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Canadian Tire in Barrie sells it. maybe the CTC down there ??

the tail says its a brown.

it looks similar to a male atlantic and that was my intial thought, but judging by the tail, definitely a brown

nicely done brotha

Great fish, probably in the 15-18 pound range, nice fish for Balsam

My little cousins first Simcoe experience My best day yet, 28 pounds of smallies G/f's first 6+ and first time fishing from canoe!! Cousin struggling with his first couple of big buckets, this got him into tournament fishing, now hes won 3 junior tournaments !!

nicely done fellas

nice smallies mark

A female may lay hundreds of thousands of eggs, but how many make it to fingerling size ?? These fish when stocked are between 8 and 10 inches, and 2000 of them will go a long way if done year after year. We're not stocking perch here. As far as the atlantics mentioned earlier, We wont know their success rate for another two years when we get the first returns. I did electrofishing in a few creeks in the east last month and one day we had almost 400 yearling atlantics in a 50 m sample site.

The prject has been ongoing, however, it was in the wrong hands and not being done properly. There are many new techniques being utilized this year for the stocking program, and a much higher survival rate in the hatchery due to this new protocol. Also, a new strain of muskie is being used this time. Most of the stock has come from Georgian Bay and Gloucester Pool, where pike and muskie have been known to coexist. Why there and not elsewhere? We're not too sure yet. Also, they will avoid stocking the north end of the lake so as not to interfere with the current population in Lake Couchiching. This year is a pioneer project, 70 muskies have been raised previously in a year, and that was the goal for this year. Well folks, we are over 2000 fish this year, which is a great success, we'll see where it goes from here.

nice steel... need a little bit more rain, then im out!!!

Dan C I completely disagree with your post. In these days stocking is 100% necessary to maintain fish populations. Without human interfiernce, majority of fish would have a self sustaining population, but now with so many anglers, stocking is necessary for many species. Bass require little stocking, but coldwater fish and other sensitive populations require it. Sandford Fleming College, where I attend as a third year fish and wildlife student, is also a huge part of this project as they are raising the muskie for the project, which I have been a part of. Opinions are just that, but I disagree with yours.

why wont this just disappear !?!?!?!

Congrats on the BPS Open Mark, when u joining the club ?? haha

That big chinnie was fun, but it was the only fish of the day ... I've had days with bigger fish, but these were my favourites from the year!!

Well folks, the season is not quite over, but school is getting busy and I only anticipate getting out a few more times. Every year I like to do a summary of my fishing season, I do it in hard copy and I have my summaries dating back ten years. Just thought that I might share with the rest of the gang. 2007 Best 3 Days ICE FISHING 3) JAN 28, 2007 LAKE NIPISSING It was the final day of our annual ice fishing trip to North Bay. We were in ice bungalows and we finally got a Vex unit. We noticed suspending fish and put a beating on the herring and perch. 2) Feb 23. 2007 LAKE NIPISSING I hate such a good time on my trip to Nipper with the guys, I had to bring my g/f back. We had a blast caught lots of fish, and she got her first ice fishing trip out of the way. 1) MARCH 3, 2007 Lake Simcoe My dad flew in from Saskatoon to fish with me for the weekend. It was cold, and we only caught about 20 perch, but it was awesome to be spending time with him again. BEST PANFISH DAY May 3, 2007 GEORGIAN BAY My buddy Jay and I headed up to G-Bay for the day in search of some spring time crappies ... Bait of the day was a 1.5 inch grub ... swimming it just below the surface. We caught over 100 crappie and had a decent feast with the family that evening. BEST BROOKIE FISHING This year I discovered brookie fishin' I must say I have fallen in love, what a blast I had this year doing it. 3) JUNE 9, 2007 This was the day I discovered brook trout. I read a few reports and wanted to try it out. I bought a topo map and looked for some good water, I thought I had found it. First drift, 10 inch brookie. Next drift, 8 inch brookie. 3 drifts later, another 10 inch brookie. I ended up with 20 fish, my biggest being a 16 incher 2) JUNE 11, 2007 I had to try it again, this time, I still caught 14 fish, kept 2 fish in the 13 inch range. Sorry guys. 1) SEPT 27, 2007 With a cold spell upon us, I hit a haliburton lake with some buddies in search of some brookies, and brookies we found, 3 days before close, they were putting some colour on. 3 BEST DAYS FOR PIKE 3) JUNE 3, 2007 Lake Couchiching My dad and I fished a CSFL Pikemania tournament and placed 5th with just over 15 pounds, sorry no pics 2) MAY 12, 2007 Noel and I got out to Cooch on opening day. We caught over 30 fish, no tanks but lots to keep us busy, all fish were released. 1) MAY 26, 2007 A few buddies and I got up to a Muskoka lake for some pike action, nothin but tanks today!! 3 BEST DAYS FOR RIVER RUN SALMONIDS 3) SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 EAST GTA TRIB My first day on the river this year, water was dirty but clearing up. Coho's were moving in big time, single eggs were on fire!! 2) SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 EAST GTA TRIB 3rd day straight on the river, water is clear, but coho's were still feeding big time, gotta love it. Thank god for cohos, they will actually eat. 1) September 13, 2007 EAST GTA TRIB 2nd day in a row, water still a bit dirty, Honeyworms were on fire!! BROWNS HAVE JOINED THE COHOS!! 3 BEST DAYS FOR BASS 3) JUNE 23, 2007 My little cousin Brent and I fished a tourney on opening day on a smaller lake, it was a blast and we caught over 40 fish, all between 2 and 3 pounds. 2) OCTOBER 14, Lake Simcoe Brent, Callum and I fished Simcoe today for a few hours before the rain, the fish were on fire!! 1) SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 Cal and I fished for 3 hours and pulled over 27 pounds in smallies !!! Best day yet!! Hope you enjoyed

Andy Pallotta ... he runs the Canadian Sport Fishing League

cooks bay is relatively close to good smallie fishing, once you pass roaches point, you're there. cooks also has trophy largies (saw an 8 pounder caught there this summer by a 14 year old from shore) and trophy pike.

defense is aweful, coaching is awful and for some reason, they brought in another decent goalie instead of getting 1 good goalie

its gettin there Brian, thats for sure, havent seen you out prefishing, but then again Simcoe is SO big

Thanks guys, I will add that there is a tournament put on by the Barrie Bassmasters on Sunday October 21. It is 120/team I believe, launch is at Tiffin St in Barrie. 730 blastoff

Simcoe was 59.8-62.4 yesterday

both lakes can get pretty rough this time of year, Simcoe has bigger smallies, but you'll probably catch more at Rice. Tubes and jerkbaits are the baits of choice, unless you want to fish deep.... 40+ feet. A jigging spoon is a good option.

great pics.

we'll take 4 as well haha, ill be in calgary til sat night, hopefully my flights not delayed, i'll be pretty tired fishin that tourney.