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Jack ....you are the PM again today !  The parking meter was just about expired and you nail a pike . 
Considering the cold wind , very low water level (floats set at 3.5 ft) , you managed to snaggle anothe pike .
Call me EELer I think that the last "fish" I caught !   I'm losing my touch , and my mind !!   
 
anyhoo ....it was good to see you and great to fish again and get rid of some rust ...
and it was nice to finally see a few minnows with the gulls & cormorants getting some .
The crowd on the east wall didn't seem to be getting much action , maybe the sudden cool down .... 
 
pike was exactly 24 inches ...tomorrows supper ...
thanks Jack !
 
 

Had the pleasure of getting out with smerch today after what seems to be forever. We headed out with the thoughts of multi species possibilities for the morning....a bit of floating around some minnows...fishing the bottom...and a bit of bottom bouncing in hopes of a trout a pike a perch or anything else that might bite for that matter...we spent a few hours giving it a go with no success...then I finally pulled one out of a hat. I think the sudden cold snap and weird weather today may have had them turned off a bit.... Let the cold water season begin!!!...lol.. Always a pleasure Bill..thanks for the pick up and the minnows and of course the good company. We will have to get out again soon

I was at a friend's cottage on an island on Lac dassarat in Quebec for a week. Every year 4 couples go and we have built a dock, then stairs up steep hill, ramp to winch up cart for gas cans, motors, 100lb propane tanks.
This year was finishing a small deck at the top so lots of time for fishing which was good. $50 for a one week license but got a stringer full most times out and brought 24 walleye home (6 per person there) and probably 16 good pike. A few perch and bass.
One day of rain and wind but otherwise decent weather.

Grand river dunville access to erie if calm if not fish the river. Troll n smash bottom with crank baits. Mixed bag of fish is highly likely.  
 
Last night sheephead,  catfish n 5 walleye. 

Grand river dunville access to erie if calm if not fish the river. Troll n smash bottom with crank baits. Mixed bag of fish is highly likely.  
 
Last night sheephead,  catfish n 5 walleye. 

Fantastic morning in the near perfect weather in Port D. The conditions were perfect and the fish had woke up and chose violence. 2nd cast of the day on a tube brought my PB Largemouth of the year, but the biggest fighter of the day was won by my first Smallie of the day, who was pretty adamant that my crankbait was now his, and he’d clearly had enough of my protests. 
 
Couldn't get the Longnose Gar to bite, which is a great shame as they had a stunning pattern on their scales. Still, there’s always another day; and that’s what I love about this therap…ahem hobby. 

So last Thursday I took the boat back to Dunnville, nothing unusual about that.
However this time was very different. Just prior to Covid I reconnected with my childhood friend and neighbour and now post Covid we finally managed to go fshing together, again after a 45 year gap. The fishing post cold front was not stellar but the day, the memories, the conversation.....well in short everything was quite special for both of us.

While the post cold front Walleye would not come out to play with us, the Sheephead finally showed mid morning when the water warmed one full degree F*

The post fishing trip ended with my usual stop at the Country Chip Wagon where my friend (Chris) was happy to treat me to a late lunch.

For me it's never the fish count, it's the memories created and those revisited. 🙂

Here's a few pictures from the day ending with my boy's second ever boat trip, exhausted as he was still wagging his tail.

 

Had the pleasure of meeting up with smerch this morning on the quest to catch a couple toothie critters ...today's tactics pretty simple.....slip float and minnows for bait....I guess he just wanted to show off because first cast as fast as his line could settle....bam got one!.... little while later and up pops the creature from the black lagoon!!!!....after a couple hours and a few missed bites I finally found out what kept stealing my bait...and phew ..skunk off......I ended the day with something that was big enough to break me off as fast as I could say ..hey this one has some weight to it!!!...had to go at that point and get some sleep for work tonight.....always a pleasure over the years Bill... Thanks for spending a great morning

We had an enjoyable afternoon the other day at Fireman's Park......................Our grandson caught his first, ever''''  He was excited, to say the least..................

25er!

Got a real nice brown lower Niagara. Even with 20lb braid hard to tow against the current and land even after it tired. I think I will do this more often.

***Update - Owner found!!  Thanks for helping make the connection Bubba14 - big high five!  
 
I wasn't sure if I would find him - glad it all worked out.
 
 

That's why safe was in quotations.... just stating that guys are out there already 

My neighbour's yard last night. It is supposed to all lawn.
I'll get a better look later today when I go down in daylight. I think I made it through with no damage but a lot of debris to cleanup.
 

The first big storm of the year could be here Monday for Lake Erie.
From NOAA.
 
MONDAY  
Southwest winds to 30 knots becoming west and  increasing to 35 knot gales in the afternoon. Showers likely in  the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves  4 to 7 feet building to 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around  18 feet.  
MONDAY NIGHT  
West gales to 35 knots diminishing to 30 knots  overnight. A chance of rain and snow showers. Waves 9 to 13 feet  subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 16 feet.

Beautiful day. Just waiting for the fish to cooperate. It's been at least a year for me and the canoe so nice to just get out. Found some. 23 keepers almost all caught in an hour. 

Beauty day to be fishing !  Water is still on the muddy side . I  tried a worm harness with  a yellow blade but no hits. I saw some minnows breaking the surface and gulls going nutzy , so put a drop shot on and used small pieces of worms ...constant bites ...gobies , small perch , one nice white  perch and a small bass . THEN , out of the blue I hooked something LARGER !!!  After a great battle( about 15 seconds) I reel in a NICE walleye !! I don't eat the large ones ,so I carefully released it . It took a 1" piece of worm !   
 
Tonight I rigged up my 7' ultra light rod  and will spend another day having fun with the "pannies" 
 
 
here she is ........    ☺️
 
 
 
 

Got me a nice surprise on the river today. Somewhere tween 36-40".. Caught on my fave pattern of spinnerbait.

Fish are starting to put on the feed. Had  a couple of great afternoons.

Annual family trip for the colours and a lil fishing. Had trouble finding any wallies but the perch and bass were hungry

Hey guys little late posting this but better than never. This weekend our team is hosting a tournament at the Ball hockey rink in st kitts. 
16 Melbourne Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2P 3J8 Money raised will go towards keeping niagaras youth involved in sports. Donations are welcome and also a awesome prize table but if that didn't get you excited there will also be BEER.  Past present and future NLL players will be playing. Come out watch some lacrosse and  have a beer!  Our team plays Friday 645 Sat 1115, 715, 945.    Anything helps.    Cheers!    

A scrappy 20lb female from the WP today. 
 

I fought a gigantic male for 15min and brought him to my feet but he was too big for the net and spit the lure while I tried to net him.  The largest fish of my life.  Another fish story ....  

Another beauty this morning