After Christmas and Easter, this is my favourite day. I didn't get much sleep last night, and found myself awake at 2:00AM after only about 4 hours of sleep; it's amazing what a bit of adrenaline can do to a person...
Hit Sturgeon Lake like I do every opener, arriving at my first spot around 5:15AM. Was lucky enough get a few on a Skitter Pop in a frog pattern but nothing of any real size. I did manage to raise one on a bone w/ a chartreuse head patterned Storm Rattlin' Chug Bug but it just wouldn't commit. The Chug Bug also coaxed a few other fish into hitting at some docks but nothing of any size.
I drove back through Bobcaygeon with the intent on fishing the faster water in the centre of town but the water was so low I didn't bother getting my gear out of the car.
I then continued along the south shore of Sturgeon, stopping at a couple of spots and successfully caught a few more fish on the Chug Bug and Skitter Pop. While it was fun catching numbers of fish, I really wanted to get something over 2lbs so I decided to put on a lure that worked well for me in the past; a Heddon Pop'n Image in the Gizzard Shad colour. I managed to raise a few more fish and had the giant I was looking for follow the lure into about 6" of water but once again it just wouldn't commit to the bait.
All in all was a fun day to be out and about and I'm looking forward to next weekend when I get the chance to fish at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in the Bay of Quinte area and take in the Quinte International Air Show as well. Attached is a picture of the average sized fish I managed to catch today. In total I caught 17 bass but with no real size to them.
Hope that everyone else made the most of their day!
Last edited by Attila; June 19th, 2016 at 10:29 AM.
Hi Pat, in Zone 17 bass season is open on the 3rd Saturday in June. I think it's due to the cooler water temps you have up there as your bass may take longer to finish spawning if the winter lasts a bit longer...
Ha! Funny one... I managed to hit the Timmies at around 4:45AM and not a single car there...those farmer's breakfast sandwiches are pretty tasty I must say!
Nicely done, 17 smallies on topwater is a great day in my books, I dream about those topwater hits all winter long
I was too jealous to reply earlier because you got out one week before I could :P
You and me both buddy, those topwater smashes are what I look forward to every year and this year was no disappointment at all! Ya, we're lucky here to have an earlier opener than other regions...but in many ways I wish I could find some lakes with less fishing pressure than what's around here.
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