Gloucester pool Cottage Trip

[caper]

Rented a buddies cottage up in Gloucester pool for the week last week. Had some family rent it with us and some other family and friends visited on the weekend. Was a great time and it sure is nice to get away to such a beautiful area.

 

My Buddy has a small area where you can sort of turn a boat around in his driveway and then launch it at the front of the cottage. Well that was an adventure but after stopping and having a beer to think it through we managed to get the boat in the water then get unpacked.

 

 

Got out fishing quite a bit but usually early morning before anyone was up. Mostly caught Bass and the odd small Pike. Just noticed going through the pics that there's none of me holding a fish. Couldn't seem to catch a thing when the camera and others were in the boat!

 

Seemed to catch a lot of Bass on minnows and then I decided to try a tube that a friend gave me to try for the first time. I must have tossed that thing around for 2 hours, got a few nibbles that was it. I come back to the dock and my wife meets me there and grabs the rod off the boat with the tube on it and decides to do a few casts off the dock with it.

 

Not three casts later she comes up with this..

 

 

So that's how it's done eh!

 

Had the little fellow out several times fishing and he came up with a few monsters..

 

 

I think in this pic he was getting tired of me taking pics and he just wants it off the hook so he can throw it back in the water. He loves to watch them all swim away.

 

 

This one's pretty neat. I had had a hard time getting him to hold it in a way that I could see the fish in the picture.

 

 

Besides the fishing we got to some watersports as well and convinced my little fella who's three that he would love the tube, so after some coaxing he got in with grandpa. Well after a VERY slow put around the bay he figured he liked his feet planed on the dock better. Maybe next year. This is a high speed action shot!

 

 

My buddy had a couple of these kayaks there and this was more his style he loved them. Must of went of 20 trips to the waterfalls with everyone. Here's a shot me and him enjoying a ride.

 

 

The cottage is very close to the Big Chute Marine Railway so it's pretty neat to go over and watch the boats come over the hill.

 

 

Saw lots of these fella's flying around

 

 

And some scenery

 

 

All in all it was a great week. Nothing spectacular fishing wise but good times with friends and family and time on the water fishing. Oh and the odd cold beer. Nothing like it. Wish I could have stayed for another week.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Craig

Edited July 16, 2007 by caper

[medmart]

sounds like you and your family had a great time nice pic thanks for sharing with us

 

rob

[b2kptbo]

Looks like a good time, thanks for the pictures...

[solopaddler]

Used to fish Gloucester regularly years ago...love that place.

Nice report and great looking family!

[blaque]

Hold on a second............you tellin me they actually lift your boat on a dry plank, and carry it down the ramp and plop it back in the water??? Thats the strangest thing ive ever seen lol. Hmmm

 

Sweet looking spot, and NICE boat

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report! Looks like an awesome spot! those pics of your boy with the fish are priceless.

 

Cheers!

[ccmtcanada]

Excellent report! It's great that the whole family gets involved too. Your little guy must have had the time of his life while up there. Great pics!

[dustink]

Great pics!!

 

Looks like another great family vacation......

 

dk

[Tacklebuster]

Gloucester Pool/Port Severn was and is still one of my favourite spots, even though I haven't fished it for years. Nice to see some pics of that area again.

[fishnsled]

Awesome report!! Looks like a great week to me. Thanks for sharing!