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Hey all, Went fishing in the GTA with my rookie fisher-friend. We went to Lake Aquitane to try and nail rainbows or bass.... NO LUCK. Spent a few hours there with fake salmon eggs, flys and bass stuff. We tried to get some worms along Lakeshore.... no luck.... so we said "We will give it a go anyways!" So, we went under the bridges at the mouth of the humber. Again, casting etc... the water was like 4" of visibility.. no luck! So, we moved towards Lake O. ( between the lakeshore bridge and the freaky foot bridge on the west side ) and dropped some jigs tipped with a fake salmon egg. Casting and bumping the bottom slow! Right at the break wall, I got a huge tug and figured it was a carp and I was right. I was using a light action set-up with 20lb Power pro with a 12lb flurocarbon leader. That sucker fought for 15 minutes! I hand landed the monster and I figured it was over 25lbs. Monster! My friend was next. He figured it was a snag at first until it started swimming. I showed him how to use the drag on his reel. His rod was bent right over and he was freaking out with excitement. A few onlookers stopped to watch as he battled his fish. He had 8lb. mono.... Yes, it broke off after 5 minutes ( i figured weeds or a rock ). He was shaking with excitement and now he wants to return another day to land his first fish! Thanks for the hints from the GTA folks out there!

Keep the small ones if you are going to eat fish. Release the big boys to maintain the big genetic strains.

i was thinking of going out and catchin some sheephead! never caught one in the GTA!

yes, got it! thanks a bunch!!! will let ya know how it goes!

Float and a fake salmon egg? Worms?

Hey All, Looking for a nobrainer place to go fishing with a rookie. Would like to catch anything!!! We went to High Park once... no luck with lures.... Any ideas?

good idea. kids would be exempt if they are with a "tested" adult. make the test free and make it hard. get kids over 14 to write it.

I remember hooking a carp by the tail. It took off like a train and I watched my line scream. Finally cranked down the drag and hauled it in. An amazing fight!

Did you keep and eat them?

Man! Almost 500 posts and zip... I am back to 4! Oh well.

thanks for all the replys! patience is the key for now.

how about a trolling motor that chases the biggest fish in the lake?

A friend had invited me to go ice fishing on Simcoe last summer..... We picked January 27th for kicks! Well..... looks like we did not see this coming. Any projections of when the ice will be safe?