Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Finally got the boat out for the first time on Saturday a.m. The plan was to do some piking so we tried out an inland lake approx 15 minutes south of Parry Sound. Never fished here before, so it took a bit of time...but not too long...before the first fish was on. Not what I was looking for, but a nice incidental catch. This was a 6.5 lb walleye that hit a 5 of diamonds spoon. Never having been to Quinte, and never deliberately trying to catch a walleye, this was actually a personal best for me! Fish was released healthy. Funny thing is, I had just finished telling my partner that I had never caught a bass on a spoon before, but that I had caught walleye on a 5 of diamonds while pike fishing at Lakair. Couldn't have been more than 2 casts later that this fish was caught. Nonetheless, we didn't drive up to Parry Sound for incidental walleye catches. Pike was our targetted prey. We had a tough time finding even a hammerhandle on this new lake, although just before we were entirely discouraged my partner had a follow from a pike that looked like it had a shovel for a head...an absolute monster. As he quivered at the back of the boat, I caught a glimpse of the fish that appeared to be in the 40 inch range with an absolutely huge melon. About an hour after finally raising a fish, we managed to land one when I coaxed a 32 inch fish with broad shoulders out from under a boathouse. This fish had only one eye, but had a big girth so clearly wasn't having problems seeing the dinner menu. Throughout the day we had some follows of nice pike (mid 30 inches) but they seemed a bit lethargic, just kind of curious. The out of season smallies were out in full force though, being quite aggressive and hitting some large baits. Ended the day with this pike, not huge (a little under 30 inches) but a good way to wrap up the day. Good times out exploring new waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Thanks for the report Rizzo....one beauty 'eye that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Great Report, nice fish... looks like it was a beautiful day out there. Cheers, Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Atta boy Riz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Excellent report and pics!!! That Wall-ice doesn't count if you don't ever fish for them. You need to work on that smile, you don't look like yer very happy with either of those fish. You look like you've either got a big Crawdad hangin' off one of yer nadz, or yer 'roids are actin' up. Some beauty fish though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Nice fish Rizzo. Congrats on the PB 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Wow, that's a beauty, good for you. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carp Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Good shooting. A nice outing for you. Congrats on the pb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Beautiful Walleye Rizzo .Like GCD says work on the smile and you 'll look as good as the fish WTG MTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxcowboy Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 congrats on the pb. nothing like catching a pb the fuel the fire. good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easton13th Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Great clean looking catch! Easton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 nice fish sounds like a great trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hey Ive seen you around town ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL Nice fish and report Riz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 trust me Brian, you don't want to be seeing me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 definately a nice walleye, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 wow thats a nice walleye for the area congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cast-Away Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Nice One Eye, I mean Walleye Rizzo! Were you fishing Gbay or and inland lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 In land lake off of Blackstone-Crane Lake Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Congrat Rizzo on your PB. I'm sure you'll get into those pike your after sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Great non-great lakes walleye! ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishless Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 nice one! best of luck this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hey Fishless, let me know the next time you're passing through town and we'll see if we can wet a line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Fantastic report and an incidental Walleye to boot How were the black flies? I gonna be up in that same area next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Black flies weren't too bad. Fortunately there was a breeze that day and a lot of the black flies are pretty much done now. The mosquitoes at the launch at 8 a.m were just stupid though. I brought a bug hat but only needed it at the launch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Congrats on the PB, very nice 'eye! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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