Cottage Country
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:50 am
Took a family trip to Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) and brought my rods. I've spent many summers up there fishing for bass, but it had been three years since I'd been there and these past three years have been my gateway to cool water fishing. So, I packed a slide diver into the arsenal just in case...
The fishing set up there is minimalist. Tin-thin with outboard, no depth finder, no navonics, no rod holders (subbed a cinderblock). So I look at the charts find an area where there is a nice contour change into deep water, toss out the slide dive and wait. Not to long though! Before I knew it, A beauty 4lb laker is up to the boat. Alright! After visiting Georgian bay for thirty years, I pull out my first trout. So I reset the line and wait. Not quite knowing the underwater terrain, I think I've hit bottom when the cinderblock rod holder goes tumbling over -- but there's a nice tug at the end so I start to play a new personal best 9lb Steelie
All jazzed up from my catch, I head back to land to put in some family time and clean some fish. All the cousins couldn't believe it, so I became a charter captain. From 3 yr olds to fifteen years old, over the next few days I load up the youngsters and put them on some beautiful lake trout. (Even the big ones are pretty, nice orange tinge to the fins) 3 over 10 lbs, 1 @ 13 lbs, and the whopper 16lber my cousin reeled in -- his first fish ever!
What do you do with a boat load of fish? Head out to an island for a picnic!
And then, my fish tail.... Just after we caught the 16 lb laker, the rod bends over a drag is screaming. I gain nothing and the fish is fighting like a tornado. Then all is quite. When I bring up the line - lure is there - hook is not. That monster flattened/ broke the metal o ring conneting the treble hook the lure
Didn't know that was possible.
The fishing set up there is minimalist. Tin-thin with outboard, no depth finder, no navonics, no rod holders (subbed a cinderblock). So I look at the charts find an area where there is a nice contour change into deep water, toss out the slide dive and wait. Not to long though! Before I knew it, A beauty 4lb laker is up to the boat. Alright! After visiting Georgian bay for thirty years, I pull out my first trout. So I reset the line and wait. Not quite knowing the underwater terrain, I think I've hit bottom when the cinderblock rod holder goes tumbling over -- but there's a nice tug at the end so I start to play a new personal best 9lb Steelie
All jazzed up from my catch, I head back to land to put in some family time and clean some fish. All the cousins couldn't believe it, so I became a charter captain. From 3 yr olds to fifteen years old, over the next few days I load up the youngsters and put them on some beautiful lake trout. (Even the big ones are pretty, nice orange tinge to the fins) 3 over 10 lbs, 1 @ 13 lbs, and the whopper 16lber my cousin reeled in -- his first fish ever!
What do you do with a boat load of fish? Head out to an island for a picnic!
And then, my fish tail.... Just after we caught the 16 lb laker, the rod bends over a drag is screaming. I gain nothing and the fish is fighting like a tornado. Then all is quite. When I bring up the line - lure is there - hook is not. That monster flattened/ broke the metal o ring conneting the treble hook the lure
Didn't know that was possible.