Harrison

Had chat with two youngsters as the waded into the water a day or so before you made this post Photoz. I can't say I can remember what they looked like, but I assume it went in one ear and out the other. They were fully aware what they were doing was illegal and unethical before I left. Educated them on the need of fish to head upstream etc.. blah blah. As I left with my lab, they prooceeded down stream, probably to line others just below the dam. I usually speak up, but have ran into trouble before and ALWAYS during the fall salmon run and I never wet a line. Have to take the dog elsewhere for a run. I am done till Dec in the rivers and finished again in March. Mitch never needs to leave bowmanville creek during the salmon run, between the pier and the river his work day could be full.

If the fish got hung up I would bet the braid was sliced by a zebra mussel, especailly anywhere on the BOG. Like a hot knife through butter. Also, if you are a flipping guy and right handed, you maybe should of a bought a left handed basitcast reel. Especially if you are just learning baitcaters to begin with.

Elephant sperm?

Bring along a nice little lunch with some wine and a banket, pull up to an island or park area and take a breather. Make it more about a day together then just fishing (for her sake ). Include that there is no better place to suntan then on the water too. MAKE SURE, there are bathrooms within an easy run to where you are on the water.

Agreed 100%! 90 degree eye is ideal. Deadly off piers in Jan/Feb. I internally weight them and use a "custom" slip float setup. Turned onto it over 20yrs ago while fishing along side the Hartman bros. Man, those were the days at the ganny.

Same here Rick, though it is my lil girls. I take the Go Train to work, the less I can bring home, the better.

Do we know each other? 1. Caffreys 2. Guinness And if your gonna drink piss, might as well be cheap piss - Lakeport or Millwackie

Hey bud, I have been in a few times before the ATV bridges were put it. I took a Dakota and a Z71 in there. It is a pretty tough 4x4, especially for the inexperienced, There is a tractor that offers rides mostly to Americans which caused some major ruts. There is also a creek to cross that covered the hood on the dakota one time. To be honest, its a pretty hammered lake nowadays. Your bud may be better off picking another off the 'Backroads map" and go from there. JMO.

I have admired your pics for a long time. I still have the orange sunset one you sent me a few years ago in Hi-res framed in my house. Beauty fish.

Great to hear, good luck with it!

Are you willing to make a little drive east of TO?

As L2p wrote, do NOT fish the Goodyear dam, or ANY other dam area for that matter. As for salmon techinques, type in floatfishing in the search option on this board, wealth of info. Good luck

Awesome picture! Dog got a serious work out right there!

I wouldn't leave that spot until I poked a solid fish out of it. The pictures just screams good fish live here. Bet there was atleast one more in that weedbed. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry, just saw you are a non boater. (above post is SMB) If you hop in with a LMB guy 1,2,3 rods - Extra heavy flipping stick - 80lb braid - topwater frog bait. (you'll probably be back boated, this is a wicked bait to open up more water for you to fish and for following up and fishing the same water your boater just fished) 4 - 17lb flouro - spinnerbait / buzzbait (same reason as above when your out of the junk) 5 - 50lb flipper/pitch rod - incase you can deck fish with your boater. If your boater wants to mix it up during the day, you best get a tube like Henry said Hope this helps. Brian, their on fire! lol

If it was me. 5 Rods. 1- 6lb flouro - drop shot 2 - 8 lb flouro - 1/8 tube 3- 8 lb flouro - 1/4 tube 4- 20lb braid - jerkbait 5 - 20lb braid - topwater (sammy/pop r) Find the deepest weedlines you can adjacent to deep water. Find 5 or 6 stretches of them and rotate. Just something else to try. Good Luck

Thanks for the offers guys, what a great bunch. Looks like Greg(Slayimg'n) and I will be heading down together. Is there a place we are meeting up for a BBQ after the Sat fish?

That was hilarious Rick! I felt so sorry for those guys, 4 fters didnt help. We still caught 60 something pounds for our five fish that day, thank god I said no to the "sausage". Playing guitar with DouG was a blast and listening to the knowledge Terry had to share around the fire was priceless.

I'd love to go, been a couple years since I have been to a m2Gt. I dont have a boat right now, but have all the equipment if someone is looking for a partner. Plus I have some knowledge of BofQ Actually alot of knowledge. Phil

Nice Steve, deep huh! I've NEVER had a scuplin or goby spit up on Simcoe before Cool pic. Gives me a bit more confidence in some baits I was wanting to try. Thanks for sharing that pic.

Sounds good GB love to try the NY stuff, my bro and I dabbled with different things to avoid freezing without much success. Well, except for our singles. Kush, a trick we used for early season (skein) fish was to borrow your Mrs. Panty hose. After landing the fish put the skein in the hose and put it in the river for a while. Firms it up a bit and makes it cut/hookable. Little borax and good to go. Best to replace the panty hose too.

No prob. GPS Cords for the Pigeon Lake giant SMB spot would be a suffice thank you.

If using a frog lure would give you more confidence, go for it. But, IMHO, I don't think the fish care. IF the lure has the right silhouette, causes the right commotion (not too much/little) and right sizing for conditions - your golden. Especially with topwaters in 2 /3 ft of water. More lures are made to catch fishermen, then fish.

From what I saw on the water recently on one Kawartha lake, the fish would disagree with the Theroy part of it.

Ehg, topwaters will get fish all day. Try a variety of baits off the breaks in 6 - 10ft. Inline spinners, senkos, jerkbaits, tubes etc... for SMB. Pike, find weed, throw jerkbait / spinnerbait.