Ontario Bass Trip. Pic Heavy. *Underwater Carp*

[FisherGrrrl]

Hey everyone!

Made it to southern Ontario last Thursday and figured Id have time to give a "half way" trip report.

First off.. I caught my first bass! But I'll get there :)

So first stop from the airport was Peters Bait an Tackle store! From there we hit the Niagara River and began the fishing. First day we hooked into a bunch of bass (including my first! finally gotta lip a bass like they do on WFN lol). We fished for them until we started to see big muskie and carp cruising the banks! Immediately we pulled out anything big we had handy and started zooming them around the muskies.. some of the would follow the offerings but no takers. Pretty sweet seeing them on the first day out :)

Next morning we headed out again and started from the world known whirlpool and walked down river hitting all kinds of holes between boulders. A few more bass were caught but definately not as consitant as I had expected "bass" fishing to be lol. I was fishing with locals that have been fishing the area for the past few weeks and they had said they were getting them non-stop until today.. I had to tell them I carry a curse where when I show up the fish disappear :P

Next day we headed out on a buddys boat and fished the upper Niagara... not to far from the falls. Gotta admit I was pretty nervous looking off into the distance :P The weather here has been incredibly hot and humid and the water everywhere is a gorgeous blue. It's surreal just being on the water alone.

And as for yesturday, three of us hopped onto a pontoon and scooted over to a lighthouse on one of the brakewalls on Lake Erie and walked down the ledge tossing baits in throughout the rocks. Later that night we went to a different Port on Lake Ontario and I saw my first sheephead :)

And then this morning :) bass bass bass :) suns shining and catching fish all morning is a great way to start the day.

Tomorrow Im heading North of Toronto on a camping trip to check out more lakes. Until then.. here are some pics.

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[FisherGrrrl]

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[Geezle]

Awesome pics FisherGrrrl! Looks like you're having a great time out there! :cool:





IBEverybody :lol:

[JohninAB]

Nothing like lipping your first bass that is for sure. Congrats!

BLTG

[New2Fishing]

great pic from ON, i grew up in Toronto n loved fishing for bass...AB fishing just cannot compare...

[FishingMOM]

Now you're going to be looking at alberta lakes like they are all ponds after having fished ontario.

Nice Sheepshead you got there and lots of pretty bass. Sounds like your having a blast.

[Speckle55]

Grats... Fishergrrrl nice pic's and the weather looks great ..i did Lake Ontario and have been to the falls ..your pic's show the beauty of the area and thats one cool jet boat ..Is that a break water you are walking on.. i fished the dock at Credit River from the back of boat and lost a huge fish(Chinook i think) ..enjoy your trip and keep the pic's coming:sHa_shakeshout:

David:)

[SnoochyBoochy]

Awesome Report!! Thanks for the pics. Hope you can land a Muskie!!!!
Take Luck

Cheers
Snooch :acigar:

[ogre]

Thanks FisherGrrrl. Your Ontario fishing photos do not disappoint. Looks prime out there, and congratulations on your first bass! Post more pics!

[Dust1n]

Awesome little Rocky!

[snortwheez]

Great pics Fishergrrrl!
And congrats on catching the BUG after getting into some smallies!
I use to fish the gorge quite often and after seeing some pics I may give it a go here soon again.

[jungleboy]

I miss Ontario fishing:thinking-006:

[sureshot]

Nice pics Amber.


Andy

[BeeGuy]

nice bass

rock bass too!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Ahhhhh that is some nice scenery. Congrats on the smallies, drum and rock bass.

[chriscosta]

I cant wait im actualy goin to be leaving for that same place on the seventeenth

[Flyfisher87]

Neat stuff! Looks like a blast! Thanks for the report :)

[waterninja]

great to see your having a good trip. didn't regognize some of your catches. good luck on a monster.

[buckbrushoutdoors]

Nice pictures! Your a pretty hardcore fisherlady! Very cool!

