2015 Steelhead Opener Was a Cold One..

I still have the chills from opening night.. Me and a couple of my buddies packed our bags and were down at the river for 6PM. Water was a lot better than I thought from the big rain we got last week, and I was super pumped about that! We got down there, set up our tents, filmed some clips, ate some soup and grilled some hotdogs over the fire! before we new it, it was dark, the temps went down to -2 and it was freeeeeeezin! So cold that the warmest spot to sleep was right beside the fire. I didn't even end up using my tent, as I literally slept in the dirt beside the fire we had going just like last years opener. Half way through the night the fire went out and I could barely sleep for the rest of the morning, But once the sun came up saturday morning, it was go time! Steelhead opener 2015 baby! It was awesome! We got a bunch of cool footage that I will be putting together for an edit shortly. Fishing was great, weather was great, and we all had an absolute blast! Can't wait to get back out tomorrow and all week long after school! I hope everyone had an awesome, memorable 2015 steelhead opener! - COOP ><>

Fishing with Cole and Dan!

My buddy Cole came down from Innisfill, Ontario for the night and we hit the rivers for first light! The morning bite was super slow, but once the sun came up, the water warmed up a few degrees and I hooked my first fish around 10. Hit another creek, got one more, and went back to where we originally started, and grinded out one more fish before I had to go home for easter dinner... Man I can't wait for opener.. Woooohoooo!

Coop! ><>

It Has Begun!

Well, It has Begun! My first Steelhead of the 2015 season and i'm pumped! Went down to the river right after school, The water was muddy, but noone was there and the bite was ON! Within the first couple of drifs I had already hooked up! Was non stop all night. I lost a bunch of fish, but ended up beaching 2 before I had to head home! Was throwing a Great Lakes Steelhead Co. Yellow bead under my float and this girl swallowed it! Love it!

Coop ><>

B.A.S.S Nation - Eastern Divisional - Highschool Championship

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE, By far one of the best experiences in my life. Me and my buddy Dan Qualified Last year on the Bay Of Quinte to make it to the states, in Wadington NY. Me, Dan and both of our parents went up for 7 days, Prefished 4 days with our awesome, helpful coach Tony Chmirri. Prefish was amazing.. Once we found a good pattern going, we kept duplicating what we found, and tried to mark as much water as we could for day one and two. Day one comes arround and got our fish before noon, Slowed down on the fishing and tried to find some more new water for day 2. Day one we weigh'd in 23.15Lbs to take the lead for day one at the Eastern Divisional Highschool Championship. Day 2, We struggled.. Had a few stupid mistakes, lost a couple of good fish, and only got a limit of 3 smallies, But they were the right ones. We weighed in 12 and change, which gave us a total weight of 36 pounds both days to take the win. Stay tuned for an Article on Bassmaster.com of our experience in Waddington NY.

A huge thanks to Laurie Charlebois, our youth director Doug Ferguson, our coach Tony Chimirri and everyone else who made this possible

COOP ><>

CBAF Highschool Championship

Such a fun day fishing the high school event on Scugog with Cole Vardy! We have been wanting to win this one since october, and we pulled it off and are going to the states in september! Ya baby! We weighed in 14.85 pounds to take the win

Rip jigging for walleye

What a day! I was fortunate enough to go out and have some fun, fishing with Dan Risorto "Gooch" for the day on Rice Lake. And we sure did have fun! The morning started off pretty slow, but the wind started to pick up and we started to hook some more fish. I was throwing hair jigs all day, and when the hair jig turned off. I started to throw a finesse minnow with a quarter ounce jig head. We caught some good fish, and had a ton of fun!

three more weeks till bass opener! WOHOOOO ><>

Gill Lice

Went out for a fish yesterday and had an awesome day bottom bouncing for more
Staging Steelhead off the shores of Lake Ontario! I came across something pretty gross and harmful to the fish, Called "Gill Lice". It is a trout specific parasite, and primarily the female lice that attaches to the gills and parasitizes the fishes blood stream. People say that it is often related to stressful conditions such as low water and warm water temps. The lice is usually only present on wild fish and not hatchery fish because in the hatchery there is more flowing water and it doesn't support the parasite's life cycle well. Pretty gross eh? I hope not to ever see this again as it is harmful to the fish. They don't get as much oxygen.

Coop ><>