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Calabogie Storm and Limestone

7/23/2012

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I'm a little late with this report as I just got my connection back.  I was fishing Limestone on Monday with a friend who was interested in my report some years back of 16 inch perch.  Actually I caught two at one time with double flies.  Thought I had a whale on.  A rather lazy whale, but a whale nonetheless.  I don't mind mentioning the name of this lake at this time of year.  I want the world to go fishing there now and catch and hopefully keep as many bass and panfish as you can.  Just stay away from my trout!  They are going to be out of sight and down at the bottom.  If you do catch a trout, it is only fit for the frying pan.  The surface water is at lethal temperatures for trout (80F).
 
Not much was happening so by noon we decided to start heading back to the launch.  With a brief interlude after we hit a stray dog (dog OK), we were approaching Pakenham just as the lightning started.  When we started up my road, a tree fell in front of us.  At our house it was raining too hard to get out of the car.  Lots of lightning overhead and the fiercest wind I have seen here.  My friend left an hour later but was back knocking on my door.  Can't get out.  In the .9km road there were eight trees down.  If we had been more dedicated fishers, we might have been driving that road dodging trees!  Or even worse if we had stayed in Calabogie.....those poor people at Norway Lake (another private lake with some great bass...I have a spot to get in :))
At Limestone I caught numerous small bass casting to shore.  But did get one LM at 17" and another at 15".  Both in about 15ft of water with sinking line and the bright green Mississippi Maiden, pretty well my go-to fly for bass.
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