Quinte Walleye with TonyB & Bunk

[Aaron Shirley]

I fished for 3 days on the Bay of Quinte in the reach trolling for walleye with TonyB and the Bunkster (Bunk joined us for 2 days). It was a great time with our group of Buddies, lots of fish, food, fish fry, wings, cold beer, laughs and great company, on and off the water.

 

Tony and I had a tough day Thursday, and eliminated a bunch of unproductive water in pretty rough seas, not to mention cold! We ended up with a handful of fish and a place to start for Friday. We didn`t get a start until 11:30am.

 

Bunk joined us Friday and we had a better day, but still a bit slow while we were in search mode. We slowly got into our Quinte groove and by the end of the day we figured out a productive pattern. It was really rough and cold on Friday as well. We got a bit of an earlier start at about 9:30am.

 

Saturday was THE day for us. No messing around, as the weather was awesome! We got a start at daybreak and executed our program on productive water right away. It was non-stop action throughout the day, and we all worked well as a team. The tally for the day was 36 bites. I believe 14 walleye in the boat, 5 lost, a white bass and the rest drum... including a tank of a drum that I caught at 27.5 pounds! It was a memorable day on the water with great company. Bunk got a PB walleye at 11.25 pounds, and I got a PB sheepie at 27.5 pounds A bunch of double headers and a triple header throughout the day made things interesting as well.

 

Riggers and Dipsys were cold for us, it was all boards with braid and 3 & 5 leadcore with a variety of diving stickbaits and a green Mooselook spoon. Typical sppeds between 1.7 to 2.1mph worked well.

 

Thanks for the awesome weekend boys!

 

No shortage of photos from different angles of the adventure weekend, enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good fishing!

 

Aaron

Edited October 26, 2010 by Aaron Shirley

[irishfield]

Always a better day fishin with dat Perth Boy!

 

Thanks for the report Aaron... good to see the three of you out and into fish.

[Muskieman]

Awesome report Aaron!!!

 

Randy

[asdve23rveavwa]

Excellent photos as usual Aaron. Thanks for sharing!!

[spoon]

Sweet

[Pigeontroller]

I cannot believe the size of that Sheephead!

 

Good report Aaron.

[mercman]

the drum is a once in a lifetime fish. Musta fought like crazy.

The walleye are some beautiful fish. Fantastic colors.

congrats all around.

[Nipfisher]

Huge Sheepie. Some nice eyes too.

 

Not trying to hyjack the thread but can someone explain to me why 3 fisherman can have 6 lines in the water? I see it with the charters as well. Thanks.

[irishfield]

2 lines per angler on Lake Ontario... you just have to be past the Adolphous Reach ferry to do so..

[Joey]

Sweet report, can't wait to get out there myself in November

 

Joey

[troutologist]

Looks like a good outing, the pics are awesome.

 

Man that sheepshead is beast...cool catch.

[Nipfisher]

2 lines per angler on Lake Ontario... you just have to be past the Adolphous Reach ferry to do so..

 

Thanks Wayne. Back to the awesome report.

[scuro2]

Nice report!

[TDunn]

Great report.

The drum is amazing.

The walleye are top notch also.

Ive never experience the BOQ but its high on the to do list!

TDunn

[Terry]

looks like some good fishing and good times

[spincast]

beautiful walters there, and as for that sheepie - !, Nice going

Edited October 26, 2010 by spincast

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

i love the fall BOQ posts.

[solopaddler]

MEH, personally I don't see the attraction of reeling in what amounts to a drift sock. (at least this time of year).

 

But I have to admit that looked like a lot of fun and the company was even better.

 

Nice shootin' boys, well done.

[cityfisher]

great post as always Aaron !

[oldphart]

~~~~~Okay Okay enough is enough. Honey I'm headed to BOQ, what shut up and get to work, but honey the Eyes are running. What you'll do what well okay. Sorry guys I won't be rushing down there Today but come Sat. what's the weather going to be. ~~dam those were nice phish

Edited October 26, 2010 by oldphart

[johnnyb]

Oh mannnnnn why didn't we head out to deeper water on Saturday?>!?!? Nicely done boys....very very nicely done! We busted out the planers....lead core...even spoons.....but we never headed to the deep stuff. Sigh. Next time....but for now....I'll live vicariously through your post :D

 

 

[jimmer]

Great report and success. Like johnnyb, a buddy and I spent Wednesday and Thursday last week fishing between Deseronto and Hay bay with nothing to show. There were fish in that area, but wouldn't hit anything we threw at them. We were thinking of heading down to the Picton area, which now I see we should have done.

[Rod Caster]

Top notch guys! You could have made several nice purses from that leathery guy.

Edited October 26, 2010 by Rod Caster

[mike rousseau]

i guess i made a rookie mistake following most of the pack on saturday... with 20 boats following the same line i didnt even think to break to deeper water...nice catch...thanks for the report ... its nice to know i got my butt kicked ... that way i know it was me and not the fishing... i'll have to try harder next time i guesss... we finished with one landed one lost and one strike in a small area in the reach...

[corvette1]

nice eyes congrats