Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Ontario

Really wasn't expecting much today, just wanted to avoid another round of swimmers itch at this dirty, dirty scum factory of a lake. She blessed me with a lucky find though. Christened a new reel, Daiwa Alphas 800 with a chonker of a bucket mouth. Super lucky to have tossed the fluke right on top of her from far away. Also landed a smaller one on a frog, pretty neat.

Haven’t been doing much fishing with my busy work schedule but got invited up to my buddies cottage and did some fishing caught a few small mouth bass and rock bass up on Crystal lake 🎣 😎 Excited for Chinook fishing soon with the cooler weather

Followed an old Facebook post that described large lakers here. I saw many marks but none would commit. Another handful of marks let me learn what size these little guys actually were, and how to catch them. I had to downgrade to a little shad, at which point they kept nipping the tail as I reeled up. I then realized they were probably trying to cripple the baitfish, and would watch the lure for an injured response. If I kept reeling they would swim away, but if I let it hover while twitching, or better yet slowly drop it down like a dying fish, they would then slam the lure fully. These guys are FAST and really good at throwing hooks. When they hit the lure the second time, I still only had only a moment to set the hook, otherwise it's would be a swing and a miss. While I didn't get any larger fish, I felt pretty good about figuring these little guys out. I think I caught 4 or 5 before deciding to move on. Rest of the day was filled with bass. So. Many. Bass... All little guys. I think I've caught more here than anywhere else. I got a handful right by the launch area. Some banks with fallen trees were literally every cast lol