If I was asked, I would have had to honestly say the fishing is so-so, although I had heard of big catches from other cottagers.
That all changed starting last fall. Mark and his friends Art and Dan came up in September and spent the better part of their visit trying different lures. We fished off the dock and off islands. And neighbour Neil was kind enough to let us borrow his fishing boat as well. We lost a lot of lures - in the trees, in the lake and anywhere we could. Things didn't go so well, although after persevering on the second and last day Art caught what was until then the biggest bass I'd ever seen.
A few weeks later, I was up for a day with my friend Doug and from the awkward confines of a canoe, I caught one even bigger and certainly the biggest I've ever landed.
A couple of weeks ago (August 2013), Mark and his buddies came back for round two. Now I had my own proper boat for fishing and we could go anywhere on the lake. Day 1 we didn't catch anything from the boat. Wouldn't you know that on day 2 they caught pike and pickerel right of the dock. Perseverance paid off again as finally we caught some bass, including a couple of record breakers, from the boat on our last day.
Try landing a bass this size in a canoe. Right behind me you can see the secret fishing spot.
And these pictures below, by Dan, are from August 2013.
Dan surprised everyone, including himself, catching this pike right off the dock before finishing his morning coffee.
Above Dan displays a Whitefish - Later, Dan wrote: At a young age they have a small snout but as they age they're snouts get longer and protrude - Just like some of us !!!!!
They can get up to 20 to 30 lbs and are of the Carp family !!!!! They are supposedly good eating - The big ones that is !!!!!
Mark, with bass taken at the entrance to the narrows at the northern end of the lake, and below with pickerel caught from the dock.
Art wins the prize for the smallest catch with this rock bass.
