Weekend at Pickeral Park

[Jen]

Friday morning departure time was to be 10:00am, however Sonny and I ran out of patience and headed out before Easton, his dad Ike and friend Jerry.

 

First Stop

 

Finally we are getting close,

 

 

One more quick stop at Carrara's

 

 

Had the pleasure of meeting Sam,

 

 

And finally, Pickeral Park...

 

 

Quick stop at the store to pick up our tickets and free hats and off we go to get Eastons family set up for the season.

 

 

Unpacked, opened two trailers, ate and then a walk down to the docks to enjoy the evening sunset

 

 

Just as we were settling in for a long wait till midnight, Mike the Pike and Percher (Dan) showed up

 

 

 

Percher, Mike the Pike, Jen, Easton and Sonny. It was an awesome evening of never ending stories. Great meetin you Mike and Dan.

 

 

 

First fish of the day , although I have to admit to being on the dock right after midnight with Easton for hours with not a bite between us, while Sonny and Jerry headed out on the water in the boat.

 

 

 

Sonny and Jerry, frozen and tired coming in to weigh in their fish. Bright and early Saturday morning

 

 

 

Quick picture of their fish in the live well and then off to the weigh stations

 

 

 

Easton helps out

 

 

Sonny and his catch (someone else is going to have to post sizes lengths and weights as at the moment I can not recall)

 

 

My very first Walleye ever...

 

 

Now exhaustion has set in after getting up at 5:00am to hit the water, fishing till well into the afternoon, even though there were 3 - 4 foot waves at times, we decide to call it a day

 

 

Early Sunday morning first catch of the day

 

 

Then Sonny caught this, amazing fight but not the winning Walleye

 

 

And then this 32" pike hit Sonny's line, although this is the only picture we have. It was handed over at the weigh scales and for some reason no more pictures were taken.

 

 

 

Easton was out with his father and Jerry and managed to bring in this 35" pike.

 

 

Then it is time to pack up and head home. Last we heard the leading fish in the Walleye category was 13.5 (est) lbs caught by someone at Pickeral Park but weighed in at another station

 

 

All and all the weekend was filled with many memorable fishing moments, from candles for ambiance in the boat to good people getting together for a lot of laughs.

 

It was great to meet our fellow members from the board Sam, Dan and Mike!

 

I will say thanks to Easton and his family for inviting us, as well as putting up with all the antics and bad jokes and thanks to my Brother for putting up with my constant ramblings...both in person and over the marine radio.

 

Last but not least a beautiful moment! If you look close you can see it.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Jen

[Daplumma]

Great eport Jen,Thanx for taking the time to put it together.Nice Walleye!

Joe

[douG]

TREMENDOUS REPORT! Sry, that was loud.

 

That was very enjoyable, Jen. Congrats on your fish and thanks for the pictures.

[Dondorfish]

Great report Jen - worth the time spent waiting to hear from you guys! Nice walleyes and pike. Guess we all know what you'll be havin' for supper tomorrow night!

 

 

Don

[canadian_copper]

GREAT REPORT!!!! AWSOME FIRST EYE!!!! GREAT START FOR EVERYONE

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Great Report! We thought about hitting Quinte for the opener but went to Georgian bay. It was really windy up north.Can only imagine the size of the waves near adolphosun with the north wind.....

 

And congrats on your first Pickeral and a beauty to boot!!

[irishfield]

GREAT stuff Jen and looked like a very successful weekend......but why are you holding Perchers beer?

[Jen]

GREAT stuff Jen and looked like a very successful weekend......but why are you holding Perchers beer?

 

Ah the beer... I must have been cleaning up around the camp fire when they all decided to take a picture!!

[PERCHER]

It was real nice meeting all of you .And I am glad to see you guys did well on the water.At least your group had fish for supper.

[BLACKFISH88]

WOW! Some awesome fish there Jen and great report. Guess where I'm goin next year

[Mike the Pike]

It was nice meeting you Jen and Congrats on your first Walleye.The other fish look great.

What an awesome report

 

MTP

Edited May 7, 2007 by Mike the Pike

[Tarzan's Jane]

Hi Jen - great report, love the pics. Feels like I am in school...learning how to idenfify all those different fishies out there.

 

Take care,

Nancy

[lew]

Thanks Jen, it's good to finally have reports coming in from the big water. Seems like the fish are active and lots of bigguns being caught and it looks like it could be the start of another awesome year for Quinte.

 

Congrats on your 1st ever pickeral, er, walleye, and it's a beaut to start off with too, guess you'll be framing that picture ??

 

Lotsa changes have taken place at Pickeral Park since we used to camp there waaaaaaaaay back in the day, infact we used to think the place was crowded if there were 3 other tents

 

Maybe see you guys in 2 weeks ??

[BryceBurzynski]

Amazing report!

[1leggedangler]

Thanks for the report and congrats on your first Pickeral!

 

Cheers,

1leg

[ccmtcanada]

Wow....Awesome report. Gotta love multi species when out on the water. Looked like a great time out there...good on all of you for getting together! Thanks for the pics and story...making me jealous!!! haha.

[b2kptbo]

Great report WTG...

[dustink]

Great report again.....

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

dk

[Joey]

Well for your very first pickerel ever, she's a beaut for sure.

 

Great report Jen.

 

Joey

[tbayboy]

Nice report Jen and congrats!

[taper]

Thanks for the report Jen. Fantastic first pickeral.

[easton13th]

What an amazing weekend!

Do not remember the last time I had such a great time on and off the water! I met my goal of getting Jen her first walleye. We fished a lot of water. With the waves we tried several spots until we hit the right area. Small troubles with the boat threatened the weekend BUT we overcame the trouble and carried on. (check valve in gas can could not get prime I guess it is sticking).

 

Cool weather, lots of wind.

 

There were not quantities of fish but the ones caught sure were quality....

 

Thanks to My Dad, Jerry, Sonny and Jen for sharing it with me.

Also thanks to Mike the Pike and Percher for visiting.

 

Easton.

[solopaddler]

Great report Jen!

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report! Contrats on the walleye!

 

Cheers!

[FinS]

great report nice eye for your first ever wtg