4 of us had a cottage at Merland Park this weekend. Nice spot, a little pricy, but they take good care of you.
Saturday the 2 aluminum boats headed out to Adolphus Reach, we trolled from 7am to noon before coming in for lunch. The wind and rain were not too bad when we first headed out, and around 10am the weather completey shut off and the entire Reach was as calm as ever. About 5 minutes after the weather subsided, each of our boats landed a walleye within minutes of each other. 7lbs 10ozs and 8 lbs 1oz.
The Fish Catchers:
The Boat Drivers:
After lunch we headed out again planning on fishing til dark around Thompsons and Shermans. But with pretty strong winds blowing in late-afternoon, we headed in before it got to a point where our boats couldn't handle it. Safety first!
We had every intention of heading out again Sunday morning, but after an intense game of poker (playing for a lure picked from each of our tackle boxes - that I won I may add
) and a couple cases of beer, we didn't make it out Sunday. Oh well, 2 good fish in about 6 hours of fishing turned out to be better than most groups at Merlands that weekend. So, I'd say we did pretty good for being Quinte rookies and not having the luxuries of many of the other boats we saw out and about.
Now I'll be shifting my focus to some big fall smallies and hopefully some splake for the next month. Stay tuned.
