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  1. They's gots the Eels, the Eels!!

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    Yes!

    As soon as the batter begins to flake off, the attendant patiently re-applies it.

    It makes fer quite a show watching her grab those large flopping carp and put them in these humongus plastic bags partially filled with "Fish Crisp" brand batter.

     

    How about the tartar sauce then..... hope they come with tartar sauce!

  3. Rainbows in Bronte Creek?

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    I personally don't like Bronte, but to each there own! I hate the fact that it smells at petro park like dead fish! Not enjoyable, and hate that people there and i've seen it cut the head off a female and stick it to a tree branch and take the eggs! I love to fish and that creek is at the bottom of my list.

     

    Agreed, but now that the salmon have finished up their business, and theres snow, the demons tend to stay in they're lairs. I've been on Bronte a number of times this fall, and have seen far less crap this year than other years.......of course, I steer myself well clear of Petro Park for obvious reasons.

     

    To answer the question though, I'd say there is definitely some steelhead action on Bronte right now. If you know what a cactus egg fly looks like, tied in orange and purple have been very productive lately......

  4. The credit river arounf Belfountain Conservation Area

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    the credit is an amazing river. All sections of the river hold brooks and browns, it's just being able to find them. Its a pressured river, especially at erindale, but it's very productive. The river is closed right now other than erindale park and the mouth.

     

    Nope, no cut throats in ontario.

     

    Bronte other than the mouth is closed as well

     

    There are large portions of both of those rivers open in the lower sections. Far more than simply Erindale and the mouths of the rivers.....

     

    Here's a link that might be of interest to you Marcus: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR_E001335.pdf

     

    And this will give you some extra info on Huron, Gbay tribs: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LetsF...age/198482.html

     

    Anything in the upper areas of the Credit is obviously closed. As far as trout fishing goes, you are definitely going to be limited to migratory species (Brown and Rainbow) on the lower reaches of various tribs. Those two links should get you started!

     

    dave

  5. What type of hatches are on now?

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    I'd be inclined to think midges or BWO's as well. Its amazing what can happen when the mercury climbs a few degrees higher than normal for a day or two. Were the rising fish concentrated to a short section of river? Could just be that they were battling out some territorial issues as well. If it was happening on a large portion of the river, I'd definitely be think they were rising to flies!

  7. Fly Rod Decision

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    hey ball,

     

    I'd definitely go for the 4wt. Length shouldn't be a problem for the grand. The grand will probably be the biggest river you fish for trout in this neck of the woods, and you've got a good rod for steelhead.

     

    I picked up a 4wt 8' okuma reel/st. croix rod combo at The first cast in Guelph (www.thefirstcast.ca) for about 130$. It is now my primary rod for summer trout and river bass. The thing has taken a good beating as many of the streams I fish require much bushwhacking to get into and move around in. If you fish brookies, a 5wt will be too heavy to enjoy hooking 10 - 12 inch fish all day long. I find even the 4wt is a little too much if I'm out strictly for brookies, and I'll be in the market for a new 2wt rod soon.

     

    dave

  12. Found this tucked under my wiper this morning.

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    There's lot's of popular rivers around Barrie that have riverbeds privately owned, most GBay tribs aren't classed as "navigable" and a ton of landowners get ticked off by anglers quoting bits & pieces of selective info as they wander around. The kind of foolishness that happens every year up there during salmon season doesn't help either.

     

    I've actually researched grey/bruce quite a bit as far as streambed ownership goes. Very very few portions of streams bear a deed to the landowner. Infact, I've only found two which are located on the uppermost sections of one watershed. You can quite easily find out if this is the case by figuring out the land parcel number (ie. lot, concession, township, etc.) and visiting your local land registry office. I did this when I was confronted by a rather upset landowner. I left without a word to keep things clean......but I went through the steps required to find out if he was legit or not, he wasn't. Further steps after finding the right information involve contacting the OPP and the MNR. I keep the info provided by the Land Registry office, the OPP and the MNR in my vest now when I'm on that river. Although I haven't run into him again......yet. It is actually an offense for land owners to prevent you from reasonable enjoyment of public/crown land. The majority of stream beds in Ontario are crown land.

     

    The Navigable Waters Protection Act covers alot more than simply 'vessels' and how they use water systems. A navigable water way can also be considered to include fishing, canoeing, kayaking, tubing, and many other recreational activities. Another act to consider in these cases is the Heritage Hunting and Fishing act.

     

    Verminator has posted a couple of great threads that involve the NWPA and other acts as well. A search for those threads would probably be good research starting points as well.

  20. New PB Pickeral -31 Inches

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    Haven't been able to do much fishing this year due to other priorities and a new job.

     

    Any ways got a few minutes on Saturday to head out on Kashagawigamog for a couple hours.

     

    I headed out to my spot and rigged up a worm harness with a nice dew worm.

     

    Dropped it down in 18 - 20 feet and began trolling it over some deep weed beds. The sun was high but there was a good chop and moderate wind that drifted me along.

     

    First off I connect with nice 15 incher which puts up a nice fight. I'm pumped as it looks like they are biting.

     

    Rebait and head back over the same drift. Halfway through I had a huge strike. Stopped the motor and started to fight it. Took a couple of minutes to get it off the bottom. From the weight I knew it was a good one. Made some nice runs.

     

    The neighbour kids trolled over to see what the commotion was. You should have seen their faces and mine when it came up. :thumbsup_anim:

     

    No camera with them either dang.

     

    It was pretty pooped when we got it up and made some small jumps. Boat side I was able to grab it (no net) and release the hook from the corner of it's mouth. Nicely hooked though.

     

    Measured it quickly on the tape I have in my boat and it was 31 inches. Got it back in the water and revived it for a couple minutes and it kicked off with a nice splash. Had the shaky leg and the sore arm so I was happy.

     

    Finished off with another 15 which I added to the other for some bacon wrapped pickeral on the BBQ.

     

    All in all a good trip.

     

    Thanks for reading.

     

    Nemo

     

    Excellent job lettin the big one swim!!!

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