[Gary K]

Congrats on the first lip!
wish you could do that with everything. Makes it easy to pop the hooks the forsure.

very nice pictures! Nipigon is wicked!

[FishingMOM]

I miss Ontario fishing:thinking-006:

Here I thought I was the only one.
You never knew what fish was next.
Rock bass
Large Mouth
Small Mouth
Silver
Perch
Pike
Musky
Crappy
Catfish and all his friendly cousins
Carp
Bluegill
Sunfish
Mud puppies - loved watching guys scream like girly men and throw their rods in or cut their lines! Got lots of free rods/reels that way.
Sheephead

And that was just shore fishing!!

[Kim473]

Great pics Fishergrrrl , Looks like your having a great time.

Keep them coming.

[Bound2Fish]

Great pics. If only I had the time to do half as much fishing as you do. Keep up the good work.

[FisherGrrrl]

lol ya the sport is addicting over here :) throw even just a worm in the water and you never know what will take it

I just got back from my camping trip up by Huntsville so I'll post pics of that trip tonight. Have a good day everyone

[FisherGrrrl]

Well todays my last day in Ontario, my flight will be arriving bright an early tomorrow morning. Since my last set of pictures I have done many more things and seen many more fish and places.

We decided to head north to explore some of Ontarios many lakes and rivers.

On the way up we did a little thrill seeking at Canadas Wonderland and hit some of the biggest rollercoasters I have ever been on! Very first coaster of the day the carts stopped when I was going backwards up the conveyer belt. I had to sit strapped in at a 45 degree angle for about 15 minutes while the tech guys came and started screwing down bolts around the cart I was on.. gotta admit I was a little freaked out to continue the ride but being strapped in I didnt have much of a choice lol. Anyways, day at the Wonderland was awesome :)

Back to fishing now.. :)

After Canadas Wonderland we headed to Cottage Country and pulled over at a place called Santas Village.. (it was actually Santas Village lol) there was candycanes every where and little houses with christmas lights.. everything was decorated for a 365 day a year christmas! This was Santas Summer Sleigh that joined us on the Muskoka River.

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This river was another pretty one lined with gorgeous cottages all the way down. We paddled the canoe up river about 2km to the lake and drifted the float back down. A few pike, bass, small perch and sunfish were caught trolling cranks and worm harnesses through the winding river.

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Next day went up to Huntsville and chatted with some local tackle stores for some info on a few lakes. We picked a few that were small with few cottages and headed out with a pontoon this time fishing deep. It was a little tough trying to find fish on the lakes.. trying to find depth and holes without a fishfinder.. but a few bass were randomly found.

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[Geezle]

Awesome FisherGrrrl...looks like a pretty good wrap-up to the trip :)

[FisherGrrrl]

And yesturday, hottest day of the trip, with humidity the temperature was estimated around 40 degrees.
We hiked the valley from the Niagara River...
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and stopped at the whirlpool for some carp fishing... and hooollllyyy carp!

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caught my First little carp!

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after putting the carp back in the water I put more corn on my rig and wedged my rod back inbetween a few rocks. This is the crazy part...

Next thing I know I have 3 people yelling "Amber!! Your rod!!" I look over and my rod is getting dragged into the water. I chased after it and it took off right into the river. Next thing I know... Im in the river too racing and reaching as far as I could when I felt the butt of my rod. Up to my neck now I turned around and held on to the fish that was still on.

Pulled out a 12lb carp :)

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After that we continued down the river banks hitting all the "good" spots :)

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[FisherGrrrl]

Oh and this is how you fish when its plus 40 degrees out :)

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A water snake was found

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And the boulder that brought us good fishing throughout the trip :)

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Trip was an awesome time :sHa_shakeshout: now back to reality

[Jamie]

Very cool Adventure FG!!!

Going to be tough matching that one next summer.. But we will try!!

