then it was a somber moment during the week. We were reduced to putting our flag at half-mast. See you in 4 years:

 

 

Our last night there was our best night there - as is generally the case on big-water fishing trips. On a night like this, you just know the fishing is going to be good:

 

 

 

We marked fish like crazy after the intense heat wave - they were all holding to bottom and we marked them thick and heavy for miles and miles:

 

Two of our rewards:

 

A good pike:

 

 

The photo doesn't do him justice - he was a hog caught right off the bottom. He provided the fight of the week and it was a great battle. The battle didn't end in the water - he decided to crap all over Nate's boat, just missing his arm:

 

 

@ 9:15 on our last night the lake decided to reward me with the ever-rare Georgian Bay Chinook. It was the 4th different species we caught right off the bottom in an hour to end our trip. A beautiful close to a beautiful week:

 

 

All and All we caught Pike, Bass, Pickerel, Crappie, Salmon & Lake Trout. All fish were revived and safely returned for another angler save for two tasty lakers.

 

It was a great week and we can't wait to go back next year!

Edited July 17, 2010 by BillsTheBassMan

[ctranter]

Awesome report, always nice to see some chinooks get caught in Gbay for a change

[Joey]

Great report and pics

 

So, what was the big mistake?

 

Joey

[alexcba]

wtg ryan. sounds like you had a great time. lol care to elaborate more about the "big water"?

[Leecher]

Sounds like you guys had a great time... great report and pics Bill

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

[Grimace]

Nice job dude. Nice to see a gb chinook. Your buddies boat is a good looking rig.

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Very nice report, but ya, why was it a big mistake to head to the open water???

[Paully]

Great report and pics

 

So, what was the big mistake?

 

Joey

 

Cheering for Germany..

[BillsTheBassMan]

Yeah, I forgot to elaborate on the "big water." The fish turned out not to be out deep . . . they were right in the inner channels the entire time, holding to bottom at about 55 feet. We assumed they'd be out deeper anywhere from 100-250ft, but they were right under our noses. The salmon was caught within visual of our cottage in the interior channel.

 

"Why was the boat spinning in circles?" say the people at the cottage.

 

"because we were landing (explitive) fish for the last 45 minutes"

[BillsTheBassMan]

Very nice report, but ya, why was it a big mistake to head to the open water???

 

We were bombing out 5-10 miles each day when the fish were right under our noses the entire time.

[BillsTheBassMan]

Nice job dude. Nice to see a gb chinook. Your buddies boat is a good looking rig.

 

He loves it and it looks brand spanking new. That boat has been in his family for 3 decades and he has extended its life for at least three more . . . it is good to see.

[Musky or Specks]

We were bombing out 5-10 miles each day when the fish were right under our noses the entire time.

God been there done that before. Thanks for the report.

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report! THat boat sure does look as old as you say! Wow he did a great job on her!

 

Cheers!

[BillsTheBassMan]

great report! THat boat sure does look as old as you say! Wow he did a great job on her!

 

Cheers!

 

Yeah, he's done a lot of good work on it and it looks like new now. Unfortunately we had to buy one of those "island marina" priced bilge pumps while we were there

[corvette1]

nice week of fishing and fun

[solopaddler]

What a beautiful part of Georgian Bay. Even if the fish aren't biting it's a great place to be.

 

 

Did you guys get a measurement on the pike? It does look pretty big.

[torco]

Looks like a great week out on Georgian Bay. I always find when fishing new water, you tend to go out further from your starting point than needed and that its always by the end of the week that you have figured out the fishing for that week.

[Fisherpete]

Nice variety of species in your report! And I hear you about boating miles and miles when the best fishing is often minutes from the launch... done that on MANY a lake...

[BillsTheBassMan]

What a beautiful part of Georgian Bay. Even if the fish aren't biting it's a great place to be.

 

Did you guys get a measurement on the pike? It does look pretty big.

 

Unfortunately we didn't get a measurement on the pike. Though, he was much fatter than he was long. He was hooked pretty deep and it took two of us a good few minutes to get the treble out of him while also guarding all our appendages (had huge teeth). We had time to snap a quick photo and he went back in for revival & release.