Monthly Archives November 2012

All good things come to an end and it is almost time to put the boat away for the season. My first non tournament trip to Woodstock this year was with my friend Terry Curtis who made the trip down from Ontario to fish with me. My last trip for the season is also in Woodstock with my buddy Jason Gogan who drove up from Saint John to spend the day on the upper river trying for some cold water smallies.

It was cold enough that when we went to stow the extra gear the compartment lids were frozen shut. We decided that the best course of action was to idle to our first spot instead of starting the day with a bone chilling ride.

With water temperatures down to 48 degrees you wouldn’t think that a spinnerbait would be what started the day off but Jason was slow rolling a tandem willowleaf spinne...

We tried filming much later in the season this year and we were partly defeated by the weather. Show seven found me on the Saint John River just outside of Fredericton with my guest Darcy Simon. Darcy is a retired AHL hockey player and a very successful Fredericton real estate agent. As the day went on it was also apparent that he has an infinite amount of patience.
This was by far the toughest day I have had on the water in years and we tried to deal with high water, heavy current. cold temperature and 30k winds out of the Northwest. To say boat control was a challenge would be an understatement.
We only hooked six fish all day and only four of those made it to the boat. Three of the fish were caught in about 8 feet of water and one in twenty...