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  1. Let me guess, when the wife asks, i will blame the large visa bills on this monkey? While im posting, would these be suitable? https://www.cabelas.ca/product/14752/cotton-cordell-suspended-ripplin-red-fin-lures https://www.cabelas.ca/product/138524/bass-pro-shops-xps-suspending-minnow
  2. I went on a soft plastic shopping spree, and never thought to grab one of those! Thanks, the closest thing i have to a jerkbait right now is a super fluke, but I will look for a good jerkbait to get Consensus says: JERKBAIT/ MINNOW! Out comes the visa...
  3. Hi everyone yesterday i was able to go to an old abandoned rock quarry to do some fishing. I on the first cast, my friend landed a fish using a T-rigged trick worm (pumpkin red). That was the only fish we caught. We saw a few fish striking the surface, some were able to jump high enough that most of their body was visible. I tried a zoom horny toad on the surface but nothing happenned. I'm not sure what insects are hatching during august in SW Ontario, Canada, but the fish were after something. In a case like this, what is a good bait to use on spinning tackle?
  4. Thank you RW! I tried this technique out last night with a fat ika (no senkos on hand) and landed a nice bass! going back to the same spot tonight (river, no pond nearby)
  5. FISH REPORT: Well everyone, I am back early from this cottage "vacation" it ended up being less relaxing than I hoped. Weather was hit and miss, and moods in this cottage, what I call a log mansion, were a bit mixed. Fishing: The kayak was very hard to keep straight with lots of wind and wakes pushing me around, I had to work hard to keep my boat perpendicular to waves.. I need to set up a rod holder and anchor system before I go fishing again. The good stuff: With the kids, I was stuck do dock fishing, the dock we were on was long and the water was very shallow, with a sandy bottom with a few scattered logs and grass. One patch of lillies was to the side about 30' away in shallow (4') water. Before fishing with kids, I went out a few times to get a feel for what baits were working. I tried wacky some senkos and found that it was very hard for me to see my line twitching, and I also figured that waiting for the weightless bait to fall would be too slow for these kids. I snagged ned rigs almost every time on logs, and lost a few heads, I chose to use something more weedless.. The plastic worm turned out to be the ticket, the real winner was the zoom trickworm in pumpkin. I fished this on a texas rig with a 1/8" lead bullet weight. We pulled in a bunch of rock bass and one small largemouth. I wil post pics later once they are resized. My wife came to help out by holding a second rod, it had a weigfhtless Texas rigged trickworm and unfortunately she didnt notice any strike and when reeling the worm in , she had a gut hooked rock bass on it, I was able to remove the hook, but the fish died shortly after. I left it on the shore and it was gone the next morning (lots of racoons). Anyways, my trip is over and the kids are happy which was the goal. The family who has the second cottage is staying there until october or november and their son was by far the most interested in fising. I think I am going to run a little virtual competition for the month of august where we total the number of fish length inches we catch, divide by the number of fish outings, multiply by a number that makes the kid the winner and awward him a prize :).... I'll figure that out Anyways, just wanted to thank everyone for the advice, it worked out very well.
  6. Is there a point where i reel in slack line? If so, when do i do this?
  7. I'll be the first one awake, usually by an hour or so, I'll make coffee and cast from shore to the dock and see what happens. But i guess later in the day if there are lillies or other things for fish to find shade I will do the same. Good points, I will try to make this a positive experience, 0 fish days will likely end in ice cream, the kids can have some too i guess Don't feel bad about suggesting other stuff, I have plenty of grubs for walleye, i do indee have some pumpkin, chartreuse and white. I'll throw a bag of each in! I will follow your lead and use less complicated things, I will stick to weightless, T rigs , carolinas, I'll probably use a heavy carolina to find drop offs. Wow! I cant believe I never saw this! I sent this to the parents of the kids im taking fishing, I'll probably be the only one reading it, and im bringing all the rods, but whatever I will try to hit up the local bait and tackle shop and see what the locals have to say MGF this is a very good point... to be honest, if i do fish from the kayak, I will bring one cheap rod (incase I tip)... I'm not too worried about this kayak as Ive added a diy air bladder which takes up a lot of volume... I have tipped this boat before for testing, and when I use my bilge pump, it takes about 2 minutes to get the boat nearly empty and im back in paddling around. I think i will be buying a sit on top next year, but need to figure out what model... hobie has some really cool offerings that are lightweight, which is something I will be eneding from a sit on top kayak. Or i'll try to turn my old 12' aluminum into a bass boat ?!
