Cottage trip

[jjcanoe]

The family and I made the annual trip to the cottage last week and we managed to get a few...

 

just missed beating the rain there by about 10 mins it was following us all the way from London didn't even take the boat off the trailer until Sunday afternoon

 

didn't stop me from taking a few casts at the shore before bed where I nailed my 1st fish of the trip, seems I catch this Pike every year on the first night casting from the shore(first fish the last few years have been a pike from the same spot)

 

Next morning was a very misty and a few passing showers until around noon, finally put the boat in the water but not before netting this pike by jj jr off the beach

 

fire up the boat and hit some familiar spots, This dock always has something under it, last year it was a nice pike, this year a big fat smallmouth.

 

First bucket of the week,

 

by mid week there didn't seem to be many fish in the slop so we changed up a bit and fished weed edges for a while

jj jr.

 

Doubleheader with the uncle-in-law (Theo) Rock bass on a minnow and sunfish on a 6" crankbait!

 

Probably the biggest rock bass I've ever caught! smashed a topwater frog

 

Tuesday, we cracked open the Dora rod for my daughter, 2 casts, 2 fish. I had a real rod in the pick-up for her but the wife thought she would like the Dora rod better

 

Took the little girl for a walk to the campground that evening to watch the sunset

"it's too bright!"

"Good night sun"

 

took a ride up to Bon Echo P.P.on Thursday

 

Friday was the best fishing day of the week, we even got up early

 

after a slow but peaceful morning we decided to head to the "go to" spot

1st cast

5th cast

6th cast OH YEAH!

 

slowed down for a bit afterwards a few more small bass and a little pike, went in for a lunch break and hit the water again

 

Last fish of the trip was another shore pike which crunched a popper

[corvette1]

nice big mouths congrats on your trip

[Dutchy]

Nice fish John

[jjcanoe]

Thanks! always have a great time up there

 

jjcanoe

[SlowPoke]

Nice report JJ!!

[bigbuck]

Nice!! Toss out all the expensive and 'nice' rods and reels and use the DORA rod, my daughter's little pink rod caught more fish than everything else put together that I have.....LOL

[Joey]

Looks like it was a real nice time away. Excellent pictures and some nice bass there!

 

Joey

[whynotalen]

Nice!! Toss out all the expensive and 'nice' rods and reels and use the DORA rod, my daughter's little pink rod caught more fish than everything else put together that I have.....LOL

 

 

HMMM ....maybe I should go get me one of those.

[fish-miester]

hey nice fish! what lake is the cottage on? just wondering I love it up there.. born and raised on Skootamata Lake road (just south of bon echo)

[Governator]

Looks like one great trip, good memories for everyone. Sunfish on a 6" crankbait? lol bravo sir.

Edited September 1, 2010 by Governator

[frozen-fire]

Great job!

I love multispecies trips!

[johnnyb]

Looks like a great week at the cottage! Good fishing, lots of family fun...doesn't get much better Thanks for posting it up!

[ccmtcanada]

 

 

 

 

 

Great report! And I LOVE this picture!!!!

[jjcanoe]

Thanks all!

that was the 2nd monster sunfish on a big crank that afternoon,

Not Skootamatta but would love to fish it someday, it's about 30 mins south and 15 mins east of there...

 

jjcanoe

[asdve23rveavwa]

Great report/photos, John! Some decent fish as well, looks like a good time was had (other than the initial rain).

[Leecher]

Great report and pics JJ

Looks like fun was had by everyone and a good mix bag of fish was caught

Thanks for sharing your trip with us

Leechman

[diggyj]

Great pics of family and fish. Memories for sure.