Lake Joseph

Last outing for lakers this year. I'm really in love with jigging for these guys. Seeing them on both live and 2d sonar zoom up and connecting with your lure with a heavy thud is very cool. The cold had the fish acting totally different. They were stacked up in much shallower spots in groups, and most were not as eager to commit to a full bite. I lost an entire pack of 3" paddletails to ripped tails. I found much more success with live sonar this time. Had to finesse the bites more more than usual. In the end I figured out the tech and caught all the fish I wanted. The only limit was time. With a bunch released without photographing, I think I got close to 20 if not surpasing that.

Getting carded by the coppers! Sep 6th trip

16 fish landed! Trout slam mid-August! YouTube video up @eggplantparrot

Ol' lake Joe recovered from it's heat stroke on Canada Day and showed me it's true potential this Sunday. There were smallies everywhere, numerous small ones near shore, but many chonkers roaming the open lake. I started the day going a different route and very quickly found fish eager to eat. A few dinks to dispel the skunk later, I moved on to deeper waters to search for lake trout, the main reason I drove over 2hrs. The first big mark I saw turned out to be a decent smallie that showed zero hesitation and slammed the Gshadz. As I scanned the waters traveling between notable features, I found some large marks cruising above a bowl. After trying what I had tied on without connecting, I tried tossing a wacky rig senko. It felt ridiculous to do this over 50ft of open water but the different presentation drew a lot of action! I immediately had the larger bruisers fighting over it and a bite happened so quickly I didn't get a good hook set. These fish are so smart that they almost always immediately go for the surface to jump. I managed to land a couple of decent ones, but lost what looked to be a 4-5lb smallie... Action for the rest of the day tapered off with some more dinks as my FF showed more than 27C/81F

Main event on Ol' lake Joe! New species unlocked finally! After paying through the nose for parking at Simcoe and getting skunked, and whiffing my shot on Canada Day, I have finally caught a dream species, albeit small specimens. With these guys being so small, it was no wonder the big swimbaits I had only had their tails nibbled last time. Ned rig came in clutch again! Next stop, Simcoe laker large enough to weigh.

I failed to catch a laker on the toasty Canada Day Holiday. Video uploaded, search Eggplantparrot on youtube

Well the boys all caught the nice lakers and burbot this years tournament and I got left with the mudpuppy still a fantastic time with the boys😂😂‼️

Ended up with this baby laker for our event! What a weekend, full of great memories with great people! Stay tuned for the YouTube video! 🎣🎣🎣