  8. Im not sure how helpful this link is, but this is the cottage that is being rented, i see a couple of dock photos... would it be smart to walk out early morning from shore and try to throw something just beside the dock, or even on top of the dock and drag it into the water? https://haliburtoncottages.com/cottages/log-manor/ dock photos
  9. Very interesting! I have a wide range of weights from 1/16 to 1/2 oz... ill try a variety, staying light mostly.
  10. Hi, Sorry I wasnt specific enough, I believe this lake has small and largemouth. Is there a website that would list these environmental variables? Thanks! I'll try to be as precise as possible... my underhand casting is not that great but will get lots of practice i guess! Hi WRB, always a pleasure to hear from you! OK, I will downsize lines on couple of rods! My shopping list was heavily influenced by you :). Will update in the fishing reports with pictures when im back!
  11. Hi Everyone A while back I posted asking for tackle reecommendations ... background: on friday, I am driving up to stay at two cottages, I am bringing my kayak ( a sit inside, non fishing kayak), and want to do some bass fishing... I will be bringing a few rods and hopefully taking my niece fishing at the first spot, and my friends son when we go to the second cottage. I was able to get some images of the lakes i will be going to, the first is called red stone lake in Ontario, Canada. I have posted a picture here, the red star is the cottage I will be staying at, the depths are measured in meters. [IMG]https://imgur.com/mZOSEAa[/IMG] The next lake I will be at is called kashagawigamog lake, here is a picture of the area [IMG]https://imgur.com/XReYEEi[/IMG] again, the red star is the cottage i will be staying at. I guess my question for today is.... WHAT DO I DO? :). Should I be staying close to shore , looking for structure and fishing in cover? Or, should I go to any of the areas where I see drop offs and try dropping things like senkos, texas rigged worms or drop shot rigs? Unfortunately I do not have access to a depth finder/fish finder. The tackle I have on hand: 2 med-heavy rods (one spinning, one baitcaster) both with 30lb power pro 2 medium action spinning rods with high vis 12lb mono 1 ultralite (hoping to catch some panfish to keep kids happy). lures: Hedden super spook Sexyshad super fluke Senkos Fat Ika zoom horny toad swimming jigs some small ned rig (i forget the name) zoom trick worms lots of other misc plastics, I dont remember exactly what is on the list. https://imgur.com/mZOSEAahttps://imgur.com/mZOSEAa Sorry everyone I posted prematurely and cannot figure out how to edit the first post. Anyways, If anyone can give me some pointers on how to work these areas i would really appreciate it!
  12. Hi WRB for a silver buddy, is there any guideline as to what weight to get? does it depend on lake depth? I'm assuming lighter gives more action, but is slower to get to bottom, but is there a way to find out whats best?
  13. Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone!
  14. Hi Kenny, thanks so much for all of this! I'm compiling a spreadsheet/shopping list today, so far most of these are available to me! Hi SMF, thank you! My wife and I recently purchased some nice PFDs for kayaking, salus angler, anyways, we spent a bit extra to get nice, comfortable PFDs to make sure we wore them...first trip out, wife takes hers off... *facepalm*...it went back on eventually.. Hi WRB, thanks for this list! Not all are available from the one place I prefer to shop, but i have enough time that I can wait for the longer shipping time from the tackle warehouse! Hi Paul! Thanks! Honestly, I'll keep my trout fishing on the river, this trip, in my opinion is primarily for bass and to make some good memories for the little kid we will be visiting, the lake trout are supposed to be quite deep, especially during August, and I dont know of a way to get lures down that deep, aside from downriggers (wont be brining those). I'm not equipped for musky fishing, but I would like to do that one day especially since I live near Lake St. Clair which is supposed to be good musky fishing Hi Michael, there might be pike, but most reports are bass, muskie, laketrout, I'll have a few huskyjerks and countdown body baits to throw around incase, they would also go after some of these soft baits too, right? Thanks Blake! Will be adding swimmmers to the list!
  15. Hi everyone, second post here (first was to ask a question) Anyways, I'm Aaron, I've been fishing since I was a kid but had a 7 year break from fishing to complete my schooling. Anyways, I recently graduated just in time to do some steelhead fishing with my dad (Pics later, If i can find them). As a fresh grad, I'm on the job hunt, but opportunities in my field are limited, especially with the pandemic, so I've decided to take some time off and do some bass fishing this summer! I have lots of spining and baitcasting gear, but no plastics, as really all my recent fishing was done on a float rod or fly rod. But hopefully I will learn some new tricks this summer for some river and lake bass fishing!
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