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Bass are a very prolific fish, I've been fishing them for 60+ years in Bruce/Grey county, Saugeen river watershed and many tributaries. Catch and release, very few people keep and eat these fish. As a former Wilderness Hunting/Fishing lodge owner in Western Quebec for 20+ years I've seen nothing but a healthy, increasing population of smallmouth bass. As for the comments made trying to link this to Cod in the north Atlantic, Moose in Northern Ontario, Deer in southern Ontario, that is just nonsense, "apples and oranges".....Come to Grey/Bruce and talk to me and lots of locals with thousands of dollars damage to our vehicles due to the "bambi" population! As mentioned I'm 60+ years in this area, the "good old days" are now! Never so many deer, or bass for that matter in my lifetime.......just sayin eh!

And we have technology today that not only shows us detailed pictures of everything underwater, we also have technology that will drive us to our spot and put us within 10ft of it every time. And it will hold us there as well. HH

We would launch the canoes and Kayaks in Wingham and camp at the Legion in Wingham.

Hi Boyz, we're up on the West Arm of Nippising for our annual trip We're 2 miles in off the hwy and there's always plenty of critters and always good to see them. Sunday we had 2 moose on the road right in front of us and then this morning while on my daily 4 mile walk I came on this big girl just off the road. She wasn't the least bit concerned with me being there and just went on with eating her breakfast. Thought you might enjoy the pictures.

Headhunter....with all due respect, after fishing my preferred waters for 60+ I have no need for sonar or gps.....I experimented and put in many hours of my youth, and mid life exploring these waters.....I learned and retained the knowkedge and I can go out today and be more successful than in the late 50's, I have all the electronics available in these times.....I use my sonar to search for structure and my gps to help me find "my way home " in unfamiliar waters. I've never seen anyone use electronics to make fish hit a bait?......just sayin

Took my neighbor fishing a couple weeks back and hes lived in Pointe Au Baril since the 50's when I describe the fish that i catch on a regular basis he is blown away. Truly the "good old days" are now. Regulations are tight, the lakes are the cleanest they've been in hundreds of years, there is no commercial fishing going on and the fish are plentiful and fat.

Inkman, welcome to OFC. Your real world experience and knowledge is very welcome here. I always say the good old days are today.

Hopefully you're fishing mooching setups all week for salmon Non of this levelwind garbage! lol!

Lew just smiles . Thats all it takes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?

I launch my fishing Kayak in Auburn below the south side of the bridge as well as the marina in Goderich.

great pics Lew!. Although in that last one, the ears pulled back.... I seen that look last time I had to review the honey-do list on a day with West winds.......

Ahh, here it is!

It's not the first time this has happened, and bass are somehow not extinct.