FISH ON!

[Jen]

The day began way too early. Not being able to sleep the night before I arrived early, sat on the dock and started fishing.

I caught this 15 inch cat fish which will give our team a couple more points.

Once I had that all sorted out everyone started to arrive.

 

We hit the water shortly after 6:00 seems my directions were not as good as they should have been.

Heading out just as the sun was leaving the horizon.

Note here how flat the water was... a beautiful morning.

 

Wasn't long before the first fish was on and Ken was up.

as you can tell by the look on his face in that last photo, the fish had better things to do that day than be caught. One more fish lost than Sonny was up, managing to bring in this beautiful trout.

 

Another fish lost then it is my turn and this fish just kept peeling line.

 

Bowshep is up and Sonny manages to sneak into the photo by holding up a sign Lake Ontario Trout for the competion...

this guy measured in at 30".

and had this attached to it!! ick

Bowshep was very happy as you can tell by this photo

We all knew he was thinking that was one beautiful fish. Which quickly went back to hopefully swim another day

 

Next up was Brian, and you must realize that he had never caught a fish any bigger than 15 inches. We were all cheering him on.

and then

Now that is one huge smile and very very happy man.

 

There was a great deal of time that past after that. The weather was changing, wind picked up from the east and a light rain started to fall.

Fishmaster spent this time searching for fish with the help of his mate Bowen... with a couple of changes in presentation, depth and some finesse

FISH ON! Sonny up

Everyone is again excited and waiting in anticipation. Although at this point I will have to say the weather is rocking the boat around a little and

we are all aware that the day will soon be coming to an end.

 

Meredith is up, a little wobbly on the legs from the rocking of the boat, and the wind blowing against her yet this girl knows how to reel in a fish

The handoff happens, which takes a bit to learn

and then the smiles

and the handshake

 

That was the last fish on the boat for the day, as you can tell by the next picture the water wasn't as calm as when we had headed out in the morning and the sky had gotton rather grey.

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Back at the dock Fishmaster and his mate Bowen cleaned and packaged our fish

Then Bowen gets to clean the boat

 

We had previously decided that since this was an OFC Team event we would have a bar b que after.

(This is where I will say, never pass up an invite for a bar b que if Bowshep is inviting... wow, was that good) However we also decided to include a little competitive fishing off the dock. Little wager on first fish, Fishmaster managed that with a small perch, then we did a double or nothing, biggest fish. Well Sonny managed to win hands down on that one, after pulling in a couple 14+ inch perch he brought this up out of the water.

Way to go Sonny...Bowshep on the other hand was fly fishing. A new skill he is definately mastering. He even managed to catch me as I was walking along the dock, and it wasn't by accident. I now have a very beautiful little fly in my tackle box, compliments of Dmasse I hear. There were a lot of laughs till the skies opened and the rain came down in buckets.

 

This was one of those days that creates memories in peoples lives, we laughed, enjoyed, shared and actually caught fish. Thank you so very much to Fishmaster and his mate Bowen for helping to make our day on the water extra special. They both worked very hard.

 

 

All in all we added a couple more inches for our team. GO TEAM UP SCALERS

Edited June 5, 2007 by Jen

[Tarzan's Jane]

Excellent...great pics and so happy that you all got fish!!

[DMASSE]

TEAM 5 RULZ

 

 

Way to go Team, wish I Was there..

 

Dave

[Carp]

Very nice Jen.

 

Glad you all got into some decent fish.

[SlowPoke]

Great report! Congrats Up-Scalers!

[mattyk]

nice pictures thanks for sharing.

[aplumma]

nice report and great fishing.

 

 

Art

[misfish]

Great report Jen.

 

TFS

[Basskicker]

Congrats on another great report with some real nice fish...

 

Jason

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report! Looks like alot of fish and alot of fun was had!

 

Cheers!

[ishingchippy]

Fantastic report Jen.....glad to see you all had a wonderful time.

[Mike the Pike]

WTG Jen absolutely awesome report .Great shots of the facial expressions ,Lampreys group shot.What an amazing day.

 

What can I say .Perfect report and I know how long it takes to make a report like that.

 

Thank you very much

 

MTP

[ccmtcanada]

Nice going out there! Looked like a great day for some catchin!! The pics were very candid...and looked amazing. Congrats on a very successful outing!

[RobHall]

Excellent Report. Thanks for sharing. Congrats on a few more inches for Team Up-Scalers. Enjoy the lead (for now). Is there pic of the catfish, with the ofncommunity sign?

 

FOTB

[1leggedangler]

Thanks for the report Jen, looks like everybody got into the action and had a great time. Congrats!

 

Cheers,

1leg

[Fishmaster]

What a awesome report Jen ...it was a great pleasure fishing with Team Up-Scaler ....Bowen & I had a fun day with you Gals & Guys ....and yes that food Bowshep cooked up was a great end to a perfect days fishing thanks for booking a day with me ...Fishmaster

[JFR]

Outstanding report and photo essay, thanks for sharing.

 

It is always nice to see healthy slamon coming out of the lake, and some people practicing catch and keep. Those fish are excellent eating size and quality.

 

A quality charter operator that will work his arse off for clients. A job well done Fishmaster

 

John

[easton13th]

Man I wish I could have made the trip. Looks like you guys had an amazing time.

Way to go Jen I think your fellow team mates appreciate your time and effort to arrange the trip.

 

Fishmaster I will get out with you yet!

 

Easton

[bassassin]

I think that first trout is actually a small Chinook Salmon!!

[Jen]

I think that first trout is actually a small Chinook Salmon!!

 

I am not so good with kinds of fish to tell you the truth... kinda square tail and a white mouth... could have been though... Sonny and I talked about it at the time... and he just grinned at me, everyone else laughed... GRRR brothers!lol

[Photoz]

. . . . and just to think . . . . I spent the day watching my rod tip jiggle, and listened to the buzzer give an occasional 'chirp,' . . . BONK . . . BONK . . . BONK!!! (Sound of head hitting office wall!!) Gotta hand it to ya . . . . shoulda taken up sports writing . . . you not only do a bang-up job of catchin' 'em, you write a GREAT story too!!

[solopaddler]

Definitely looks a fun day! Fishmaster seems to the man as well .