diggyj
Rice Lake Master
Well I finally had a weekend to myself at the cottage so I packed up the car and headed up with the dog on Friday afternoon. My goal was to get in as much fishing as possible. I am sad to say that over the course of the weekend, I only got out fishing twice for a total of about 3 hours. I also got out onto the lake to watch some of this weekends POKER RUN action. What a blast watching those boats from your own boat close by in the water.
The weather was amazing all weekend and as usual it included some work around the cottage as well as many cold pops.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
A spectacular Friday night sunset.
First baby Walleye came jigging off the dock with a jighead and white grub. Nice to see some of the spawners have laid eggs and that they have survived the influx of gobies and other fish over the years. Anyone know how many years old this one would be? Around 8-10 inches.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Saturday morning I managed to catch 2 smallies in the 2+ lb range in 9-15 FOW using a white grub on a jighead. Was hoping for some Walleyes around this particular weedline but only managed a couple of smallies.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Next one came a short time later on the same white grub.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
I spent Saturday doing odds and ends. Went into Cobourg and then went for a drive into Campbellford. Spent about $100 between the Choclate and Cheese factories in Campbellford, but man is there stuff ever good.
Watched the POKER RUN head back from Hastings as I missed them when the first came through. There were some spectacular boats and it was an amazing site to see from so close in the water.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Here is a short video clip from a few of them screaming by.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf0SkuEKJ5Y
Saturday early evening I tried fishing the OUSE for the first time. I was marking lots of fish and then I got to a certain spot where I was marking only a few fish, but they were big ones so I worked this spot trolling back and forth for a little over an hour. I was using Senkos in Bubblegum and a Brown with red/pink tail.
I managed to catch 2 Rockbass and had a few misses. I also managed to get one SWEET Smallie onto the end of my line and I thought I gave it a good hook set, but as I reeled in and when it was a few feet away from the boat it swam towards me and I guess I lost line tension and the hook came out. I did see it clearly and it looked to be in the neighbourhood of about 4 lbs.
I had to hoist it from about 9 FOW and it was coming out of some pretty thick slop. Maybe next time. So for about 3 hours of fishing I managed to catch 5 in total which has been better then no fishing at all in the last several weeks. Hoping to head up to Simcoe in the very near future for some Bass and Pike action.
Dirk
The weather was amazing all weekend and as usual it included some work around the cottage as well as many cold pops.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
A spectacular Friday night sunset.
First baby Walleye came jigging off the dock with a jighead and white grub. Nice to see some of the spawners have laid eggs and that they have survived the influx of gobies and other fish over the years. Anyone know how many years old this one would be? Around 8-10 inches.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Saturday morning I managed to catch 2 smallies in the 2+ lb range in 9-15 FOW using a white grub on a jighead. Was hoping for some Walleyes around this particular weedline but only managed a couple of smallies.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Next one came a short time later on the same white grub.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
I spent Saturday doing odds and ends. Went into Cobourg and then went for a drive into Campbellford. Spent about $100 between the Choclate and Cheese factories in Campbellford, but man is there stuff ever good.
Watched the POKER RUN head back from Hastings as I missed them when the first came through. There were some spectacular boats and it was an amazing site to see from so close in the water.
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
By diggyj, shot with DSC-W5 at 2009-09-13
Here is a short video clip from a few of them screaming by.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf0SkuEKJ5Y
Saturday early evening I tried fishing the OUSE for the first time. I was marking lots of fish and then I got to a certain spot where I was marking only a few fish, but they were big ones so I worked this spot trolling back and forth for a little over an hour. I was using Senkos in Bubblegum and a Brown with red/pink tail.
I managed to catch 2 Rockbass and had a few misses. I also managed to get one SWEET Smallie onto the end of my line and I thought I gave it a good hook set, but as I reeled in and when it was a few feet away from the boat it swam towards me and I guess I lost line tension and the hook came out. I did see it clearly and it looked to be in the neighbourhood of about 4 lbs.
I had to hoist it from about 9 FOW and it was coming out of some pretty thick slop. Maybe next time. So for about 3 hours of fishing I managed to catch 5 in total which has been better then no fishing at all in the last several weeks. Hoping to head up to Simcoe in the very near future for some Bass and Pike action.
Dirk
