Four of us met at our favorite bass lake two hours north of the city. In order to have the kind of fishing we all should have everywhere, you now have to fish private waters. People will have to learn that we cannot be harvesting fish so close to the fourth largest urban area in Canada! There should also be a ban on Bass Tournaments where fish are kept for weigh ins. Fish transported in "live wells" and released hours later in some other location induces unnecessary stress and in some cases unacceptable mortality. Proper catch and release procedures need to be followed with none of this "lipping" the bass vertically for a picture. If fishers are lamenting the lessening of their fishery, they have only themselves to blame. The Ministry is also not off the hook. Massive education is the only solution. And new much more restrictive regulations. It wouldn't hurt to have a few more COs out there dispensing tickets.
Fishing was not as good as a month ago in terms of numbers but the size was great and better than last year. I've been hearing this on the chat lines as well. I landed at least six LM in the 19 to 21 inch range and ten more between 17 to 19 inches. They are deeper at this time of year. Most were caught with a #4 sink line in 12 to 15 FOW. The Mississippi Maiden was my best fly. I didn't bother to change to another fly although I did try some dries on my other rod to little success. Dennis caught many of his on a brown and black WB. The fly is not as important as getting it down to where they are. I caught less than half casting to shore and slowly retrieving. I did catch several small bass casting to shore which was different from a few weeks previously. This was proof to me that the larger bass had moved to deeper water. The smaller bass felt OK to go after our flies. Before, they would have been attacked. Best fishing was trolling along the dropoff. Sorry no pictures. I forgot my camera.
I got a report that there was some great fishing on the Missisisippi. Won't tell you where but if you can find some places where not many fishers go and near the base of rapids, you should do well.
Fishing was not as good as a month ago in terms of numbers but the size was great and better than last year. I've been hearing this on the chat lines as well. I landed at least six LM in the 19 to 21 inch range and ten more between 17 to 19 inches. They are deeper at this time of year. Most were caught with a #4 sink line in 12 to 15 FOW. The Mississippi Maiden was my best fly. I didn't bother to change to another fly although I did try some dries on my other rod to little success. Dennis caught many of his on a brown and black WB. The fly is not as important as getting it down to where they are. I caught less than half casting to shore and slowly retrieving. I did catch several small bass casting to shore which was different from a few weeks previously. This was proof to me that the larger bass had moved to deeper water. The smaller bass felt OK to go after our flies. Before, they would have been attacked. Best fishing was trolling along the dropoff. Sorry no pictures. I forgot my camera.
I got a report that there was some great fishing on the Missisisippi. Won't tell you where but if you can find some places where not many fishers go and near the base of rapids, you should do well.
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