Naked Paul Toast’s Insights

I got home from my annual fishing trip at Lake Dalrymple. Had a fabulous time.

The itinerary consisted of Fishing, Golfing, Poker, Casino, and Alcohol Consumption. Though, some of the gang don’t fish, some don’t golf, some don’t play poker, and some don’t go to the Casino. Everyone drinks though. I’m pretty sure that this year, I was the only one who participated in all the events.

The Fishing
This was actually the poorest fishing year, I can remember. The goal, as most who fish Dalrymple this time of year, want to catch Walleye(pickerel), might settle for Crappie, and throw back the Pike. Not this year. There wasn’t a Walleye to be found. The only fish that made it off the boat were Pike. That was fine by me, I like Pike.

I was somewhat fortunate, I got the first fish, the last fish, the biggest fish and the most fish. I also got two Muskies, but they were out of season and to small, they were released. (more…)

I caught the best Smallmouth Bass in my life today.

As soon as I set the hook, he jumped, he was quite a ways away, so I couldn’t really tell how big he was. He then immediately went down to the bottom of the lake. If I had not seen him jump, I would have thought I was snagged on the bottom. There was absolutely no moving him.

I adjusted the drag, and just kept reeling. We reversed the boat, back towards his direction. He tired a bit, I got him up to the surface and he jumped again. I knew he was a good one because of the fight, but seeing him jump this close to the boat, was just awesome.

Netted him shortly after. He put up a helluva fight, jumped twice and took me about 10 minutes to land.

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While cottaging, my laptop picked up an unsecured wireless access point, named “Bob”. I have no idea where it is. The signal is very weak, and often intermittent, but I can get to the net.

I wonder if those who have unsecured WAP, don’t know how to secure them, don’t care, or if it is a deliberate attempt to share their wireless.

Anyway, thanks Bob.

Going up to Lake Dalrymple, near Orillia for the week.