Braggin Rights
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Every year I look forward to hitting Longpoint Bay with my old man, oldest daughter and a friend or two for the annual Longpoint Bay Bass Derby. Well, as we all know, mother nature had a different plan. Some crazy dudes still went out and even complained about the cancellation. I believe it was the first time they cancelled it in 35 years and I think it was the RIGHT call. Even the Bassmaster Classic would have been pushed back a day or so.
SO, my friends who made the 6+ hour drive from Sudbury friday afternoon ended up leaving late Saturday to make the long drive home in the rain. I sat there, deflated and bummed out. Eventually, at around 5:45 pm I said screw it... I'm taking the jon boat and hitting up the local in-land lake for some largemouth despite the fact that it was literally down-pouring rain. We hadn't had lightning all day so I went for it. The wife needed me home for 8:30 pm so I had a little over 2 hours to pull off some bass fishing on opener.
The reservoir is a small body of water, and is surrounded by hills and high trees, so the 50 - 80KMH winds can barely kick up a few ripples on the water... The long and short of it is, it was insane! I didn't catch anything over 2.5 to 3lbs and the average fish was only maybe 1.5 lbs but it was literally every single cast. Jig, jerkabit, spinnerbait, drop shot it didn't matter... It was the most incredible 2 hours of bass fishing I've ever experienced on this body of water. If I had cracked off a 5-6lber that would have been the icing on the cake, but I'll take it.
Here's a few pics - would have taken more but if I destroyed my phone taking pictures of fish in the rain my wife would have killed me. haha You can tell by the stupid looks on my face how excited I was.
Next up, on Canada day my daughter Averie and I decided to spend a few hours in the afternoon chasing largemouth in the jungle. Even though we've lived in Port Rowan for nearly 2 years now, and it's only about 750m from our doorstep to the boat launch, we haven't spent much time in the shallows. Our goal for this summer is to figure out some shallow water largemouth patterns and spots. A good buddy was kind enough to point us in the right direction and give us a few starting points. The water was fiercely stained but some flashy spinnerbaits did the trick. It was an awesome afternoon spent with the kid!
More to follow...
SO, my friends who made the 6+ hour drive from Sudbury friday afternoon ended up leaving late Saturday to make the long drive home in the rain. I sat there, deflated and bummed out. Eventually, at around 5:45 pm I said screw it... I'm taking the jon boat and hitting up the local in-land lake for some largemouth despite the fact that it was literally down-pouring rain. We hadn't had lightning all day so I went for it. The wife needed me home for 8:30 pm so I had a little over 2 hours to pull off some bass fishing on opener.
The reservoir is a small body of water, and is surrounded by hills and high trees, so the 50 - 80KMH winds can barely kick up a few ripples on the water... The long and short of it is, it was insane! I didn't catch anything over 2.5 to 3lbs and the average fish was only maybe 1.5 lbs but it was literally every single cast. Jig, jerkabit, spinnerbait, drop shot it didn't matter... It was the most incredible 2 hours of bass fishing I've ever experienced on this body of water. If I had cracked off a 5-6lber that would have been the icing on the cake, but I'll take it.
Here's a few pics - would have taken more but if I destroyed my phone taking pictures of fish in the rain my wife would have killed me. haha You can tell by the stupid looks on my face how excited I was.
Next up, on Canada day my daughter Averie and I decided to spend a few hours in the afternoon chasing largemouth in the jungle. Even though we've lived in Port Rowan for nearly 2 years now, and it's only about 750m from our doorstep to the boat launch, we haven't spent much time in the shallows. Our goal for this summer is to figure out some shallow water largemouth patterns and spots. A good buddy was kind enough to point us in the right direction and give us a few starting points. The water was fiercely stained but some flashy spinnerbaits did the trick. It was an awesome afternoon spent with the kid!
More to follow...
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