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| Written by Pete Bowman | |||||||||
| Thursday, 11 September 2008 | |||||||||
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Man have I got a lot to talk about. I also have to apologize for not writing for some time. It’s Friday night of the long weekend and I’m determined to get this done tonight! Now lets talk fishing.
I had a great outing on the Bay of Quinte with my dad and his buddy Ralphie. I was skeptical as to how we would do however I had a plan in mind and it worked. We went for a day of Walleye fishing out of Belleville. I guess we launched somewhere around 8 in the morning and by 1 we were limited out and going for bass. We caught a dozen excellent eating Walleye mostly by casting crankbaits to weedbeds. The key was to get the bait down to about 8 feet of water. When you’re looking for weed Walleye, make sure you also check out the fringe or sparse stuff adjacent to the thick weeds. Sparse weeds are easy to run a crankbait through. We actually caught a lot of fish in open water outside of the weedbeds. Always move around until you contact fish and then work the area hard. We also got a few fish on rip jigs and spinners as well which rounded out the techniques for the day.
Next was a trip to Sibald Point Provincial Park… beautiful park; terrible experience! Lets just say that if you are a family that treasures time camping then this isn’t the place to go. One night we had 5 different cop cars blast by our site with sirens and lights blaring.
From bad to good… my next trip was to Lake St. Peter Provincial Park (ya’ gotta’ like that name) a gorgeous park with fantastic people throughout. I got to fish for an hour or so the first day and only got a little Largemouth maybe not even a pound. I’ve heard this lake is better for Smallies but I love LM fishing.
Next stop is the father in law’s cottage. I arranged to meet up with a buddy Sean who also has a cottage up there but I wanted to fish new water. We meet on a body of water that he knows and proceeded to have the day of both of our lives (Ontario Bassin’). We played around in some shallows but soon figured the fish had moved out. The adjacent weeds looked good but they were too vast and we only had a part day to fish. I suggested docks and Sean agreed. We hit the first one and I saw a nice fish come out and hit my jig but didn’t take!!! Arrggg. We went to what I expected and explained to Sean should be one of the best docks on the lake. We fish the dock and nothing happens… I scratch my head. All of a sudden about 10 feet from the dock Sean sees a big fish; must have followed us out or something. He nails it on a 4 inch Senko directly under the boat… and we see another one with it… even bigger. The impressive part is his fish is over 5 pounds. He throws her in the well for pictures and we then both proceed to work on this pig for probably half an hour. I swear I was just about to give up and I decided to fire a Sweet Beaver at her and she turned on it… and ate it! Set… got her… 6 pounder!!! We go nuts; a double header of Largemouth at over 11lbs.
If all that isn’t enough, Mike & I make our way out to NB for the ultimate in exotic… shark fishing! I visited Nova Scotia a long time ago for Blue Shark fishing and it was a phenomenal experience but this trip I knew had the potential to be even better. We were going after the elusive Porbeagle Shark (I know, I had to look it up on Google too) which is bigger, badder and uglier than its skinny Blue cousin. Whew… that was a mouthful; speaking of which it’s now beverage time. Off to the cottage tomorrow after the radio show, hopefully I’ll have more good writing material.
