Golfisher Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 A quick report on my bass opener in the Island Lake, aka Orangeville Reservoir. I had planned to hit the lake on Saturday, but had to wait another day as my fishing buddy had to work overtime on Saturday. Frustrating, but the wait was worth it as I got some decent action. The number was not much to speak of (3 landed, 3 lost), but the size was, for this lake, a pleasant surprise. Here are some pictures; ignore the ulgly mug shots and concentrate on the fish. Now, for the many experienced bassers gracing this board, these fish may not seem much, but my relationship with bass had been estranged to say the least--I caught a grand total of one decent bass the whole season last year--and so I am very happy to have begun to patch whatever ill-feelings that might have separated us. The lake was choke-full of weeds; you couldn't escape them even if your life depended. It was a pain in the butt to push through the boat on a 30 lb trolloing motor--the trip back from the east arm took us nearly an hour--and the water level was down as well, making it that much more annoying. But for boatless people like myself, the lake does offer good, relatively inexpensive fishing opportunties close by GTA. All fish came courtesy of Mr. Yamamoto, on senkos rigged weightless and worked very, very slowly in the stumps and weed pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoty Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Nice report, thanks for sharing. Those are some nice bass! Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1leggedangler Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 huge bass for Island lake. Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Nice bass and even better Izumi hold!LOL Great report! HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mistyriver1 Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Nice job. Some nice Bass for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Those are some nice LM bass! I have caught some monsters at Island Lake. I too use plastics, top waters and spinner baits but my biggest came off a Husky jerk. Dont be afraid to work deeper water with a texas rigged worm. When you find em, your worm wont even have a chance to hit the ground. You'll see your line moving quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 some nice bass you got there, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addict Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 nice buckets,gotta love those senkos,even if they are painfully slow they always produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfish Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Bass fishing is so addictive, all these reports are getting me tuned for Sunday fishing Jordan harbour with the Niagara Bass Masters, senkos are great adds a new perspective to fishing ,sight fishing is almost as fun as top water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Me In Scotty Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Nice to see another great report. I cant wait to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 hey golfisher, nice fish! that's an impressive buncha fish for any lake, much less that lake in particular. that a legend elite you got paired with that chronarch b? nice setup in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Beauty bass!!!!!!!! awesome,great report & pics,thanks for sharing cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Great report & pics. Island lake does have it's share of lunkers. Glad to see you tracked a few of them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carp Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Beauty bass Golfisher. Definitely lots of weeds in that lake/reservoir. A canoe is probably the best option. No prop to get clogged with vegetation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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