Thanks Raquettedacker.
Yeah, those little robins were neat to see. They sure mature quickly.
Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted, but here are my fishing reports for the beginning of Sept. and the start of my fall fishing season.
The first 2 reports are from the Sept. long weekend and are a combination of shore and boat fishing.
The first of the 2 days takes place on Sept. 1st where I do some evening shore fishing fishing from 4:40pm to 8:30pm.
This is another nice evening at the lake with just a bit of wind and clear skies.
The lake has cleared up a bit and there appears to be a bit less algae in the water with a bit clearer waters.
The fishing is not too bad and in 5 min I net the first fish, this not bad walleye.
The first pike of the evening.
This one is the larger fish caught.
And so end another good day of fishing.
Not quite!!!
I also try fishing after dark for a while and catch another night pike just before I quit.
The final results are 8 pike & 7 walleye.
On the 2nd day I return with the boat for a bit of fishing on Labor Day where I make full day of it, fishing from 9:30am - 6:30pm.
It was a nice at the lake with temps in the + 26 deg C / 78.8 F, but with the fair wind that day made it a bit rough. When I first launch it is fairly calm, but as the day progressed it got rougher. :blink:
The strong wind did lend it's self to wind drift fishing and that's how I fished.
I would first troll into the wind, pick up a few fish, and then drift over the same spot with the wind and nail them again, once done I would repeat again.
When the wind got really strong I anchored and jigged or cast in promising looking spots. That method was also successful.
While I was fishing I noticed a sail boat. It's the first one I have seen on the lake this year.
I can see why he was out that day. He really moved along, circling around the lake 3 or 4 time before finally coming in.
The first fish of the day, not long into the trolling.
It came on a spinner and float rig.
One of the bigger walleye of the day at 19".
Most of the pike were around the 2 - 2.5 lb mark.
This was an average sized pike that day, but I found the nick on it's side a bit unusual, so snapped a photo of it.
It kind of looked like it might have been snagged by a hook.
There were not too many fisherman out that day, with only 2 fishing boats out while the rest were pleasure boaters.
The fish that day were going for crankbaits, soft plastics, and bottom bouncers pared up with hand tied spinner rigs.
I had a great day of fishing landing 6 pike and 24 walleye + 4 more pike that got off.
The pike tend to jump more and are able to throw the barbless hooks easier.
In the end I was happy with my fishing on this long weekend, and now look forward to what the fall fishing will bring.
The next 2 reports are for Sept 7th and 8th and are back in my usual area.
One day 1 I shore fished, and on day 2 I am back in the boat.
On Sept 7th I get to the lake a bit later than usual where I shore fished from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
It was a nice evening at the lake with mostly calm waters, cloudy skies and slightly cooler temps.
The fish seemed to be active as they were jumping off and on all over the lake and it was only 4 casts before I hook into the first one.
This pike.
These were the bigger pike and walleye that evening.
In the end I catch 4 pike & 5 walleye, not bad for an evening of shore fishing.
The next day {Sept. 8th}, I am back at the lake, but this time in the boat, launching at 10:35am and fishing until 5:00pm.
The weather that day was mix of some sun, but mostly cloudy with fairly calm waters and a temp at +21 deg C / 69.8 F makes it pleasant to be out.
The lakes algal bloom appears to be starting to lessen and I notice the water is a bit clearer that it was in late Aug early Sept.
The fish were also quite active and just like the evening before, were jumping all around the lake from time to time, some of them more than half way out of the water and a couple close to the boat.
It appeared to me that I was the only one out fishing in that area of the lake the whole day and I saw only one other boat, a pleasure boater / water skier combo.
It was not long before I was on to them and I start the day with this pike.
First walleye of the day.
One of the other fish.
This walleye went for a bigger meal, a 6" swimbait.
In the end I had a fun day on the water with good fishing.
The fish were biting regularly for most of the time out. They only slowed for an hour and a half, but then started up again.
My final results were 20 walleye and 5 pike + 3 more pike and 1 walleye that shook free.
The walleye were a bit larger on average this time with several in the 19" to 19.5" mark.
I seemed to have better luck when I was moving as apposed to just sitting in one spot. I would troll for a while and then drift slowly back with the light wind.
This time I had luck on soft plastics and off set spinners and swimbaits, but the ones that produced the best were rattling crankbaits and hand tied spinner rigs tipped with gulp alive baits.
All the fish caught went back to fight another day.
One of the interesting things I saw that day occurred when I was reeling in a walleye and had a pike following just below it all the way to the boat.
The pike was a bit bigger than the walleye, but not by much. I am not sure if it wanted the walleye, or the food item the walleye had in it's mouth. Whatever the case, it was neat to see.
I tried to catch the pike after I let the walleye go, but no luck.
The setting sun ends another good day at the lake.
There are quite a few bugs in these 2 photos, not sure what exactly they were, but they were not mosquetoes, thank goodness.
As the sun set further, and it darkens, I could see the waxing crescent moon, Venus {the evening star} and returning Canada geese to the lake.
P.S - The fall migration is just starting up around the lake and over the 2 days I saw flock of the local Canada geese and ducks coming and going to and from the lake plus migrating flocks sandhill cranes and even a few small flocks of snow geese.
The next report is for Sept 15th and again I am at my usual spot on Fishing lake doing a bit of shore fishing where I fish from 4:40 pm to 7:30pm.
On the way to the lake I take a bit different route which takes me past a couple pens of wild boar.
There are big ones and little ones in the same pens.
They are tough looking critters. :blink:
Once at the lake the weather that afternoon is not too bad with temps at the + 19 deg C / 66.2 F mark, a mix of sun and cloud, and a fair wind blowing on an angle to me.
