Evening salmon fishing along Scarborough waterfront

 The fading sunset colours and the increased leaping salmon was a wonderful setting for an evening fish along the Scarborough Bluffs waterfront.
I was casting and quickly retreIving a glowing spoon lure all around my area.
A jumping salmon could be seen SPLASHING every five minutes!
 I had a salmon suddenly grab my spoon and with a super heavy leap snap off the lure. It had enough force to open the metal snap! I re-tied a new snap swivel and added a new glow in the dark spoon.
About an hour later around 8 pm another salmon hit my spoon.
Peter scooped up the fish in a ladnding net and Chris held a flashlight high .
AFTER A GREAT 5 MINUTE FIGHT IT WAS LANDED!


The fish was bronze in colour and measured 32 inches. I guess around 10 pounds.

The glow in the dark spoon.

Reflection harbour lights.

Beautiful salmon landed

 

quick removal of salmon eggs with a sharp fillet knife.



Opening is just large enough to place a hand inside and remove eggs.

First of two sections of eggs removed.

Second section of eggs removed



Mink chasing around the fish laying on the grass hoping for a tasty snack. 

Measuring a big male salmon caught and released by PETER CHANDLER
Almost 42 inches!

Look at the teeth! A RapalA  JOINTED MINNOW CARANKBAIT J18  hooked this bad boy a
long the Scarborough water front.

Peter's super big fish before release back inro the lake.
He estimated that this chinook in it's prime in the summer would have weighed 35 plus pounds, or 12 kilos!

Adventure to Lake of the Woods

Kenora , bus depot waiting for the adventure to begin!
27 hours, 1855 kms each way!

Brent Kruger with an amazing jewel like walleye from Lake of the Woods

Background Steve B.  foreground Brent K, (FISHING MAGICIAN) posing with a walleye fresh caught from secrat walleye hot spot

Steve B. Bass fishing fanatic and the partner of the "Skid Stik" Lure company. He caught this bass on a SKID STIK!

I caught and released this wonderful Northern Pike on a 8 in/ 20 cm long white "skid stik".
 What a fight!
Almost 20 pounds and 42 inches on length

Brent K. posing with the acrylic painting :Surface Muskie Magic"

Curious multi coloured rocky shore of Lake of the Woods.

Walleye fish in the process of being filleted by Brent K.

Brent K. holding Landing Net with the Big Northern Pike!
The hooks fell out of the fishes mouth immediately after it was in the net!

Acrylic on canvas painting of scenery during a rain shower. I like how the rain softens all the reflections.

Second printing of FISHES OF TORONTO Released!

Second printing of 20,000 copies of Fishes of Toronto now availabale for Free
from Toronto, Ontario libraries. Features over 20 of his fish paintings 5 of them full page full colour ! Artist, Charles Weiss will sign and send you a copy if you contact him.

Destination Gaspe Quebec

The Family Reunion for the Levesque  side of the Carleton Sur Mer was a journey  of 1400 kms. each way .

Diane and I drove from Ontario (Toronto)  to Carleton sur mer Quebec .

I dove under the water in the Atlantic Ocean at the Quebec, Gaspe.It was cool!

My finished acrylic painting of the morning  fog on the big hills behind Carleton sur mer.

Interesting photo of Night Campfire

Tent glowing with light as Diane reads a book inside.

Sunset of river  at Montmagne.

St. Lawrence River at seaside campground , Montmangne. Quebec.

Matapedia River along the way . ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING AREA!

Wood carved Chinook Salmon

This salmon is a life size representation of a 35.5 pound/ 13 kilo fish

41 inches / 101 cm  in length

Detail of the mouth area, jaws and teeth

Layers of pine boards are glued together and fins are added by drilling out sections to attach them.

Painted with acrylic and added plastic realistic "taxidermy"'quality eye .

Detail of scales and fins.

COMPLETED SIDE VIEW OF CHINOOK SALMON.

Wood Carved Muskie Outdoor Art

Coloured design of the proposed design, titled Sunset Lake reflection.
Inspired ny scenery on Lake of the Woods
in the summer.

hollow design a seen from above.

Sidewith clamps holding it while all the layers of glue and wood dry.

added all the fins and a metal "flange" to the bottom

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Finshed and now ready for painting

Surface Lure catches MUSKIE on Eagle Lake

My exciting action filled muskie scene titled; "MUSKIE SURFACE MAGIC".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCITING MOMENT AFTER THE LANDING OF THE FINE MUSKIE

Yellow Perch pattern Skid Stik/ 8 inches / 20 cm long.
 My favourite muskie spot on Vermilion Bay, Eagle Lake in the back ground.



The underwater world of a muskie on Eagle Lake NorthWestern Ontario near Vermilion Bay.

Wood carved replica of my muskie

Sunset light of my wood muskie I carved and painted.