Fishing Fury Now in HD!

About a month ago I replaced my old point and shoot digital camera with the new Canon Elph SD780 IS (oh hell ya I got mine in matte black). It’s super awesome! Not only is it pretty much the same size as my old Canon Elph SD10, its got 3 times the megapixels and it shoots HD video! Check out this thread in the forum when I first got the camera, it’s got a few test shots and stuff.

This video was shot while fishing Toronto Islands last saturday where Clive and I met up with Paul. He caught this pike about 10 minutes before a huge storm formation came together and we got soaked in the rain and pelted with hail before making it to cover.

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Toronto Islands 2009: Round Two

Clive and I met up on Saturday to fish the Toronto Islands together. We haven’t actually fished together since last year, so it was great to catch up and enjoy the hunt in one of our favorite Toronto fishing spots. In fact the Toronto Islands were really where the idea for this site was born. I registered the domain on June 8th 2004 which means we’ll be celebrating our first five years in a months time. Ever since 2004 we’ve been fishing our guts out and bringing our style and attitude to the world of fishing.

I got to the islands quite late, catching the 11AM ferry rather than the 8AM ferry I planned to catch. I’ve been working very long hours recently and I have a number of friends in town visiting as well as friends who will be leaving in the next few days. Everything caught up with me and I slept through my alarm for about 3 hours.

When I arrived at the islands I saw a few fisherman and said hello before finding Clive. He had teamed up with another guy named Paul (I hope that was his name, if it’s not I apologize!) who is originally from France and living here as a student. They showed me photos of the decent pike they had caught so far and about some of the more exciting follows. We’ll have to wait until Clive get’s home before we see the photo of his pike.

The weather wasn’t on our side today, with sporadic showers and thunderstorms the sun was nowhere to be found, unlike Friday which made me wish I’d called in sick for work. We covered most of the shorelines around Centre Island with a few follows here and there when the sun would make it through the clouds for a few minutes.

Clive and I didn’t land any other pike, but Paul pulled out this really nice thick 30 incher!

Though Paul has only been here for a short time it’s clear he’s putting in the dedication to finding patterns for these pike. I hope that some of the information on this site about Toronto Islands helped give him that head start to put so many fish in his logs. This one, like so many others, was released to fight another day.

After Paul’s fish the wind picked up and a storm moved in very quickly and we got stuck in the rain and got soaked. About half way to the shelter we stopped so I could put on a second layer and I noticed that it was hailing! The pieces of ice weren’t that big, about the size of a wisdom tooth, but man did they hurt when you were getting pelted with them.

Check the Toronto Islands 2009 gallery for updates!

Caption Contest!

It’s been a while since we’ve had a caption contest, so lets do it! The best caption gets some free Fishing Fury stickers!

33lb 2oz Kennet River Record Pike

I’m getting pretty pumped for some pike fishing next month. While its unlikely I’ll find a pike this size in Toronto, I’m hoping for a 40 incher!

Watch her waddle as she swims away!

Extreme Coast Fishing

When I tell people I don’t have a boat, they always ask me how I expect to catch big fish. It’s pretty simple really, you don’t need a boat to catch big fish, you just need to know where to be at the right time. Just check out these guys from Extreme Coast, they make landing monster shark from shore look easy!

The Texas Coast…..My Playground!

My First Fish Of The Year!

I managed to sneak out on opening day here in Nova Scotia. I didn’t have a lot of time, and I had my son Ash with me, so I had to make sure I went somewhere where I knew I could get into some trout without spending an entire day fishing (although I really wish I could have fished all day!). My destination of choice was a small creek near the highway that had produced a few little trout last year. It was really the only viable choice since all of the nearby lakes still have a thick layer of ice on them. Water levels were very high thanks to the recent melt of last weeks snowstorm.

After a short walk though the woods exploring, we ended up at the side of the highway fishing in a ditch. I saw several small trout after casting a #2 silver Mepps Aglia spinner, and within a few more casts I landed the first and only fish of the day, a beautiful little brook trout. My son Ash was super excited to see the fish, trout are one of the 10 or so fish he can name on sight, but this was the first he had seen in real life. After he had a chance to touch the fish, I told he it was time let let him go home and we released him back into the cold water.