Readers have left 18 comments. No.1 Sharks The main reason you could not trade off rods in most cases is that you and Mike had doubble hitters and this kept everyone busy in trying to keep the anglers from being pulled overboard.Ha,Ha.Remember 130 pound Pete against 440 pound Porbeagle Shark? Thanks for the write up guys. Emmerson C/O www.sharksunlimited.ca Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-09-15 07:19:37 No.2 Untitled I am glad you guys got onto those bad boys. Emmerson and Eric have a great outfit there. I have been going out with these guys at least 1 time a year for the past couple years and really have never been disappointed. We either see one or hook onto multiple sharks. This year was awesome, we hooked into i think 11 sharks, tagged the ones we got too. The first time ever out with Emmerson we hooked into a well over 500lb porbeagle, what a fight! I did the video up for Emmerson last year, and was very envious of the guys that hooked into 13 sharks in a day, well, we had our day with 7 on the first day back in the end of July. Now they are seeing and catching threshers, CHA-CHING!!! that is next years goal, maybe a mako... fingers crossed.... Anyway i cant wait to see the show, and Eric and Emmerson are doing an awesome job with the help of the Canadian Shark Conversation Society. Submitted by James M, Registered • 2008-09-15 08:27:10 No.3 great trip September 13/08 If anyone wants to catch a real fish you have to try this. We almost did not get a fish but a 9pm Eric and Emmerson came through. We hooked onto a 325lb 7'2" Porbeagle shark. We are already planning next years trip. The guys were great and I would recommend it to anyone Thanks guys  Submitted by Andrewt, Registered • 2008-09-16 21:41:49No.4 Untitled My family and I drove to Alma this summer all the way from Missouri(USA) and it was well worth it. I actually like to get in the water and photograph the sharks and wanted some rare porbeagle shots and got them. Eric and Emmerson found sharks all three days we went out. We tagged 8 or 9 sharks in all including 2 with sattelite tracking tags. These guys are a real class act. Thanks for an awesome adventure. Nathan MEadows Submitted by Nate, Registered • 2008-09-18 18:45:49 No.5 yeah right emmerson!!! Actually the real reason we didn't trade off rods is that everytime we went to look to Emmerson for a hand-off, he would pretend he was busy with something or other on the boat!!! Pete Submitted by bowrod, Administrator • 2008-09-19 11:22:51 No.6 Untitled did you try striper fishing while you were back in N.B. this time? i'm doing okay with about 40 so far this year, most from shore, and lot's of keeper fish (68cm/26.75" or better!!) they are still talking about tyhe show you did last year here. just to remind you what i'm talking about, i was spooled 2 weeks ago right in the reversing falls. a few miles down the river, but does this sound familiar?!! lol, come on down for monster fish! Submitted by ipop, Registered • 2008-09-19 21:31:39 No.7 Thresher Caught Pete,I thought you and your watchers would like to know that we landed a 11ft,3in Thresher the other day.We were the first on record in the Bay of Fundy to tag and release a thresher.It only took 65 mins to bring to side of boat.Too bad it was not on video but I do have photos and will post on your site when I get them.If people would only know what wild times they could have fishing here in New Brunswick. Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-09-22 08:45:08 No.8 Untitled Didn't try the stripers this time, people are actually still talking about it here as well. Seems to have spawned a lot of interest! Way to go with the Thresher Emmerson & Eric... man what an accomplishment. Why didn't you save it for Mikey and me?????????? Submitted by bowrod, Administrator • 2008-09-22 11:18:37 No.9 saving the best to last We were just trying new tech.chum,we didnt want to waste much time on them when you were here,wanted you to get a small taste of what we had to offer.we landed to date 66 porbeagles so far this year.And if things remain the same it looks like yours will be the 2008 weight record.We have had some very close and I will have to check my records to make sure all weights are in before I make it final,We only have 1 week to go before hanging up the rods. The suckers are still their but it is time for lobster season and we have to get ready for it. I am sure if you and mike decide to come down again we will be targeting the DEEP DWELLERS (thresher and Mako) for your intertainment.The only thing (you cant be wimping about your swollen arms and hands)you will have to concentrate on keeping your back and legs in shape before comming. I have reviewed the filming I got of you and Mike.I cant help but laugh at some of what went on.I know the viewers that see the show wont be able to see the total excitement of the trip but "MAN WHAT A RUSH"We have been doing this for over 3 years and each trip brings something new to the table.Weather we see a Thresher and Porbeagle doing a territory dispute in front of our eyes with the breaching and water flying everywhere to sighting HUGE Fin Whales demostrating their misscontent of scollop draggers in their territory making too much noise with there gear while draging. Anyway I will be going over may notes later to reveal some of the exitement we had this summer. Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-09-22 13:33:29 No.10 sharks and stripers i had hoped to fish sharks late this august but it didn't work out. between this site and another, i'm convinced i'll have to try it next year. i'm a ways more disabled than you, with both hands (how's the acupuncure working? any help? been there - tried that with a little success. what worked best for me was changing how i fished every hour or less, sometimes much less. a pain in the behind at first, this has forced me to try gear i would never have gotten wet, and made a better fisherman of me, catching a lot more fish tons of different ways. ultrasound massage also helps some.) i would have to land a big shark as part of a team, but do you think i could handle the fight? i know you have no idea my limits, think of it as your arm is feeling on both hands. if there is any chance i would like to try it before they are so bad it would rip the rod right out of my hands. i have managed to keep ahold of the rod on all my striper hits, although once i was almost pulled off a dock (thanks for the grab Jerremy!)lol it's an amazing thing, but i released a 6# 3oz striper the other night because it was 3/4 of an inch to short to keep. what a great bass fishery that says that's just to small!!! Submitted by ipop, Registered • 2008-09-24 23:57:35 No.11 You can do it! ipop My wrist is still no good, accupuncture gave instant temporary relief but that's it. Lots of pain still but thanks for the idea of the U- massage. I might try it. I feel that if I could handle a shark at my little size and the bad wrist then you could do it too! The reason I say this is that I was very sceptical as to if my wrist could deal with it. The actual way I handled the fights was the belt system that they use to fight the fish. It's the same as the Marlin guys use but without the chair. You basically have a body harness and a belt; the rod butt fits in the belt and the reel clips on to the harness. This allows you to use your larger muscles (as well as your arms) like back, legs, core etc. (exactly like you said about learning to fight fish other ways). There were lots of times where I would completely let go of the rod & reel with my hands and take breaks or simply pull on the fish with my core. The upside to this is that my wrist had almost zero pain but the downside was my lower back took most of the stress. You can do it ipop just get your back and legs in shape before hand and have someone there to take turns... don't be a meathead like me and go 2 hours!!! Nice Striper by the way, they're a great fish. Pete Submitted by bowrod, Administrator • 2008-09-25 11:33:33 No.12 RED FEATHER Pete I have been talking to a native person on one of our outings the other day and I was telling him about your problem and that my brother has same trouble with his arms as well.He was telling me about a spray called RED FEATHER and gave me a sample to give to my brother to try.My brother tried it and he said that within 3 hours it started to feel better and by the next day the pain STOPPED. The only down fall is that you have to use it on a regular 2-3 times a week when you get up in morning.It costs about $20. a bottle and it will last about 2-3 months. Pete maybe you should try it.You can find it on line "RED FEATHER" Emmerson Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-09-25 18:28:47 No.13 go for it! thanks for the info Pete. it does sound like i can do it, so i'll start planning now. like hunting, i'll need to do some prep work on the rest of my muscles. Emmerson, ill give that red feather a try too, ya' just never know what will work. cortoson shots helped one arm and made the other worse. i go to physio evey 2 weeks. "ten's", deep ultra sound massage and hot packs. having to constantly change up gear helped the other morning striper fishing. they were out there smashing away at bait fish, some big ones too, but they were being very selective on what they were feeding on. i tried ever crank bait i had but never had a hit untill i switched from twitching and running to a heavy jerk motion. then i started landing fish. the next day they weren't smashing top water as much, and more frustrating, wouldn't even look at a crank bait (my go to gear this year for stripers), it made no differance what presentation i tried. hmmmm. my arms were dead so then i switched to a swim bait, and on the first cast with a 6" storm baby bass i hooked into a nice 31" 9# 13oz striper, that went screaming off towards the reversing falls! he tried to spool me, but i had a high capacity reel and an 8' rod, so after much worrying and sneaking the drag up a bit as he tired, i finnaly turned him, landing him a few minutes later. a beautiful and yummy striped bass! Submitted by ipop, Registered • 2008-10-03 19:09:22 No.14 Untitled I love it when any species starts busting bait. I've had it with Lakers, Stripers, Smallmouth, Largemouth and even panfish. On our last shoot Mike and I fished together one evening and the Bass and or Lake Trout started busting all over the place. We were going nuts