Nov 4 2008-Last Fish-First Snow-Boat to Bed

This was my last fish of the season. It was caught on Sept 28th. As you can see, it was caught off the dock.Oct 21. My Birthday and the first snowfall of the winter. A little too early if you ask me! Snow on the boat. I don't think I'll go fishing today!

Oct 22. A whole lot nicer today than yesterday. Time to put the " Walkabout " to bed for the winter and dream about next years big fish!
Good Night!

Sept 24 2008-A couple of nice Bass

Once again I went out with my no good brother-in-law Andy to catch a few bass. We went out in his boat together for the last time this season. Todays lucky lure was a " Tube Jig ". We caught a total of 11 Smallmouth bass. Quite a few of them were pretty small like this one.
Then of course we caught a couple of nice ones like this one! And another nice one!
And a big one! This Bass was 18 1/2 inches long and weighed 3 lb 9 oz. All that blood was coming from a hook in the tongue and after a few seconds it stopped bleeding and the fish was live released. It was also a very beautiful day.

Sept 23 2008-Bluege Lagoon

After fishing with the girls all afternoon I headed over to Bluege Lagoon to fish for some Rainbow Trout with Udo. And the fish were biting! No sooner had we got our lines in the water and we had a double header. Here is Udo live releasing the second of the two Trout. Here's another beautiful Rainbow. Just right for the frypan.
And another one! Even Kylie wanted to check out what all the fun was about!

Another one for the frypan. We caught a total of 6 Trout. Two came home for dinner and the other 4 were released.
After all the fast and furious action we decided to relax and take Kylie for a walk through the haunted forest. We felt as though we were being watched. And we were! I wouldn't want to try and cut any branches from these trees.

Sept 23 2008-Another Small Fish & A Mermaid

Todays company on the "Walkabout" was Leslie and her daughter Skylar. The day was perfect for a fishing trip out on Lake Muskoka. Skylar was very intent on catching that elusive big Bass! She did have a fish on but was unable to get it on the boat for a photo shoot.
This was the best we could do. Notice the size of the lure in relation to the size of the Bass.

What's this? A Lake Muskoka Mermaid?
After a quick picture this one was live released back into the Lake.

Sept 17 2008-More Small Fish

Another day out on the water to try and find the big ones. Rick started the day off with a little Smallmouth Bass. And another small one. Rick was commenting on the fact that he has never caught a fish on a blue lure. He has now.
Heading back to the dock we decided to troll. And a good thing we did! I was able to catch a 27 inch Pike and avoid being skunked. Still looking for the big September Bass. Maybe next week!

Sept 16 2008-Oh Where-O-Where?

Oh Where-o-Where have the big fish gone? September is supposed to be the month of feeding frenzies for the big fish to fatten up for the winter. I can not seem to locate them at all. I've tried dying weed beds, weedy-rocky transition areas, weedy-sandy transition areas, rocky points, drop-off areas, and along shoals. Where are they?
In the meantime, here are a couple of small fish I have managed to find.
One little Pike! And one little Bass!

Sept 3 2008-A Beautiful Day!

What a beautiful morning! In this picture the sun was not quite up yet but the lake was calm and the mist was rising up from the water. The first fish of the morning was a cute 15" Smallmouth Bass. It weighed somewhere around the 2 lb mark.
My second fish of the morning was another 15 " Smallie! This was also the last fish of the day but the weather was just so perfect we couldn't help but enjoy ourselves even without catching more fish. The sun was shining, the breeze was light, and the temperature was in the mid 20's.
What a beautiful day!

Sept 2 2008-Now That's a Fish Story

Now here is a fish story! I was using a #7 jointed floating orange Rapala casting around a small weed bed and I caught both of these small Bass at the same time. Not only did I catch them on the same cast, several other Bass followed them in to see what was going on. The very next cast I caught this fella. That was all she wrote for the rest of the morning!

Sept 1 2008-Small Bass & Big Pike

It was a day of very small bass. Here is Rick holding up our double header of two very tiny dinks. Here is my biggest Bass. It is very hard to see the lure I used to catch this fella, but it has a Home Hardware logo on the side of it. This is an eco friendly lure. The Bass didn't agree.
Here is Ricks biggest Bass.

Finally! A big Pike for Rick! A 31 inch, 7 lb 4 oz Beauty.
And this is my largest Pike in a while! This was 33 1/4 inches and weighed in at just over 8 lb.

We caught a total of 9 small Bass & 2 nice Pike!

Aug 27 2008- Candice

Wednesday morning, the sun is shining, and my boat just looks a whole lot better for some reason. This is Candice and today we are going to try to catch us a monster bass or two. Candice catches the first Smallmouth Bass of the day. A whopping 15 inches long weighing 2 lb.
Another whopping 15 inch Bass. This is Candice holding up my fish because she looks better than me.

This is the same fish with me holding it up! Which picture would you rather look at?
We both had a few other fish bite but we couldn't get them into the boat. A great day and great company!

Aug 20 2008-Day of Dinks

Rick and I went out to Lake Muskoka to catch the big one. All we caught were " Dinks."
Dinks are fish that are not big enough to even consider measuring. Another Dink!
Another Dink!
The Segwun. What a beautiful boat! Not a Dink!

Aug 17 2008-The Missing Hat

I had a couple of hours to kill this morning before heading back home to begin stripping my deck down to bare wood so I can get a couple of coats of stain on it. For the first time this summer the weatherman is telling us that we will have a few days of no rain.
Back to fishing. First fish is a 15 1/2 inch Smallmouth Bass weighing 2 lb 1oz. Second fish ( and last fish ) is a huge 13 inch Bass.
But, the real story of the day is the discovery of Udo's lost hat. Yesterday we saw an object in the water that looked like a piece of a pool noodle. Shortly after that Udo noticed his hat disappeared. It was windy and we assumed the pool noodle must have been his hat that somehow blown off the boat. This story however has a happy ending. His hat was hiding underneath the seat and has been returned to its owner.

Aug 16 2008-Udo on the Walkabout

Just for a change of scenery Udo and I decided to get together on a Saturday afternoon to go fishing on the " Walkabout "
The first fish of the day was a small bass caught by Udo. ( Sorry, no photo. )
The second fish of the day was also a small bass caught by me.
Udo has the first Pike of the day. What a battle!

This is Udo's Pike, not mine.

Did I mention that it was very windy out there? Because of the way the lake was rolling, I was feeling a little sick so we moved to slightly calmer area and the first thing Udo does is catch an awesome 18 inch Smallie weighing 3 lb 4 oz.
I finished the day off with a small Bass & homeward bound we went. Fun Day!