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Planning A Sunday on McLaren Bay
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:08 pm
by McQ
Planning a Sunday on McLaren Bay.
There are big shacks for rent including firewood.
Great crappie & perch fishing.
Incidental LB too and the odd Pike.
A Quebec conservation license is only $10
Come 1 - Come all
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:00 pm
by Scum Frog
i'm in...let me know what Sunday!
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:45 pm
by Pierre-Paul
wich time?? im planning to go .
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:24 pm
by McQ
I think the 22nd would be ideal, say 10:00 am - 3:00 pm but I'm open to suggestions. This weekend & next are out for me - have to go up to the Gouin Reservoir.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:41 am
by McQ
A good day and 2 fishermen can fill a 5 gal pail with crappie & perch.
Makes for a great fish fry.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:10 pm
by Big Bass 444
...I will be there on Tuesday all day....It as been verry slow for the past month @Mc laurin Bay...things are starting to change though. Last year all was good for December...this year I don't know what went wrong. I heard the same stories outside Mc Laurin Bay on the Ottawa River.
Since I will be free from the kids next week back to school (thank God!) I will put all efforts fishing...the right way on the right days!!!
I was there today talking to my intel and he said to me that things where starting to pick up at a few spots.(the same spots that where dead a few weeks a go and I mean dead!!!...I expect fishing @ Mc Laurin Bay to be @ its best 3-4 days before the full moon.....and I will be there!!!!
My intel will have a full report of pikes and LMB activities for me on Tuesday and I should hit hard all key points....I leave the perch and crappies out of the equation.
I will use what I call the ''bring in the box technics'' wich is a special way of setting up Windlass Tip'ups around a jigging rod.
I will report all about it next week with pics....
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:08 am
by Fishhawk
Big Bass 444 wrote:
I will report all about it next week with pics....
I look forward to it. Givver!
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:56 am
by Big Bass 444
....Biggest pike caught @Mc laurin since opening 2 weeks a go was 8 pounds...a few six pounders also.....there was one spot that did well last week over 7 pikes where caught by one fisherman in 1 day...
There was also a few reports of guys missing 10+ pounds at the hole
or having there line snaped by bigger ones!
Now we all know by now that 15+ pounders are swiming in there.
They have a deck of pictures at the main shack...if you guys ever go to Mc Laurin this winter ask to see those photos!!! LMB in the 4+ and pike
in the 15 pounds range are waiting for you @Mc laurin in winter time!!
Timing and the right spot is all you need to get a thrill in the chill @ mc Laurin Bay!
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:36 am
by Big Bass 444
... I would also like to mention that there is a limit on perchs on the Quebec side.......50 per day I think.....and Mc laurin bay is more a perch bay than a crappie bay.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:49 pm
by McQ
Perch limit - 50
Crappie limit - 30
You'll find the concentrations of crappie in different areas than perch, though at times working from the bottom up can produce both specie with the odd bass & pike too. I do my best to avoid the bass & pike because I have no intention of keeping them. Exposure to freezing elements can kill one of these beauties pretty quick.
Lived on Notre Dame St for 6 years - the bay was my backyard.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:18 pm
by McQ
I'm off to the Gouin Reservoir for a few days. Hopefully when I get back there will be a bit more interest in this planned day out.
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:50 pm
by Wallyboss
BB444 you're saying that they don't have pictures of all your +5lbers.