Dunnville Part 2

So,

Where to go Saturday was the question burning in my head all Friday. The Weather Network had predicted sun all day Saturday all week in Orillia. However, when I checked Friday morning, it showed a 60% chance of Thunderstorms! What to do? Boat or not, thunderstorms do not bode well for fishing. With the limited options available for gamefish, my sights turned to Dunnville and another go at some channel cats.

With a forecast of 25 and sunny, we decided to head out to Dunnville. Sir and Spam were both whipped this weekend so I enlisted the company of Knot'Yo, who would have been whipped as well had I'll Cut You not been busy. Together with my Dad and a family friend, we headed out at 7 in the morning.

We got to Dunnville at 845. The Grand was windy and choppy, but nothing Smoke on the Water could not handle. Fishmasters was open, so in we went to pay for the launch and buy some famous cutbait.

So, worms, cutbait and some emergency stinky chicken livers, we made off. Our plan was to hit a spot and if we didn't catch anything in 15 minutes, move on. At our second spot, we get our first cat. It was 7 lbs and my first channel cat later (Pictures to be added later). 15 minutes later, we moved on. Little did we know that we were leaving the day's hotspot.

For the rest of the day, we had no luck as the winds picked up and the cats stopped biting. At 4pm we trailered the boat and took off. On a side note, trailering up the steep ramp at Fishmasters proved to be too difficult for Serena (more horses means nothing if you have front wheel drive up a steep ramp), but was not an issue for David as the 4 wheel drive proved to be what was needed for a ramp such as this. Anyhow, going inside to use the bathroom, the guy at the counter told me that the hotspot was precisely where I had caught my fish. I guess we should have stayed.

Seeing as how we have had little true luck at Dunnville, and how the fishing style has proven to be a tad slow for myself, I do not foresee myself returning too frequently. That is unless the bite picks up the next time we are there. I hope it does.

Anyhow, til next time...

PITB