chasing the little pods of fish but it was fun! I had another time when everything that swam in one area was busting... I swear that day I had close to the Canadian record Largemouth chase me in. Did you try a topwater bait Ipop? Submitted by bowrod, Administrator • 2008-10-06 09:29:56 No.15 no pop for ipop! i tried top water, poppers and others. nada! i'm sure there was something out there that would have worked, but i take a big tackle bag and had tried all i had with me. i've seen this happen with stripers before, frustrating but fun when you finnaly get one to hit. last night i had a mixed bag. a schoolie, nice fight, just under the keeper size. last fish was also a little schoolie doing a speckled trout impression. the striper in between? he was a fish from a whole different catagory - BIG!! he hit lightly, like the other 2, but took off to begin with, peelin line like crazy. then he stopped to remove those pesky annoying hooks! i swear! he wouldn't come in any closer but he was working up and down a rock point. it's a sickening feeling - a hook pulling lose on a big fish. once you have had this done to you, that sudden feel of a small jerk, then the fish dosn't feel to have the same hook up, it's unforgetable. and i felt it as the first hook pulled out! Ahhhh!! the crank i was using had 3. when the second pulled out, and the striper was no closer, i knew the odds were suddenly in her favour (big stripers are mostly female). then the last hook pulled lose...and the fight was over. he tore my line up a bit, but i never actualy felt him rub on the rocks. for the arms, have you tried the hot wax therapy for the hands yet? it's a little different. they put latex gloves on you, dip your hands or fore arms in very warm melted wax several times to build up a warm coating and then wrap the hands in towels or oven mitts to keep the warmth. then leave on for 15-30 minutes. nice for relief after a day or night of fishing, this isn't a permenant solution but you don't have to go to physio to get this, they also sell the wax tubs and heaters for it too. i've tried a hot water vertion of this too, with very minor results. there is an arm support you can get for fishing, unfortunately i found it realy cramped my fishing and reduced the feel of hits, so i couldn't convince myself to use it much. have you tried a ten's unit for the arms/hands? this is both for strength build up and for pain relief, depending how you are running it. this is what saved a lot of truck drivers their jobs. get a physio therapist to show you this one, like a good cast - placement counts. Submitted by ipop, Registered • 2008-10-09 20:02:55 No.16 HUFF and PUFF Pete,I was going over the videos that we took while you and Mike were here to shark fish.I must of watched it at least 6 times this weekend.It shows Mike huffing and puffing while fighting one of his sharks.When he told me that they really gave him a workout,I really did not think that he was serious,but the video proves it.I hope you have the same video and show him the POWER he was giving the rods and reels.Dont forget on the Okuma w5011 reels with 200 lb braided tuf line with 500 ld steel leeder I dont think that the equipment would give as fast as the angler.When you and Mike went back to Ont. Eric and I pound tested the reels and the one that you caught at 440 lbs was draged tested at 28 lbs and the one that Mike was using was draged tested at 29.5 lbs.And to think that they STILL TOOK DRAG as easy as if they were on a Sunday aftermoon swim.In total for the month of Aug. we captured 87 Porbeagles and 1 Thresher. Sharks Unlimited are in the New Brunswick Marine Zoology records for the catch and releasing of the first Thresher ever to be released with a tag in the Bay of Fundy. Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-10-19 18:34:52 No.17 BIG SHARK Pete just sitting back with my XL 4X4 Tims and just bloged Mike I forgot to tell you boys about the large basking shark caught here in Alma last weekend. NOW this is no fish story it is the truth It was 28ft3in long with a girth of 19ft6in and est weight of 3600 lbs The dorsol fin was 8ft2in ligh and the width of the tail was 8ft. It was caught up in a lobster traw which is 20 traps in a line with 2 anchors,one at each end. Now figure this out each trap weighs 100lbs and each anchor is 75lbs each The shark dragged it 5 miles before it tired out.It took 2 boats (like Erics 52ft long and 23ft wide)and 8 men to undo the mess and tow it to the warf.It was quite a sight with the media taking photos and all. Can you emagine the power of the shark dragging 2150 pounds 5 miles? Just another crazy day here in Alma. (SHARKS RULE) as Mike puts it Emmerson C/O Sharks Unlimited Submitted by Emmerson Simpson, Registered • 2008-11-14 20:21:33 No.18 Untitled Holy crap shark-man that's incredible! Can you get any photos of the beast that we can post here? By the way, if you just say XL 4x4 and forget the baltant plug, most people will think you're going 4-wheeling! I wanna' catch a Basking shark now... let's see 120 lb Pete vs tons of shark... I'd rather fist-fight a great white!!! Pete Submitted by bowrod, Administrator • 2008-11-17 11:42:57 |
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