davidshane
01-23-2009, 03:18 PM
Well, things went ok on Simcoe, but I had hoped for better. The weather was real bad with 40 mph winds, near constant white outs, and a low pressure that made water pour up out of our holes. I went hoping to have one of those trips that turn out to be tremendous; it fell a little short. The first sign the trip would be tough was when we hit the tackle place down the street from Dusty’s. There was a group outside that fished all day Friday and half a day Saturday without catching much of anything. They were planning to stay through the weekend but got tired of the poor fishing and left. Inside the tackle shop I found 4 other fisherman asking about hiring a guide. They had been fishing out of a hut rented from the shop and had no luck. I was thinking that this was terrible. I finally get to Simcoe and it ends up being a real bad week due to weather.
We met up with Dusty after getting to his place. He’s a good guy and anyone would like him. He helped us get a quad started that didn’t want to fire up. Without his help and tools, we would have been 3 guy and 1 quad rather than 3 and 2.
We fished only a few hours on Saturday out at shoal marked with a red bouey. We didn’t do very good at the spot, but the fishing had really shut down about the time we arrived. Another group staying at Dusty’s had been there all day and had caught some fish. They said the fishing just quit about the time we showed up. They had a bucket full of fish, but most were 7.5-9”. I didn’t see many big ones and there was 6-8 of them fishing. It was good to see they had caught fish but it was not over impressive.
Sunday we hit it hard in bad conditions. We traveled far (out onto the main lake near Fox Island) and then back and forth all over trying to locate a school of feeding fish. We did get on some perch at about mid day at a spot where the Bay meet the main lake. We were catching them steady for a couple hours before we decided to leave the spot. We left because the fish were just not of the size we came to Simcoe for. They were still biting like crazy when we left the spot. We hit several other spots before dark came on only to find the good perch few and far between. We were working mostly 18-36 feet of water at most all spots. I ended up keeping 42 fish that day mostly in the 8.5-9.5" range.
On Monday (our last day) we decided to start at the spot we had caught fish on Sunday. At that point we figured we’d have more fun catching 9” fish than not catching much of anything. We hit the spot for a while but it wasn’t firing like the day before (probably a little early). We got tired of the few 9”ers and decide to go into deeper water to search for bigger fish. We moved straight out from where we were into 50 FOW. It wasn’t long after I got a line down that I was pulling one up. IT WAS FINALLY ON! We caught fish steady until 12:30pm when we had to leave. Most of the fish were 8-10” fish with an occasion pig (though not many pigs). It still wasn’t the dream, but it was fun! I took home 90 fish that were respectable fish (half were 9.5" or bigger.
Dusty’s place is real nice! I might would try another spot on the lake sometime, but if I could, I’d always stay with him.
Dave\
We met up with Dusty after getting to his place. He’s a good guy and anyone would like him. He helped us get a quad started that didn’t want to fire up. Without his help and tools, we would have been 3 guy and 1 quad rather than 3 and 2.
We fished only a few hours on Saturday out at shoal marked with a red bouey. We didn’t do very good at the spot, but the fishing had really shut down about the time we arrived. Another group staying at Dusty’s had been there all day and had caught some fish. They said the fishing just quit about the time we showed up. They had a bucket full of fish, but most were 7.5-9”. I didn’t see many big ones and there was 6-8 of them fishing. It was good to see they had caught fish but it was not over impressive.
Sunday we hit it hard in bad conditions. We traveled far (out onto the main lake near Fox Island) and then back and forth all over trying to locate a school of feeding fish. We did get on some perch at about mid day at a spot where the Bay meet the main lake. We were catching them steady for a couple hours before we decided to leave the spot. We left because the fish were just not of the size we came to Simcoe for. They were still biting like crazy when we left the spot. We hit several other spots before dark came on only to find the good perch few and far between. We were working mostly 18-36 feet of water at most all spots. I ended up keeping 42 fish that day mostly in the 8.5-9.5" range.
On Monday (our last day) we decided to start at the spot we had caught fish on Sunday. At that point we figured we’d have more fun catching 9” fish than not catching much of anything. We hit the spot for a while but it wasn’t firing like the day before (probably a little early). We got tired of the few 9”ers and decide to go into deeper water to search for bigger fish. We moved straight out from where we were into 50 FOW. It wasn’t long after I got a line down that I was pulling one up. IT WAS FINALLY ON! We caught fish steady until 12:30pm when we had to leave. Most of the fish were 8-10” fish with an occasion pig (though not many pigs). It still wasn’t the dream, but it was fun! I took home 90 fish that were respectable fish (half were 9.5" or bigger.
Dusty’s place is real nice! I might would try another spot on the lake sometime, but if I could, I’d always stay with him.
Dave\