Feb 3rd - Hay Bay Report

Post by **Superdad** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:44 am

Laker John and I decided to brave the cold NE wind and give Hay Bay a try for some eyes. We met a Hay Bay veteran at the launch ramp who told us that the walleyes weren't in Hay Bay but they were at Huffs'... He had moved his shack up there instead of fishing for perch which he said were bigger than the walleyes in Hay Bay.

We had been advised of the situation.... We headed out and walked quite a distance towards the south shore looking for an upslope, but we didn't walk quite far enough and ended up in 25' to 30' of water.

We fished from 1230 ti 1700 and we each got four perch and Laker John landed one small walleye. We were using the Rapala jigging lure and it worked well for perch.

We had a long walk back to the launch ramp and on the way past a couple of fishers, we ran into Quinte Prince who was out trying his luck. He had a strike and missed, but the other fisher about 30 yds away had landed a nice walleye.

Back at the launch ramp, we chatted with QP and headed back to Kingston. One thing we learned was that we don't think we'll walk as far the next time... Tough walking, although sticking to snow machine tracks we were able not to overturn the sled with the fishing stuff.

It's gonna rain on Saturday, the fish will be biting for sure

Stay Tuned.

David aka Superdad

Post by **OVFisherman** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:25 am

Nice report Superdad,

Can't wait until my next BOQ trip. With the warm weather expected this weekend I may have to venture on down, I'll just have to remember my raincoat.

Good Fishing To All

OVFisherman

Post by **Tip-up** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:59 pm

Thanks for the report Superdad. The snowmobile tracks have been a saviour for many of us on foot walking a fair distance. Have already been to a few back lakes this year and have been turned away from loads of knee high snow on the trail which has it's adv/disadvantages I guess...Lately I have been hoping for a broken or beaten path to get my fishing spots but alternate GPS routes have been really helping out too. Wish I had not sold mine earlier this year as I was hoping to upgrade before winter and didn't

No worries next year as I will have my own machine to boot around on and GPS.

I love those jiggin Rapalas for walleyes.

Sure is going to be a gorgeous weekend....

Keep us posted!

Post by **SALMON** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:53 am

Tough walk but no skunk..thats always good.

Post by **bradford2** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:13 pm

Do you think the big walleye from the lake go into Hay Bay? I was talking to a buddy about this...... and wasn't sure. Is there a river or something in there they would go into to spawn in the spring?

I believe the bay to hold lots of resident eyes...... but not sure about the migrators from Lake O?

Either way, at least ya got out, and that is always a good thing!

Post by **eye-tracker** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:07 pm

bradford2 wrote:Do you think the big walleye from the lake go into Hay Bay? I was talking to a buddy about this...... and wasn't sure. Is there a river or something in there they would go into to spawn in the spring?

I believe the bay to hold lots of resident eyes...... but not sure about the migrators from Lake O?

Either way, at least ya got out, and that is always a good thing!

Walleye coming in from Lake Ontario at one time where juvenile resident eyes. They may spawn in numerous places like bays, rocky windswept shore lines, rock shoals and rivers.

-sheldon

Post by **nighttroller** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:32 pm

The winning fish in the spring derby came from Hay Bay a few years ago so I guess a few of the big girls find there way in there too.

Post by **bradford2** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:50 pm

I see I see..... thanks for the info guys, makes sense!

Post by **DropShotr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:09 am

Thanks for the reoprt.

Hopefully you'll be on them the next outing.

I haven't been on the ice @ Quinte for a considerable time. Did not have the best of experiences my last outing there. Fishing was good, but the ice was frightning. Some places it seemd you didn't need an auger, just stomp a hole open.

DropShot'r