Kawartha Sunset

Kawartha Sunset
Sunset fishing cant be beat! Then enjoy a drink and shore lunch/dinner/whenever on us. Fresh Perch, Walleye and Bass.

Sunday, 22 January 2012

"Prime Time"

The only way to get Salmon from the Tributaries, is as soon as they come out of the lake! Please dont interfere with the beat up Salmon, and let go of the breeders instead of milking them for roe.
Hours of hiking up and down a tributary off Lake Ontario. Its been an abnormilly dry fall, and the 70 percent chance rain for the day is on most anglers minds im sure. The fishing has been slow and fish are spooked due to the low water level. The great thing about rain during the spring and fall run for Steelhead/Salmon, is that it usually brings in a fresh run of fish...
The bad thing is however that the fishing can come to an end quick if there is too much of it, and the water clarity turns to mud. Theres is a window however before, and after the rainfall....that I like to call "Prime Time"

Last fall I experianced one of my best days fishing in a 30 minute time period. The fish new the rain was coming before I did.. It started by spotting a few telltale wakes of big "Chinooks" moving up the shallow river (at the time)..... My initial thoughts were that a few "Browns or Steelhead would follow shortly!" Hopefully I could hook up with a few before the river became to muddy to fish.
Then the sudden dowpour began.... It would have maybe caught my attention but at the time I just hooked into my first fish of the day.....
10 minutes later and a fresh 10 -12 pound coho was beached and being released after a quick photo...

The next ten minutes was kind if a blur.....fish after, fish was running up the river, leaving wakes in front of my eyes..... the water was dirting quickly though and i knew it was a matter of minutes before my day was over... My float goes under, and excitement and relief come over me as i realize Im in for another good fight before the day ends...

15 pound chrome Chinook, landed and released.  Ten minutes later I realize Im soaking wet and am probobly going to be pretty ill ,if I dont get out of the water, and rain soon... Not to mention the water looks now like a double/double from Timmys... Nothing can bother me right now though....The last 45 minutes made the whole day of nothing, worth every second! 2


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Fresh run Coho.

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