Tyler0420 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Saturday is getting shittier by the day. winds were north so it was good for where I was going to fish. Now they’ve switched to sw in the 30km/h range. Bubba14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Fishing South Bay lots of islands to hide around if the wind is blowing. Definitely going to be rain. honeyv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba14 Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Keep warm fighting fish Tyler...good luck and stay safe! Tyler0420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Bubba14 said: Keep warm fighting fish Tyler...good luck and stay safe! Pretty annoyed. Found out I was fishing out of bounds after 2.5 hours and summiting two fish. Now I’m an hour away from where I can fish. my bad but I didn’t know there were boundaries. I didn’t see the map or read about it. I guess I should of know when I was the only one out there. Worst part it’s the north side of the lake we can fish so means I’m another hour away from home. Lukefish99 and honeyv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyv Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Tyler0420 said: Pretty annoyed. Found out I was fishing out of bounds after 2.5 hours and summiting two fish. Now I’m an hour away from where I can fish. my bad but I didn’t know there were boundaries. I didn’t see the map or read about it. I guess I should of know when I was the only one out there. Worst part it’s the north side of the lake we can fish so means I’m another hour away from home. Nice fish! Has the weather calmed at all? How are you ranking so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 18 hours ago, honeyv said: Nice fish! Has the weather calmed at all? How are you ranking so far? So after finding out I was fishing the wrong area I drove to the north/west side of the lake. At that time the rain was coming down hard. The two launches I went to were shity and I said eff it I’m done. I’m going home. I found a river spot the night before and decided I’m going there for a nap before heading home. Shut my eyes for a min and said I didn’t come here to sleep so I got the yak back out on the water and it was no disappointment. I fished a river where it dumps into nipissing. Started fishing some fallen tree spots and was hooking up with smallies. Landed a few and lost a bunch. Stupid weed guard on the wacky hook was not letting me get a good hook set. Made it to the mouth and had a pike follow my square bill crank bait in. Cast it back out and bam a 30” pike in hales my bait and end up having to keep the fish. Gave it to a kid fishing on the dock when I went back in but before that I was trolling the same bait from the lake just into the mouth and bam another fish. 20” walleye. Had to let it go(over slot size). Went back up river and lost a bunch more bass and decided to cut the weed guard off my wacky rig and started landing fish. Next a nice fat 32” pike on the wacky rig. A couple more bass and that was my day. so ya the tournament was a bust but ended up saving the day and landed more fish this afternoon then the last two years put together. next month balsam lake and I’ll give it a try again. Oh and got to work on skipping baits under fallen trees👍 Port_D_Guy, smerchly, Bubba14 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightfisher Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 Nice catch, some good meals there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyv Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tyler0420 said: So after finding out I was fishing the wrong area I drove to the north/west side of the lake. At that time the rain was coming down hard. The two launches I went to were shity and I said eff it I’m done. I’m going home. I found a river spot the night before and decided I’m going there for a nap before heading home. Shut my eyes for a min and said I didn’t come here to sleep so I got the yak back out on the water and it was no disappointment. I fished the Lavase river where it dumps into nipissing (just north of callander bay). Started fishing some fallen tree spots and was hooking up with smallies. Landed a few and lost a bunch. Stupid weed guard on the wacky hook was not letting me get a good hook set. Made it to the mouth and had a pike follow my square bill crank bait in. Cast it back out and bam a 30” pike in hales my bait and end up having to keep the fish. Gave it to a kid fishing on the dock when I went back in but before that I was trolling the same bait from the lake just into the mouth and bam another fish. 20” walleye. Had to let it go(over slot size). Went back up river and lost a bunch more bass and decided to cut the weed guard off my wacky rig and started landing fish. Next a nice fat 32” pike on the wacky rig. A couple more bass and that was my day. so ya the tournament was a bust but ended up saving the day and landed more fish this afternoon then the last two years put together. next month balsam lake and I’ll give it a try again. Oh and got to work on skipping baits under fallen trees👍 My brother was telling me all he got was pike and walleye LOL but a hard day fishing and he said the rain was brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, knightfisher said: Nice catch, some good meals there. Ya I should’ve kept some but I had nothing to keep them in. All released to swim another day. Besides that one