With Fall just around the corner I thought I’d offer a bit of a wrap-up report of my recent outings.

Early July I hit a local favourite and took advantage of a frog bite.   Previously throwing hollow body frogs and soft plastic toads was a favourite technique but the last couple of years it really hasn’t produced all that well.  I still enjoy using it as a bit of a search bait to cover a large area full of pads, and when the frog bite is on.. it can be a blast

I enjoyed an evening on the water flipping some shore lines.  Using my favourite flipping combo, a Shimano Castaic 201 spooled with 17lbs P-Line and St. Crois Legend 7ft heavy action, pullinh these bass out of the trees is a lot of fun.

Another favourite spot of mine which always seems to have a few bigguns saw my first day of double 4lbers this season.

A small organized tournament saw my fishing partner and I bring in a decent 4 fish limit.

The same weekend the group went to lake known for small numbers but big bass.  It turned out to be a tough day for us but I managed to get one high 3 bass flipping some deep weedlines.

Likely one of my most favourite weekends I changed paces a bit.  I went to a small no motor Quebec lake where I’d fish from a paddleboat. Fishing an unpressured lake is something we should all experience as a few short outings (in between enjoying the cottage lifestyle) saw high numbers of healthy smallmouth bass.

From a dock and paddleboat

I went for a long drive out to the Kawarthas area, a place where my Grandfather use to love to fish.  Unfortunately he’s been gone for many years but I made sure I went to the same spot he use to fish many many years ago.  Although he use to troll the deep waters, I decided to try throwing some frogs in some thick pads.  It produced a beautiful 4.1oz healthy Kawartha’s largie and a wonderful story.

And just this past weekend my favourite two fishing buddies and I managed a 20lbs 5 limit bag on our favourite lake.  We threw in the 6th bass for a great photo opportunity.

4lbers and high 3s for everyone

Bring on the fall fatties

Tight lines,

Christine