How much time do you spend fishing per day?
EXTREME ANGLER - 12+ hours per day. Head to camp early afternoon for 2-3 hours to clean fish, get more bait/drinks/snacks, eat a meal, etc.... Otherwise, lines in the water.
DIEHARD - 9-12 hours per day. Usually go 3-4 hrs each in morning, afternoon, and evening. Or split up between an AM and a PM adventure.
LINE SOAKER - 6-9 hours per day. Don’t stay out on the water as long as the diehard. Or maybe just relax around camp in the afternoon.
ENTHUSIAST - 3-6 hours per day. More than likely you head out for 2-3 hours both in AM and PM.
VACATIONER - Less than 3 hours per day. You fish while there, but you don’t go to Kipawa with the mindset of fishing is why you go.
Myself, most trips have run the gauntlet of the line soaker range. Though whenever the next trip happens to be, firmly believe I’ll at least hit low end of diehard phase for 1st few days.
You forgot one category:
CAMP OWNER - 1-2 times per year (if lucky). You never get on the water to fish anymore because you're too busy working on the camp
I'm definitely really close to extreme. Most days I'll be above the 12 hrs for sure.
Quote from: Fort Wisers on May 17, 2021, 03:59:12 PM
You forgot one category:
CAMP OWNER - 1-2 times per year (if lucky). You never get on the water to fish anymore because you're too busy working on the camp
Good point.
I just hastily typed up some thoughts that didn’t deal with conjecture over Quebec/Ontario and Canada/U.S. borders. :-X
Depends on the day. If its super nice and we have friends or family up, Ill sit on the dock and swim all day. If its nice but its jsut me, Ill probably fish for a couple hours in the morning and a couple at night.
if its raining? Better suit up, I'm heading out at 8am and Ill see you back at 5pm! My neighbour's Pro-V has got a great enclosure, good space for a cooler and a banging stereo. Great boat for being out all day.
I like that LK...that sounds like a great day.
I’ll do a few early mornings, like 5:30am or so...but typically 7:30 til 10:30. And some days (but not all) an afternoon troll for lakers. All days a shift at 5:30 til maybe 10pm. It’s all about comfort out there in the camp boats - fold up chair, satellite radio, cold drinks, snacks, and (only while fishing) smokes!! Rod holder for the troll. Wow, if I close my eyes I can picture being there.....
Quote from: Fort Wisers on May 17, 2021, 03:59:12 PM
You forgot one category:
CAMP OWNER - 1-2 times per year (if lucky). You never get on the water to fish anymore because you're too busy working on the camp
Lol, close enough many days I don't fish. Content to have a beer or three on shore. having said that when the mood strikes. Then it's like lanielkid. Out in the morning then again an after dinner troll. Mostly done working on my camp but there's always something to do.
Enthusiast/Vacationer. Just enjoy the solitude of TBL Outpost and the view. We get our limit, but don't spend a lot of time trying.
Diehard / Linesoaker
I'm a camp owner but fish as a vacationer ...less than 3 hours a day.
I'm usually busy on a camp project from 9am until 4ish. We have a few cold ones, discuss the next steps of the project and get ready to fish. The bite that I know of happens around 530-8 pm.
We always catch what we need (we're that good...Lol) head back to camp, prepare and eat super.
We finish the evening with a nice hot sauna and a Scotch around the fire.
Repeat the next day and so on.
Depends on the day really. Some days die hard, some line soaker. Definitely fish quite a bit while we're there. If we're on fish then it's easy to put time on the water. Some weeks that are a little tougher we definitely relax around camp more. We'll fish in the rain, but don't mess around on the really windy days. However you manage your time on kipawa it's always a good time. Hopefully not too many trips have to get cancelled this year 🤞
We tend to alternate between LINE SOAKER & ENTHUSIAST. Early in the week, mostly the line soaker, then towards the end of the week I have a harder time getting up at sunrise.
I enjoy my relaxing at camp as much as I do fishing the older I get, especial our fall trip. In September its full on Enthusiast, with maybe one predawn outing. Visiting with our group at camp and visiting with others is also on my favorite list! The entire experience is A+ and miss it terribly.
