BudsFan Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 A quick intro.. Hello to all! As a newbie to OFC, this is my first posting...and what better way to introduce myself than to give a quick recap of my first outing of the year. I'm currently living in North Bay..and seeing as how Saturday was the opening of walleye/pike season on the Nip, then what better way then to start off the day by heading out on the big water at the crack of dawn. As I launched the boat at 6:00 a.m., the real die-hards were just coming in...but they didn't have much to report. With a slight chop and swell to work with, I decided to try a few of my favourite spots close to shore. Didn't turn up much...one jumbo perch was all we could land. As soon as the waters calmed we made a b-line out across the open water to a spot that routinely produces for me. Wasn't long before we started marking some fish...and within a few minutes I landed my first Nipissing walleye of the year. At 52 cm it was within the slot size, so back into the drink it went to gain a few more pounds. Unfortunately, that was the only walleye to be had. The young fella who we had in the boat tied into one heck of a northern, but we couldn't get it in the boat...it broke the line just as we were trying to land it. Needless to say, he's got one heck of a story to tell his friends over the next little while. We estimate the pike was probably in the 10 lb range...but to that young kid, it was as big as the boat...not to mention his dad and I playing it up, doubting that we could have fit it into the net anyway! The rest of the weekend was pretty windy...so it kept us off the big water. The bite is apparently slow right now...but hopefully things will heat up over the course of the next couple of days as the water temp continues to rise. Until the next report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondorfish Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Nice report - and welcome to the board. We look forward to more Nippising reports. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Now how cool is that ! First post ... intro, report, and a pic. Very nicely done. Welcome aboard BudsFan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silveradosheriff Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Welcome to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 welcome to the board... thanks for teh intro and GREAT report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Good report. I'd take a 10lb pike any day. Kid must still be beaming about that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Welcome to the board, great first report, and intro I'll look forward to more reports from Nippising, but save some of those fish for those of us heading up in June, I wouldn't mind hooking into a big Pike Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 nice intro, welcome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 All newbies,,,take note,,,thats how it's done!!! welcome aboard!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Wow...now that's what I call a great intro and report! Looks like a great time was had...despite the weather. Looking forward to more reports from you...thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 welcome to the board and look forward to your reports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Nice report and welcome to the board!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Great first post. Welcome to the board, look forward to more north bay region reports in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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