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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:06 pm


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Looks like the recent heat wave warmed up the water pretty quickly and that revved up the fish metabolism and appetite .

Went a few times with success to various lakes in the Kawartha and vicinity for pike and walleye and caught a few good ones. friends have been out at different lakes and had some good catches of pike and walleye as well.

This is the time of year ( late post spawn) when the fish is very active and it’s a great time to get your friends or loved ones into fishing and experiment with new lures and techniques.

On one trip I did not bring any cranks or jerks with me () and was just fishing jig and plastic the whole trip to improve my jigging and snap jigging skills . It worked Ok and I caught 8 pikes and 3 walleyes on that trip but most importantly I became a little bit better at jigging , or so I think.

Anyhow, the summer is going fast in Ontario, I hope everyone finds time to enjoy our great outdoors.

Tight lines.


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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:07 pm


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Another decent walleye around 21" mark...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:08 pm


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Release...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:08 pm


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Pike on a jig with plastic in deep cabbage weeds...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:10 pm


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Perchy was driving me crazy trying to bite off the paddle tail ...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:11 pm


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Tried new plastics by Berkley (Bonefish) - worked really well. Wiggle enticely on a slowest retrieve ...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:13 pm


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The only issue is that the paddle tail is very fragile and is often bitten off by the panfish...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:14 pm


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Some pike and walleye were gulping those plastics very deep ...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:15 pm


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Another pike from salad

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:17 pm


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Walleyes were biting mostly after 7 pm but we got a few good ones in the middle of the day after the fresh wind picked up..

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:18 pm


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This was my biggest walleye so far this year at around 24" (released)

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:20 pm


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Pike was crushing anything thrown at it. Spoons, spinners, jerks- everything was working pretty good but I was just using plastics that day...

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:21 pm


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Walleye were also biting after sunset, the only issue is that mosquitos were driving me completely insane so I could not stay long into the night.

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:23 pm


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Invited some friends and pan fried some fillets on a grill. They were gone pretty fast (the fillets LOL).

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Posted: Jun 05, 2023 - 08:25 pm


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Love my new jigs box by plano. Very solid ...

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