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Sorry July 3rd at 7pm.

The permit has already been approved and with this project it should become easier for others in the near future. The contact for Ontario graduated from Fleming and was working closely with Enviroscience during his time at Fleming. His name is Kyle Borrowman. He will be doing the presentation at Scugog Arena on Thursday July 7th.

Sorry about the link, it worked on different email but is certainly not working on this. Here is a different link that should work http://enviroscienceinc.com/category/milfoil-solution/ The weevils actually are found in Northern Ontario and winter quite well, they actually come onto land over the winter. They are being bred a facility at Fleming College and were implanted into some lakes in Sudbury last year. The original test spot on the west side of the lake is also doing quite well. It is the hopes that with this test site will allow home owners and community organizations to apply for a permit from Ontario Waterways with little delay. Not all areas are as bad as others so if there was a stretch in front of ten homes or so it would make the appication process a lot less difficult. If you are able to get rid of the milfoil a native plant/weed will most likely replace it but will also not be as dense.

If anyone is interested in learning about weevil project on Lake Scugog, EnviroScience Inc. and the Scucog Lake Stewards are holding a presentation at the Scugog Arena on July 3rd at 7pm. Weevils are a bug that eat the invasive species Eurasian Milfoil. For more information go to www.milfoilsolution.ca

I agree that the glory days are probably gone, however by doing nothing you are certain to have a further decline in the walleye population and by doing something there is hope that population can increase. I have also heard from guys in Minnesota who have similar type lakes as Scugog that if you can get rid of the crappie and bring back the catfish, the walleye populations will increase? They also have similar programs in Alberta where they will close down lakes and have been sucessful. The reality is when they switched to the "Zone" model all lakes should have been closed off to ice fishing for walleye, afterall the reason that no other Kawartha lake had a winter fishery is because they could not withstand the pressure.

Hi Guys, I used to be on this forum years ago but for some reason haven't been in a while. Anyway, this discussion was brought to my attention and I thought I would clarify some comments that were made, even though it has been over for a while. I am with the Scugog Lake Stewards and it is NOT in our mandate to close the ice fishing season for all species. However, we would like to see the ice fishing for Walleye to be closed in order to allow the population to recover. There is a lot of pressure on the lake all year long and we believe the walleye population cannot withstand this constant pressure even with slot sizes. There are only three areas in FMZ 17 that allow ice fishing for walleye, one section on the Trent which has very few walleye left and the Crowe Lake which also has few left. These three location traditionally had walleye ice fishing season and when the new Zones were formed they kept that status, I assume it was like a Grandfather clause. Regardless, there is plenty of MNR data that show a massive decline in walleye population, as well as data that suports a healthy walleye population could still be sustained because the lake conditions have not drastically changed like other lakes in the Kawarthas, i.e. Balsalm clearing up due to zebra mussels. Please see the attached MNR document. Thanks.

I joined this forum a few years back when I moved onto Lake Scugog and have been fishing it regularly. But now I want to try a few new places on my canoe. Has anyone fished the Nonquon River that feeds into Lake Scugog? I was hoping to go west of the bridge in Seagrave. If so any particular baits that work well? I am a catch and release guy. Ty

There seems to be more and more every year, or at least I am catching more every year. We have been catching them in weedy areas fishing for largemouth, so they seem to have adapted to all areas of the lake.

Well I fished Omemee yesterday, and did ok. I caught a 21 inch large mouth and a small one. I could have had a great day if I didn't lose a a muskie and three others due to a snapped line. I was cursing the trilene line quite a bit. Anyway, the only camera we had was an old style snap and shoot. I will definitely be heading back with some better line. I was using 8lb and 14lb. Ty

I'm not sure it will be worth trying after the last few posts, after last night I might not have to leave my dock, I caught several bass in short period of time.

Thanks guys My name is Tyler. I started looking at the postings for new fishing lakes a while ago and decided that I should just join. I recently moved to Scugog Island and will looking for some spots within an hour drive. Nice pic Jedi Thanks again for the tips.

I was wondering if anyone could suggest some favourite lures for bass and muskie on Omemee pond. I am hoping to get there in the near future. I have only fished it once before, but did not have much success. Thanks