It was a bit tough to cast light lures so I went to a bit heavier weighs.
Once it got dark it got fairly cool, due to the wind and high humidity.
It was again fairly quite in my spot with no other anglers or boaters to be seen.
The fish were around but it took a while before they got going.
I got a pike in the first 3 min of fishing and then it was around half an hour before I found another and then they really turned on and when I
caught the majority of them.
It stayed like that to sunset, and then after that the fish shut off again.
In the end I was able to find 4 of these guys.
And 7 of them.
These 2 fish were the average size that evening.
Some of the fish were hitting light and others were just pounding it. The light bitters would just swim with the lure in their mouth and all I felt was my line go slack and move towards me or off to the side. I set the hook and the fight was on. The ones that hit hard were the fish that followed the lure close to shore only to grab it with a few feet of line from my rod tip. I had a couple pike do that. Talk about close combat fishing.
For the most part the leaves remain relativity green with only a few starting to change color.
I hope this shows that it will be a long fall ahead.
Hi guys,
This next report has to deal with fishing and the outdoors, but, doesn't take place at a body of water.
In mid Sept. I got a letter in the mail that said that I was invited to a VIP shopping event the day before the new Cabela's Canada store opens our provincial capital of SK. "Regina".
The opening ceremonies were to happen on Thursday Sept 19th, but the sneak peak was to be on the 18th.
I was excited to be a part of this even as I have never been asked to any thing like this before, so on that day I took the afternoon off, along with my mom for some shopping with a few hundred others chosen.
We browsed and shopped for 2 hours taking in all the new store had to offer.
This is the 2nd Cabela's in SK. now and for the most part it is quite similar to the first in the terms of layout, architecture and wildlife present.
It might be just me, but I think this new store might have a bit more fishing related items than the other one, will have to check back with the one in Saskatoon some time to compare the 2.,lol.
I enjoyed shopping in the new Cabela's as the greeters, cashiers and floor walkers in each section were polite and helpful and seemed to know their stuff and where to find it.
They also had some mighty impressive wildlife mounts from various species here in SK., and all over North America.
Outside of the of the new store.
Can you see me,lol.
While I was there I purchased a new Rapala Scatter Rap minnow along with a few other lure types and spinner rig components.
There was one Item that I had never seen before. They was called "Cabela's Fisherman Series Walleye-A-Plug Bodies" and they looked like a miniature crankbait 1.5" long that you thread through your line when making a crawler, leech or minnow rig. This little crankbait type float is suppose to wiggle and give the bait an action different from the traditional spinners or plain rigs.
You can buy the pre maid rigs and a single or you can buy 3 in a package and make your own rigs. The 3 pack of just bodies is what i went for, as I like to experiment with different colored beads, hook types and line length and the color I picked was orange tiger.
For those of you, like me, who have not see it before, here is a link to it on the Cabela's Canada website ------>
http://www.cabelas.ca/product/44872/cabelas-fisherman-series-walleye-a-plug-bodies I don't think they will work too well from shore, as they will be too light to cast effectively, but next time I am fish from the boat will have to see how they work for me.
They look like they should work trolling for trout, perch and other panfish, along with walleye and pike.
Do any of you have any reviews, good or bad for the Cabela's fisherman series walleye - a - plug?
I am glad to have this new store in Regain as it will be easier for me to get to that one, then the store in Saskatoon.
I will still continue to support the smaller private tackle shops as they will need more than ever now, but it also nice to have options in were to find the exact outdoor gear a person is looking for.
I hope that all the tackle shops in the Regina area will still be able to adapt, compete and profit.
The last fishing report for Sept. was on the 29th were I again did a bit of shore fishing at Fishing Lake from 1:00pm - 4:40pm.
The sky that afternoon was mostly overcast with an odd sunny break and the temps that afternoon would have been nice, but there was strong winds blowing that day made things a bit chilly. The wind was really whipping the lake up with large white caps and as the afternoon went on it only got stronger.
As a results I was the only one out fishing that day and the only other anglers I saw were 2 half grown grebes that fished and bobbed in the large waves like 2 little floats.
They were not scared of me at all and we both fished together most of the afternoon. With them swimming and diving past me one way and then turning around and going back.
They seemed to always know where the schools of minnows were and came up with catches quite often.
The fishing for me was also good, despite the strong winds and on by 3 cast, I had a bite and landed the first fish of the day.
This pike.
An average pike that day.
First, walleye and an average for them also.
Largest pike of the day.
Largest walleye.
I would have fished longer than 4:40pm, but by then the waves were really rolling, and I had a hard time casting my lure. If I went straight into the wind it would go up on an land just a few feet and if I cast sideways into the wind the lures would be pinched into the rocks at shore. When I wend to stand from my chair the wind blew it over.
By then I had enough of the wind and quit, but I was happy with the fishing results on this blustery afternoon I caught and released 6 walleye and 13 pike.
A shot of the lake as I was leaving.
On the way home I though I would take a road less traveled, and on it I came across a buffalo / bison heard.
I stopped for a few minuets and took in their sights and sounds.
They had some interesting sounds indeed, most of them made a call that could be best describes as sounding like a "burp" along with a few grunt,groans and snorts.
Although the light was fading, I was able to snap a couple photos of them, from the safety of the vehicle,lol.
I have a friend who raises bison and he said that you can never really trust them, or predict what they may do.
Well that's it, all my photos from this month of Sept.
I am not sure what the fishing in Oct. will bring for me, but what ever it may be I will be I will be ready.
WW 
