Hellfish

Been a couple busy days, the steelheading around here is just starting to blow up and it is hot. Every drift u have a fish on double headers triple headers just crazy in one day 3 guys boated over 50 fish. the weather has cooperated for us and so has the mighty Niagara. Every thing seems to work right now roe, streamers, minnows, gulp minnows, single egg imitation. Cant complain, just thought i would share some porn with yas. This isnt even nearly a quarter of the fish i got just these are the better quality pics. Just click the picture.

the upper is mud and the loswer is less than 1ft, port d is always preety good with water colour but like it was said prolly will be packed on the east wall, the west pier should be ok.

Catch and Release Angling The Ontario govt. is promoting sport fishing as part of the ‘Ontario Yours To Discover’ tourism campaign. Sport fishing is portrayed as a leisurely family activity, good for you and good for the environment. But this seemingly benign activity has serious environmental consequences, so the Peaceful Parks Coalition is writing a series of informative fact sheets highlighting the facts and myths about sport fishing. Catch and Release Angling: Catch and release angling was originally introduced as a conservation measure. Individual anglers, whether standing alone in a river or in a fishing party in the middle of a lake, accumulatively take a lot of fish out of the aquatic ecosystem - too many fish to be considered ecologically sustainable. So provincial and state governments regulate the sport fishery by limiting the amount of fish an angler is allowed to catch and take home. But these ‘bag’ limits are too restrictive. Anglers complain that fishing trips come to an abrupt end as soon as catch limits are reached. To enhance the ‘angling experience’, catch and release was, and continues to be, promoted by government fish and wildlife agencies. Anglers can fish all day as long as they remove the hook from the fish and throw it back into the water, presumably saved to be caught again later. Catch and Release Angling Kills Fish: At a glance, catch and release programs would appear to be a good conservation measure but only if you view fish as toys. Hooks used to catch fish are big and sharp, may be barbed, and often lodge themselves in the head of a fish – the mouth, gills and eyes. To remove the hook, the fish is lifted from the water causing it to temporarily suffocate. Fish breathe through water. Taking a fish out of water is equivalent to drowning for mammals. The hook is then torn off or cut off leaving the fish wounded, too often seriously. Also, for large fish the aquatic medium provides balanced support for skeleton, musculature and internal organs. Removing them up out of the water can put unnatural strains on the fish's body. Most fish species are covered by a thin layer of mucous "slime", which protects them. This may survive careful handling with wet hands, but not rough or prolonged handling, or with dry hands. Compromising this layer can lead to moulds and infections. Many studies now confirm that fish caught and released through hook and line angling may suffer so much trauma during the event that they could die shortly thereafter. Even if fish survive, they might be less able to reproduce or more susceptible to disease. A new study, which will be published in next month's Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (August 2007), measures the physical trauma experienced by hooked fish and the causes of death. The study’s findings suggest that extensive exercise, in combination with air exposure, a hook wound and extensive handling can play a role in loss of equilibrium for a hooked fish and can cause its death. The researchers compare the loss of equilibrium ‘to a person being asked to walk a straight line after having been spun around in a circle, or to a runner giving his all, "essentially what a fish is doing when it is being angled," and then not being able to walk very well afterwards because muscles are full of lactic acid.’ ‘Like marathon runners, it is as though the caught fish "hits a wall."’ Sport Fishing Is Ecological Unsustainable Catch and release programs were introduced because fish and wildlife agencies across North America understood that recreational angling was not ecologically sustainable. Sport fishing has the ability to deplete the aquatic system. And as it is, fish hatcheries and the introduction of exotic species is often required, even at the expense of native species, to try to satisfy anglers' demand for sport fish. Keeping anglers happy is important to wildlife management agencies whose funding comes from the sale of fishing licenses, regardless of the damage done to the environment. The sport fishery is defined by ‘hook and line’ and as a recreational activity (not subsistence, i.e. food). While the taste of fish may be a consideration, fish attractive to sport anglers tend to be those species renowned for their speed and strength – fish that provide a challenge to the angler. Because catch and release programs were introduced to sustain the appeal of sport fishing, and not ecological sustainability, it fails as a conservation tool and is arguably an inhumane fishing practice. If you go fishing this summer, please stop fishing once you have caught your limit. Links: An online search using the keywords “catch and release angling” will reveal an abundance of information on this topic. Below are a few sources of information for your convenience: Discovery Channel – Catch and Release Angling Injures Fish, July 2007. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources – Catch-and-release angling: A review with guidelines for proper fish handling practices, July 2005 United States Geographical Survey, Alaska Science Centre, Biological Science Office – Evaluating the effects of catch-and-release fishing on the hooking injury and immediate physiological response of Alagnak River rainbow trout captured by catch-and-release angling, August 2003 Carleton University, Cooke Lab, Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory - Catch and Release and other Recreational Fishing Papers

just cause i have all winter to fish for trouts, ill go with ya on this one Rizzo. COME ON WINDS

yup no good, complete mud and prolly for a little while, suppose to go out mon or tues but i doubt that will happen.

