Reel Knockoffs Guide Service

Due to a last-minute cancellation, I just had tomorrow morning become available. Send me a message if you’re interested.

We’ve been pretty quiet for the first half of August. Between some family vacation and a bunch of end of season baseball tournaments for my kids, I’ve been busy. The trips that we have gotten in this August have been productive for us but my clients seam to be hoarding the pictures lol. Top producers this month have been the Silver fox tackle green watermelon spoon, TNT Fishing Lures spoons in my custom colours, Great Lakes Spoons bloody nose, and some of the FishedIn CustomBaits rubber, tunable meat strips down deep. Got2Bite flys and tw***ie rigs have also been doing some damage for us. It’s looking like a busy end to August as the calendar is almost full. We still have another 2 full months of fishing so let’s get out there and make some memories!

Here’s a post for Monday and Tuesdays trips. Monday morning we went 5/8 with 3 small salmon and 2 lake trout. Tuesday evening we went 7/8 with 2 lake trout, 1 nice 15lb chinook, and the rest were small chinook. It’s been mostly a spoon bite for us. Silver fox tackle green watermelon has been top dog followed by Great Lakes Spoons bloody nose, and TNT Fishing Lures in my custom colours found at Natural Sports - The Fishing Store. All of the salmon have been in the top 60’ of the water column anywhere from 80-245fow. Down temps remain cooler than normal for this time of year. Every fish I’ve cleaned in the last 2 weeks has been stuffed with 4”-8” ailwife.

Fun Monday morning trip. We fished from 80-245fow and hit fish all the way out and back. The only consistent thing we found was fishing in the top 60’ and fishing with spoons. Couldn’t get flys, meat, or fake meat to go. Top spoon of the day was a Silver fox tackle green watermelon and a Great Lakes Spoons greasy chicken wing. We ended up landing 1 bow, 1 chinook, and 2 coho. Thanks for coming out guys!

Quick trip this morning. Started the morning off in steady 3 foot chop so I made the decision to head into the wind and hope the other shoreline helped block it a bit when we got close and that’s exactly what happened. Ended up 4/5 with 1 lake trout, 1 bow, 1 Atlantic, and 1 coho. Spoons did all the damage today. Great Lakes Spoons greasy chicken, Silver fox tackle green watermelon, and TNT Fishing Lures custom colours took our bites.

Fun evening with some clients from Ohio last night. Started off with a slight east breeze making 2-3 foot waves and then the wind flipping to the south creating a bit of a “washing machine” effect but we stuck it out and it payed off. Ended up 7/11 with 2 lake trout, 1 rainbow trout, and the rest small salmon. It’s was a spoon but last night with TNT Fishing Lures in my custom colours and a Silver fox tackle green watermelon taking almost all of the bites. Glad we moved the trip back an hour to end at 9pm because we took 6 bites in that last hour.

It’s official! Signed up for the 2026 Great Ontario Salmon Derby
What does that mean for you? At no extra cost to my guests, every time you fish with me, you have the chance at winning some cool prizes and/or cash. Anyone fishing between June 27 - August 22 is entered. Let’s gooooo!

What an awesome morning on the lake with my kids and my dad. Thanks to my wonderful wife for dropping the kids off at the crack of stupid this morning (I slept on the boat after my charter last night). My youngest had his first boat ride and caught his first salmon! We ended up going 11/11 with 1 coho, 1 bow, and 9 lake trout. Got2Bite flys, TNT Fishing Lures in my custom colours, and Silver fox tackle green watermelon were the winners today. Happy Father’s Day to all the awesome dads out there!

Fun Thursday on the boat! 4 hour morning charter with some guests from Kentucky. Fish kept us busy going 13/14 with 1 laker, 2 bows, 4 chinook, and the rest were small coho.
The evening was Jonny and Will who won his division in Fishing Friendzy Foundation. It was a very slow evening until the last 30 minutes. We ended up going 4/5 with 2 lake trout, a coho, and a 13.5lb chinook. Got2Bite fly took the biggest chinook of the day along with a few coho. TNT Fishing Lures in my custom colours, Silver fox tackle green frog and a prototype produced well too.

Congrats to one of my clients today on getting drafted by my hometown (and 2026 memorial cup champion) Kitchener Rangers. Going from the kid who needed the fighting belt, to the dude with the baby blue cowboy hat, to an OHL draft pick. Hope to see you between the pipes at the aud soon!