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DIG DEEP IN THE HEAT

We are back from another exciting year at Tedford's on Lake Gananoque. Thanks to Terry's Lava Cake Desert, we caught plenty of fish. Interesting observation about this year's climate. The back bay area which runs between 5 and 19 feet usually produces a lot of pike on our trip in the plus 28" range. This year, we caught some of the smallest pike I have ever seen in the area. We moved to deeper water and were still catching small pike. The largest pike caught was exactly 28" across from the lodges. We were also catching and realeasing a lot of out of season large mouth bass in the 3+ pound range. Smallies were being caught in 20 feet of water. The high temperatures (71 degrees Farenheit surface water) caused a lot of early spawning and the bass are venturing out while the pike have taken to the depths. Run your inline spinners, rattling clacking traps, and wild eye swim baits deep. There was a lot of action regardless of the species. I went 7 for 10 (fish per casts) on one drift past the crank. Thank you again to all our friends and family that join us every year and thank you to the crew at Tedford's for the hospitality.