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Dave

I really avoided the whole cell phone thing for several years until they had the capabilities I wanted. Around this time last year I got Samsung Galaxy S and I haven’t looked back. At times I had wished I had gone with the iPhone 4, but after fixing a few “bugs” with the phone I [...]

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� Old Friends And Bow River Trout Fishing Memories. It?s been sometime now since I have seen my old friend Jamie. Jamie and I went to high school together. I bumped into him once in a local Calgary Dairy Queen along time ago but lost contact since. Then we reconnected on good old Facebook. Its [...]

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Dave

Date: May 8th, 2011

Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge

Hottest Baits: watermelon lizards, jerkbaits, topwater, Spooks, spinnerbaits

Hottest Colors: wacky style senkos, super flukes

Date Fished: May, 2011

Comments: - Leo Osborne and Orlean Smith just returned to Oklahoma City today after having great results at Lake Baccarac. Their totals for the trip are as follows: two bass over 11 pounds; ten largemouth bass over 9; sixteen fish over 8 pounds; twenty largemouth bass over 7 pounds; sixty-five fish over 6, 130 fish over 4; and 165 bass over 3 lbs. on Lake Baccarac. The best action was had using DB22 crank baits fishing light line. The bass angling is nothing short of phenomenal and we have planes flying the rest of this month and can book more planes if needed, or you are always welcome to come in commercial air to Los Mochis. On certain dates, we have specials with groups of four or more.

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This Wednesday, September 7th I’m presenting a program for the Upstate Fly Fishers.� I have a neat presentation that showcases the promising bass and pike fishery of our Thousand Island Region.� Fishing strategies, weather conditions, temperature, fly lines, fly selection, fishing crafts and places to begin fly fishing this region will be covered.� I’ve spent [...]

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Dave

Some times one just needs to try new things in order to break out of a mold.

Rosie and I have been popper fishing for quite awhile now. As you know we love it and do alright in the fish category. The problem is, a lot of the better eating fish are found a little deeper in the water column. Therefore one must try a new style of fishing to get down were the tasty fish live.

So the plan is set to do a bit of deep water soft plastic jigging. Now I have read heaps, watched loads of videos and talked to everyone I know who does this type of fishing. I did not want to fail at this.

We head out of the break water to a flat sea with high hopes and new ideas.

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The first few spots and drifts produce nothing. We do however encounter a pod of spinner dolphins mucking around. Unfortunately for you all we are we too engrossed in fishing to shoot any photos of them.

We then move to an area that has a lot of small reefs in the 20 to 30mt range.

Jackpot!

Right away we find the fish and I work out the technique for catching them.

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A close up of this beautiful fish.

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Now that I have figured this out the fish start to come in with every drop of the jig.

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Now Charlie is getting in on the action.

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And then Rosie hooks up.

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Now young cousin Marky has figured it out and he starts to catch fish.

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We continue to catch these cods and trouts for awhile. Then Rosie gets bored with all this jigging and she starts popping.

Tossing around her popper on 30lb gear while surrounded by coral reefs that just beg to break you off.

Of course she is going to hook up. And it is going to be a big fish that takes every trick we know to extract it from the depths.

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Once we have settled down after Rosies GT the wind starts to really kick. It is getting rough but we fish on.

Of course Rosie is still throwing a popper with her 30lb gear and wouldn't you know it she hooks up to a really big fish this time.

I jump behind the wheel and the chase/fight is on. At first she thought it was foul hooked by the way the fish was fighting, but it turns out it was just a big GT. After a prolonged battle due to fish size and weather conditions we finally boat a big, fat and pregnant GT. We move quickly to minimize out of water time and snap a few pictures. Then with great fanfare she swims away strong.

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It has now become so rough that we are having trouble standing in the boat without hanging on. That is the sure sign to head for home.

Ice chest full of great eating fish and Rosie with sore arms.

A success by any measure.

Tight lines

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Dave

Oh the weather. Mother nature has a way of letting us know who is boss. She has been giving us the one, two punch combo for a couple of weeks now. If it is not raining it is blowing and when it stops blowing it starts raining. Ahhhhhhh......... global wetting.

Needless to say I have not been out much. I do not mind a little wind or rain but there comes a point when enough is enough.

Take for instance our last session out with Richard and his brother in-law Perry.

The plan was for us to fish on Thursday. A little heavy tackle a little light tackle, catch a few fish, have a good time.

I am up at 5am and head down to the water to see the conditions. Looks ok, but a little rough in the channel. I call Richard at around 6am and he says we go for it.

We load up the boat and head out.

It does not take long for the weather to head south on us and before we know it, everyone is wet from the rain. Credit must be given to Richard and Perry as they persevered in the wet and continued to fish.

From fishing with Richard

Richard in action with the reef barely visible in the background.

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Perry showing the proper way to cast in a tropical down pour. Notice you can not see the reef.

We were soon chased inside the reef as it got too rough and the wind was howling. Once inside we switched to lighter tackle and calmer waters. It was still tough going and in the end only one fish was brought to the boat.

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A small Bluefin Trevally.

We gave it our best shoot and stayed out until our underwear were wet. At that point I had to call it quits and Richard and Perry had to head of to the airport.

Our trip home was interesting. Zero visibility, driving rain and rough seas. Thank Garmin for GPS.

From fishing with Richard