It appears that an OFN'er has caught a Canadian Record

[Aaron Shirley]

RippinLips, we were fishing for walleye in the Adolphus Reach area of the Bay of Quinte when we caught the big drum. It was caught on 5 colour leadcore with a stickbait.

 

Good fishing!

 

Aaron

[kickingfrog]

Those are excelent photos of a monster fish. Congradulations.

 

My brother and my cousin both had caught drum in the '80s (Lake Nipissing) that would have broken the record which was 14bs at the time. They were nowhere near the size of that monster.

[asdve23rveavwa]

Aaron, my 17.4 lber fought like a devil, checking the pics it took me about 8 minutes to get it in, I can imagine how that thing pulled!! Who said "sheepies" aren't a sportfish?!

[Aaron Shirley]

Thanks everyone. It was one heck of a fish to say the least.

 

Rick, we were fishing in Tony`s boat. Viral... ya never know, but it`s a drum, not a musky lol.

[bigfish1965]

Thanks everyone. It was one heck of a fish to say the least.

 

Rick, we were fishing in Tony`s boat. Viral... ya never know, but it`s a drum, not a musky lol.

 

Aaron..it is clearly the largest drum ever caught. No matter what the species, a record is a record. If we can look forward to big drum like that, more people will definitely be targeting them!

[bucktail]

Thats one giant grunt!!!

They fight like mad so that must have been a HANDFULl!!!

See you guys were WAY down the reach as well!

 

Congrats!

[OhioFisherman]

Dang, I thought it was a Lake Erie fish.

[AverageJoeFishing]

Sheepheads are awesome ! They fight like theres no tomorow ! Great catch !! hope we know who u are soon

[Aaron Shirley]

Rick, agreed. A record is a record, and that is why I am dissapointed with myself that I didn`t keep it to weigh on an official scale. Oh well, can`t worry about it, just enjoy the moment.

 

There are a lot of big drum up to 15lbs caught while fishing for walleye in the reach. Tony got 2 that went about 15lbs over the weekend, with several drum over 10lbs (watch for my Quinte report soon). They fight much harder than walleye, and keep us entertained well between walleye bites

[mercman]

Sheepheads are awesome ! They fight like theres no tomorow ! Great catch !! hope we know who u are soon

 

 

we DO know who he is

[BillM]

I can't get over the size of that thing!!! Way to go Aaron!

 

It almost looks fake it's so big!

[Joey]

Good God that is a huge Drum. Congratulations bud!!!

 

Joey

[ehg]

An incredible fish! Maybe this will give catching sheepshead a more favourable viewpoint.

[MJL]

Aaron entered Tony’s boat for a good day of fishing on the BOQ.

 

Aaron said, “Tony, see that Lowrance colour fish finder with side imaging technology...I invented that”

 

“But do they call me a revolutionary, technological, fishing genius? No...”

 

Then Aaron gestured over to the wide expanse of Lake O and said, “1 mile out, I rescued another fisherman whose boat was capsizing along with his wife, 6 kids, 2 dogs and next door neighbour.”

 

Aaron continued, “Do they call me a hero? No...”

 

Then Aaron said to Tony, “See how the regulations for walleye now protect the prime spawners unlike before? I was the head lobbyist and at the forefront for all of that”

 

“But am I known for my groundbreaking conservation efforts? No...”

 

Aaron looks around nervously, then whispers to Tony

 

“But you get one huge sheephead to suck up your worm and put a bend in your rod...”

 

 

Congrats Aaron

Edited October 26, 2010 by MJL

[frozen-fire]

Congratulations Aaron!

 

That sheepshead looks ridiculous. Beautiful!

[GBW]

“But you get one huge sheephead to suck up your worm and put a bend in your rod...”

And you are a sheeps-header for life! LOL!

[Rod Caster]

And you are a sheeps-header for life! LOL!

 

 

Sheep-header or sheep hearder?

[Spiel]

 

Congratulations Aaron, that's a tank!

 

Any chance on approximating the measurements? Would make an awesome replica.

[bigfish1965]

I will pull it into photoshop and should be able to figure it there...

[bigfish1965]

Using standard measurement tools (ie first to fourth knuckle on average man =3 inches) and using that for scale, I get 36 inches in length. Using girth=2.5x width=26 inches.

 

36X26 inches

Using those measurements on a few fish weight calculators, I get a weight between 28 and 30 pounds...so this is likely close.

[Aaron Shirley]

That is pretty cool Rick, thanks for the approximate length and girth. I doubt anyone will have a replica with those measurements though.

 

Sheep hearder... Nice lol

[Crazyhook]

What a great fish Aaron! Congrats

[MCTFisher9120]

:clapping: :clapping:

[Moosebunk]

The fight went...

 

Aaron takes a port side rod which goes screaming.... the fish ends up back at 660 last we know of it before Tony takes another rod that fires starboard. I'm eating some delish Fondue and passing gas, but am forced to clear three lines.

 

Tony lands his sheepie...

 

 

... then we clear the last line, enjoy some more delish Fondue and a Black Forest cake from Timmies, and pop the boat in neutral to wait for ole Aaron to quit showboating.

 

Aaron's fish is staying down but finally it surfaces like a whale, spits out a 36-inch muskie and is in the net.

 

The rest becomes his official (between us all and those who matter) Ontario record.

 

The End.

 

 

 

[alphaalpha]

wow that is insane, congrats to you guys!