Yesterday with Dad Smallie fishing in Bruce County

Throwing a bunch of different things from Tubes, Drop Shots, Spinnerbaits, Crankbaits & Jerkbaits, the #Ardent equipment worked great again, 4 hours & Dad finally got one on & had it right to the side of the boat & gone. Crankbaits seem to be working better than the rest & lost a X-Rap on a hook set thinking a Pike bit me off but when I got the line in the snap was still attached & closed but the lure was gone, very weird , I actually already caught a Bass on the lure too. Could have used a couple of these yesterday with the biggest being just over 19".

Golden Horseshoe Bass Anglers Long Point Tourney results

Derrick & I came in 7th out of 19 boats, the smallies were hitting with lots of 2 lbers in the boat just hard to find the bigger ones, I got the 1st 7 or 8 than Derrick caught the 2 bigger ones with all coming on Spinnerbaits, we headed back into the Marina were got a Bowfin & than ran into the Bay looking for a couple of Largemouth kickers but that didn't work, great day of fishing even with the wind blowing as hard as it was. #Ardent equipment worked great with the #Gliss line. DB Spinnerbait rod cast a mile with the Elite on it very pleased.

7'5" Med Heavy Casting Rod - Denny Brauer – Flip and Pitch, Apex Magnum Model 6.5:1 

7'10" Heavy Casting Rod- Denny Brauer Umbrella Rig, Apex Grand Model 7.3:1, 

7-'2" Med Heavy Casting Rod - Denny Brauer Spinnerbait, Apex Elite - 5.3:1 Model 5.3:1

7'2" Med Heavy Spinning Rod - 1 piece EDGE ROD Fast Tip, C-Force Spinning Reel - 2000

7'0" Medium Spinning Rod- Denny Brauer Spinning, C-Force Spinning Reel - 2000

Gliss - 18 lb Green 1500 yards Spinning Reels with Flouro Leaders Gliss - 40 lb Green 1500 yards Some Casting Reels

1. Rick- Rob 16.52
2. Gary S- Nick V 16.42 
3. Gary K- Joanna 16.40
4. Bob B- Daniel C 15.82
5. Mike B- Dillon B 15.32
6. Randy B- Mike M 14.98
7. Derrick L- Richard E 13.68
8. Steve M- Kurt 13.64
9. Gord- Ian B 13.42
10. Steve C- Trevor 13.16
11. Bill S- Rob C 12.36
12. Mike C 11.80
13. Al C- Merv 11.78
14. Wayne G- Jesse 11.56
15. Rick T- Travis 11.32
16. Rob S- Nick Y 11.28
17. Kyle L- Kevin E 10.84
18. Rich W- Derek M 10.12
19. Mitch- Steve S 9.08

Bass opener was ok here are a few Pictures

I was thinking of fishing for Smallies but had a GHBA CBAF Tournament on Long Point the next day so I switched things up & fished for Largies instead & than Sunday we ended up fishing for Smallies most of the day any way lol, the new #Ardent equipment worked great & so did the #Gliss Line, 

7-'L53" Med Heavy Action Casting Rod - Denny Brauer – Flip and Pitch

7-L'130" Heavy Action Casting Rod- Denny Brauer Umbrella Rig X2

7-'L23" Med Heavy Action Casting Rod - Denny Brauer Spinnerbait

7'2" Med Heavy Action Spinning Rod - 1 piece EDGE ROD Fast Tip

L73'0" Medium Action Spinning Rod- Denny Brauer Spinning

	Apex Magnum Model 6.5:1 Right Hand
	Apex Elite - 5.3:1 Model 5.3:1 Right Hand
	Apex Elite 6.5:1  Model 6.5:1 Right Hand
	Apex Pro  Model 7.3:1 Right Hand
	Apex Grand Model 7.3:1 Right Hand
	Apex Grand Model 7.3:1 Left Hand
	C-Force Spinning Reel - 2000  X2
	Bolt Spinning 2000  X2 Gliss - Color 18 lb Green 1500 yards Spinning Reels with Flouro Leaders  Gliss - Color/ Length 40 lb Green 1500 yards Some Casting Reels  Some of the Reels are on my St Croix Rods but will be ordering more Ardent Rods & Left hand Casting Reels

Silver Lake Gay Lea Kids Day/Weekend Jun 10,11,12/16

We had 4 trailers set up Friday night & 8 adults & 4 youth stayed until Sunday & 50 People were around on Saturday for our Kids fun Derby & BBQ. Lots of tackle was bought to be used so everybody could catch fish, after fishing 1 Ardent Rod & Reel Combo was given to each Family that came out & the kids to pick out 3 packs of baits to take home, this is the 3rd year I organized the Fishing & a few others organized the BBQ, we had a hot day & no rain throughout the day, we rented their Canoes, Kayaks, Paddle Boats, & Motor boats & anybody could use them throughout the day plus I took my 2 boats & 2 others brought theirs so we could take people out for a fish or boat ride, I had 15 people out for an hour or so & everybody caught something but it was a little tough with all the weather changes we had leading up to the weekend, Crappie came out to play about 8pm & we caught quite a few on Friday & Saturday nights & they disappeared through the day. A little bit of fishing & a little bit of boat driving.  #GayLeaFoods, #Ardent

Friday Night Pre Fishing for the Gay Lea Kids Day

Crappie moved deep with all this weather changing they were in 20' to 26' of water & near the bottom.

3rd Gay Lea Foods Kids Day the Weather man was wrong & I was right, beautiful day

We started out with Rock Bass, Perch, Sunfish & ended up with Crappie not too bad of a day & I had about 15 different kids & adults out for about an hour of fishing, lots of baits were used & lots of different kids of equipment but everybody that tried out the ARDENT Rods & Reels loved them & they performed great. Marley jumped right in to help take off the fish she could.

After a great BBQ that I had nothing to do with except eating my share it was back out on the water until about 9:30pm & than I had to clean the 14 Crappie we decided to keep so the campers could have them for breakfast. Ryan & I hammered the Rock Bass & caught a few Sunfish.

8 of the 14 Crappie we kept.

Home just after midnight & it Sounds like next years a go too. 

Back at it again in the morning likely try for some pike too.

The Day before Gay Lea Kids Day

Everybody was catching fish & we found the Crappie right where everybody says they never fish for them there lol. Little jigs & drop shot & creatures/swimbaits were what put them in the boat.

A few of these.

Lots of These.

& finally lots of these.