June 19 2012-Fishing With Rick

Fishing with Rick today. First Pike of the day, a very nice 29 1/2".
Rick also catches a nice size Pike. He took this one home for dinner.
Another Pike! I took this one home for dinner.
And a very good size Smallmouth Bass. It is still not in season, so this one was live released.
And Rick catches a nice Bass. Also live released. Rick caught a couple other small Bass, great day of fishing!

June 13 2012-Two More Nice Bass

We had a couple of hours to kill after work, so we went fishing. ( again ) Joanne catches a nice Smallmouth Bass. ( again )
This time out, even I caught a nice Bass.
The OPP Marine Force were out in full formation.
Foxglove in bloom in our garden.
This is a white Crab Spider. Also found in our garden. We don't anything about this spider, but it is quite different and very unique, never seen one before.

June 10 2012-Daryl & Friends

Joanne's son,Daryl is in Muskoka for the summer, and has requested a day of fishing with him and his friends. Here I am getting the boat ready for our fishing guests. Notice the flowers! Hope we don't lose them this year.
Joanne says- "Now here is what they look like"
Dave catches a small Pike.
Joanne catches another Bass.
I managed to catch a Clam. That was all we caught. Fun morning!

June 8 2012-Lots Of Fish

Beautiful morning to be out on the lake. It did not take very long before landing this very nice 3 lb Smallmouth Bass. All Bass are still out of season, so we put this one back!Another cute little Smallmouth Bass.
Finally, a Pike! This one is joining us for dinner tonight.
Joanne catches her first Smallmouth Bass. ( live released )
Joanne catches her first Pike of the day. We caught several other smaller fish. It was a great day for fishing!

June 5 2012-My First Pike

We got a new Napoleon BBQ!
Now all I have to do is figure out how to assemble it.
Time to take a break from the BBQ assembly and go fishing. I caught my first Pike! A nice 26" fish.
Finish putting the BBQ together and now it's time to eat.
Cowboy Steaks, potatoes wrapped in foil, garlic buns and a ceasar salad! The BBQ works great!

May 29 2012-Just That Quick!

Fishing today with Casey on Lake of Bays in his new boat. At the dock at 8:27 am and ready to go fishing.
First Lake Trout at 8:38 am.
Second Lake Trout at 8:56 am.
Third Lake Trout at 10:02 am.
Back at the dock at 10:14 am and ready to head home. It was just that quick! Homemade fish and chips tonight!

May 23 2012-Joanne Does It Again!

We are going back out to Lake Muskoka to see if I can catch a fish this time. Nope! Joanne starts the morning off with her first Clam of the season.Joanne's first Perch of the season.

Joanne's 3rd Pike of the season. Joanne does it again!
One of our favorite hot spots. Summer Island.
A great overall view of Allport Marina. One of these days, I'm going to catch a fish!

May 19 2012-First Pike Of The Season

A beautiful evening to go Pike fishing. First Pike of the season is caught by Joanne! A very nice 24" fish!
The 2nd Pike of the season-Caught by Joanne. Another nice 24" fish.
Back at the dock, the fishing machine is trying for her 3rd Pike!Allport Marina has seen a lot of great changes and improvements over the last couple of years. This year we see a new store and several new covered slips.

We watched the sun go down and then headed home before the bugs got too bad.

May 8 2012-We're Off To The Lake!

Once again it's that exciting time of the year. With Udo's help (again) we're ready to hook up!
A trip through town and we're off to the lake!We are in the water and everything is a go.
Thank you so much Udo for everything you have done for us!
We're ready. Let's go fishing!!!!!

A Very Short Ice Fishing Season

Feb 20 2012-

Joanne and I went to Lake Joe today to try our luck. No bites, no fish!
March 7 2012-

Udo and I went back to Lake Rosseau. Had a couple of hits, but no fish!
March 20 2012-

This is a picture take from Pride of Muskoka. The ice is almost gone. This is the earliest the ice has gone out in recorded history. It was a very short ice fishing season!
April 3 2012-

It's time to think about getting the Walkabout ready for another season!
May 2 2012-

The Walkabout is all cleaned up and ready to go. See you soon!