Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday., Fishing.

I am targeting crappie and walleye mostly. The Kawarthas has such a variety of fish. Balsam and Sturgeon are great with many species to keep me busy all night. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well Shank.

So let's get into Thursday night. No wind after the sun went down, a slight breeze from the west. It got cold and foggy again, went down to 2 degrees. But it did not seem cold at all compared to Tuesday and Wednesday night. Almost all of the fish were caught on the bobber and Joker baits 18 to 20 inches under the surface of the water. When it's foggy the fish always swim closer to the surface. Spring, summer or fall, when there is fog always fish shallow. It was so foggy you could not see the water by early morning. The glow stick looks more like a sphere expanding with the mist. Here is a few pictures.

Same fish in the bucket. Nice, big fat crappie. Sorry for the bad pictures. I am blaming it on the fog. LOL.

There was a few walleye but I let them go. Last night was a rare chance to have extra light in the sky to fish by. Hope I can see that again someday. Stay safe, and Happy Thanksgiving.

Cloudy up here tonight but their initial forecast for more northern lights tonight seemed to have been over-predicted so I am really happy last night was clear.
I use to fish much more at nights for walleye and crappie (usually til midnight only though) and that's when I saw most of the northern lights in my life. May and last night (just noticed that it was May 10 and last night was October 10....that must be a sign - prepare for the alien invasion!) were just amazing with lots of movement and they were bright (last night just had much more reds than just the greens we saw in May)

Would be really cool to see the light stick in the dark foggy conditions...must be kind of eerie (esp. with the float disappears and goes down).

It was beautiful out there last night. Just got back to my real home a while ago, no more fishing this week. Yes fishing in dense fog in a boat or from shore at night is freaky. (And dangerous and probably not a good idea.) For legal purposes, I firmly discourage this practice. LOL. But in all seriousness, it is not a safe action, and should not be done. The green glow stick looks similar to this in the fog on the water. And you are right it's always eerie. When a fish takes it down, everything turns to black on the water, and the fight begins.

Our third Thanksgiving dinner will be Monday in Waterloo. Tonight we thought we would do a ham dinner for two. 8 pounds, I guess there will be left-overs, LOL. Three big cloves of chopped garlic, natural honey and mustard for the sauce. With just a dash of cayenne pepper in the sauce. Turned out great so we will make another one for the family on Monday. Twenty five of us at my nephews house. Two big turkeys and a bigger ham with all the potatoes, dressing and all the other stuff should be enough I hope. Hope everyone's dinner turns out great. We have much to be thankful for living in Canada. Stay safe.

Great report! Loved it..

Thanks for sharing.

Nice fish and enjoy the meals.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I tried to see the Night Lights but down here in the city, did not see much of anything...

Thanks for the pics, beautiful

Thank you sir, it was great to have three nights in a row out on the water. Counting down to the next round coming soon, bring on the cold nights.

Earlier you posted about your 1st Balsam walleye. Next time you get out on the water. Try casting all around that hump where you were trolling. Try some crankbaits that will swim at that depth. Good luck next time you are on Balsam.

Any time that I get a hit trolling, I will double back over the area a couple of times and see what happens.

If that doesn't produce anything itself, hopefully my back and forth path lets me see what that fish was hiding in. Mostly it seems to be transition spots from deeper ~20' up to ~12' of water. There could be structure as well, but i can't tell.

After a couple runs back and forth I try to then fan cast towards that spot, and then eventually away from that spot. I mostly throw crankbaits as I am most comfortable with them. Perch pattern seems to be the most productive for me.

I am still very much stuck on fishing where I think the fish should be, rather than where they actually are. Same goes with lures. I find myself doing the same things over again because they are familiar.

Fish or no fish, any trip out on the water that ends safely is a good day to me.

Cheers.

Earlier you posted about your 1st Balsam walleye. Next time you get out on the water. Try casting all around that hump where you were trolling. Try some crankbaits that will swim at that depth. Good luck next time you are on Balsam.

Any time that I get a hit trolling, I will double back over the area a couple of times and see what happens.

If that doesn't produce anything itself, hopefully my back and forth path lets me see what that fish was hiding in. Mostly it seems to be transition spots from deeper ~20' up to ~12' of water. There could be structure as well, but i can't tell.

After a couple runs back and forth I try to then fan cast towards that spot, and then eventually away from that spot. I mostly throw crankbaits as I am most comfortable with them. Perch pattern seems to be the most productive for me.

I am still very much stuck on fishing where I think the fish should be, rather than where they actually are. Same goes with lures. I find myself doing the same things over again because they are familiar.

Fish or no fish, any trip out on the water that ends safely is a good day to me.

Cheers.

Well you are doing everything right from what I am reading here. You have a good plan and technique. Maybe apply some of your methods from fishing pigeon in the spring. The walleye are more shallow right now from October until close of season. Try trolling and casting along the edge of the weed line in the 8 to 10 depth range. I fish mostly 6 to 8 feet of water in the fall, from a boat or from shore or in the river mouths. Day or night I avoid deeper water this time of year. I do fish 10 to 12 feet of water sometimes, but only sitting on top of a sharp drop off. The walleye and the muskie are in the same areas right now, competing for the same game fish to put on some weight for winter. Only difference between the fishing for these two species is lure choice and speed. Fish slow and smaller, catch a walleye. Fish fast and bigger, catch a muskie. Think a bit shallower, good luck out there.