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Post by Pete on Jun 16, 2008 6:50:57 GMT -5
Hey Folks, Darrell and I went out to White Lake on Friday evening to wet some line and see if we couldn't catch a pike or 2. The bite was slow to say the least as far as pike was concerned. We went to a couple of good pike spots and only managed a couple of hammer handles. We left the area because of the bass that we were catching. Nothing big just the usual White Lake clones. It seems like the spawn is really late this year. There were some on the beds but not the way they should be. Surface temp on Friday was 73.4 degrees. I'm sure things will start to pick up soon. Either way it was nice to out on the water. Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 16, 2008 20:03:23 GMT -5
I don't think you can leave a spot on White Lake because you are catching bass, and still be able to fish. Those clones are everywhere! I was out on White Lake Sunday and managed a few more pike than I've been seeing lately on the lake, but everywhere we went there were bass. I don't understand why they kept biting my 1 oz perch jig? Kidding... ;D As far as the spawn, I think it's done on White Lake. The water temp would indicate as such, and a majority of the bass we saw had the battle wounds of the spawn on them. Lots of bite marks on their bodies, etc. Had a guy at the White Lake town launch tell me that a conservation officer fined him a little over $300 for fishing for bass out of season. He said he was scouting some spots for the SEBO event, which is partly why all of us are on that lake right now , and he said he protested saying he was fishing for pike. Well, the officer said "There ain't no pike on this shallow mud flat, and I've watched you pull four bass out of here with my binoculars." So, for all of us going up to White Lake to "fish for pike" before the SEBO tourny...beware. Cheers! Gary
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Post by Jeremy on Jun 16, 2008 22:13:22 GMT -5
hey Guys,
I know everyone is getting ready for sebo. leave the rods at home and take your underwater camera?
God Bless, The Parker Clan
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Post by Pete on Jun 17, 2008 6:45:00 GMT -5
Hey Gary, I would agree with you on the spawning thing but the odd bass that we caught were unmarked. There were a couple that were badly beaten and the majority of them were smallies. As for that fella getting caught, he really wasn't fishing for pike then. Whenever we fish for pike or crappie and we end up catching more out of season fish than the targeted species, we move to another location. For this guy to catch 4 fish in an area and not move out. Then I would agree with the C.O Don't worry about it fellas, only 11 more sleeps until it's legal. Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 17, 2008 19:39:42 GMT -5
I totally agree that the guy was probably fishing for bass and don't agree with what he was doing. However, I could see someone taking that fine to court because how can you prove intent to fish for some species. He had no bass in his boat, no one can say where pike may or may not be caught (however unlikely it may be), and the C.O. can't possibly claim to "know" what this guy was fishing for...even if it seems obvious. I don't know, maybe a court would think it was obvious and uphold the charge. If I was doing that, I'd likely just figure hey...got caught, accept the penalty and move on. However, you're right. Moving out of the area if you start catching numbers of bass is a good idea. Best to leave them alone so they can recover from the spawn and give some good battles in 11 sleeps. Gary
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Post by Gary on Jun 18, 2008 20:43:34 GMT -5
10 sleeps...
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Post by Pete on Jun 19, 2008 10:19:23 GMT -5
and counting. Who are you fishing White Lake with on the 28th?? Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 19, 2008 17:45:25 GMT -5
Pete,
Shannon.
Gary
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Post by Pete on Jun 22, 2008 7:23:31 GMT -5
Hey Gary, Right on. At least she'll have a good net man Just joking!!!! We are now counting days and not months or weeks See on Saturday. Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 22, 2008 17:17:11 GMT -5
Pete,
Shannon and I will actually be at a rental cottage at Cedar Cove in Three Mile Bay on Thursday. We're coming in from PA on Wednesday night, staying at my mom's for the evening, and then heading to the cottage from Thursday until Saturday. We figured we'd make a bit of a weekend out of it. Shannon's coming up to our area for a week's holidays...doing the Canada Day thing and all that.
Are you going to be on the lake at all prior to the tournament...Thursday or Friday?
And hey...if she wants to catch all the big ones, I have no problem with that! ;D
Gary
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Post by Pete on Jun 22, 2008 20:07:15 GMT -5
Hey Gary, I had no plans to be on the lake until Saturday? That's good for you guys to be up here for a couple of days. White Lake is a nice place with lots to do on the lake. I look forward to seeing you both again. Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 23, 2008 12:27:54 GMT -5
Yeah, it will be nice to be able to just relax up there for a couple days and to be able to just walk down to the boat the morning of the tourny, get in, and take the water up to the registration. Nice and convenient...
