Algonquin Park Brookies (pics)

[jsdx]

Better late than never - our report.

A couple weeks ago we went on our annual algonquin park brook trout trip. Ice was out, snow was gone (we hoped) and the day off work was booked. The only issue was the weather which promised rain, cold, more rain and other nastiness. We decided to go anyhow.

We left Thursday night around 6 pm. Late departure means after dark arrival but putting up a tent in the dark is easy (ha!) and of course we're pretty wild guys so off we go. We stopped as the grocery store (as usual) ... dinner was on the road... subway... everything else in middle of nowhere was closed (well, except burger king however we passed on dining with the king). The young lady made us nice sandwiches and recommended the apple pie to go with. Yes, we also had pie and our overeating accomplished one day one, in the very first hours of the trip. Later we pulled up in the dark and set up tent in our secret backwoods location. Drank some scotch and went to bed, it was going to be -2 so was pretty chilly

We had an early start on Friday and got permits and were onto the lake in no time. The weather held, no rains but there were many big waves going in. some came over the top of canoe. In that cold water and would be kind of nasty if tipped but we did ok. set up tent, set up tarps... rain potential but it held off.. no rain (yet) !!! despite weather mans predictions. some trolling (no fish) and then dinner ... we had rice with potatoes, onions and carrots in foil and chicken kabobs... was delish... and then desert.. cookies, single bite brownies and butter tarts... oh, then scotch and we also has some port with dinner... was very very good.

Next morning, yep, we were up early (ha!), actually we slept in till 8:30. So stumble out of bed, head to shore and by 9 am I have my first brook trout. Nice, and not even 50 ft from the tent. So, we decide on a lazy two hour brekkie. We were just lazing around, had coffee, bacon, eggs, english muffins and peanut butter and jam. Overeating accomplished again. Of course, we had use the bacon and egg calorie delivery system.
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The fishing was pretty good.
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We headed out on the lake, slowing drifting the shoreline and casting for trout. We picked up a couple here and there, on some points and then we found a small spot that had a group of feeding fish and picked up a few more in a couple minutes. Despite being on feeding fish, we decided to explore and headed down to the end of the lake with a plan to drift fish back with the wind. This strategy failed to catch more fish and just about when we got hungry, it started to rain so we headed in to camp.

The rest of the afternoon was spent under the tarp keeping dry. After a simple lunch, the weather was wet but warm enough to take a nice nap under the tarp. We did get somewhat wet at times.
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Big fish of the weekend went to my partner Pete. Nice trout !
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We caught fish mostly on inline spinners. #0 - silver / yellow. Cast to shore and retrieve and that's all it took.

Cheers,
John

[Muskie4L]

Sure looks like a nice spot, thanks for sharing

[Bass Addict]

Talk about a red-neck outing..........



Nice report, working the shoreline in the spring for brookies pays off




B.A.

[S.M.05]

Nice report and fish Jsdx. Too bad about the weather, but its good to see it didnt stop you.

[jsdx]

We only got a few hours of rain on the Saturday afternoon so in the end the bet was worth it.

Even after it rained all afternoon the sky cleared and the stars came out so we made it a late night under the stars with a monster fire to keep warm. And someone had to finish the booze so thats what we did. Sunday we slept in (of course)

Even with rain, I've never had a bad trip in the park.

[Leechman]

Nice bunch of fish you guys caught Got to love brookies!!

Thanks for sharing!

Fish Finder

[Fishing 24/7]

yep thats the way to go!!

cant beat casting all day trying to land a nice hit!!

great job ! GOOD eating fish!

[Tomcat]

Your report and pics reminded me of my trips into Algonquin over 20 years ago. Thanks for sharing.

[baz fish]

Nice trout guys . You shoure look you had a blast .

[jsdx]

Your report and pics reminded me of my trips into Algonquin over 20 years ago. Thanks for sharing.

Funny, we were talking about whether we'd be doing this in 20 more years. I figure it was possible... but we'd need some strong young lads to carry stuff for us. Our secret plan is to have our sons take us

[troutnmuskiehunter]

Great report...thanks for sharing your adventure!!