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  1. Hey guys, Thinking about making a trip in the next month or two up to the Sault Ste Marie area. Im looking into fishing mainly Atlantics, maybe Pinks if I wait long enough for the run. Would also love to get into resident fish. Does anyone have any info on the area? Ive looked around buy cant find much, I am looking to get into good runs of fish, or good streams with resident fish. Only considering the drive if the fishing will be significantly better than what I can get into down here. Also heard Lake Superior Provincial Park can be good, would be willing to fish this area also. Any info is greatly appreciated, PM if necessary. Thanks in advance Mike
  2. Stayed there a couple summers ago, did decent on jumbo perch and bass just off the shore in a canoe. Im sure if you can find some weedier areas you can find some pike. Fish were numerous but not gigantic. Good luck! Nice park but has a lot of weekenders and day visiters, make sure you have a method of getting off the beach and into the water
  3. I agree with the fact that they should have another category for these fish, they are not genetically the same and therefore should not be grouped into a category with natural fish. This is almost like a high fence hunt. The farmer "grows" the game, raising it under perfect conditions until it is big enough, and then someone pays thousands to shoot it. Should not be counted IMHO. But, due to the fact that you still have to catch the fish, it should have a category, just not the same one. By limited access, do you mean it is hard to get to (ie. a long hike), or only certain people can access ($$, landowners, paying customers)? If you mean the latter, then this should not be counted, as only those with the money or means to fish these waters have a chance at catching these fish. If you mean a lake that is a 100km hike, but is publically accessible, then this should definately be counted, as there is no reason why it shouldnt be.
  4. awesome lol, made me laugh. will be forwarding this to my buddies over in england
  5. Hey guys, Recently found out that one of my buddies booked a campsite at Bon Echo Provincial Park (ie. Lake Mazinaw, ie. fishing!) for the end of the month I've been here a few times before, and only caught some bass in the nearby smaller lakes. Mazinaw is very, very deep and there was a post either here or on another ontario forum about catching lakers in it. I have heard from many sources there are lakers, however, this is where my question comes in. Lakers are deep in the summer, and unfortunately, I do not have a boat. That means no downrigging or anything of the sort. However, being primarily a trout/salmon fisherman (rivers) I would love to hook into some lakers. Is there any way this is possible from a canoe? Two methods ive heard brought up are vertical jigging and a three-way swivel system with a large weight, trolling slowly on a canoe. Are either of the methods effective, or is it possible to use something else better like leadcore or a dispy diver? By the way, I have no idea how to fish any of the aforementioned setups, just heard of them. Also, the lake is huge, so how would I locate the depth and areas where the lakers may be? I have access to a map with depths if that helps, although im sure many of you will tell me a fishfinder is the way to go ($$$ ) Anyway, thanks for reading, and please post any advice you may have, as it is greatly appreciated. Mike
  6. Hey all, I'm looking for a portable fish finder with a split screen. One half of the screen should have a hydrographic map of the area (showing all surrounding lake depths) and the other half should have a fish finder. The fish finder must be portable... Anyone seen such a madel? thx
  7. hey guys, been fishing for a while now, but this is my 3rd year fishing rivers for steel. anyway, had a horrible opener with all the crowds and whatnot, and after driving the entire weekend with my dad, all the spots where you can possibly access the river are either posted or swarming with people. Im only 17 so my dad wont let me drive all over the place, but these were GB tribs and im sure that the lake o tribs are twice as bad. i was just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to where to fish, through a PM of course, or would consider meeting up one day to show me the ropes (and possibly my dad too, lol). it seems like no matter how many spots we drive to, we never catch fish, even if people around us are hooking into them. thanks in advance, hopefully someone is willing to point me in the right direction. Mike
  8. hey guys, really itching to fish on the opener in some stretches of river that arent open year round...however i looked at the forecast and rain tommorow! Do you guys think that 1-3 mm will make the rivers too high and muddy to fish, or not? How much rain does it take to make the rivers too muddy? Thanks, Mike
  9. depends on what your fishing for....assuming its steelhead i would reccomend a rod no shorter than say 8 and a half feet (preferably 10 feet or more) and a 6 pound leader maybe, the slip float and worms sound ok though. on a 7 foot ultralight the steelhead will take you for quite the run and then snap your line, no control with this size....if its all you got why not though
  10. Hey guys, Me and my dad want to do a trip this spring. Nowhere far...unless its affordable and good fishing. Id really like to get into some brookie fishing in Ontario, and it would be awesome if we could drive there. Brookies and lakers would be my main target, and I wouldn't mind some pike/walleye also, but I know this is hard to get in one area. I was thinking of a few places ive found where you drive to sudbury and float plane over to a private lake with lakers/pike and brookies in the rivers. They are also quite affordable, i just dont know if the fishing is all its chalked up to be (spelling?) Does anyone know of any good parks to camp at.....or lodges/cabins with good fishing? Anyway all opinions/thoughts are greatly appreciated! Please PM me Thanks, Mike PS - if you need any more detail just ask, i feel like ive left something out!
  11. Hey guys, havent posted on here for a while....but does anyone care to tell me how the conditions are on the GB tribs? I know only a few parts are open for fishing right now but how it the flow, is it all frozen, and most importantly are the steelies moving though it? feel free to PM me Thanks, Mike
  12. was going to head down to the lake o tribs tommorow .....is it worth the trip? we got some rain up here in caledon and i heard they got alot in barrie....but dont know about east of toronto? As long as there are fish im happy please respond as im going in the morning lol peace mike
  13. wondering if you guys think hitting the notty in the provincial park is worth it tommorow, because Im gonna be at a cottage 5 mins from there and dont wanna be bored all day lol. Ive heard salmon were caught all the way up to angus, but I went there and the water looks dead. Is that how the notty always looks in that area? Hoping for a response from some tonight, hoping to hook into some fish tommorow. If anyone has any other fishing reccomendations for the area that would be cool too Feel free to PM me Also how is the access to the river in the provincial park peace Mike
  14. Hey guys, heading up to Bon Echo Provincial Park mid-august for a week, heard some good things about the fishing there. Anyone know what its like or where to fish in the lake? I believe its called Lake Mazinaw... I am hoping to catch some lakers but theyll be down really deep I guess. Is there any way to fish lakers without downrigging? How could I get a spoon down to like 40-50 feet by just casting? Interested in the other species too, specially the walleye and bass and pike. If anyone has any info please post back or PM me. Thanks! Mike
  15. hey guys, Just got back from Sibbald Point with the family, had a great time fishing Lake Simcoe! We are looking into going again in the last week of August, and I was wondering if any of you knew campgrounds with river systems that the salmon/steelhead run goes through. I am hoping to catch just the beginning of the run in the last week of August, even if I dont chances are there will be a few fish that come up early. If anyone had any recommendations, please post or PM. Thanks, Mike
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