Fishin before Irene

[mercman]

I thought maybe i would try and get a bit of water time in today with the wife.Its calling for 90-100KMH winds here and 100cm of rain tomorrow, so off we went. Tried trolling up the shipping chanel and into the Laprairie Basin, but caught nothing.I stopped the boat, and we decided to to change up and try another tactic.

Put on the old worm and spinner that works so well here, and began a slow drift back the way we came, using the trolling motor to keep us along the weed edges.

First couple of fish were dink Perch, then i caught a small walley.Shortly after that one, i caught this.The only really photo worthy fish of the day.17" SMB

Nothing fights like a good smallie

Put 2 more Walleye in the boat, a 40 and a 47cm(in the slot). and caught a little Pike About 24" long.

Dink Perch were everywhere, and after feeding them a bit, we decided to get ready to head for shore.

We stopped beside a boat with a father and 2 small sons, and gave him a couple of our secret homemade spinners for his kids to use, then left.

On the way back, we were flagged down by a man and woman on a jet ski.Ran out of gas Dont they have a gas gauge on those things

Towed them back to shore and headed for the dock.

Twas a good day on the water.

Edited August 27, 2011 by mercman

[johnnyb]

Pas mal....more fun than you will likely be having tomorrow

[Terry]

nice fish and did a good deed

 

sounds like a good day to me

[splashhopper]

[Twocoda]

WTG Paul....according to CNN tomorrow you should be able to open your front door and just welcome the fish into the house...

[Rizzo]

according to CNN tomorrow you should be able to open your front door and just welcome the fish into the house...

 

that's funny...unless it actually comes true. Sounds like a good day with lots of variety.

Edited August 28, 2011 by Rizzo

[mercman]

 

Found a way to troll while driving a Center console Works really well too

 

 

Edited August 27, 2011 by mercman

[irishfield]

It does work well.. DanC does the same thing.. with his rod tip pointed forward even!

[danc]

It does work well.. DanC does the same thing.. with his rod tip pointed forward even!

 

Can't see it if it's behind me Wayne.

[HTHM]

I'ma gonna have to get up your way again Paul, you seem do be doing very well in the fishing department!

[mercman]

Can't see it if it's behind me Wayne.

 

 

It works really wel too. I sat in the driver seat, and positioned it with a rod in the holder, until i found the place where it gave me the best access, without interfereing with my sonar or console.I just have to touch the rod to feel if i have weeds on.Plus, i tied a 4 foot flouro leader to the main line with a swivel. The swivel catches any floating weeds before it reaches the lure.

[MCTFisher9120]

Very nice!

 

Thanks for sharing

[limeyangler]

Good day on the water...awesome of you to set the kids up with the spinner....and as for jet skiers...well i wont get the thread shut down so i'll leave it at that...lol.