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Got out with with DpBond on Simco yesterday, we had a really nice time, fishing was a little slow but we managed 25 decent perch, 1 herring and a smelt that hit a Swedish pimple 😂. Going to wait out this cold front before planning on more trips I usually find the best catching is as things start to warm up but it sure was nice to get out.

Hi all, had a bit more time today and my neighbour and me took the longer trek down the lake to a good crappie hole. Fishing was decent and we got a couple of nice walleye too.

The worst is when you’re by yourself and you only run one rod. It’s hard to know if you have a good lure on.

Well done Cliff. A feed of perch so I'm very jealous. Hit Chemong yesterday for my first ice trip as well. Lots of small Kawartha perch but never managed any gills or crappie which is what I was after. Still a nice day to get out. Surprised you had that much ice on Simcoe. Our area on Chemong only had between 5 -8 inches and we moved around a lot because fishing was slow.

Nothing fancy, but some serious comfort food: ham and scalloped potatoes with a goodly amount of old cheddar. Just to emphasize how much I like this stuff, I could have eaten fresh crappies tonight but went with the ham dish instead. 😁 Doug

Back from Cancun , and thanks for all the tips ! Took the advice and hooked up with Fin chasers for a day charter , great experience. It was tough fishing , crazy North winds and a giant rainstorm throughout the night . Guide worked his ass off ,we had some great chances and even landed a few . We were running all day looking for the fish Resort pick up was a breeze, lunch and all drinks supplied . Equipment was provided, when we do it again though we’ll bring our own. Fly rods and spinning gear were decent . Snaking our way through the narrow channels was crazy !! Even in the difficult conditions they found us fish !! Resort fishing …. used shimano med/heavy travel rods , 3000 spinning reels . We fished a rocky point and the beaches (morning ,evening ) when nobody was swimming. Zero issues from anyone ! Locals even fished the point . There is a national reef on tne otherside of the point that you cant fish so you gotta be mindful , we did see uniforms out there checking . Had tons of hits and follows and fish . Large jerk baits , senkos , were good . Small spoons caught a variety of fish from the beach . By far best choice is bait , second last day got a chef to hook us up with raw shrimp, we used that to catch small bait size fish (runners/snapper) then used chunks of them to hook larger fish. We had 3 huge somethings on lol , definitely should of done this on day one . Now time to pull out the Ice gear out !!!! (size reference, my 15 year old is 6’1)

The crash can happen really suddenly too.

Yeah, that area is pretty good as well.. all my spots around the Hamilton area have been fished out or the population has crashed.

There are a number of lakes in south-eastern Ontario where Crappie are quite prolific..

Now that's a meal, you made the right choice Doug.

Well, we went out with Tim Hales, I am guessing about 3 miles, there's lots of commercial huts out there and several private ones. We were in 26-28' of water. The ice was in the 8-10" range. Travel was good, light snow cover with patches of bare ice. No problem for ATV or sled. DISCLAIMER: I am not saying the ice is safe! We traveled a well marked route out and back. We didn't see any schools of herring but we didn't have a fish finder or camera, the one I did get was down near bottom while jigging for perch.

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unfortunately a bygone era. Every "fishing influencer's" has there own channel and followers. People are not tuning in to watch someone fish on TV. No viewers, No shows, No $$