Jamie

[JohninAB]

Great report, fish and story on the carp.

[Speckle55]

Wow love the carp:bad_boys_20:.. great story and fishing/area pic's thanks for sharing

David:)

[Redfrog]

Thanks for sharing the trip. It looks like you may be spoiled now for fishing Alberta:) It is amazing how diversified the fishing is there and the success despite huge population areas.

[AppleJax]

Looks like a great trip, so jealous! I think the Carp Bra almost beats out the Pike Bra!.....sorry Jay:)

[Willowtrail]

Great pics Blondie.

Sounds like an awesome trip. See you in the morning.

[Hunter Trav]

Glad to hear you had a great trip, thanks for sharing the pics!!! :D

[OneGirlWolfPack]

Looks like you had an awesome time! The story about you chasing your rod made me laugh til I cried! lol! Good to have ya back :)

[FisherGrrrl]

I cant wait im actualy goin to be leaving for that same place on the seventeenth

nice! where abouts you going?

Very cool Adventure FG!!!

Going to be tough matching that one next summer.. But we will try!!

Jamie

I think it could be doable :)

[FisherGrrrl]

Thanks for sharing the trip. It looks like you may be spoiled now for fishing Alberta:) It is amazing how diversified the fishing is there and the success despite huge population areas.

spoiled :P if I lived out here I'd be spoiled rotten :P

Great pics Blondie.

Sounds like an awesome trip. See you in the morning.

See you then lol :) thanks scott for the pickup :)

[ghostguy6]

Wow looks like you had a great time!

[FisherGrrrl]

Apparently trips not over just yet. Whispered reports of salmon are being caught on one of the rivers. Currenty we are driving north of toronto and spending the night casting for chinook. Gunna be a long night and hopefully we can hook into some big fish!

[FisherGrrrl]

Apparently trips not over just yet. Whispered reports of salmon are being caught on one of the rivers. Currenty we are driving north of toronto and spending the night casting for chinook. Gunna be a long night and hopefully we can hook into some big fish!

[CenterPin]

Salmon!!!

[ogre]

Awesome trip FisherGrrrl. Loved the carp story, and hope you have good salmon stories too.

[Mistagin]

Apparently trips not over just yet. Whispered reports of salmon are being caught on one of the rivers. Currenty we are driving north of toronto and spending the night casting for chinook. Gunna be a long night and hopefully we can hook into some big fish!

The Nottawasaga River?
Some great fishing there in the late summer and early fall (and late winter / spring for steelhead too :))

Bit early for salmon in the rivers, but there may be some early 'scouts' cruising off the mouths of the rivers. If you'd get any they would be scrappy for sure, nothing like fresh 'silvers' on a spoon cast from shore :).

Note: I lived in Owen Sound for 8 years so am familiar with salmon fishing there. Man I miss that! And we sure miss the 10 days of the Salmon Spectacular derby held the end of August - through Labour Day weekend. Wife was saying just a couple of days ago that she wants to attend that event sometime again.

[FisherGrrrl]

The Nottawasaga River?
Some great fishing there in the late summer and early fall (and late winter / spring for steelhead too :))

Bit early for salmon in the rivers, but there may be some early 'scouts' cruising off the mouths of the rivers. If you'd get any they would be scrappy for sure, nothing like fresh 'silvers' on a spoon cast from shore :).

Note: I lived in Owen Sound for 8 years so am familiar with salmon fishing there. Man I miss that! And we sure miss the 10 days of the Salmon Spectacular derby held the end of August - through Labour Day weekend. Wife was saying just a couple of days ago that she wants to attend that event sometime again.

No it wasnt that river. Same direction though :) 3 of us got to one of the piers on Lake Ontario around midnight. There was probably already about 15-20 people divided between the two peirs all fishing underneath the lighthouses casting into the darkness of the lake.

