well, went out fishin the other day, it was quite gorgeous out. sun was shining, very calm breeze... and of course... the bugs were out in full force! me and ashley went out to our little spot on chippewa creek in search of some panfish! bite, was slow to say the least. i dropped my line in and rite away landed a very small pumpkinseed, then another one on the next cast, a bit bigger. beautiful colors on both fish, so bright and vibrant.
Pumpkinseeds
i then moved over to the other side of the river to some deeper water to try and locate some crappies. water levels had dropped about 7 inches in about a week and a half. after lookin around a bit, i seen a stick just poking out of the water, told ashley i was gonna get a fish off that stick... sure enough, first cast... crappie takes the bait! pull him in and pose for a quick picture. ashley took it from the other side of the river. lol.
crappie
after breakin off my line... i tried for some pike, without any takers, and upon losing 3 more lures gave up and went back to the pannies. as i;m at the truck tying a new rig together... ashley screams... well, turns out a snake crossed her path, so i went over and caught it. it was a black rat snake. the largest snake in ontario, and a threatened species. one of 3 constrictors we have in ontario. of the 17 snake species in ontario, 11 of them are listed as threatened. very sad indeed, as a snake lover, i encourage everyone to allow any snakes they come across to continue on their way without harm. they are harmless to us, only 1 venomous species lives in ontario, and that is the massassauga rattlesnake, very few remain, it is an endangered species as well.
now, after that little show, we got back to fishing. i landed another small crappie near a tree in some slow current.
and before we left due to the crowd that moved in, ashely hooked into her PB largemouth bass. i'll get her into some bigger ones when the season opens! all fish were caught on a float rig, fished 8-10 inches down with a Gulp! 2" minnow.
PB largie for ashley
we left that area and went to dunnville to another small creek that flows into the grand river. fished the area with a small spinner and hooked to OOS largies and ashley managed a couple small bluegills. sorry, left the camera in the truck for those ones!
Pumpkinseeds
i then moved over to the other side of the river to some deeper water to try and locate some crappies. water levels had dropped about 7 inches in about a week and a half. after lookin around a bit, i seen a stick just poking out of the water, told ashley i was gonna get a fish off that stick... sure enough, first cast... crappie takes the bait! pull him in and pose for a quick picture. ashley took it from the other side of the river. lol.
crappie
after breakin off my line... i tried for some pike, without any takers, and upon losing 3 more lures gave up and went back to the pannies. as i;m at the truck tying a new rig together... ashley screams... well, turns out a snake crossed her path, so i went over and caught it. it was a black rat snake. the largest snake in ontario, and a threatened species. one of 3 constrictors we have in ontario. of the 17 snake species in ontario, 11 of them are listed as threatened. very sad indeed, as a snake lover, i encourage everyone to allow any snakes they come across to continue on their way without harm. they are harmless to us, only 1 venomous species lives in ontario, and that is the massassauga rattlesnake, very few remain, it is an endangered species as well.
now, after that little show, we got back to fishing. i landed another small crappie near a tree in some slow current.
and before we left due to the crowd that moved in, ashely hooked into her PB largemouth bass. i'll get her into some bigger ones when the season opens! all fish were caught on a float rig, fished 8-10 inches down with a Gulp! 2" minnow.
PB largie for ashley
we left that area and went to dunnville to another small creek that flows into the grand river. fished the area with a small spinner and hooked to OOS largies and ashley managed a couple small bluegills. sorry, left the camera in the truck for those ones!
