Swamp Girl

Good bios. You seem like nice folks. Thanks for creating and maintaining this website.

You guys catch some huge fish. I'm jealous! I fish in western Ontario and catch a half dozen bass over 19 inches each year, but rarely one over 20 inches and I've never caught one over 21 inches. In this thread, there are long fish and fat fish and lots of long AND fat fish. Very impressive!

I understand you're fishing a river, but they do school in the fall in lakes. I was fishing a lake in western Ontario in late September and I thought I perceived a pattern in the schooling, which was bass bunching 30 to 200 yards off the western ends of islands in rock fields. Then I found a bunch in a shallow bay over mud. Then I found another bunch off those bambooish reeds, so, in the end, I know nothing other than they are wherever they are.

Hi. I'm new to the website. I've been reading some threads and this seems a warm and friendly place. I fish for smallmouth and 98% of my fishing is in Canada. I fish out of a canoe because I'm greedy 'cause I want to fish lakes where I'm the only one and my canoe takes me to those places. I release all my smallmouth, but do eat some pike and walleye. I prefer surface fishing, but also fish with leeches, spinners, Senkos, and crankbaits. I know some numbers lakes where the smallmouth average 15.5 inches and hundred bass days per person are average. I also fish trophy lakes where I typically catch only 30 bass per day, but I'll boat a few five-pounders each week on those lakes. I like both quanity and quality and typically visit several lakes in a week. I camp on islands and rise well before the Sun. I also fish deep into dusk and generally nap, swim, cook, and do camp chores during the day. I'm looking forward to learning how others catch bass and maybe even fishing with one or two of you! P.S. - I'm not that crickety. It's just a goofy name.