Sept 3 - Port Maintland

I had the day off and Leigh went to the zoo with Mike & Karlene and kids, so David and I had a free day to go fishing before his hockey game at 6pm. I haven't posted the last few trips but the salmon fishing has been brutal, can't get any big ones - just bows/cohos/small chinnys out in the blue zone. So we decide to give Lake Erie Walleye a shot.

Launched at 8:30am. The chatter on the radio indicated that fishing was poor but we seemed to have a better day than most. Went 2 for 3 on walleye and also got a drum and a perch. All the walleye were around 72 FOW. The big one hit the dipsey with about 180' out and the other two came off the rigger down about 55'. We were off the water by 2pm. Fun day.

Bronte Aug 2 - PM

We went out with Brian and Logan Rosa. We rocked around in the choppy water water out deep with no hits. Decided to move into around 100 FOW and started taking fish. Ended up 7 for 9. All hits on meat and plugs.

Here's David hugging one. It came in with a lamprey which we detached and killed. Note the large red spot.

Fishing on the 4th of July

Beautiful evening on the water. We went 2/3. 180 FOW down about 76' spin doctor and meat. The one that got away took my favourite spin doctor and meat head. Ticks me off.

David still likes hugging those bad boys.

First Boat Ride of 2009

We all went out this afternoon for a little ride and a little fish. Everything went well with the boat and we even got a Salmon - it was fun landing this guy as we didn't have the net with us but we got er done. She hit a purple thunder spoon 85 down in 135 FOW.
It was a little choppy out there but beauty sunshine, not much boat traffic and another Jays win (we were listening to the game on radio).

Skiing with Sarah

Sarah and I played hookey last week and went skiing at Glen Eden.

Big Game

David and Pake VS Duane and Julia

Picture from the Peterborough Tournament

Only 1 for 1

Ron and I had a nice evening on the water but only got one 7lber.

10 for 12!! Lake Erie Walleye

Went out this morning with Dave and Lenny. Everything was working. We had 12 hookups and landed 10. Fish ranged from 3lbs to 8lbs. Here's some pics.




Great morning on the water!

Lake Erie

I never got a chance to post it but Leigh, Julia went out of Hamilton Sunday and went 1 for 2 in a couple hours of fishing.

Tonight my brother Dave and I went out of Port Maintland for Walleye. We went 3 for 3. 74 fow, 50+ down. All 3 came on dipseys with worm harnesses. Here's me with 2 of the 3 fish.

Lake Temiscaming Cottage 2008

Another great year at the cottage - this year we went for 2 weeks. Excellent time! We love this place more and more every year. Once again the fishing was outstanding. We lost count of the number of fish caught but it was over 75 walleye with some Pike and Perch as well. Hear's some pictures.







This year the hot pattern was trolling near the middle with the current, down 12-35 feet. Wiggle warts (not Mag warts so much), thundercranks on planers and hot & tots on the riggers.

Awesome time. Hopefully we can do 2 weeks again next year.

Rough Evening!

The girls bailed out on David and I so we called up Logan and his Dad from David's hockey team and they were good to go. Was rough out there on the water! Meat was the ticket 90' down in 140-160 FOW. Went something like 4/7.

Here's Brian fighting one with Logan looking on.

Here's Brian posing with another one.

Charleston Lake Camping 2008

Had a great weekend camping with the Heslinga's! Awesome weather and great boating, swimming, hiking and fishing. Here's David with uncle Glen's pike, David mosquito biten ear, Leigh with a nice Bass, Duane with a nice Bass, and David and Leigh with a double header.

David's first Race

David has been training with Leigh for a 5k race. Yesterday (Canada Day) was the big race and he did AWESOME! He ran hard the whole race without stopping and showed an amazing sprint at the end. We're still waiting for the official results to be posted on the internet but his time was somewhere around 25min! I didn't see any other kids finish ahead of him.

Leigh won the 3rd place prize in her category!

2 pictures before the race and one after the race:

June 30. Uncle Dave, David and I

Could have been better, could have been worse. 4/7 but nothing big.

Here's Uncle Dave with a Rainbow.

My little boy looks like a little boy again!

He keeps saying, "it'll grow back..."

Sunday Evening Family Fish

Had a good evening on the water with the family but only got one fish.

Salmon June 20!

I'm almost embarrassed to say that this morning was my first time out for Salmon this season. Had a good time with Rob Kapteyn. We went 3/5 with really only one big guy. Best luck in 160-180 FOW about 70' down using spoons.

Beautiful morning on the water for sure.

AAA Tryouts for the 2008/2009 Season

We've had a busy week with tryouts every day and I'm proud to say that David made the team again this year!!

WTG buddy!!

Love This Picture

Mt. St Louis Moonstone

Skiing with David, Ron and Aaron today was a blast! Awesome weather, awesome conditions and tons of fun!

New Dog in the Family

...uncle Dan and Amanda got a new puppy. Here is Sarah with Marley.

David's Pictures

We got David's team pictures this week. Here's a sampling.
David Heslinga #4 Hamilton Reps AAA

Larry's Visit is Over

Larry Norman died this week of heart failure, he was 61. One of his well known sayings was, "I'm only visiting this planet".
I came into his music when I was a young teenager - he was one of my favorites.