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First off, i'd like to thank Niagara Nick for an amazing day out on the water.....Nick, what a great day we all had, Thank you so much for bringing TroutSlayer, my father and myself out for the morning..... my dad caught his first ever salmon and we all will cherish this day with memories that will last a long time. Thanks

My dad and i picked up TroutSlayer and headed off to meet Nick in the Niagara region. After quick intros at Timmies, we launched the boat and were on the water about 6:30 a.m.

The first fish was on at approx. 7:30, and troutslayer grabbed the rigger and immediately passed the rod to my dad, Bill. ( Thanks TroutSlayer, you're a true sport fisherman )

My father has never fished the great lakes and probably hasn't fished seriously in about 35 years. (The biggest fish he's caught has been on the average of 5 1/2 # smallies in the mid sixties when we lived in New England)So for him to lock into a nice strong chinook was exilerating to say the least



Well, i'll tell you, to see my dad haul this beauty in was a definate highlight of what was to come

Next it was my turn, so i broiught in this little coho.....man, these little guys can sure fight, and this one gave me a few aerials



Next up was TroutSlayer....now being the modest person that he is, he prefered to release his fish with out a posed pic, but as you can tell by Him and Nick taking the hook out, it was a respectable fish by all means of the term.



Here we come to the host of the day, Niagara Nick.......

Awwww, shucks guys ......thanks he says.....

then he proceeded to bring in this beauty


Now we start round 2 (DING )

My dad once again, proving he's still got the touch after a few decades



WELL. not to be out done by me own fadder. i hooked into a real fighter, this baby took about 10 minutes to bring in.......she jumped clear of the water with somersaults about 80 yards out, must've seen me gritting my teeth, 'cause it wanted to head for the St Lawerence real fast !!!!!!



TroutSlayer And Niagara Nick were real gentlemen today, letting me and my dad hook up with 2 fish each, all totalled, we latched on to 7 and landed 6..not bad odds for an amazing day

Nice fish man. Looks like a great day on the water.

A very big thanks goes out to Niagara Nick, for his guiding, his boat a tackle and his personality which were all shared 100% with us.

Mepps it was a great day and I'm glad I was there to watch your dad "Wild Bill" do battle with the mighty Salmon of Lake Ontario.

I hope we get to do it again with 30 pounders in the fall!

Here's another shot I took while out there. it's called "You do your thing and I'll do mine"

Most excellent! I love the shot of your dad reeling in the fish.

I wish I had known you fellas were out there today, we could have shared notes on the radio....plus it would have been nice just to say hi!

Glad you had a good time down our neck of the woods!

Markus wrote:Most excellent! I love the shot of your dad reeling in the fish.

I wish I had known you fellas were out there today, we could have shared notes on the radio....plus it would have been nice just to say hi!

Glad you had a good time down our neck of the woods!

Yea, that's a great pic TroutSlayer....a real beauty


Markus...actually, we were out on saturday, but i didn't get to posting the thread until today ( sunday)
And thanks, yea, it was a ver ycool day we had, thanks

Absolutely a great report Mepps

Now that's what it's all about for sure Great outing

That was a great day Mepps ,,, you guys are welcome in my boat any time .

It sure was nice seeing your dad catch his first and biggest salmon ,,,( we need to get him out in the fall , that salmon was small )

And a thanks to TroutSlayer for modifiying my Cardinal C4 reel. With a few new parts ,no more hookset slap . It's got antireverse now .

It was a great day , and looking forward to the next trip .

troutslayer...

is that the highest res you have that shot in? i would love to hang it... nicely done.

jazman wrote:troutslayer...

is that the highest res you have that shot in? i would love to hang it... nicely done.

Thanks jazman, here is a link to a larger version, help yourself pal.

http://www.cimcom.ca/print.jpg

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chrome shots, and a report that has me just lost for words!!!!!!


What a great time bro's!!!!!!!

Man just aswome!!!!!!

F.F

Well thanks everyone, it was an amazingly great day Here's another pic...my dad weaving a tale for TroutSlayer

Here's the smile of a happy camper!

Mepps.

TS.

Man, I wish I had your day today. Fantastic. Again, love the pics.

great post and excellent pics...

The weather held out for the most part. At one point, it was so calm these two sail boats had thier spinnakers out trying to hold on to what little wind there was...