I love watching underwater videos of fish doing their daily thing. I fish for smallmouth bass, a variety of trout and Chain pickerel and would love to see some quality video to see how they sit in wait and how well they are hidden in various types of cover and structure.

Here is an underwater video from Underwater-Ireland.com Youtube channel. I imagine pike live and hunt pretty much the same way chain pickerel do.

Some of the water I fish for chain pickerel in is very merky water and I’m not sure how far I’d be able to see underwater.

I was thinking about putting my rather inexpensive camera in a clear plastic bag and trying to get some video over the side of the boat. Maybe I’ll give it a try the next time I’m out on the water.

Enjoy the video.

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I try to get out for a little fishing on opening day when it doesn’t mess with our anniversary which falls on April 17. Not sure why I agreed on that date but there are a lot of things I wonder about in marriage.

I learned that it’s better to NOT mention opening day of fishing season on the years our anniversary falls on a weekend.I learn, just slowly.

I was invited on a fishing trip open day, about 20 years ago. Asked Jenny if it would be alright. She even said yes, I just hadn’t learned that sometimes yes means no.

Most of you know I still haven’t been forgiven for making a stupid choice like that.

Anniversary Dinner

We have a favourite little restaurant we like to go to on special occasions. It’s just off Mountain Road, in Moncton, New Brunswick, at Killiam Drive. It’s an east Indian restaurant and the food reminds me so much of the cooking I used to get when I lived in Ontario.

This little restaurant is just a 10 minute walk from our house so it’s just enough to get our appetites active and to help digestion started on the walk home. The weather even cooperated.

Can I Get My Fishing License Too?

I am a little gun shy about talking fishing on our anniversary but I usually get my fishing license at Chubbies, which is just a 5 minute walk past the restaurant. So I asked if we could go there and get my license. I had to sign a document with my blood, stating I would not go fishing that weekend. Then Jenny even paid for my license.

So now we have been married 29 years. How time flies when you’re having fun, eh?

Off On Our Honeymoon

We had a great day for an April wedding. No rain, no snow, warm temps and even some sun when it was picture taking time.

So all the wedding stuff done, we were off to Fredericton New Brunswick for our wedding night and then off to Ontario, Niagara Falls and then to visit relatives that live in Ontario.

That year the water was so high they were talking about shutting down the highway that follows the Saint John River to Fredericton.

There were moose and deer all along that section of the highway along with police and rangers who were trying to get people to leave the moose along as they were plenty stressed already.

Well we made it through that section and I then tried to speed up to make up some time and as always when I try to speed I get stopped. This time instead of a ticket I was given a warning and he then wished us a happy safe wedding and we were on our way again, at the speed limit.

In Conlusion

Next year, 2012 is our 30th anniversary so I was thinking that maybe we could take a fishing trip somewhere nice. I haven’t got up the nerve to mention that one yet.

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Holy crap, I would like to congratulate Casey on his first ever Muskie.

I asked Casey to tell me about it.

It was Sun 18 Oct and the last muskie outing for the St. John River chapter in Fredericton called the “Ironman”.

It was a frosty morning around 2 C. We arrived just as most boats were departing the launch area at 8 am and were advised to pay our fees at lunchtime which was a mandatory break for all participants. We donned a couple of more layers of clothes and gloves and headed out.

We began trolling right away as it is the preferred method when the water is cold. I put on a 10″ Jake and my partner used a 10″ Believer.

We trolled for about an hour and had caught many loads of weeds but no hits. I hate catching weeds so I put on a 6″jointed perch lure, which is probably the cheapest one in my box.

At about 09:30 I had a strong hit in about 10′ of water, it turned out to be a 16′ bass but got the adrenalin flowing. Ten minutes later I got a real tug on the line. I set the hook twice and could feel the fish fighting. I knew it wasnt a bass.

My 8′ Okuma rod was bent big time when we finally saw the fish. It was a muskie and looked half as long as the boat.

My partner did an excellent net job and we had it. That’s when the shaking started. I couldnt believe the size of this fish, the biggest I have ever caught.

After about 5 min my partner removed the lure and lifted the fish from the net. We were both pretty nervous about handling this monster as it had a huge head and large teeth.

I was still trembling like a leaf but got a good grip for a few pics.

It took about 15 mins in the water before the muskie headed for the deep water on his own.

What a rush!!!

15 muskies were caught at this tournament and all were safely released.

The largest was 48″ x 23″

I was in 4th place and the prizes only went to 3rd.

Maybe next year.