2010 Toronto Islands Pike Opener

Having read on fishing fury about the pike on Toronto Island I had to give it a try. On opening day I took the ferry over and started fishing as soon as could. I fished for most of the day switching mainly between the lures; a five of diamonds, a red and white daredevil, and a hard silvery minnow imitation. As I was starting to think I wasn’t going to catch anything I finally had a bite on my five of diamonds, which would prove to be the only lure I would catch fish on. After a few minutes of fighting I had the fish subdued and deployed my collapsible net with one hand (yes I had practiced to make sure I could), only to realize the fish was much to big to fit. After thinking of what to do for several seconds I decided to try to land the fish by hand, which I hadn’t done with a fish this size before. It turned out to be much easier than I had anticipated. After a few pictures and a quick measure the 40 inch fish was released. I fished for a while before calling it quits and vowing to be back to catch more fish tomorrow.

The next day was a success as I caught a 30” and a 22” pike. The 22” inch sized pike seemed to be fairly typical of what I caught over the next few days, one spectacularly released while I was holding it up by the line for a passing tour boat when it flailed, spit the hook, plopped to the beach and flopped back into the water. I’m sure I gave a few people on the boat some pictures to laugh at later. I believe last fish I caught was another 30” pike before Jonathon and Clive showed up doing a TV show and bringing bad luck with it. Despite the bad luck it was still good to meet them, they gave me a bit of fishing tackle and even showed me a secret spot that I plan to use next year.

- Jeremy Brodhagen

Thank you for your entry in our 2010 Contributor Contest. We’re glad to see that you found some awesome fish thanks to information you found on this blog, we were very pleased to meet you while fishing the islands, and we’re very sorry about those bad mojo tv cameras! We’ll be sending you a copy of Fins + Skins magazine for your efforts!

Gallery Updates – Mystery Lake

In keeping with my promise to get on a schedule of updating the gallery I’ve added some 70+ photos to the Mystery Lake 2004 album, which should complete one of the greatest bass fishing galleries you’ll ever see. I’ve included three enticing photos below. Don’t forget you can comment on individual images!

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PS- I will be posting a 2010 contributor contest entry tomorrow morning!

Supernatural

The crew at World Angling are without a doubt at the top of their game when it comes to creating awesome fishing videos. We’ve featured several of their videos in the past, and with footage like this, we’ll definitely be featuring them again in the future!

Supernatural by WorldANGLING: Saltwater Fly Fishing for Tarpon from WorldANGLING on Vimeo.

“Early in 2010 an eerie drama was unfolding in South Florida. The winter had brought record low temperatures, worrisome fish kills, and questions about the the future. Uncertainty and nervousness consumed many connected to the ocean. When Spring finally emerged, things were still strange. By April, we were at a tipping point. The ominous threat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster was creeping closer and closer. Everything was on the edge. It felt as if a threat from another world was bearing down. We were being invaded… Then, out of the chaos and confusion came hope– carried by silver beings…lots of them.”

more via Worldangling.com

* Update: Sorry it looks like the video isn’t available for embedding, so you’ll have to watch it on vimeo.

Incredible New Brunswick Muskie

As you can imagine, there are massive fish all around the world that live a long full life and die of natural causes, never feeling the point of a fishermans hook. Of course, we rarely get to see these fish because their high rate of decay. A couple of weeks before Christmas a man named Chad Cernivz saw a massive fish floating down the mighty Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada. He manage to pull it onto the shore with a long stick before it flopped for the last time and exhaled its final breath.

Chad later learned that this fish was the heaviest muskie ever recorded in New Brunswick, weighing an earth shattering 61.5 pounds (28 kg)!

As if I needed any more excuses to make the 4.5 hour drive the New Brunswick…

more via Muskies NB

Beware of Shark Mountain

Quite possible the most dangerous place on earth…

via True American Tog

Potential Record Sheephead Caught And Released!

It looks like there could have been a new record sheep head in Ontario! Our friend Mike caught himself a massive 22.2 pounder back in 2008, that set the record and now Aaron Shirley (who some of you may recognize from such shows as Getting Hooked with Aaron And Barry) caught an even bigger one in the same area, tipping the uncertified scales at 27.5 pounds (12.5 kg)!

Awesome catch and release Aaron!

via OFNC

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