Dunnville

Lenny took me trolling in the Grand River near Dunnville. Landed 2 walleye and a drum. Lenny had the hot lure - a perch colored Storm Thundercrank. Here's Lenny with the walleye.

iPod

Picked Leigh up an iPod nano today. She's gotten back into running 4 times a week and this thing is going to be perfect for that. It's so tiny.

Slow morning

Went out with the two Dave's (brother and son) this morning. The fishing was consistent with the poor reports coming this week from not only Bronte but the whole lake. All we got was this little Salmon. We were off the water before 11.

More Lakers

Went out this morning with Ron Huinink. Launched out of Bronte and trolled around there from about 6am to 8am. Didn't mark or catch anything. Decided to motor over to Fifty Point and try for some Lakers. Hooked into 4 and landed 2. Here's Ron with one of them.


Had a good 17-18 pounder that Ron fought for about 10min but it came off boatside. All fish came on green spin doctor/cut bait and NK mag Wahoo spoon trolled right along bottom in 70-85 FOW.

The ride back from Fifty was a painful one! The lake really kicked up in hurry. It was a good morning though - good company, good conversation and no skunkaroo. Back home by 11:30 as our wives were off to a retreat for the weekend.

50 Point

Had the day off today, talked Leigh into going out with me for a couple of hours after we dropped David & Sarah off at School - fished 10am to noon. Worked the 80 FOW area, marked tons of fish right near the bottom. Got one lake trout in the boat and lost another, both on NK mag spoons. Leigh did a great netting job.


On the way back in we got flagged by this sailboat with a broken motor - he needed a tow ...

Sunday morning action

I woke up this morning at 5am and noticed it wasn't raining so I decided to give Bronte a try by myself for a few hours. I fished from 6-9am.

It was pretty rolly out there which is always frustrating when you're alone. I set up in 140FOW, I literally had the first line in the water for less than a minute and it started bouncing - 7 pound chinook down 55 on a Stingray Killer Yellow. Continued to troll around the 150 mark for the next hour but nothing. Went in to about 90-100 FOW near the shell pier and spin doctor / NK fly fires. I grab the rod, while trying to steer the boat (I was going against the waves) and the other rod, 35' down (same stingray spoon) fires. It looks like a serious fish so I put the 1st rod back in the holder and work the other one - boat is now doing circles...after reeling that one for awhile decide I'm gonna alternate between both fish. I go back and forth and couple times and at some point the stingray line goes limp - fish off. ::) I was then able to concentrate on a single rod. Got the fish boatside but I butchered the netting job and she took off - it was about a 15 pounder.

Lots of fun but could have used a partner today.

I'm Gonna miss Her

I got a chuckle out of this song.