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Bass , Bananas , Buzzbaits ...and a Big Bad BROWN Bear !!!!

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:34 pm
by Bass Addict
Fishinmission Fiiish Cprince and I met up at the Lac Ste-Marie launch this morning . '' Yes , it was a little cool ''


I didn't really want to fish Ste-Marie at this time of the year...it has usually long died off by now..



Cprince wanted to say a prayer ....before heading out from the launch


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First stop ......Pencil Reeds.......


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....Topwater.......equals....Fish on .... :shock:


Craig tosses out a Pop'r , sits down and begins to eat a BANANA.........

A 4lb 7 oz Largie had other plans though

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Craig now thinks he's 24/7 and brings out the Buzzbait..... :roll:

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At one point i was thinki9ng should have brought the shotgun.. :wink:


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Head shot right there

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After moving into a small bay ......Craig says to me , quick lets get over to that Statue of Mary ........i need to pray again .

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There's a Bear on the Hillside looking down at us.. 8)

With the sun shining on Her back i managed to zoom in as she was about to uproot a large stump.. 8)


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We fished a couple of more hours and pack it in early.....something not done very often :oops: :oops:

The plan was my wife and I were going to drive to the B 1 to witness the weigh-in ....

But settled for these two photo's

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:49 pm
by cprince
Thanks for the report Paul....

But... ummm.... I think that Bear is Bull... if you catch my drift!

Craig

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:52 pm
by fiiish
Nice work guys.

Dano and I faired off pretty well too.
Too bad about Paul being frozen, it was pretty frigid at times in the wind for sure. We took shelter in a bay, caught some fish and when we emerged, you two were gone.

I must apologize for the graininess of some of the pics. I played with the ISO when taking night shots a while back and forgot to set it back.
Here's my biggest of the day on a wacky senko, 4 Lbs 1oz...
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And here is Dano's, also on a wacky senko, 4Lbs 5oz...
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And the EAP version :wink:
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After that we tried a new technique, walking the senko...
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Then we took turns teaching fish new tricks. I taught my bass how to do a wheelie and a bunny hop...
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So there it is, I guess it's a congrats to Craig, looks like you got the big fish of the day. Our (3) scales were giving us different readings for the same fish so who knows for sure which was right, or how it compares to the scale you guys used.
It was great meeting you guys, too bad it wasn't for longer. I'd definitely love to do it again though. Perhaps next time we can bring some warm clothes. Right Paul? :P :wink: :lol: :D


BTW, I've been listening to some Peter Schilling. I think I might be ready for NASA soon.
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Good times!

Paulo

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:02 pm
by SeaMonster
A bear that goes "moooooooo" :lol:

Craig.. liking the attire.
I hope that topwater bite doesn't die off before I can get out.... in 2 weeks....

Nice fish boys!

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:08 pm
by bl8ant
Great report. I was fishing a lake close by. Real close by. About as close as they come.

Big fish of the day for us was 3lbs 13oz. Not quite 4. Bite wasn't fantastic though. Fish here, fish there, looks like you guys got in to some nice ones!

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:05 pm
by Manny
Nice haul boys..awesome pic of Cprince with the smallie/largie combo!!

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:25 am
by DropShotr
Nice report and pics.

Brown bear???

Memo to Paul: Make appointment with Optometrist :wink:


You guys have done really well this year...congrats.

DS

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:52 am
by cprince
I Paul's defense; The hill that we saw this on is a hill that I have previously seen a momma sow with her 2 cubs last year. As we were rounding a point talking about it, we saw the movement on the hill. It looked dark and it moved unlike a cow!! I also thought it was a bear until sitting at home looking at the zoomed picture.

That zoom must have been at least 10x. I could not tell with a naked eye what exactly it was.

Craig

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:04 am
by RJ
Nicely done fellas....

Hoping to get back to PQ for another few days this fall!

CPrince, You are going to need to stick near those monuments all winter....with Carey Price in nets.... :lol:


RJ

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:04 am
by katch moore
Yup Great Report.


Like you guys have already noticed, that's no brown bear.


There are no Brown Bears in Ontario/Quebec. There are black bears that go through a color phase. I've seen some cinnamon, blonde, chocolate....well you get the picture. No Brown Bears in Quebec. Brown colored bears, yes, but they are Black Bears.

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:57 pm
by Fishing 24/7
awesome work guys.

keep up the great bass'n! :D

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:23 pm
by GR8-Scott
Awesome work and GR8 report guys.
I have to agree with Manny - Craig with the MLB/SMB combo is awesome!

Love the vids fiiiish - Looks like you & Dano scored some GR8 fish as well!

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:42 pm
by Fishing 24/7
something tellz me fiiiish has some ''inside'' info about that lake ! :D


hey craig


did you ever get a chance to find some dry hard wood for me ?

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:05 pm
by cprince
Fishing 24/7 wrote:... hey craig
did you ever get a chance to find some dry hard wood for me ?
PM sent!

Craig

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:11 pm
by ASK
Great repot boys,

Thanks for the pics, they are awesome.

ASK