Thanks to Casey I was not only able to fish a number of new waters here in New Brunswick Canada in 2011 but I also got to fish later than I have ever fished here, in more than 30 years.

A Clear Bright But Chilly Morning on the Oromocto River New Brunswick

We saw a lot of fog on the water we passed on the way to Oromocto from Moncton and Hopewell Cape. The Saint John river was mostly hidden by the fog but the Oromocto didn’t have any fog, just a little mist about an inch or two above the water.

Blessed With A Great Day Weather Wise

We were fortunate to have a really nice day. It was a little nippy when we launched at 7am. I believe it was just 4 degrees but no wind, well until Casey opened up the motor and headed up river.

Sure glad I packed gloves, a toque and several layers of clothing with me so I was comfortable all day long. I was also glad I was sitting with my back to the bow of the boat when he took off as the breeze created was just a tad chilly on the face.

I think when Jamie and I were fish the Oromocto river on October 22 we took 3 roundabouts to get to the launch. Not sure how Casey got us to the same launch point with just one roundabout.

Okay Jamie what’s with the making us go around in circles so much.

The water was down even more than when Jamie and I were there last. and a few of the spots we were catching bass we actually dried up.

I Managed To Catch The First Pickerel

I have to say that I love it when I catch the first fish although it would be a nice gesture to let someone else get the first fish considering they had the boat and did all the driving. Thanks Casey.

I decided to start the day with a Red Devil as it had done me well on my last trip out. The last day out they were swallowing that thing, not just smacking at it.

Early on I turned a couple of what I thought were smallmouth bass but I’m never really sure until I see more of there body. They didn’t take, only looking I guess. Maybe I should have been retrieving a bit slower as the water temp was only 38C.

After a bit I caught the first pickerel of the day. This year the fishing was so hot and it was always a good feeling to get that first one so as not to be skunked, which we narrowly avoided with just 2 fish each for the entire day.

My first pickerel was about 20 inches but when Casey asked if I wanted a pictures I said no and released it, thinking we were going to get a whole lot more of them.

Casey wasn’t far behind. Soon after he landed his first pickerel of the day which was just a bit smaller than mine. How generous of him.

We didn’t have any further luck in the Oromocto but when we reached French lake we stopped in hooked our two biggest fish of the day. Mine was a 23 inch monster while Casey’s was just 22 inches, one inch shy of a monster.

All too soon it was time to go home so we headed back towards Oromocto and another year of fishing for myself has ended. I have lots of great memories and pictures to last the next six months while I get ready for next year. Thanks to both Casey and Jamie for getting me there.

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If you have been following this blog you might remember that the first three times Casey and I went smallmouth bass fishing in Lake Petit you know we had problems with strong winds the first three times out.

Well yesterday we went out with Casey’s new boat. He is already fixing it up so that everything is exactly where it should be so he can concentrate on fishing and not fiddling with the boat.

Of course due to the fact that Casey came and picked me up at my house and after all it’s his boat, so I let him catch the first few bass and even the biggest bass of the day. That’s just the kind of guy I am.

The wind has been so strong over the past week or so that even though the wind was almost gone the water was still pretty stirred up so my polarized sunglasses didn’t help me see more than a foot into the water.

Mother Nature Getting Artistic

The colours in the leaves of so many trees are just starting to change from green to oranges, yellows and reds. They get so vivid and beautiful that it can be hard to concentrate of fishing so I was fumbling around trying to keep my fishing rod in the water, keep it reeling and take a few pictures all at the same time.

It’s really cool how the trees change colours here and there while the rest of the tree stays green a while longer.

We fished the base of the tree but I think the bass were admiring it while we were there and just ignored us, so we had to move on.

Like I said Casey caught the most and the biggest bass while I just tried to keep one on my line long enough to get one in the boat. A few small ones stayed on the line. I think they just felt sorry for me.

I used Casey’s camera to take a couple of pictures and only managed to snap one with my camera but it still looks good.

Casey measured it at 16 inches but it fought like it was 20 inches.

I grabbed Casey’s net and tried my best to knock it off the hook but the hooks got caught up in the net and I accidently landed it for him. Maybe next time.

Seriously though it hit like a freight train as it bolted from the water and then it was doing everything in it’s power to keep from boarding the boat.

Now I am sure that I had a bigger fish but I don’t like to hurt them so I don’t use hooks, which means I don’t always see how big they are but I know they were bigger than Casey’s little 16 incher.

As the afternoon was drawing to a close and the sun was going down we headed up a little creek which Casey had never gone up before because it was so shallow.

Once we started into this little spot it immediately went from just over 2 feet deep to more than 8 feet deep and it went back quite a ways, all the way to Salisbury road.

Casey had a dinner engagement with his wife for about 6pm and the wind was starting to pick up again so we decided to call it a day and headed back out to the main river and home. But just before we were out the sun came out from the clouds and gave us the shot above. A great ending to another great day on the water.

Thanks again Casey.