Wednesday, August 26, 2009

23rd Trip - Welcome Chris Tan!

The day started a little gloomy. It was 4:30am and the weather wasn't co-operating at all. We decided to still go for it so Jon Lee and Chris met at my house by 5am and we quickly headed up to the lake. Then it started raining some more so we ended up waiting/sleeping in the car for a few hours until the rain subsided. The weather then held up nicely and it was definitely a nice day to be out.

This was Chris Tan's FIRST TIME EVER going fishing so it nice to be able to share with him our passion. His first cast actually went negative 2 feet backwards. But from there, he quickly learned and started to master the art of fishing. Chris was able to land lots of sunfish, rockbass, perch, and also a few small bass. Though the fishing was a bit on the slow side today, Jon was still able to land a MONSTER LARGEMOUTH BASS - and I mean a true MONSTER! After a few quick photos, it was released to swim another day (Conservation is very important!!!). Jon Lee truly is an AWESOME FISHERMAN!!!! =)

Cheers!

Chris Tan with his first ever fish!

Jon Lee with a MONSTER BASS - WOW!!!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

22nd Trip - Taking Dad Fishing!!! AWESOME!!!!

So Derek calls me up at 9am and says "let's go fishing! Steph and Dad also had the day off so I said "Let's go!". It was the first time in 15+ years since I've went fishing with Dad. I remember the days where I would wait impatiently for 5:30pm to roll around when Dad would come home from work. We would then head up to the lake for some fishing as the sun set in the horizon. Those were some GREAT MEMORIES! It was AWESOME being able to take Dad out for some fishing! I'm glad to have the opportunity to have come full circle. Now I'm looking forward to taking him on the snowmobiles for some ice fishing!!! YEAH!!!

As usual, we were able to catch some BIG FISH, and also LOTS of them too! It was also my first time this year snorkeling and its was also GREAT! Check out what else I was doing underwater - haha - CHEERS!

Dad with a nice Smallmouth Bass of his own

Steph with her first fish of the day and Derek in the background

Dad and I!

Derek, Steph and Dad with a nice Largemouth Bass

Who's the in the water and what is he doing?

Huh?

Cheers!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

21st Trip - Yeah!!!!

Another GREAT trip! We hit Lake Simcoe again as it's only 40 minutes from the city. With the 30+ degrees heat, we decided to get an early start by leaving by 5am (which meant a 4:15 wake up call - yikes!). We welcome Jasmine's sister Carmen to the club! It didn't take long for us to find the fish. Yeah!!!

FOB pose!

Carmen with her first bass!

A few Perch

Dom with the BIG BASS!

Sistas!

The keepers!

Marine Biologists always get their fish!

Friday, August 7, 2009

20th Trip - Taking the Cousins Out!

We welcome Welcome Sybil and Eddie (from L.A), and Dom and Jasmine to the club! It was nice being able to take the cousins out for a spin on the lake and to do some fishing. Although we didn't catch any monster fish, we still caught lots and had a GREAT time on the water. Enjoy!

The Yacht fully loaded and ready to go!

Dom scouting out the lake

Eddie driving the boat while Sybil tries to take pics and Dom chill'n

Eddie with his FIRST FISH EVER!!!

UH OH!!! ENGINE TROUBLES!!!!???

Dom and Jasmine hav'n a GREAT time!

Sybil with a nice Sunfish - (hint: I taught her how to fish!)

Group Shot