Since I've got other plans next weekend, Sunday was my last chance to hit up Algonquin for some specks before the season closes on the 30th. Sent a text to my cousin, and he was on board too! Forecast wasn't looking great, with a rain fall advisory, but I've never caught any trout off my couch, so we decided to grab the rain gear and give it a go anyway. We headed for a lake we haven't been to in a few years. After a while, drop-shotting worms we hooked up with a couple keepers, and a few smaller ones too. Trolled around with spoons for a bit, and had a bunch of super-light hits, and swipes...had a hard time setting the hook into anything, but managed another keeper and a couple smaller guys.
Shorelines are mostly green with cedars, spruce, and pines, but as you leave the shoreline, and can see further up the canopy into the hardwoods, there's awesome reds, and oranges. I'm guessing peak colours up there in a week or so. Awesome time of year to just paddle slowly around and wait for the rod to start bouncing.
Back to drop-shotting and I hook what feels like a good one for the lake we're on. Getting to the surface, it does the brookie-splash dance alligator roll, and I can see awesome red/pink/orange colours and manage to net the nicest looking speck of my season. Decent sized male getting ready to impress the ladies! Not too long after, my cousin catches it's twin brother.
Fishing then slowed down considerably, and eventually the switch got flipped to OFF. You'd swear no fish lived in that lake. Dead zone. How does every fish in the lake decide at the same instant - "f-it!" ??
Anyway, it was a great day, even with some rain, which actually wasn't near as bad as it could have been. Nice travelling on the lakes and in the bush, colourful leaves on the trees, lots already on the ground too, and of course, a few colourful brookies...now it's splake time I guess.
Brook trout success!, My last trip of 2019
