Thousand Islands, Not quite done yet!

On Friday, we arrived in Gananoque around 3:30 and knew there wasn't much time to fish so after helping the owner quickly with something, we got to the boat and had about an hour to fish. It was a cool northwest wind so decided to stay close to the dock and maximize fishing and minimize cold travelling time. A 2 minute run to one of our spots and we were fishing. We couldn't get large minnows and had some pinheads left from the week before so put one on a dropshot and casted out. The wind was blowing through my jacket so while it was sinking, I decided to do up the jacket. When I started to reel up the slack, I noticed quite a big weight on the end. FISH ON! First cast, first drift, first minute!

It was a nice chunky 28" pike which we kept. Thinking this was the beginning of a good night we fished on but that was the only fish that wanted to bite during that hour.

Knowing it was going to be windy in the afternoon, we woke up early Saturday morning and headed out. Because of the wind lately, we haven't been able to fish one of our best spots but it was doable on Saturday. Not a sniff or nibble until almost 10am. Then, WHAM! big weight on my line again. I knew this fish was good as it was actually moving the boat as it tried to get off the line. After a quick fight and great net job by Glenn, it was in the boat and it was BIG. I learned earlier this summer, take the picture and then measure it It was a 35" pike which ties my PB which was caught earlier this year. After a quick photo and measure it was back into the water and not needing much reviving, left me with a big splash. After that fish, all we were catching was perch and not on the large size. The wind was picking up and it looked like it was going to rain so we called it a day.

After doing some more chores for Gayle, we checked the long range forecast and the weekend coming was still looking good. After a bit of filling her up with wine, we asked if we could come back next weekend and she said no problem. YEAH!!

This morning was too windy and wet to get out so we cleaned up our trailer site of leaves and branches and headed home but thankful we get to come back one more weekend.


Here is the 28" pike we kept...

And here is my tied PB 35" pike, released to be caught another day even bigger...

Good job Nicole. Glad to see you and Glenn are getting the most out of your season there.

I hear you about the wind. It's sickening. My boat's been tied up for a while because of it.

Nice!
It's a good thing Glen is such a good net man.
Cheers!

Wow well done on the PB tie Pike..

Those are real nice gators, solid fish..

You guys are diehards, as I know it can be tough fishing out there this time of year..
Mostly battling cold, wind and waves..

Lucky hat strikes again..

But at this time of year, I will allow you to wear earmuffs over that hat..

Cheers,
Jerry

Well done Nicole, a couple of nice pike for sure

Hopefully next weekend works out for you guys.

Very nice …….congrats on the PB again.

For sure! He pulled it in the boat and I went to look for where the hook was and it had fallen out already. The strange thing about this fish is that it had lots of black spot parasites all over it but I caught it in 35 fow. I guess it spent most of the summer in the shallows?

Glenn doesn't like to wear hats much so I guess that is why his catching ratio isn't as good as mine

That day wasn't too bad with wind so just the hat was okay. I have had another hat on top to help the ears but luckily haven't had to put on the winter fur hat yet.

Thanks all for the congrats.

WTG Great fish.