Musky or Specks

Tell that to the aussies about rabbits or dingos or toads. All introduced by man all not native to the ecosystem. Just because a species fills an biological niche that is currently unccupied does not mean its not an invasive species. I was a big time steelheade and appreciate their power and beauty. There is a large school of bios who would be more than happy to eradicate all pacific salmonids from the great lakes and replace them with the native lake trout. They just realize that with lampreys and economic factors its just not feasable.

Yup a buddy of mine nets em by the hundreds and pickles them in the spring(white sucker) Ive had it, it pretty much taste like canned salmon or tuna.

Im going to guess it was just water temps that caused the lock jaw. But one thing I have noticed with streams that hold big brookies is that they are marginal waters to begin with. High summer temps provide lots of food and although the trout generally shut down for the summer, the rest of the year they really put the feed bag on. By the by beauty brown.

I will answer boulded parts in order. Huge difference between naturalized and native, not even close naturalized species replace native species in the ecosystem. Naturalized species by their very definition are invasive species ask your local bio and beleive me when I say there is a large movement in the MNR to protect natives from naturalized species. Rogers Creek-Great thats what I wanted to hear and I commend the group on this work and any work that is done on native trout streams. Posting without checking facts -your website mentions NOTHING of projects done to protect native species I did check went through the entire site so if you want to clear up some misconceptions you need to do a better job of getting the information out there. As for the CRAA its a great group Ive worked with the guys a couple times in the past at the streetsville lift for egg collection and tissue samples. You do great work it just that its perceived (yes Im at fault here as well) as being very narrowly focused. Maybe a little more visibilty(ie website) on a pure native species project would help?

But I see you dont mention the damage caused by invasive species? Like steelhead,brown trout, pacific salmon. Im all happy your protecting the enviroment but as an organization its a laugh to think the your into actually protecting native trout populations. Give me one project youve done to protect brook trout? Your only interested in water were brook trout and steelhead water overlap to the detriment of the brookies.Im all for steelhead in water where there is no native populations but otherwise their access to nursery and spawning habitat needs to be stopped.

Great catch but I dont think they are specks. The forking of the tail probably make them f1 slakes and great guilt free eating. I might be wrong though its ard to tell in pics

I thought Id put my two cents worth in. Brown trout -Rainbow trout who cares they are both invasive species. The might have recreational and ecomomic value and thats fine. But and I mean a big but ANYWHERE where there are native brook trout they need to be protected from both species. To bad if you like to fish steelhead they are not native and I feel the same with brown trout. Now if there is a niche in the biosystem that is not being filled no problem and more power for introducung new fisheries but you dont do it at the expence of native species. Lots of people love fishing for carp should we start alowing them access to great bass/walleye water. Yes Carp=Steelhead.

Im not sure if they are still around. KTL (Ken's Tackle) Thats were we use to get a lot of our misc stuff from. Not sure how much you have to buy to start an account.

#1 choice would be Restoule # 2 would be Nipigon # 3 Wawa #4 Temagami (cant beleive it hasnt been mentioned yet.)

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Yup we were discussing a new girl in our office the other day and a fellow worker complained that while pretty she didnt have enough boobs. I said thats all right Ive got enough boobs for the two of us.

You can protect her at home but we all know gobie stomping is rampant amongst the day-care set

I would think so I remember williamsons fish made the rounds the winter after it was caught

Thanks for that. I was to busy this summer to get out there and fish and I really missed it. At least I can live it vicariously through you and DAN

This one is easy and fool proof which is why I use it http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/fish-...ew/article.html

I ve been out in some pretty cold temps as long as the wind is non existant its fine. Ive left early though because Ive been close to my limit and catch and release is really not an option in -30 weather exposure to those temp almost instanly damages eye and gill tissue.

Just to add my two cents. That is a huge fish!!!! Couldnt have released it myself. Personally I feel the scientific information that could have been gathered on a fish of that size is way more important than 1 or if lucky 2 more spawns. Thats assuming that it even makes it through the winter after having undergone the stress of being caught.

My buddy has a chocolate lab and a blue heeler. We use them as a team to haul all of our gear including the ten inch power auger. Works great!!! Remember to keep them leased once you reach your spot. Its an awkward situation when one of your dogs wanders over to some strangers set rod and marks it as his territory.

couldnt find a link to my old report on my aurora trip so here it is from another site http://forums.fishontario.com/thread.jspa?...605? Im doing the trip again when those area lakes are open. So even though I didnt catch any aurora's . Im still bound and determined that I will.

I remember reading an article once about catching salmon in downtown London might have been OOD. Also I remember a post about catching a bow at Fanshawe Dam.

It is kind of weird that it gets a huge rainbow run but hardly any salmon.

Flourocarbon fishing line is a huge inovation. It went from no one using it to cant do without it. Braided polymer line, and GPS are the big three I can think of that came into being since the nineties. Oh lso chemically sharpened hooks.

All that talent and she fishes. What a catch. Your a lucky guy Rich. (Just in case she sees this you should probably make the obligatory reply that, yes you are)

Clear Lake Camp has been sold I believe and doesnt really do much anymore although I beleive they still have their regulars come in. Not sure how to get in touch with them.

They have no way of knowing one way or the other just like I don't but the oodds are much greater that it came from upstream than it being a coaster.