Bass, filleted
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/6 to 1/4 cup prepared (plain or fancy, i.e. Grey Poupon) mustard
1/4 cup apricot preserves or orange marmalade

Blend together last four ingredients and cover fish fillets with the marinade for 2 hours.
Make a fire on one side of a covered grill.
Place fish in a wire basket and grill (covered) on the side without the flame for about 7-10 minutes per side. Baste with remaining marinade while grilling. Finish briefly on the flame side but be careful that the marinade does not blacken.

Whats your favourite ‘catch of the day’ fresh fish recipe?

Happy fishing in the kawarthas!

Also called black bass, the smallmouth averages from 2 to 3 pounds. It prefers rocky lakes and rivers.
The smallmouth feed most actively when the temperature of the water is 65° to 70°F. They will be in the shallows at this temperature in the spring and will move progressively to deeper water in search of a preferred temperature.

Upper jaw does not extend beyond back of eye. Vertical dark bars on side. Average size found in the Kawarthas is 11 inches or 1 pound. Common baits used are frogs, crayfish, leeches, minnows, surface lures and flies.

A fighting fish to complement any fishing expedition, even for many who prefer the firm base of still fishing instead of a rock boat!. This catch of the day is submitted by Coffee Time Pro Team Stev & Eric.

Where’s your catch?

Today’s lures are insanely priced. 5 bucks for a slab of metal, 20 bucks for a plastic lure from Japan, 8 bucks for 10 plastic looking logs, 15 bucks for plastic sticks that are soaked in “real fish enzymes”. When does it end?

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The Kawartha Lakes - Pigeon, Scugog, Rice, Buckhorn, Sturgeon and Balsam get their fare share of Bass angler traffic and still cough up a big supply of Largemouth and Smallmouth.

Bass fishing in Ontario waters could take you a hundred years and you still will not be able to fish half of the lakes the province of Ontario provides. Largemouth and Smallmouth are here in abundance and untouched like Ontario’s wilderness.

When fishing for Bass in Ontario the Kawarthas is easily a Bass angler’s paradise!

So what’s stoppng you. Arrive in the Kawarthas and start fishing for Kawartha Lakes Bass.