Sept 25 2007-Another Big Smallie

Another day out on Lake Muskoka with Rick. The day started off wet and cool but turned quite nice as the morning wore on. Today we decided to go Pike hunting; so we changed to bigger lures and tried different locations. First fish of the morning was this 13 1/2 inch Smallmouth. It weighed 1 lb 3 oz. This fish was caught on a #4 red & white Mepps. Next fish to come along was a huge Smallie. This one was 19 1/4 inches long and weighed in at 4 lb 1 oz. This fish was caught at 9:46 am. The first fish was caught at 9:41 am. This one was also caught on the # 4 red and white Mepps. And then along came Mr. Big Pike and took my lure right in front of the boat. And I mean took my lure. He swallowed it down, sheared off my line and was gone. No more #4 red & white Mepps.
After several lure changes I was able to hook into this little fella. It was 22 1/2 inches long & weighed 2 lb 8 oz. This one was caught at 10:49 am. The lure was a #5 red with yellow dots Mepps.

At 12:05 along came this 14 inch Smallie. This one was 1 lb 8 oz.
At 12:08 ( the very next cast ) I caught this 16 1/2 inch Bass. This spunky fish put on quite a show of jumping out of the water several times before joining us on the boat for a photo session. This one weighed 2 lb 8 oz. That my friends was all she wrote & home we went!