OhioFisherman

Not nearly as hard as catching and cleaning?

Steelhead weren't the normal target fish, it was bass, but a white tube or small crankbait seemed to work for them also.

I did not know that John, LOL, it's nice to know the Toronto area is as tropical as it is here! Our lawmakers in Columbus tried to ban them here, they evidently had never seen the lake effect snow and ice storms we get 130 or so miles north of them.

My vehicles have all been rear wheel drive, what worked best for me was a pair of studded snow tires on the drive wheels, I always had a spare set of studded snows on rims to change over to in season.

LOL Mike, ya my kind of movie! but the story actual is even crazier, sounds like someone set it out to die with it's mouth tied? shut. http://www.cleveland19.com/video/2018/10/09/fisherman-rescues-foot-alligator-cold-waters-lake-michigan/

https://fox8.com/2018/10/08/alligator-found-swimming-in-lake-michigan/ They're migrating? Zoom lizards gone wild?

Sounds like a fun week even with the problems, the weather this time of year is always so unpredictable., especially tough to plan from hundreds of miles away.

nice clean looking fish! and I even like the boat!

Not my area and not a fly fisherman myself, no idea what they flyfish for down in the BVI, but I have seen people fly fish for a lot of species.

LOL, that's a good looking bird! When you get to big to fly you take the bus? I'm in a rural area, they are all around me, but I have never seen one in my yard. Ducks, geese, pheasants, but no turkeys yet. I don't know if some of those Canada geese ever go farther south than Ohio.

Is he particular about what species he is fishing for?

ketch, also of European descent, did you know turkeys weren't native to Europe? http://extension.illinois.edu/turkey/history.cfm They sure got popular! LOL

If only I could! A turkey sandwich while fishing sounds like a good snack! Is turkey the traditional thanksgiving day feast up north? Have a great holiday!

https://www.tackledirect.com/daiwa-dxsb-swimbait-casting-rods.html There is the rod Akri is talking about, the price seems good and they would probably be good any time you are throwing a heavier lure. Might be a bit much for a 3-4 inch Keitech on a 1/4 ounce swim bait head?

Brian, my experience with trout is very limited, they were just incidental catches while smallie fishing on Lake Erie and only Steelhead. I kept a couple over the years for a table test, broiled in butter with some lemon pepper seasoning and thought they were pretty good. Never really went out of my way to fish for trout, although the steelhead were fun, you knew pretty quickly it wasn't a bass.

Brian, steelhead? not lakers? never had lake trout, how much difference in taste?

i had a craftsman's and a poulan that came with brush blades, I believe though that both were larger than 25cc. I don't know if they figured out a way to get more power out of them, but I was looking last week and not seeing many over 25cc.

If the date on this video is correct it seems there are still smelt out there? dip net and lift net massive smelt fishing at Niagara river Apr 14-2017 - YouTube

There are some interesting articles on smelt, low numbers may not be a bad thing? http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/smelt_mystery " What Else Can We Blame on Smelt? Both smelt and alewives contain thiaminase -- an enzyme that destroys thiamine (Vitamin B1) and causes deficiencies in fish. It didn’t take mink farmers long to realize that when mink were fed raw smelt, they didn’t reproduce. It took longer to realize that what was described as early mortality syndrome (EMS) in lake trout and other salmonids was caused by a thiamine deficiency resulting from eating smelt and alewives. It eventually became clear that fish that fed heavily on smelt and alewives produced larvae that didn’t survive very well. This is likely slowing lake trout rehabilitation efforts in the other Great Lakes. "

I have never fished the Moon River area, we used to go a little farther north, Pointe Au Baril, and I haven't been up there in almost 30 years. Also never went up there as late as October, but we did usually do a guy trip every September. Getting the timing down for the trip was tough, especially since we tried to make reservations for the fall on our summer family trips. For us the fishing was better after the first cool weather pattern here in Ohio, it could mean they had already have had a frost. September conditions there could vary a lot more than here, but the first cold spell usually triggered the bite. Here is a ten day weather forecast from MacTier https://www.worldweatheronline.com/mactier-weather/ontario/ca.aspx Rain was never much of an issue during our summer trips ( July - August ), but in September it could rain for days at a time, seemed to help the fishing though. I am guessing that by now the fish have moved in to feed for the winter.

https://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2018/09/fishing_report_for_sept_28_loc.html#incart_river_index The guy that writes this is the long time outdoors writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, now semi retired? but still writing? According to his reports this was another very good year for the walleye spawn on Lake Erie? Hmmm... Emerald shiners still in short supply? " Surprisingly, some Black River anglers casting Sonar lures from shore off Spitzer Marina and other areas are catching walleye at night and during the day, as well as smallmouth bass. " Hmmm... I guess he has never seen the shiners and small shad stacked up in that river?

I fished Lake Erie and a lot of it's tributaries for a lot of years, I also caught my own bait in a number of them, I never saw a single golden shiner, let alone a school of them in any of those waters. I wonder what kind of impact them being sold as an alternate to Emerald Shiners will have? You know some are being dumped into Lake Erie when the day is done. Allegedly they are a native species here, but they only places I have ever seen them is in man made lakes where they were sold as bait in nearby bait stores and man made ponds where they were stocked as a food source. I don't view having another bait fish swimming around as a bad thing, especially one that can reach 10 inches or more, and I don't know enough about their habits to know if they will impact other baitfish, they are good bait for bass and walleye on Lake Erie though, and anywhere else I have used them.

Just guessing here farsider, probably but to a limited extent on what you consider baitfish? I can picture them chasing alewives and shad which grow to a larger size than emerald shiners more, just less energy expended for a meal? I have no idea how particular they are about what species of fish they are eating though, but since most birds burn thru energy a bigger meal with less work might be their plan?

http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Home/Topics/FishSpecies/Details.aspx?PostID=362 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alewife If they are a species of shad weather changes sort of makes sense, we have huge die offs of gizzard shad here.

The bait fish and fish growth and population are all tied together? Here on Lake Erie I have seen a number of articles about the shortage of Emerald shiners over the past decade or so. A different deal than the alewife though because they are bigger, but you do have to wonder how stocking non native species affects the growth and survival rate of fish like walleye and muskie? Both of those could probably eat an alewife?