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I should really bring my camera with me.
Homer Is King wrote:I grew up in Richmond, Ontario. The Jock River runs through it. I spent countless hours as a young kid on the banks of this river. My dad loves the outdoors but was into fishing much. I loved it and was mostly self taught. I caught sunfish, perch, rockbass, catfish, walleye, large and small mouth bass out of that river. I had even heard rumours of Musky but never hooked into one.
I was visiting my parents for the August long weekend last year. I took my canoe “The Mighty Bobber†out, loaded my dad and the 3 oldest into it and hit the Jock River!
We put in below "The Bridge" and paddled about 1 km up stream. We then drifted and fished back down stream. It only took us about 15 minutes but it was the hottest 15 minutes of fishing I had done all summer. There was a storm coming and the fish were biting!
We landed a bunch of little smallies. We then got to the bridge. I know there was a deep hole on one side...I cast my hair jig into it and BANG – fish on! After a good fight I land a 15†small mouth. Not a monster but a solid fish for this tiny river!
I wanted to do the run again but it was getting late and I had already lost one of my kids.
Even though it was short it is a trip the will remain in my memory. Fishing my old stomping grounds with my kids and my Dad on a beautiful evening - and we nailed fish! It doesn’t get much better than that.