How much do you fish while on Kipawa waters?

[laketrouter]

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 .

[Fort Wisers]

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

[Captain Hali]

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.

[CaptainCrappie]

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.

[Balsams]

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...

[tbayboy]

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?

[SgtCrabby]

  DIEHARD/LINE SOAKER

[GregL]

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.

[Lizard King]

I think the Captain said it best with “you can sleep at home”.

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.

[Hodgey1]

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.