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Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
05-19-2016, 08:44 AM
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Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
Hey guys/gals

Beautiful weather this coming long weekend. Do you plan to fish?
Where you goin'? I may head out to Picton.

For baits - I love using live worms or leech. I find catching more with live bait. I do use plastic worm "kelly fire tails" as well.

Never had any catch with spinners lol!
Maybe u can give me (us) a tip how?

What do you normally use?

Fish on!
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05-19-2016, 10:27 PM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
I'm headed into the Algonquin Park backcountry after the mighty lake trout. Probably fishing mostly with spoons and salted minnows.

Speaking as a relative newbie though, I do fish with in-line spinners a lot. In fact I've seen them work on almost every species I've caught at all. Small spinners are what I typically toss into turbulent holes at the bottom of rapids for brookies, bass or whatever's hiding there. Casting and slowly retrieving larger spinners can be tempting for pike in a lake setting, and I've caught bass and panfish the same way though there are probably better choices for those. Of course, it doesn't hurt to tip a spinner hook with a piece of worm or something. Even swatting a horsefly and putting that on the hook of a spinner seems to help a little.
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05-20-2016, 09:51 AM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
i'll be going to frenchmans bay
for pike
i dont use livebaits
my favs are crank baits square bills and husky jerks
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05-20-2016, 10:54 AM (This post was last modified: 05-20-2016 10:55 AM by Abu Garcia.)
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
Good tips. I will try to remember it next time.
I also have never been to Algonquin - my to do list lol

cheers!
(05-19-2016 10:27 PM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:  I'm headed into the Algonquin Park backcountry after the mighty lake trout. Probably fishing mostly with spoons and salted minnows.

Speaking as a relative newbie though, I do fish with in-line spinners a lot. In fact I've seen them work on almost every species I've caught at all. Small spinners are what I typically toss into turbulent holes at the bottom of rapids for brookies, bass or whatever's hiding there. Casting and slowly retrieving larger spinners can be tempting for pike in a lake setting, and I've caught bass and panfish the same way though there are probably better choices for those. Of course, it doesn't hurt to tip a spinner hook with a piece of worm or something. Even swatting a horsefly and putting that on the hook of a spinner seems to help a little.


Ah Frenchmans yes indeed.
Cranks? nice.

cheers!
(05-20-2016 09:51 AM)dfog Wrote:  i'll be going to frenchmans bay
for pike
i dont use livebaits
my favs are crank baits square bills and husky jerks
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05-22-2016, 12:01 PM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
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05-23-2016, 08:25 PM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
(05-22-2016 12:01 PM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Not to be that guy but you know smallmouth bass doesn't open until late June, right? It's illegal to target an out-of-season fish... of course if one happens to bite while you're fishing for pike or panfish, and you release it quickly, that's fine, but it sounds like you had bass patterned and were hitting them...
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05-24-2016, 10:59 AM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
(05-23-2016 08:25 PM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:  
(05-22-2016 12:01 PM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Not to be that guy but you know smallmouth bass doesn't open until late June, right? It's illegal to target an out-of-season fish... of course if one happens to bite while you're fishing for pike or panfish, and you release it quickly, that's fine, but it sounds like you had bass patterned and were hitting them...
Fair comment. I was actually targeting pike — which I have caught at the Bertie Boat Club in the spring before. All catch and release, obviously.

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05-24-2016, 11:04 AM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
I was hoping for pike but found none. Caught four little perch in about an hour lol. But I actually have to drop the line under the dock just to get "the feel" of a bite - where the perch were.
East lake was too quiet, head home after 2 hours.

(05-22-2016 12:01 PM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
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05-24-2016, 04:30 PM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
If you are catching out of season fish steadily, as you mentioned, you are required to move location or to change presentation such that you are no longer catching the out of season species.

It is one thing to catch the odd out of season species, but another thing entirely to remain in the same location and continue to catch them.

Not trying to be mean, but just pointing out the proper action an angler should take to avoid catching out of season fish.

(05-24-2016 10:59 AM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  
(05-23-2016 08:25 PM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:  
(05-22-2016 12:01 PM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Not to be that guy but you know smallmouth bass doesn't open until late June, right? It's illegal to target an out-of-season fish... of course if one happens to bite while you're fishing for pike or panfish, and you release it quickly, that's fine, but it sounds like you had bass patterned and were hitting them...
Fair comment. I was actually targeting pike — which I have caught at the Bertie Boat Club in the spring before. All catch and release, obviously.

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05-25-2016, 08:31 AM
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RE: Fishing this long weekend? Where u going? Bait?
@MuskieBait - Wow. that's a lot of species and very colorful - thanks for sharing. Did you catch all those? is that you in the picture (Asian decent)?

(05-24-2016 04:30 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  If you are catching out of season fish steadily, as you mentioned, you are required to move location or to change presentation such that you are no longer catching the out of season species.

It is one thing to catch the odd out of season species, but another thing entirely to remain in the same location and continue to catch them.

Not trying to be mean, but just pointing out the proper action an angler should take to avoid catching out of season fish.

(05-24-2016 10:59 AM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  
(05-23-2016 08:25 PM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:  
(05-22-2016 12:01 PM)eimajretnuh Wrote:  I spent the last two mornings (6-9am) chucking spinners off the end of the Bertie Boat Club pier in Crystal Beach. Steady smallmouth action — all over 2lbs. They are still a little sluggish but were slamming Mepps Aglias (Size 3 & 4 in bronze). Lots of fun.

Minimal boat traffic and the lake was like glass. Overcast, too. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Not to be that guy but you know smallmouth bass doesn't open until late June, right? It's illegal to target an out-of-season fish... of course if one happens to bite while you're fishing for pike or panfish, and you release it quickly, that's fine, but it sounds like you had bass patterned and were hitting them...
Fair comment. I was actually targeting pike — which I have caught at the Bertie Boat Club in the spring before. All catch and release, obviously.
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