Lake Ontario Browns And a New Species To Add To The List

Fresh water fishing has begun with a trip to Lake Ontario for some Browns with some friends. Being that Muskie is still almost 3 months away dipping the line for other species is always an option. What started as a rendezvous at the local beach launch turned out to be an action filled day with lots of laughs and reminising of other outings we've had over the years.

Blue sky day , no wind to start and with 2 lines we were stoked to get into some action. We trolled a spot not to far from down town Toronto that had some pretty interesting scenery on the way to the spot...

My bud Arnaldo was captian for the day in his fine Tracker boat rigged perfectly for the type of fishing we were planning to do.

We trolled mainly in and out of shallow water looking for baitfish hoping the Trout woould be around and feeding.

Arnaldo keeping an attentive eye on the sonar looking for signs of fish and proper depth.

Action started soon and after several hookups and losses we thought we were into a big fish but the line peeled out and snapped, unfortunately this happened twice before we managed this decent Brown which fought well for it's size.

Keeping on the troll we decided to try to get me onto a species I had never caught before and with time winding down we switched over to some different techniques in hopes of hooking up.

It wasn't long befor we were into a few of these size Drum which fought good but were just about as stinky as a fish gets...

All in all a great day (what day fishing isn't??) and worth the almost 9 hr round trip for a day fish...

No matter what you catch....fishing always is a good time !!

Bucktail Madness 2010 inline baits

2010 is going to be long and hard on my casting outfits after the success of 2009. With many big fish released on large inline bucktails I have already begun to stock up for 2010 and the St.Clair Hound by the Dog River Lodge Lure Company is first on my assault list.

These baits are some of the best made inline spinners I have ever seen and run as good as they look.

Burning the tops of weeds or slow retrieving these baits along edges works wonders for either suspended fish or those lurking the weeds for prey. I hope to post many fish pics courtesy of the Hound in 2010 so stay tuned for some Ottawa River muskie action at it's finest.

You can choose just about any color you like.

March 1st update

Wow what a brutal winter for ice fishing and ice is off on most waterbodies already. Hopefully I'll be able to make a trek up into the Calabogie area for some rainbows before all the ice is gone.

Meanwhile visit me at WFN as an official ambassador to WFN for the Eastern Ontarion area.

There will be plenty of boat mod pics to come and when the seasons start to open, lots of fish pics.