mattyk Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Well my annual trip to Canada has come and gone. I always look forward to spending time back home with my family, friends and the Canadian wilderness. We were lucky this year as the weather was perfect. I don't think it got hotter than 23 or 24 degrees during the day and at night it would get down to about 8 or 9. I was checking the weather back home in Delaware and it didn't get below 32 degrees during the day. I have 3 little ones so I don't get to fish as much as I would like to. So I usually go out and fish a couple of hours at a time. Usually during the morning and evening. We spend a lot of time swimming, hiking, fishing off the dock, boating and looking for frogs, turtles, etc. I usually like to fish for musky but I was able to get some bass fishing in. The bass fishing was great this year on the lake. I was also able to get my first two musky on this lake. The first fish was caught on a double cow girl off a rocky point and she hit like a ton of bricks! Very fat fish! I had several follows and I had one fish rip my bulldog. The second musky that I caught was by accident. I was fishing for bass with my lite action rod, 6lb mono a little hook and a leech. I catch about a 12" smallmouth bass. I bring her right by the boat and as I'm about to pick her up and musky darts out from underneath the boat and grabs the bass and swims off with her. This was very exciting. She was just holding the fish sideways in her mouth. She never let go of the fish. I fought her for about 10 minutes. Luckily i had my frabill musky net in the boat. I was finally able to get her up to the top and the bass fell off the hook but my friend was able to get my net and get the fish in. Very exciting experience. During the week I caught several nice smallmouth bass in the 19-18 inch range. My kids were also able to get in on some action. My daughter caught a 18" off the dock and my son was able to get a 16". There were also lots of rock bass and sunfish to keep the happy! 18" double header daughters 18" bass, she was too scared to hold sons 16" smallie Edited July 30, 2013 by Mattk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Anybody know why the pics turned out so small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Good to hear the vacation went so well Matt, looks like you guys had a blast up there. Crazy story about the musky & bass LOL Great fishing with you a couple weeks back as usual and be sure to let me know about August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 The address on your pics is pointing to thumbnails (tn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks Roy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 A great report. A lot of happy faces in there. Congrats and thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Outstanding! Glad you enjoyed your time back in the Great White North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Great report... pics of the kids are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whopper Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Excellent report Matt, good to hear you and your family had a great time Some fine looking children you have and their growing up so quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Super report and pics Matt. Looks like a great place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Looks like a awesome time thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Thanks for the kind words guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneybass Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Nice report. Those are the memories of a lifetime with the kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cast-Away Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Very nice report Mike. What part of Ontario were you staying in? I bet that you miss living here instead of Delaware? Is that your own boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Great report! Looks like a super trip. Everyone looks thrilled! Is that Kawarthas muskies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Jr Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Great report looks like the kids had a good time . The weather looked nice and thanks for the pictures and the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Sweet little report! Thanks for posting it..The Musky story is awesome..Congrats on an awesome holiday adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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