Moosebunk Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 2010 in the books. First Full Year in the South. 31 New Waterbodies. 6 New Species. 9 Personal Bests. More days fishing than I should mention. More time spent with family and friends on the water than ever before. An amazing year. Before settling down in the valley, some gloomy and pessimistic insights passed on to me from friends and online anglers couldn't have been more fun this past 365 to prove... RIGHT!!! Yeah... I say... RIGHT!!!... "Ahhhh, you're gonna have to work to catch your fish now." "Ohhhh, you wait and see, it's not what you're used too, you’ll see..." The naysayers in the end were strangely as correct as the small handful who said, "Bunk, you're gonna love the fishin' here." There were great days this year that equaled great days from years past. Overall... the elements and southern conveniences, probably make fishing easier, more available and ultimately more productive than where and when I had once lived in the North. The only thing sometimes lacking is the greater outdoors, the bigger skies, solitude, some timely trips and the scenery I used to love. More time on the water. More casts. More months a year to fish. More options. More friends to share time, insight and experience with. More miles. More toys for play. More and better fishing opportunities for my girls meant more time than ever with them through the summer. More new places. More LUND. More PB's. More learning. More of my father. More improvement. More appreciation of the past, with even more appreciation of the present. MORE "work” some said... well, I'll gladly have more of it then. "Not what I'm used too,"... well, I'll happily get used to it. The day I popped the new boat in the water with my dad. A morning when I spotted the head of huge gar in the weeds then chased after the 5 foot wake monster through the shallows. The second trip onto Quinte ice when it all came together. Sharing a SteamWhistle and walleye fish. Busting through the deep snowy bush with buddies. Seeing a friend cradle my PB pike and later slipping my fingers under the gill plate of his. Hearing my buddy say... “I haven’t had an adrenaline rush like that in 10 years,” after fighting his first muskie. Filling all our bellies after a long day of fishing. Putting the paint on the WarCanoe then getting her wet. Being a part of the happiness only a week of great specks for everyone can bring. Freezing through a blizzard in Kesagami then taking the walk to safety. Zippin’ on the Bravo and enjoying a scotch with the lads at Bogie. Watching the girls light up with each and every fish..... Knowing that all these were only half the good times spent this year. Ontario is one heckuva fishery. North, South, East or West, in any direction we're blessed! Next year it will be great to share every corner of it with more friends. Some big plans are heating up... Ten memorables from this year and just an ounce pics taken... PIKE. Past PB's shattered... twice. WALLEYE. Like the pike, PB's got trumped. SPECKS. Gems shared with close friends. CRAPPIE. A beginning... can't wait for more. MUSKIE. Long hours well spent. SMALLMOUTH. Found some greats. LARGEMOUTH. Always fun, especially fall. CARP. Thanks to others for sharing these cows. GAR. A toothy favorite to stalk. BROONIES. Picture perfect fish and a rare catch for me. Having others pass on their knowledge, trying old tricks in new places and putting many hours in, 2010 felt like a real solid accomplishment. It was in the plans to fish a tonne this year and test the waters so that next year I can actually fish less. 2011 my hope is to eliminate about 20% of my days out. To put in action a more concrete game plan in favor of improving on fishing what, when, where and how; close to home... while also budgeting more for time away on bigger adventures. I truly love a day outdoors on the water and setting a hook, and as always enjoy sharing it online, on the ice and in the boat. Happy Holidays. Good luck to all y'all anglers in the 2011. Bunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) A real shame Drew.. no Temagami Lakers!!! lol Thanks for sharing.... Leah's growing like a weed ! Edited December 13, 2010 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've said it before and will say it again.... you've adapted very well to your new environment Congrats on a successful year Drew and thanks for sharing your time on the water with us! Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 great year end my friend! SOme really great looking fish there Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Ummmm holy crap ! NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 A real shame Drew.. no Temagami Lakers!!! lol Thanks for sharing.... Leah's growing like a weed ! Isn't she. Her mind faster than the rest of her too. She's a quick little cookie. And lakers... actually Wayne... I caught 7 of them I think it was this past year on the Temagami trip... but the small fish didn't make the 10 choices... I didn't make a report either. One fish was about 3lbs though and I had a walleye too of about the same weight. Best results on the lake were in a new area for me... but we'll talk privately about that some time. Will gladly have you remedy these little fish for me this coming year. Hehehe!!! Hope all is well for you and yours by then, and please have as Merry a Christmas as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've said it before and will say it again.... you've adapted very well to your new environment Lucky to have guys in my corner online and on the water. Even luckier to have the time to adapt. Enjoy the ice Jacques, I know this is your favorite time of year coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 you are a great story teller.I was caught up in your adventures.Great pics of great fish.Thanks for sharing your passion with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 you seem to do well where ever you go a great year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzuluSpookd Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Awesome stuff Moose....what a great finale....thanks for sharing..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Welcome to the "South". We really are blessed here in Ontario. Great recap of your season. Im lovin those big pike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Drew, I love that shoal you got your PB brookie on Frank got his first big brookie their also.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuro2 Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 A beautiful pictorial essay on kick ass fishing. As always, nicely done and thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Wow! Those are some awesome fish and a great report. Thank you for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 This post even got my gf's attention! I don't think she'll swim in a lake again knowing those Gar are present. hehehe Thanks for the share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoire Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 That was a great report. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 great pics. thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 stand up and take a bow man!!! Good year and Good on ya ...well deserved cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discophish Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Holy smokes. What an awesome montage of photos and experiences. Amazing story of devotion. Did that pike in the first photo eat your hat on the way up ... in an attempt to eat you? hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Spread it on budday!! What a life.. I'm green with envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Great year bud, wow! Too bad we couldn't hook up in Nov though. We'll have to remedy that maybe this spring sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Well done Drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thanks Bunk! Always a pleasure... And a touch of jealousy! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blairwelsh Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) *SMILES* Edited February 1, 2011 by SecretSpot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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