Today: looking for new spots, offroading, a hike, a few fish and a picnic.

[Rod Caster]

I mapped out a few back-road brookie lakes yesterday and without a GPS me and my gf drove up some "trees-closing-in-on-you" trails. It turned out be a series of unfortunate events. My truck is scratched to bits, I blew a tire and my lure caught on a tree as I was driving...completely spooled me. We never made it to any lakes so we turned around and came back home.

 

Today, we returned, better prepared. Since my truck was already scratched, I now had nothing left to lose. We parked about one kilometer before the lake and walked the rest of the way. Turns out I could have driven in, but the walk was nice.

 

It was a beautiful, small lake, with fallen trees and marsh all along the banks. With some clever tactics I found a few casting spots and managed to get.....

 

 

 

 

perch.

 

 

 

There were many perch along the whole shorline and some were fair-sized. After I realized that I would only catch perch we just carried on with the hike and had a nice lunch.

 

 

We were out for nearly 5 hours. On the way back we stopped at a stocked lake and caught one brookie and a few perch. Just a little guy, so I let him live.

 

 

Now I'm tired, make that completely bushed, so it's off to bed soon and I'm hoping for some superior steelhead in the next few days as I travel that way for work.

Edited May 9, 2011 by Rod Caster

[Mike01]

What area were you in?

[Rod Caster]

What area were you in?

 

 

North Bay.

[corvette1]

looks like you both had a great day

[Leecher]

Always nice to try some new areas.... makes for a great time out

Thanks for sharing Chad!!!

[Mike01]

I meant, out towards Redbridge or Chisholm....

[splashhopper]

I love adventures like those... Wish I lived up that way..

 

Keep us posted on your next adventure please.

[Rod Caster]

I meant, out towards Redbridge or Chisholm....

 

 

haha sorry, that was a bit tongue in cheek on my part.

 

Past Redbridge but before Diver, on the south side.

[Mike01]

I was out in Chisholm last week. Saw a couple of fish but I started to rain pretty hard so we called it a day.