Mrs. Matstone

Congrats to you. I LOVE fishin in the rain. It is one of most favorite times to fish. I always seem to do well when it's raining. ;D

Twas the night before we were scheduled to leave for our little weekend vacation and I was dying to get me some big greenies. We hit one of my favorite local honeyholes that I have not been to in a while, Hidden Lake. We arrived to find the water pretty muddy and high and I was not sure why this was because we have not really had any rain. I started off targeting the back side of the lake which is my favorite. It is full of stumps and weedbeds. I was not having much luck just off the shoreline so I decided to venture out a bit where the water was a little deeper. About 9 - 10 ft. Max. I had on a rage tail lizard again and was doing a little bit of vertical jiggin off the side of the boat near some down trees. I pick up a few fish here and lost a few others too. This is one of them. It sure was nice to get a big greenie again. Last but not least the day for our little vacation was finally here. It was time to head up to the 1000 islands and hopefully find the time to do some fishing on the St. Lawrence. I headed up early Saturday morning with one of the kids and Matt was to follow later on in the day with the other one of the girls. Well Madison and I arrived early and did some weeding in the garden and then it was time to have some fun. We started off doing a little of this and boy was did we have fun. [img width=262 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/P1000689r.jpg Next morning I woke early in hopes of doing some fishing. Needless to say I had to wait for the rest of my crew to arise. So I poured a cup of coffee and headed out the door to watch the fog lift. What a great quiet morning it was. [img width=350 height=262]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/P1000737a.jpg We hooked up the boat and headed out. Here we are all ready to go.. [img width=350 height=262]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/P1000742a.jpg Naturally we did what the kids wanted to do most of the day but we sure had alot of fun doing it. Here is my oldest daughter and I. [img width=350 height=262]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/NJ91tube.jpg Then finally it was time for mom and dad to do what we liked too. We did manage a few smallies or at least I did. Here are a few. [img width=262 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/N831sm4a.jpg [img width=350 height=262]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/N831sm3.jpg Then here are some of Matts [img width=262 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/Mperch831.jpg [img width=350 height=207]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/Gobi91.jpg Well we arrived home finally and could not wait to hit our home waters again and here are a few fish from the past few days. [img width=245 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/M95sm1.jpg [img width=262 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/P1000681a.jpg [img width=262 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/N94sm1.jpg And this one is my favorite. [img width=306 height=350]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb145/matstone7/N94sm3.jpg So yes you guessed it I am still loving the Lizard. Sorry for the long report and thanks to those of you who stuck with me. ;D

Grumpy old men Silence of the lambs A river runs through it Quiet man Gone with the wind. ( Husband HATES this movie )

Congrats on the outing and sorry to hear that you lost the big fish. You will get him next time. I have no idea who Scott Martin is but it sure is a nice rig he has there. :-[ ;D

Awesome fish guys, Congrats! ;D

Good for her! ;D

That is AWESOME! Congrats. It is a good thing that you didn't listen to the weatherman. ;D

Great fish and pics. Welcome to the board. ;D

Very awesome and what a great after school treat for the first day of kindergarten! Congrats to him and thanks for sharing. ;D

Great story big O. I love taking kids fishing they are the best fishing partners around! ;D

What a nice surprise it must have been too! Awsome fish, Congrats ;D

That is great. Congrats on the boat and the first fish in it. Next time save the pic. ;D ;D

Congrats to you. Great fish and pics. ;D

Sorry to hear that your canoe tipped over but glad that your ok and at least you did not lose all your tackle. I spent the whole weekend on the river fishing and saw lots of folks that did the same thing you did. I have done it before myself. I hope you have some luck recovering you rod.

Now that is funny.. ;D Sorry to hear the coon got away with you anaconda but is good to hear that you fed the little guy some dinner so he was not starving. ;D Better luck next time at the pond. If it is that weed choked I would definitely have tried the Rage Shad. Thanks for sharing. Great story.. ;D

Great fish and post. Thanks for sharing. ;D

Nice smallie. Congrats. ;D

As usual.... Great fish and report Paul. ;D

Paul said it very well. Pause... I had the same problem. I recently discovered topwater myself and I love it. Congrats on the fish and your new found topwater passion. ;D

Congrats! Beautiful fish and I like your thought process on trying something new too. I often take something new I wanna try and work at it all day whether I am catching fish or not. I think it helps if you stick with one thing and give it some time. Often times people get stuck in a rut with their most reliable baits and neglect to try new things. Congrats to you for sticking to you guns. I am glad to see that you were rewarded with a nice hawg.

Congrats to you for catching some Largemouths again.. *** is a good choice too. ;D

You are on fire boy! Another great fish you got there. Congrats! ;D

Congrats.. Great show! ;D It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I too love catching pickerel. I liked hearing the info you gave on the pickerel too. I did not know that. Very cool thanks for sharing.

Congratulations! ;D ;D

Awesome fish Congrats to you! ;D