On Wednesday Ric, the angler known as HighDrifter on OFN (I’m really bad with names), met up at the ferry docks to spend the day fishing Toronto Islands. Last Sunday on the Toronto Islands the pike and weed beds seemed to be in the process of really turning on.
This time we headed straight for Centre Island, skipping that long fish-less walk from Wards. It wasn’t long before Ric found a nice 33″ pike while wadding out on the weed line, and watched as another similar sized pike followed right behind his. HighDrifter had a few hits in the same area, but couldn’t seem to get a solid hook set.
After covering the shoreline for a few more hours we ran in to more OFN’ers, Johnny Bass and Lucid, and sat down for a chat. Soon after a severe thunderstorm started rolling in, we kept fishing for as long as possible, but were eventually sent for cover due to some crazy lightning. Luckily we found this cool stage area in the nearby park.
Once the rain and thunder subsided, we were right back fishing the canals. It wasn’t long before I hooked in to a fish, but it wasn’t until I got a good look at it that I realized it was a walleye, and once I had it in my hands I could see it would actually be my personal best. There have been a few rare walleyes caught from shore on Toronto Islands, and now I’m one of the very lucky people to have caught them there.
The Toronto Islands are starting to get to the point they were when we fished them in 2004, and since Clive is back in Canada it won’t belong before both of us are out on those islands for a more ‘full-fledged’ Fishing Fury report.
Enjoy the pictures.
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