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Water temps still in the low 40s but the feed bags are on The morning was slow but the afternoon heated up and I managed to hook into biggest I’ve caught on this particular lake

I must be tired, I thought your flag in the first pic was the lure and it thoroughly confused me 😆

Got a few today. First full day out there. Water temps still low 40s where I am

Finally on the board for the year.

Northern Ontario is bucket list for me. My first exposure to bass fishing was on tv shows like Fish’n Canada when I was a kid. Hooked me instantly.

I have 3 lakes I can fish ‘near’ me. All 4-6 hours round trip depending on traffic. One is paddle only so I get my kayak fix there. Smallies in numbers, biiiig largies if you can find em One has smallies in numbers with the odd largie One has trophy smallies and largies

Beautiful fish and an impressive yearly total!

I kind of rediscovered them this season and I’m glad I did!

A little late posting but just wanted to show some examples of the amazing smallie fishery we have up here. These were from a family camping trip last weekend of Sept. and just the highlights of many fish caught. The oft overlooked tube was the ticket on this trip.

British Columbia. Bass are also considered to be the spawn of Satan here by the Government.

I typically avoid fishing deep but mostly because I suck at it haha livewells are actually illegal here so it’s always a quick release unless she’s picture worthy

Any updates on the zoo dog? I bought one a while back but haven’t had the chance to use it yet. Love the idea of it, hoping it translates to the real world

IF I could only take one with me it’d be a 3.75” rage swimmer in green pumpkin on a 3/16 jig head. BUT I only get out a few times per month on average so conceivably I’d have to go 3 or 4 months on one lure. I’d be afraid the bait monkey would track me down and lay a whoppin on me 😆

These are smallies. I’m sure they all aren’t as I pulled a couple pike minnow along with smallies from the surrounding weed bed edges. But that’s the thing about this lake. There isn’t much for structure in most areas. The bottom is hard in this particular spot but it’s not chunky rock.

Thanks for all the replies. I’ll rig up a few next time and try to focus solely on deeper water to get some confidence. I had some really good success with a blade this winter. Definitely going to try that next time out.