uh huh, i was thinking the same thing

Sam we need more ppl like you in this world, that was stand up what you did for cliff.

went 7-9 at port d missed a whole lot more, fished from 7am-3pm yesterday and today was hot there hit 3 fish in the first 5 drifts. next time your down look for a blue shimano suit and say hey, im down preety much everyday all day.

bring the bobbber close to you and let the gator strike it underneath you it will come right in w/o the fight

aint that the truth, we all could learn a little something from liam

IMO the Niagara is the most underrated river, saw a episode on WFN with cronzy fishing the Niagara and he couldnt believe the hogs and numbers of fish he was pulling up. Not too many places where you can hit the 50+ fish days and not all be little pan sized fish. I usually go down in the winter time not as many "bugs" around and the fishing is generally better when it is -30 out (go figure).

well i guess the next time my neighbours dog comes in my backyard im going to poison it, cause it ate my vegetables out of my garden, cost me money for the seeds and fertilizer,also go look at the price of livestock, yall are making it sound like they are worth alot of money, slaughter cows go for -20.00-51.00, milk cows go for 50.00-125.00, lambs 41-109.00, the prices are right on the net and btw those prices are american as well latest in PA, like it was said b4 call spca get them removed, shoot warning shots whatever dont just kill the 2 dogs. BTW go out to the country and see how many farm dogs u see w/o having leashes on go check the hurding dogs they have no leashes on. This just blows me away, heres a link with some cattle pricing http://www.cattle.com/Markets/barn_report.aspx?code=LN_LS157 . Newayz it was said b4 sue the stinking people for all damage from the dogs, get your money back, but to shoot 2 retrievers cause they are going after their precious wabbits is just crazi.

I dunno never seen anything much like it, it has ears like a hippo i dont understand.

lex: You can get away with the drift right in front of the ramp, head towards devils hole but be careful dont go into devils hole and drift towards the launch, you will see the eddys and back currents try and stick close to that cast towards the drift towards the canadian shores, once your down there you will see what i am talking about. 3 way rig I use 4-5ft leader there more natural flow. Try using big shiners or chubs, streamers, skein, roe whatever you want. If you head out and go left about 1km or so you can try the drift there seems to be plenty of walleye around right now. Hopefully someone else can get you a little more info but I hope that helps. If you msg Tony im sure he can get you much better info Aaron and barry filmed a show there with him, some huge monsters come out of that river.

Rick thats nutz, fonthill was bumping yesterday a preety bad accident at the corner of hwy20 and south pelham, some girl was rammed into the restaurant and the beeline sign on the corner. good thing everyone was ok.

Just thought i would comment on what jedimaster was saying about volunteer Co's, Port D has something called the port posse which are most dignified anglers ex presidents of st catharines game and fish conservation enthusiasts which when they think something is fishy they take it into their own hands get all the info necessary and make a brutal amount of calls to the tips line and the COS COME down when the port posse calls in, kinda like what jedimaster was saying they are kinda working with the Ministry but not directly, they cant get everyone but they do a damn good job of cleaning that slaughter fest they call salmon fishing.

good job nelly

nice catch rich, the Niagara is probally ontarios best kept secret and hopefully it will stay like that

nice you have to love chippawa creek, should have went through the upper Niagara for some walters and skis

man that little one has a crazy grab on that fish, i cant believe sucha young kid can hold a fish perfectly im quit surprised.

Really that would be a superb deal!

I think the Saharra 2500 is a great reel for 80.00, i tried using for salmon last year but didnt get any so i cant say it would be good for that, but the drag system is great and the reel itself is very solid.

I use a frontier a 6'8 MH great rod for bass and pike and walleye. I think i paid close to 140.00 for it and it is def loomis quality with the lifetime warranty to boot. I only hear good things about the St Croix legends though for those who can afford it im sure it is a spectacular rod.

I would fish anywhere u mark baitfish around the 60-80ft mark, dispseys and boards, worm harnasses are working, if u have time stop in @ Fishin Niagara in Ft Erie and speak with Denis he will hook ya up with the info u need and while u are there u can pick up his harnasses which kill out on erie.

wow great thread i dont have much to type here, but my bro in law is a dentist in Niagara Falls and like someone else stated he charges the ins company what the average dentist would charge them, but he totally takes into consideration about single parents and poorish families, i was just in there getting cleaned and he had a older lady with no ins have 2 root canals done and extracted another looking close to 4 hrs and charged her the cost of materials plus a extra 100.00 so in total a whopping 350.00 I believe so there is def some honest and loyal ppl left out there.