We are usually out around sunrise or close to it and stop around our dogs bladder LOL!
Back for a bite and relax for an hour then back out till dinner or dark depending on how we feel.
We definitely spend more time in the boat, with short 15-30min breaks on shore through out the day.
Before we had dogs it was a quick bathroom / lunch break, then out till dark but the older we get the lazier we are getting HAHA!
Quote from: GregL on May 19, 2021, 02:49:13 PM
We are usually out around sunrise or close to it and stop around our dogs bladder LOL!
Back for a bite and relax for an hour then back out till dinner or dark depending on how we feel.
We definitely spend more time in the boat, with short 15-30min breaks on shore through out the day.
Before we had dogs it was a quick bathroom / lunch break, then out till dark but the older we get the lazier we are getting HAHA!
It’s been a decade+ since did a trip like that. Rarely even pull a single all-dayer in a given year now.
If we do happen to make it out in the afternoon, it’s mostly scenic fishing. By that, I mean maybe puttering along shorelines. Lookin to see if landmarks we’ve seen for decades...such as certain dead trees on shore or up the hill....are still there or if time/weather finally brought them down.
Or maybe out off-shore trolling and lookin for random spots where it may come up to 15’-20’.
Sure, we’ll have lines in the water. Just not overly alert to them or workin our lures much at all. Kicked back and legs propped up, any hook-setting is all arms, no body involved lol!
More like chatting away while on a slow boat ride than worrying about catching fish.
Quote from: Lizard King on May 20, 2021, 06:25:11 PM
Quote from: GregL on May 19, 2021, 02:49:13 PM
We are usually out around sunrise or close to it and stop around our dogs bladder LOL!
Back for a bite and relax for an hour then back out till dinner or dark depending on how we feel.
We definitely spend more time in the boat, with short 15-30min breaks on shore through out the day.
Before we had dogs it was a quick bathroom / lunch break, then out till dark but the older we get the lazier we are getting HAHA!
It’s been a decade+ since did a trip like that. Rarely even pull a single all-dayer in a given year now.
If we do happen to make it out in the afternoon, it’s mostly scenic fishing. By that, I mean maybe puttering along shorelines. Lookin to see if landmarks we’ve seen for decades...such as certain dead trees on shore or up the hill....are still there or if time/weather finally brought them down.
Or maybe out off-shore trolling and lookin for random spots where it may come up to 15’-20’.
Sure, we’ll have lines in the water. Just not overly alert to them or workin our lures much at all. Kicked back and legs propped up, any hook-setting is all arms, no body involved lol!
More like chatting away while on a slow boat ride than worrying about catching fish.
LOL that's where I've been lately. But that's the best thing about fishing. It's whatever you want it to be. Smoking a cigar and cracking open an ale while trolling along the coast. Or working spots beating the lure or jigging a spot...
Our trip is as much a "vacation" as it is a fishing trip , we are sure to hit the water by the "crack of " noon each day the only rule in camp is the firsy one up puts the coffee perk on .
Quote from: laketrouter on May 21, 2021, 02:41:53 PM
Our trip is as much a "vacation" as it is a fishing trip , we are sure to hit the water by the "crack of " noon each day the only rule in camp is the firsy one up puts the coffee perk on .
This totally sounds like our trips (back in the day), we would occasional throw in an early morning troll for lake trout though
I agree with Puckster, fishing is what you make it, and that can change from day to day depending on who your with and the mood your in.
I'm the automatic getter upper...usually around 4:30 AM. whether there is an alarm clock or not. We eat a quicky breakfast and leave the dock around 5:30. I've been threatened a time or two...or three. Commander Bluegill told me ..... "Captain if you get me up tomorrow at 4:30 again I'll kill you!" So he turns off my alarm clock. The next morning I get him up. "It better not be 4:30" he growled back. I proudly say, " Oh don't worry, it's not. It's 4 o'clock!" If the Commander was a puppy dog, he would miss the paper a lot! We'll take some drinks and some snacks to tide us over and about 11:30 or so will call it a morning and head back for lunch. If lakers are not on the agenda some may take a nap or two, visit the neighbors, mess with tackle, bug Reggie, then we'll eat an earlier supper and head out about 5-6 PM and stay till dark. There's been a few times when fellow campers have been left to saw some logs, but my boat always goes. That is the rules! That's what we're there for... To fish and enjoy the lake. You can sleep at home but when that Kipawa clock starts to tick, it seems to speed up and, I know from experience, you don't get the time back.
