I hate to be redundant, but at this time of year there’s not a lot of fishing opportunities to write about so I’m gonna’ keep harping about my late-season Quinte Walleye excursions… if they last. At least I got out for one more adventure on the big water. My partners for the day were Steve Bates and Rob Johnston. Anybody who is eager to fish this time of year needs to be commended (or committed) and these 2 guys were eager!
We decided on the afternoon shift, I’d do the radio show with Ang and then head out from there. On the drive there, I said that Rob was up for fish # 1 and Batsey & I could fight over the next one. He pulled a coin out of his pocket and before he could even flip it I barked out “Just take the 2nd fish boy… flipping a coin is a contest and not only are you the luckiest MF’r in the world of winning, but I’m the unluckiest”!
Anyways he flips and & I win… it’s finally wearing off Bates!
The launch was in brutal condition but if there’s a will, blah blah blah. We headed towards the St Marys Cement plant since the wind was blowing from that direction so the calm water would be nice to start in and we both (Steve & I) had caught some real big ones there within the last 2 weeks.
We trolled the calm stuff near the ice line for a while and finally realized that we needed to get into a bit of wind. It didn’t take long after that and Rob hooked into a 33+ inch beauty on a leadcore setup we had dragging close to the bottom. Very impressive fish and the fight was great with that stiff line and no planer board to deal with. After snapping a few shots and a quick measurement (33 ½ L, 19 ½ G) that bad boy was back in its icy domain.
OK, now Batsey is up… oh no, it’s getting dark buddy, we gotta’ head back! Better luck next time bro!
- The lead core fish hit a jointed deep diving Rebel Minnow Bait in a natural pattern with the lead core out to yellow directly behind the boat.
- The smaller fish came on a Rapala Deep Tail Dancer 30’ (purpledescent) with about 200 feet behind the boat.
- Both of these fish were caught close to the bottom.
