A first for me

Had a charter for this morning so down to boat and get all set up like normal....just finished and phone call comes in saying they had to bail cause of the weather


WHAT.........you're kidding right ....it's dead flat

They thought differently and were coming from London, but whatever....deposit forfeited and I start putting all the gear away

Then I looked out there again and said.....wth....it's gorgeous, so headed out solo, something I have not done in many years, but I wanted to experiment a bit..


Ran out and set up 2 rods with copper colors lures and started trolling shallow at 2.8 mph

within 50 minutes i boated what I was after...2 perfect eaters lost 2 kings and hit a tiny shaker

called it quits after an hour....

It was an an excellent day

yup, sure was rough out there

2 nice chromers for dinner

heading back

Honestly I had completely forgotten how much fun it is to fish solo on the big boat even though some stuff can be a challenge

Longshank, good on you for getting out there and enjoying the day.

Honestly, I love my fishing partners, but sometimes it's just nice to get out by yourself and enjoy zero stress fishing with your own thoughts.

Looks like a great day! Thank you for sharing.. I love reading fish reports with pictures and stories.

I'm planning to be down in Whitby on Lake O for a weekend of fishing starting July 1st for the Salmon Derby! I can't wait to join There's only so much Simcoe lakers one can take

I hear ya and thanks.....it is fun and auto pilopt sure helps when trolling solo

gl with the derby....lots of big ones around this year

Those Steelhead are in prime shape. Way to go Shank.

Sounds like you made the best out of the situation. Nice pair of steelhead.Enjoy

Beautiful weather and beautiful steelhead..

Well done! You made a great day of it

I like fishing solo as well, gives me lots of time with my thoughts and can be very relaxing, fullfilling..

Cheers! Glad you had a great outing

Very nice twin fish and you are lucky your boat is big enough to handle all those waves, sure looked windy out there.

well yesterday solo as well i was fishing the other side of london from you on lake st clair. was one of the nicest days this year on the lake. Fishing was slow for here, but I managed my limit of eyes and a few perch,

You know, you just reminded me about auto pilot. I was thinking about getting that this year for the boat, because fishing on Lake Ontario without it sucks, and the currents are typically so strong that the trolling motor has to be at 10 all the time and the batteries are depleted in an hour or two.

Nice little outting Shank. Conditions look stellar, it's too bad your clients canceled.

Calm enough I’d go in the canoe. Nice fish.