Fall Brook Trout

Clive Mathias — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:51:13 +0000

I headed out to one of my favorite bass spots yesterday evening with my son and a couple of friends. We arrived at Long Lake (just outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia) about one hour before sunset, which has always been prime-time for bass this summer, but this time things were very different. Instead of the usual bass, we found ourselves hooking into trout. The first was caught on a number five Mepps Black Fury, which needless to say, cause some pretty severe damage to this beautiful fish so she was kept for the frying pan. We all started using smaller spinnerbaits and hooked into a few more but only landed one more.

As you can see from the photos, the two trout had very different colouration.

Ash’s First Fish…Almost

Clive Mathias — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:06:36 +0000

So I’ve been taking my son Ash fishing with me regularly since April. He’s got a solid grasp on reeling even though he isn’t even two years old yet. He has never caught a fish by himself so we went fishing for a few hours yesterday to try and get his first fish. Its was pretty hot out, so we stuck to deep drop offs and he finally hooked into a fish by himself! He hooked into a nice little bass and I could tell he wasn’t quite sure what to make of the whole event. I’m sure it didn’t help that I was running around madly to get the camera. The moment I started recording the event he decided he was done and simply put the rod down on the ground and stepped back. Luckily, the bass wasn’t big enough to take the rod into the drink. I picked up the rod and the fish shook lose – so close!

Ash with a bass at the end of the line.

Fishing Fury » Long Lake

Fall Brook Trout

Ash’s First Fish…Almost