Christopheraaron

Ya, much nicer than commons I think Some idiot dumped their pond fish in there a few years ago and now theres a huge population in there lol

Day three was the best fishing I've had in a while

This last weekend was the official start to the 2013 softwater season for me, day one and two was spent chasing pike and suckers around hamilton, both days ended in a skunk, but it was nice to get back out. Day three was a bit more eventful, I went down to a couple of stormwater ponds that have bass, crappie, lots of koi and carp. First I set up a float and micro tube and pitched it around the many submerged bushes of the ponds, doing that I caught the first crappie of the season and a 4" bass After that the panfish shut down and I moved on to the carp/koi. By now (midday) the carp had warmed up and you could see them cruising and feeding in my favourite swim. So I set up a small bolt rig and baited it with some cheese, and tossed it into the swim. Within 20 minutes of my bait being in the water I had my first bite, but I missed it. Another 20 minutes and I hooked into a brute, he started peeling line and took me across the pond, 5 minutes later I lifted this beauty out of the water, it measured 27". Released to swim another day. Rebait the hook and repeat, hook one but it shakes the hook immediately and spooks all the other fish, about 10 minutes later and they return, I hook another one, fight it for a few seconds but like the last one it shakes the hook. A bit more waiting and another falls for the bait, a short fight and it surrenders, this one was probably about 5 lbs. That concluded day three. Day 4 I decide to sneak in a couple hours of fishing in before we have to leave for an Easter dinner, this time I come prepared, corn, cheese, chum, float rod (with spinning reel) and rod holder. Its colder today and the fish are no where to be seen, I chum the swim and wait but nothing shows apart from the sight of 2 cruisers. So I decided to let the chum work it's magic and target some more panfish. One hit from what was probably a bass but it missed the tube. So I checked back at the swim, there was one fish there but it spooked when I walked up. I decided that carp was still my best option, so I baited with some corn and cheese, chummed again and waited. Eventually they came in at full force, I got about 5 hits within 15 minutes but they spit the bait out before I had a chance to set the hook, but on the next take I got one. This was one of the hardest fights I've ever had with a fish, it took at least 15 minutes to land, and wasn't even trying, just kept sitting there, refusing to be landed. Man I'd love to encounter this thing in the summer! Now the cold has rolled back in and the fish have gone deep, next weekend I'll be back out, but until then I'll be tying for the swap meet. Cheers, Christopher

Nice!

Nice one, I've been hammering them here too.

still looks like a nice morning! Next time wake G up to take the fish

Lol, done a while ago

Nice! Ya I was there the other day and there was one guy casting just above the southern side of the bridge (prob about 1m) but didn't call, figured they wouldn't show.

Is this slang for something I don't know about? http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bal/3683322042.html

For those interested there is a good lot at harbourfront place, $11 for the day. Bit of a paddle from there though

You should be fine, I'd focus on the bigger canals, a lot of stuff was still locked up last week.

You have a PM

Nice fish! Are you on a golf course there? LOL

Maybe around one of the lake O ports?

YES. Bit of a short first post, maybe write something about yourself, what do you like to fish for? Where are you from? You'll get a lot more responses if you do

Next month I will be starting volunteering with trout unlimited, and am also considering a few other groups.

What kind of charter? Flats? Offshore?

Looks like we have some interest Any ideas on location? We'd want something pretty affordable, like a library or gym maybe, would also need some tables and needs to be someplace relatively easily accessible to people from the GTA and Niagara.

LOL, don't worry you'll have them this week. I just thought it would be fun for everyone interested in fly fishing to come out, learn and meet some other like minded individuals