BabyHerc

Harsh, but necessary lol!

Sorry, no steelhead runs, but you can get carp, smallmouths and pike in the Speed River.

Whoa call the crazy house, this guys likes the new thundersticks over the old ones??!?! Just teasing. I know Bass Pro had them when I worked there last year. Don't know if they still stock them.

I've heard of smallies and pike in the summer months. Not sure what sections though. And ya I recognize that name, hillrat is not a newbie.

Owner circle hooks and Owner mosquito hooks with weedguard.

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The uni is the only knot I need. I can tie one in the dark on a warm July night when the bass are exploding on top but it's pitch black out and my buddy has a 5 pounder on and the clouds have moved over the full moon while fishing my favourite Eastern Ontario back lake.

Bass, pike, crappie and walleye should be available in that area from shore. Focus on water deeper than about 6 feet for quality fish (not always true, but a good guideline). As for equipment, your budget is the limit. Also look for crisp green weeds, or irregular rocky structure which could mean an underwater point, rocky shoreline with wind blowing in, steep drop offs, or anything that provides a transistion from bottom composition (i.e. a sandy bottom leading to a muck bottom where weeds are growing, with possibly some large rocks thrown in to create pockets in the weeds or rock piles on the sandy bottom. These areas attract all sorts of fish species.

Tie my own snells all the time. I scoff at any pre-tied rig.

Hey Limey, do you know the boundries in northern Ontario that allow fishing smallmouth during the prespawn?

The only reason they fish so much is because they have no wives. I'd be kissing fish too if I were that lonely.

A milk-run is a set of likely spots with great potential that have given up fish in the past. Have 5 or more of these spots within running distance, then hit each in succession with different presentations each time, and you have yourself a milk-run.

You can buy a little device that is a thermometer encased in a glass tube with a single inlet for water and a plunger for an outlet. You drop the device to the bottom, raise a few inches, shake it around to get the air out and let water in, and let it sit for about a minute. You then reel it up as quick as possible. Inside the glass case there are two measures: one for temperature and one for depth. You will know now the water tempt at the indicated depth.

When the wind is up and out of the west I like drifting sand flats, weed flats, points and channels. Weedless jigheads tipped with the bait du jour, spinner rigs, carolina rigs, drop shot rigs, I drift 'em all.

Looks like fun, that's quite the perch you got there.

It's all about the miniskirts! Wait there's fish at the Islands??

Bingo.

Oh yes you can... LOL

A 6'6" heavy rod for pitching around docks and for general casting duty, or a 7'6" for hardcore flipping in the thickest of cover. Use braid for better hooksets and to better feel. Work the brush guard on new jigs back and forth to weaken the pivot point and allow for easier hooksets. Pork trailers in fall, plastic trailers in summer. 1/4 oz jigs for under 5 feet and sparse weeds, up to 1 oz for the thickest of weeds.

A 7 foot ultralight rod with 4 lb test will cast that thing a mile.

Long Point Bay and Rondeau Bay on Lake Erie for bass and pike, the Grand, Thames, Speed and Eramosa rivers for bass and carp.

He didn't lose his box. Just wants to know go-to lures without actually asking. Everyone here could replace their box from memory if need be. 1/2 oz spinnerbaits and 6 inch plastic worms.

I've done it. Beware of fire ants. There are TONNES. And keep something close at hand... I've encountered some very shady individuals many times down there.

Good point, but a bad washer would give the reel no drag, would it not?

I disagree, water temps are low to mid 70s, which is not too hot just yet. Maybe 2 or 3 days of this weather and it's time to hit the beach sans fishing rod.