MCTFisher9120 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) Hello again everybody here on OFC. It's report time I just got in the door a few hours ago and wanted to post a report on a pretty successful fishing trip. My mom, grandma, little brother and I headed out mid day last Friday for Northern Ontario to mainly kick back, relax and for me FISHING!!! I got out a total of 11 times. Once for a hour and a bit Friday evening and then managed to get 8-9 hours in on the lake every day even when the wind and rain came up mid week. The funny thing about this September was for me personally I did much better in the mornings when it came to numbers than the afternoons. Evenings sucked for me but I managed to keep a steady catching rythem going most outings. This year the bass were caught on a smaller variety of baits. First was a 3/4oz Stand-Up style flipping jig with a Texas-Rig Jig trailer on the back, I used this to pitch to visible deep weed as I dont have a fishfinder yet so tend to be a very visual angler when it comes to finding bass....got to haha. Nichols 1/2oz Pearl White Spinnerbait, a Pearl Swinging Hammer both texas rigged and cut down 1" and put on a 1/2oz Swim Jig was good for covering shallower weed and cover. The 3.5" TRJ simply texas rigged and and with both a 1/2 and 3/8oz weight I used just twice this trip pitching some shallow mat's under the sun. Other than those baits I didn't get to do the finesse fishing I wanted, no froggin either. The jerkbait picked up just one photo worthy smallie in the early hours. I tended to change gears to largemouth once I got dialed in on the pattern. On with the photo's. First evening best fish for the time I had, covered a flat and found a couple largies. First cast, smallie blew up on the spinnerbait. Straightened it out was blown away, caught a few dozen Largies this week only bent them left or right slightly. Power these fish have. Going to find a 5lbr up here one day. My mom taking shots with the camera. This captures the morning in it's beauty. Haven't missed a morning on my trips in 4 years of taking fishing trips. Love this part of the day. Good fish out deep, love the rush these fish give you. Got into a foot of water maybe 2 at best first afternoon. Sun was out temps were hot was fun to see some mat's lift up. No giants but this was the better bite a little after lunch. Fat bass from the deep weedline. Love hearing that Fluoro slice the water on the hookset. 3/4oz Jig didn't seem to slow them down they were on it this trip. Filler fish are present throughout the days, haha obviously I wasn't very impressed but can't complain Nice largemouth early on. Fished these with the trailer hook all week but all the bass seemed to of always had front or both hooks in them. Was a fun bite never really got on a good blade bite up here. Good largemouth on the jig. 2lbr, fun fight but no bragger. Still better wake up than a cup of coffe. Catch and Release. Love seeing these guys swim back strong and healthy. Another afternoon another good largemouth. Fished deep first then tried some pad edges later on. My big fish of the trip. Pitching the TRJ to the pads. Only bite in the entire stretch but was the right bite. Little action shot, Largies out deep on the jerkbait. Smallmouth. Wasn't my year for numbers but I did get a few this trip. Largemouth after breakfast. The 2 days of Spinnerbait/Swimbait madness began. Fairly warm and overcast, perfect conditions. One of many small Pike. 3 or 4 each day lost 2 baits this trip didn't totally break the bank...we wont talk about August I wasn't to impressed. 2lbr, fun on the jig as always Time for the bigger bass to play. Another pike, not super long but good fight. This was my morning wake up the next day. Love that Swinging Hammer/Swim Jig combo, lot's of confidence now. Things didn't come together for my on my last morning Wednesday. Only got 1 bass that morning so we changed up from the big jig's and blade baits and came up with a new plan. Great largie to save my morning. Went out on my only solo mission of the trip. My mom was out for most trips taking pictures and fishing along side me. Always nice to hang out once a year. Brought back my best pair for the afternoon. Still was a tough bite but cut the weight in half and went to a 3/8oz TRJ no rattle just texas rigged and pitched as much cover as I could find. Got 4 decent bites these were my best 2. Ended off on a good note. As seen I had my GoPro on 95% of the trip when battery would allow. I will be posting a video hopefully in the coming weeks of all the action and hooksets. Thanks for viewing everybody hope you enjoyed the pictures. Tightlines and enjoy the fall everybody! MTBF Edited October 2, 2015 by MikeTheBassFisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckewley Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Awesome trip & fish man, quite jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudy15 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostAnotherOne Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think I counted 8 rods in one of your pics haha. Well done as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Nice haul, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Very well done Mike. I have to get back into Bass fishing. I've had about enough of long line trolling for Walleye meat here on Erie. Catch, pull, crank, pull crank and pull some more, 4 head shakes at the back of the boat then net. Boooring. Yes when this wind breaks Bass it is, then put away the boat. Thanks for the inspiration Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Nice haul mike !!! Did you hit the dropshot game for brown fish like I said ?? Great week on the water man ..... Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 As a bass guy myself these pics make me smile? Bass fight hard! Mike you every get to fish river bass or bass in rapids? Unreal fun! Great pics, great fish and great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Hell of a trip!! Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think I counted 8 rods in one of your pics haha. Well done as usual. We brought 11 total. The I-Slide Megabass swimbait I never got hit on and I left the Tube and Drop Shot rod's on short never threw them once. Wanted to but couldn't put down reaction baits...Need a graph as mentioned to build my deep water confidence. Very well done Mike. I have to get back into Bass fishing. I've had about enough of long line trolling for Walleye meat here on Erie. Catch, pull, crank, pull crank and pull some more, 4 head shakes at the back of the boat then net. Boooring. Yes when this wind breaks Bass it is, then put away the boat. Thanks for the inspiration Mike. I've never trolled for Walleye except on Rice. I love bass fishing especially when your not getting dinks all day. Wish these were all 4's but that quality 3lb class bass is always a pleasure to catch. Staring up at my 6lb 13oz LMB from Seymour above my head on the wall still dreaming of the day I'll catch something bigger. The hunt is never over every trip I fish hard to break that PB. Nice haul mike !!! Did you hit the dropshot game for brown fish like I said ?? Great week on the water man ..... Well done We talked and I talked about it so much but no I never found the time to do the tube/drop shot. They must of been deep on those crappy days so when the jerkbait didn't work I went to weedlines with rock close by and found nice largies all day. 2016 my friend were gonna get a graph with structure scan and look out! As a bass guy myself these pics make me smile Bass fight hard! Mike you every get to fish river bass or bass in rapids? Unreal fun! Great pics, great fish and great report! Thanks for the comments! No never really got into rapid situations except when I was a kid exploring new lakes up north with my Papa. Enjoying the comments guys, always humbling for me to do this write up then sit back and read all the great comments and posts from the board members. MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willfish88 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Awesome Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Nice job! The two soft plastics look good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manjo39 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Great report. Thanks for sharing. Congrats on having the opportunity to fish for five days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Great report and trip Mike! Always nice to see some pics of quality fish. A gem of a spot you've got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Awesome Mike. Thank you sure was! I'm almost done my GoPro movie, that will be Awesome! Nice job! The two soft plastics look good to me. Some days 1 or 2 is all you need. It seemed flipping weed lines and having that Spinnerbait/Swim Jig approach was all we needed. Great report. Thanks for sharing. Congrats on having the opportunity to fish for five days. Don't make as much $$ as half these people on here but always find the time to take care of Me and that's 2-3 weeks off each summer on the water. As long as I can get that every year till I die I'm happy! Great report and trip Mike! Always nice to see some pics of quality fish. A gem of a spot you've got there. Thank you sir! Thanks for the reply's guys. I'll post a new thread soon with my little 3 minute movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 before sunrise is my favourite time of the day...it can be painful at times, but fishing for the most part is the only time its the only time im awake in a flash at 4 in the morning. some of those bass are so chunky, gotta love late summer fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick14 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Beauty report man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto_Angler Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Great report man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Your OFC name is so befitting Mike. Good fishing dood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallie Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thats a ton of nice bass! Almost makes me wanna go out for a bass fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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