I was reading a post on the Fish-Hawk boards regarding people fishing in bass boats and how many assume they are fishing for OOS bass and it reminded me of an incident I had at White Lake the last day I was out there...on the 16th I believe. I was fishing an open water weed bed, in about 12 feet of water for pike. A guy and a girl come driving by me in a small aluminum boat with a small motor and as they pass within 50 yards or so I can hear the guy telling the girl to look at those idiots (my partner and I) fishing for bass. I had a Mepp's Aglia Long tied on...even had a six inch leader on, and I was targeting pike in all respects. They believed I was fishing for bass, I think, because I was sitting in a bass boat.
This is the first time this has happened to me, but I've had friends that own bass boats tell me it happens to them all the time. In fact, there were some anglers on the Fish-Hawk post that actually said you buy a bass boat to fish bass and if you're in a bass boat, you're fishing bass. I think that's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard! I bought a bass boat because I wanted to fish bass tournaments at a serious level. It happens to be the boat I have...so when I fish for anything, it happens to be the boat I'll use. I'm not about to go out and buy a walleye boat, a muskie boat, a perch boat, and a pike boat. One post even compared it to buying a Corvette saying that anybody who buys a Corvette is going to speed, why else would they buy a fast car? How about because they like the style, the form, the functionality. I like the style of a bass boat, I like the fishability of one, I like the ride...doesn't mean I practice OOS bass fishing.
I was just wondering what opinion folks here might have on the subject, or if any fellow bass boat owners have encountered similar acts of stupidity.
Gary
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Post by Jeremy on Jun 23, 2008 20:22:09 GMT -5
Gary Gary Gary, I would not call this person stupid? ? Quite a few people see a bass boat and assume and I think most times without any knowledge or understanding that people use Bass boats for other things too. I remember one time fishing up by Beckett"s landing many moon ago when i owned my Bass boat(Believe it was in December, had to push some ice out of the way so i could get into this set of tree's) This guy came running down to his dock and said Bass fishing was over and he was calling the police! I told him to go ahead if He wanted to make a fool of himself and I would gladly wait for them to arrive and fish some more. He went and called them and came back and told me. i told him great and kept fishing, I heard the police cruiser pull up as I caught my third fish out of the trees. The man went running to the police cruise saying see see he has a bass on right know. I netted the fish and dropped it into the livewell. The police asked me to come across the river to them and I did, the man proceed to tell him I had bass in my livewell. I told the policeman if he wanted to look around my boat he was welcome too! He checked my livewell and there was three 21" walleye in my well. The policeman smiled , I told him sorry for wasting his time. I guess this guy does not know his species of fish? Or is that species of boat? ;D You know what was neat about this situation the following year this guy was over at this spot when i pulled up fishing for walleyes and moved over and shared the spot and told his friend that was with him that it was the guy in the bass boat that educated him to some more spots for walleye. God loves us all even when we are wrong!!!! God Bless, Jeremy
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Post by Pete on Jun 24, 2008 6:28:06 GMT -5
Hey Folks, You both make some good points in what you are saying however, bass anglers and more specific bass boats have all been painted with the same brush. A bass boat is not the type of boat that your average weekend angler would go out and buy. So when someone sees a bass boat they automatically assume that you are fishing for bass. Why?? Because they assume that if you have a bass boat that is the only species that you will fish for. What makes matters worse is if you are fishing shallow bays in the spring for either crappie or pike. Here is my example for what the general public thinks about bass boats. Living on Big Rideau makes it very difficult but one year I was in about 60 fow jigging for trout when these guys pull up beside me with their tin boat. The one lad says to me that bass isn't open. I said I know, thanks. He said they why are you fishing for them? I just looked at him and said are you serious?? He says yes, you are in a bass boat what else would you be fishing for? I politely looked at them all and said, I guess I can ask you the same question because you guys are here fishing as well. Why just because you have down riggers attached to your boat, you are the only ones that can fish for trout?? I continued to say to him that we are in 60 fow and I wasn't smallmouth fishing. Just as I said that I caught one. Brought it the boat and said here is your bass. Just to tick them off, I released it back. They were more upset after that, that I released it than they were when they thought I was bass fishing. I believe it happens to anyone. Another example is don't go into Adams Lake with a bass boat in the spring because everyone of them will come out to their docks and yell or watch you. If you catch a bass they will call the MNR. They even have signs posted saying no bass fishing. I guess that the crappie and pike also learned how to read the do not go into that lake. The only way to stop this is to educate these people that just because you have a specific type of boat, doesn't mean you can't fish for other species. Can you imagine an angler in a walleye boat fishing for bass in the middle of summer. What would he be thinking. I know it's frustrating but there will always be naive people out there and until they are educated and we own bass boats, we will have to put up with it. Just my 2 cents. Pete
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Post by Gary on Jun 24, 2008 8:47:44 GMT -5
Wow, I had no idea that this went on so much. Like I said, the other week was my first experience of this type. Jeremy, you are more generous than I to say these folks simply lack understanding and knowledge. I'd be more tempted to say they lack common sense. Like you say Pete, guess it's just something we have to put up with. Gary
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