It was absolutely spectacular out there! The moons light shimmered from the horizon of Lake Ontario right to the peir in a perfect triangle on the water. Huge rolling waves were crashing the peirs cement walls from the northwest and all you could hear other then the waves was everyones lines squealing from their reels then our glowing spoons splashing through the surface.

Half an hour in I saw the first salmon hooked from the next peir over so we knew the rumors were true! Not to long after Geoff hooked and landed one! For a small chinook salmon this fish sure put up a scrappy fight! It was awesome!

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Between 3-5am fishing really slowed down. Temperature dropped and the wind picked up. Between 5-6am the sun was coming up and fishing boats were cruising out from inbetween the peirs. So we had one last cast... and headed to the airport

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Back home now :) Thanks for all the comments :)

[BobLoblaw]

Pretty hardcore, Grrl!
Way to keep at it right to the end!:)

[Speckle55]

Atta go grrrl .. this is a teaser .. of what you could have got casting those spoons ..got to love Big Lakes... great trip and story :sHa_shakeshout:

David:)
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[marlin1]

great shots , looks like a good trip . Nice Salmon , almost BC calibre :)

[TyreeUM]

awesome pics, I miss the great lakes!

I think your first "carp" was a huge sucker!

[springfisher]

Yep ,,, I think it's love !

[ogre]

Pretty hardcore, Grrl!
Way to keep at it right to the end!:)

He said it!

[Wes_G]

Nice job, god I love bass fishing!!!

[chriscosta]

nice! where abouts you going?



I think it could be doable :)

St catherines and rice lake gores landing and camping at lake of the woods cant wait

[Alberta Bigbore]

Congrats on another fine fish. Im sure there are plenty more pictures.

[Geezle]

awesome pics, I miss the great lakes!

I think your first "carp" was a huge sucker!

No barbels...good call!


Not that many people were looking at the fish anyway :lol:

[FisherGrrrl]

awesome pics, I miss the great lakes!

I think your first "carp" was a huge sucker!

Hey ya I didnt even notice that. Never seen one until that day so just went by what the locals were teaching me.

Wonder what kind??

[lolanr]

Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing.

[Speckle55]

Hey ya I didnt even notice that. Never seen one until that day so just went by what the locals were teaching me.

Wonder what kind??

hope this helps .. posted with permission
http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/photos_fish_freshwater_suckers.html

David:)

[FisherGrrrl]

Atta go grrrl .. this is a teaser .. of what you could have got casting those spoons ..got to love Big Lakes... great trip and story :sHa_shakeshout:

David:)
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well then.. looks like I'm going to half to go back that way :P

caught one chinook from the river systems from the lakes but by then it was already turned colours and fought more like a log. Still a solid fight though

hope this helps .. posted with permission
http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/photos_fish_freshwater_suckers.html

David:)

and definately confirms that its a sucker but tough saying what kind. Another site I found says its hard distinguishing between a bunch of the suckers so its recommended not to bother keep anything (for food or bait) since a lot of the suckers are threatened.

[marlin1]

the chinooks I caught off Tofino fought like racehorses . After two 12 pounders I was ready to go in . That one the guy is holding has more colour than the ocean fish I landed .

[FisherGrrrl]

These pics just came in the other day..


so I left out a part of the carp story..

after I charged into the water after my rod a hardcore carp fisherman came up to me while I was fighting the fish (laughing of course from my plunge into the river) and asked if he could take some pictures of my carp with his expensive underwater camera.

I said "sure" and played with the fish a little longer in the shallows trying to get it to face the camera man

Eventually I just wanted to land the fish lol but I exchanged emails with him and he gave me permission to share the photos. :)

Last picture looks like I might have been close to loosing the hook set on him :)

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[Dust1n]

Iv never seen the top shot and the bottom shot before! really unique Thanks for sharing

[Alberta Bigbore]

Awesome pics...luv it

[Geezle]

Very cool underwater pics http://www.madcastgaming.com/forum/images/smilies/smilies3/cool.gif