pike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba14 Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 Really glad for you that it wasn't a wasted trip and that you kept busy with the fish! Tyler0420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, honeyv said: My brother was telling me all he got was pike and walleye LOL but a hard day fishing and he said the rain was brutal. I bought some rain gear that worked pretty good. here’s the top finishes honeyv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bubba14 said: Really glad for you that it wasn't a wasted trip and that you kept busy with the fish! I couldn’t believe how it turned out. I was pumped by the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyv Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, Tyler0420 said: I bought some rain gear that worked pretty good. here’s the top finishes Nice! If you have proper rain gear and you're staying dry then you are already winning haha Tyler0420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 June 17 balsam lake tourney. Anyone wanna join me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 6/5/2023 at 11:54 AM, Tyler0420 said: June 17 balsam lake tourney. Anyone wanna join me? 144 anglers registered so far. Looking forward to Saturday. Still not sure where I’m going to fish. I’m going up Friday to scout around. anyone have any intel on good bass areas and launches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port_D_Guy Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 8 hours ago, Tyler0420 said: 144 anglers registered so far. Looking forward to Saturday. Still not sure where I’m going to fish. I’m going up Friday to scout around. anyone have any intel on good bass areas and launches? Use as a guide. I'm sure many eyes have been on it already. Balsam Lake, Ontario | Angler's Atlas (anglersatlas.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 50 minutes ago, Port_D_Guy said: Use as a guide. I'm sure many eyes have been on it already. Balsam Lake, Ontario | Angler's Atlas (anglersatlas.com) Thank you Port_D_Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 Fished balsam Saturday. Started out good landed two fish early including a 17.5” largie on topwater. After that couldn’t find any fish and the winds were gusting 30km/h. Tried dragging tubes but didn’t have any jig heads/weights heavy enough to fish bottom properly. Called it a day around noon. I wanted to crack the top 100 and I did!!!! Placed 99th hahaha. fishingking and knightfisher 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightfisher Posted June 19, 2023 Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Tyler0420 said: Fished balsam Saturday. Started out good landed two fish early including a 17.5” largie on topwater. After that couldn’t find any fish and the winds were gusting 30km/h. Tried dragging tubes but didn’t have any jig heads/weights heavy enough to fish bottom properly. Called it a day around noon. I wanted to crack the top 100 and I did!!!! Placed 99th hahaha. Well done. Tyler0420 and Lukefish99 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted June 19, 2023 Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 Nice largemouth Ty. Congrats on placing under the 100 mark . Dam wind can be a paininthebutt from shore too ....very breezy east winds here now . Too bad you didn't have some 1 oz.egg sinkers in your bag . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 4 hours ago, smerchly said: Nice largemouth Ty. Congrats on placing under the 100 mark . Dam wind can be a paininthebutt from shore too ....very breezy east winds here now . Too bad you didn't have some 1 oz.egg sinkers in your bag . I’ll have to add some heavier weights to my collection. next on the trail is Lake simcoe in July. smerchly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steellee Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Tubes fished off a drop shot rig can be deadly too if you had a heavy enough dropper weight. I fish them that style for both bass and Lakers in the currents of Niagara River. Also snags up less on snaggy, rocky areas like lower river smerchly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 35 minutes ago, steellee said: Tubes fished off a drop shot rig can be deadly too if you had a heavy enough dropper weight. I fish them that style for both bass and Lakers in the currents of Niagara River. Also snags up less on snaggy, rocky areas like lower river Thanks for the tip. I’ll definitely grab some heavier stuff for when the wind picks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted July 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 5/3/2023 at 10:21 PM, honeyv said: Did you sign up for the Simcoe one? You fishing simcoe tournament this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 6/20/2023 at 1:33 PM, steellee said: Tubes fished off a drop shot rig can be deadly too if you had a heavy enough dropper weight. I fish them that style for both bass and Lakers in the currents of Niagara River. Also snags up less on snaggy, rocky areas like lower river I have used tubes ( crayfish colour) from the end of the piers at Port Dal.where the current is strong . I think there was about 1/2 oz.of lead inside them and the bass went for them . I'm not sure how much the salt helps ..... BTW ...TYLER ...is your mail box full ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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