Musky or Specks

Well if your only out for bigger fish why fish the Kawartha's go to where the truly big fish are

If Kash isn't producing head upstream to Grass and Head the fish aren't as big but lots of musky

!! I Landed him! Definitely my biggest resident brown to date on the fly! (I can't really count the fish in the grand as accomplishments) Good for you over hyped fish farm

If you can get a canoe Cyprus Lake in Bruce National park is a real treat for walleye.

Bill my son started wading at a very young age but he was an excellent swimmer by the time he was 4. You might recognize the spot Culvert hoppin is a good activity for the young. A good way for them to experience trout. And as long as you teach them the fundamentals they can do anything Canoeing for bass was a favorite activity. This is my son with his first 20" bass hooked and caught all on his own although I lipped it into the canoe. All you have to do is PM me Ill give you some kid friendly stuff

Rick one is living right were I work in KW see him/her all the time out in the grass.

Ummmmm they don't listen to you when you vote what makes you think they'd pay any attention to this

Some very pretty fish there. Nice going

Why I'd be lying of coarse! That was epic! My thanks for the amazing report!!

What if I said I know of a place within two hours of the GTA where the pike fishing is just as good...........

Whipped

The problem with both the Grand and the Conestogo Rivers as far as natural reproduction goes is timing. Brown trout spawn in the fall. They dig redds and deposit their eggs under gravel. The Conestogo is a tail water fishery dependent on bottom draw from the lake above for its cold water. Now in natural cold water fisheries they rely on springs for their water source. During the winter that "Cold" water is actually warm keeping the creek or stream ice free and giving the eggs a steady supply of well oxygenated water. In the Conestogo the water get quite cold in the river and a lot of the redds develop anchor ice. This prevents oxygenated water from getting to the eggs and they suffocate and become nonviable. Now the next problem, those redds that survive the winter are subject to extreme flooding in the spring before the eggs are ready to hatch. The majority of redds that survived the anchor ice are destroyed and swept away. We found this out the hard way on the Grand when in our second year we created an artificial spawning channel and filled it with perfect gravel. The browns used it heavily that fall and there were redds everywhere. As soon as spring levels returned to normal an inspection of the channel revealed NO gravel to be found. Unfortunately gravel that is good for spawning just wont hold its place in the rivers due to the extreme force of the spring dam release. Now the few redds that have remained viable have survived anchor ice and super high water levels face one last danger which seems to end any chance of survival. As the water levels drop all the suspended solids of clay and sand drift down onto them. These are called fines. The fines bury the last of the redds suffocating the eggs weeks before they have had a chance to hatch. There is some natural reproduction in the Grand thanks to Carrol and Swan Creeks which are both trout stream tributaries that enter below the Gorge. The rainbows that still exist in the Grand in the trout stretch due a much better job of natural production than the browns because they face none of these issues. As for the fish you have caught I believe they are fish that just didn't get clipped. It happens a lot particularly when doing a large batch of fish. Young of the year fish from this year would be well under 5 inches and fish that have survived for at least one winter would be 13" or better. Don't get me wrong it a great fishery but its essentially a put and take fishery without the take.

Losing your mom is hard. Sorry for your loss.

Four Weight fly rod single strand wire leader Snake Cr 'nuff said

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Wear contacts. All glasses fit over them. Thats what I do. I bought a very expensive pair of hobie prescription sunglasses and lost them over the side of the boat.

Yup Ive seen them lots of times up there while icefishing

No the big problem is democracy just doesn't work in anything larger than a city-state.

I think he was being facetious

Inertia is a pretty powerful force. Only an equal or greater force will stop it.

Its been said on another board but I got to say it again "NICE SHORTS!!!!" LOL

So who throwing the tea party?- no one we are all a bunch of pansies who are happy to bend over and say thank you sir may I have another!

Awesome Unforgettable moment for you for sure

Not just a pic lure great for big brookies

Thanks guys caught a few WGSF and saw a lot of OOS bass. Most importantly after 7 and 1/2 hrs of baseball in the sun. My son and I went for what felt like the most refreshing dip I've ever taken.