Hey Folks, I'm still waiting for everyone's report from the weekend. There were more boats in Picton this weekend than I see during the summer. I guess the secret's out.
I went to Picton this weekend to visit family and knew I wouldn't have time to participate in the tournament but brought my rods just in case I had time to cast a few. Well like the good son I am I stopped by Picton Harbour on Friday night before I went to my moms.
What a beautiful view in the harbour at night. I got there around 8 pm and it was snowing lightly. The lights around the harbour lit everything up nicely so it was a pleasure to cast around for awhile. There were tons of baitfish surfacing and a few larger roles at the surface that hinted of walleye. I fished for about an hour and had one "tug" but got nothing.
I got up early Saturday morning and went down to the harbour again. There were lots of folks heading out for deeper water. I fished there for about 2 hours and didn't get a bite. I thought I would head to McFarland Park which is between Merlands and the ferry but realized about half way down the lane that my all season radials were worth a damn in snow so I turned around before I got to the bottom.
After the hockey game Saturday night (Leafs in overtime), I went down to the harbour again and within a few casts landed a nice 6 1/2 pounder. Luckily there were some guys from Trenton there and one of them netted it for me. I'm glad someone was organized. I had two more hits but they weren't hitting hard and I had to call it a night when the harbour iced over and my lewer had a hard time breaking the surface. I went back to moms apartment building and cleaned the fish on the hood of my car. What a sight that would have been had someone looked out their window and saw me cleaning a fish at 1 am. Fortunately no cops showed up so I guess I wasn't seen.
On Sunday I took the ferry on my way home and fished from the Aldolphostown side peer for a couple of hours. It was sheltered from the wind and it was rather choppy out. I had one hit but it was a light one. I must say that I enjoyed fishing from shore almost as much as from a boat and there are plenty of places in the bay where you can do this.
By the way, I caught my walleye on a Williams Wabbler. No Doctor Deaths in my tackle box.
Birdman
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