C.C.
That’s an ambitious rule C. C...but I like it. I really enjoy when you’ve shared stories of your trips with the Comdr. It sounds like the 2 of you would had endless laughs wherever you went...I imagine he had a good sense of humour like you. And something tells me as much as he would have beefed about those early mornings, he wouldn’t have wanted anything but to be in that boat that left the dock. That grouchy attitude is all part of it...for him and you.
I’ve got this buddy Cheese (long story), I’ll wake him up at 6 bells and he stalls, and stalls...soon as I say I’m heading out, he pops up. Then we get out and enjoy the day together...rain, shine, wind, hungover, whatever. Coffee and Carol Anne’s never tastes better. That’s one of the things I love most about fishing - you have all the time in the world to spend putt’in around with a son or buddy to just catch up and be with them. I guess your stories over the years have made me appreciate it all the more. Thanks for that. Any other stories or mishaps or anything worth sharing is always appreciated. Here’s to your buddy the Comdr this morning...
Fun topic. Like many have said it depends on the weather a lot but unless its a wash out day (thunderstorms etc) I'll start around 7ish (depends on how much wine was consumed the night before) and go til noon ish. Then it relax time and maybe an afternoon trout trip or shorelines for bass and pike (maybe with the better half, maybe not - she never does the morning trip). If its really nice it might mean picking a cove to go for a swim and picnic instead. Evening fish is a must and is the one time both of us are certain to be out. Call that 3 or 4 hours, depends on how the fishing is, how the weather is and dinner plans. So 8-10 hours a day maybe?
DIEHARD/LINE SOAKER
Quote from: Lizard King on May 20, 2021, 06:25:11 PM
Quote from: GregL on May 19, 2021, 02:49:13 PM
We are usually out around sunrise or close to it and stop around our dogs bladder LOL!
Back for a bite and relax for an hour then back out till dinner or dark depending on how we feel.
We definitely spend more time in the boat, with short 15-30min breaks on shore through out the day.
Before we had dogs it was a quick bathroom / lunch break, then out till dark but the older we get the lazier we are getting HAHA!
It’s been a decade+ since did a trip like that. Rarely even pull a single all-dayer in a given year now.
If we do happen to make it out in the afternoon, it’s mostly scenic fishing. By that, I mean maybe puttering along shorelines. Lookin to see if landmarks we’ve seen for decades...such as certain dead trees on shore or up the hill....are still there or if time/weather finally brought them down.
Or maybe out off-shore trolling and lookin for random spots where it may come up to 15’-20’.
Sure, we’ll have lines in the water. Just not overly alert to them or workin our lures much at all. Kicked back and legs propped up, any hook-setting is all arms, no body involved lol!
More like chatting away while on a slow boat ride than worrying about catching fish.
I just can't help myself LOL! If we aren't heading down to the boat an 1/2 hour after waking up I get ansy LOL!.. I am very lucky to have a wife that likes to fish and spend time in the boat like me! She is a real trooper!
Both of us don't really enjoy being in the boat during the heat of the summer, now a days it seems the heat is so extreme. We tend to do our fishing early and late in the year.
I think we are going to try a Bimini top , so we can enjoy more time in the boat.
I think the Captain said it best with “you can sleep at homeâ€.
This may be your only week or two to get plenty of fishing in, so you do.
Also for some, may be the only week or two to see family/friends in your group or that you’ve met. So those people stay at camp a little more.
Works out either way.
Kipawa is not only a great place to fish, its also a great place to relax and enjoy the splendor of the Outback of Canada and nature. I have world class fishing within a 45 minute drive of my home, but none of it compares to being at Kipawa which is many hours away. I have never slept in once while at camp, but man have I put some hours in sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee in the morning starring out at the water.
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