smallies, specs and steelies

[timmeh]

Haven't had as much time as I'd like to get out over the past little while due to other commitments, and sundays are a real decision between fishing and football, but I've managed to find a few fish.

 

Only made it out once for some late season specks and while picking up a few, the big guys I was hoping for didn't come out to play. Still fun nonetheless, nice colours as always.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decided to try out some new water I'd been wanting to for a while, and despite the erratic weather lately managed a few nice smallies.

 

My attempt at a decent solo shot..

 

 

 

My camera is not the best for shots like that so I decided to make use of the underwater feature...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And with the recent rains decided to hit the tribs for some steelie action. Wasn't sure what to expect as the rivers were obviously crowded but still landed 6 fish, while losing about that many. Half the fish were just shakers and a few bigger ones were mixed in. Didn't hook anything huge but just about every fish put on an aerial show. Love the energy of these early season fish. Also lots of smolts around, which while annoying at times, are a nice sign for the future.

 

Not many pics as my camera batteries died pretty early unfortunately but here's one of the littler guys.

 

 

 

 

Also saw a few chinnies making their move upstream. Nice to see they passed through snagger city. Camera was already dead so I couldn't get a pic but one of the chinnies was a real beast, possibly upwards of 20 lbs. Here's a smaller one instead...

 

Edited October 7, 2010 by timmeh

[Rod Caster]

 

 

 

This is an amazing photo.

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

sweet dude. that's my pretty much my 3 passions in one post.

thanks for the report.

[splashhopper]

[torco]

Sweet, that camera takes some nice pictures.

[limeyangler]

nice report....i'm glad i dont like football...would hate to have to 'decide'....lol.

 

Great underwater shots.

[Leecher]

Great mix bag o'fish timmeh

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

[MJL]

Beautifully done Timmeh

 

Currently craving some brookies after this report.LOL

[BillsTheBassMan]

Beautifully done Timmeh

 

Currently craving some brookies after this report.LOL

 

 

So when's that 4th Saturday in April going to get here

 

TK, you definitely have had that camera longer than I've had mine - the underwater shots are great. I need to do work to catch up.

[Musky or Specks]

All kinds of lakes open up north to year round speck fishin. You wanna do a road trip Ryan let me know.

Edited October 7, 2010 by Musky or Specks