bigreddog

As a national park, fishing is subject to the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations.

For tackle:

17. No person shall, when fishing in park waters, use

• (a) more than one fishing line;

• (b) a fishing line having more than one artificial fly or other type of bait;

• (c) a fishing line having an artificial fly to which is attached any live or dead natural bait;

• (d) a fishing line having any combination of hooks capable of catching more than one fish at a time;

• (e) a fishing line having more than one type of lure;

• (f) a lure having more than

  • (i) two single hooks,

  • (ii) two gang-hooks, or

  • (iii) one single hook and one gang-hook;

• (g) a gang-hook having more than three hooks; or

• (h) a lead sinker or lead jig that weighs less than 50 g.

I didn't see anything specific to the Bruce Peninsula National Park, but that's not to say I did a particularly thorough job of looking through the act. You can go through it yourself here: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._1120/

Very cool.

Now if only there was an app for documenting and reporting regs violations to the MNR...

ummm, is this a dig at my 18" perch?

No. It has nothing to do with your 24" perch. Carry on.

I have some Kast Steelhead gloves on the way. If they are half as good as the reviews claim them to be, I'd say we'd have a definite winner. I'll let you know how they turn out if you're interested.

Doesn't seem extreme enough. Maybe if they flew at each other at high speed carrying lances or something...?

Unlike most areas, pickerel in the slot are keepable in the Kawarthas...those outside the slot must be returned...14" to 19" are keepable...

Depends on where you are in the Kawarthas. Balsam has a reverse slot -- you can't keep a walleye if it's between 35cm - 50cm

I've been mostly alternating between a Megabass Kirisame Limited F1-66ZKS (6'6" with an extra-fast solid tip) and a Megabass DirectZ F2-70XSD (7' interline rod with a fast tip), depending on weather and water conditions.

If the idiot just kept the fish and ate it he would have harvested the roe legally and would have gotten a meal to boot.

You're assuming this person (and I use the term loosely) has a license. Given this obvious display of contempt for the resource, I wouldn't bet on it.

Use the mesh of the net for grip to hold the fish. Hold the fish upside down to minimize thrashing.

If you need to pick the fish up directly, you can try to gain control of the lure first (if it is still outside the mouth), so that even if the fish moves, it can't whip the hooks around.

At $250,000 a pop, those are some expensive snakes to whack.

Try giving JB's Fishing Depot. Not sure if they carry that one specifically, but they seem to carry a lot of Savage Gear stuff.

I'd either use either 10lb braid with a 6-8lb fluoro leader, but I've also had success with straight 6lb fireline crystal when targetting walleyes with jigs and plastics with a finesse spinning setup.

I like the gamakatsu split/drop shot hooks. I use a swivel above it to reduce line twist.

x2.

Those and the Owner Down Shot Offset hooks are excellent.

I have no experience with the VMC spinshots, but I would probably want to try the Gamakatsu version first (one less knot).

As for weight shape, it depends on the terrain. For very rocky terrain with lots of crevices, cylindrical weights work better for me because they will snag a little less.

... and yes, even Wal-Mart carries buzzbaits.

Noodling for musky -- now that's a real man's sport!

I think the manufacturer-offered solutions typically work for a night or two, depending on your usage. Using your humidifier or requiring a higher pressure will obviously drain the battery more quickly.

They're also quite expensive (though you get lucky and have it at least part of it covered by insurance).

Probably the least painful way is to ask an outfitter if they can accommodate your needs when you're shopping around. They may also have had previous clients with similar conditions and may be able to offer you advice.

There are also some online CPAP communities (CPAPTalk.com) that may also be able to point you in the right direction. When I go camping, I always pick a powered campsite. Yes, it looks a little odd setting up your tent among the hulking RV trailer park, but I'd probably keep the entire campground awake at night without it.

Chinese style:

Poached whole (cleaned and scaled, of course!).

Covered in slivers of green onions and ginger.

Drizzled with hot oil and light soy sauce.

I dont think its the case.... according to one article, " An older couple were disrupted on there walk by a fisherman casting" and " a paddle boat got tangled up with a fishermans line"

 

Unreal...

Hmmm. You'd think the elderly couple and paddle boater should've gotten charged for interfering with an angler.

Maybe we should try and get elderly pedestrians and recreational boaters banned.

I agree, but in fairness to Daiwa, they don't actually call it the Pixie, but it's model letters are PX, and everyone else started calling it that.

Well, the series of reels on which the current PX is based were in fact originally named Liberto Pixy.

The reels also featured the word 'Pixy' in a large scripted font on the palm sideplate, so it seemed the obvious choice for a nickname. I'm also sure that the fact that 'Liberto' doesn't exactly roll off the tongue had something to do with it as well.

I guess the Japanese are more *ahem* comfortable in this area. You should see what Megabass came up with their Pagani line -- pink butterflies, anybody?

Interesting that your Snake River housing fogs. I assume that it's inside the housing and not in the add-on lens assembly?

If that's the case, then maybe you should try stuffing a small bag of desiccant inside the housing along with the camera (although it's probably a very tight fit). If it's happening in the lens assembly, then you should swap out the white desiccant balls for a fresh set, or at least dry out the ones you have. GoPro also has their own Anti-Fog Insert solution.

The new GoPro housing will probably have fogging issues as well. Best thing to do is to put the camera in the housing in a cool and dry environment.

I actually own a production spiral-wrapped rod from Japan - a Daiko Burroughs BRSC-64L. This is the same rod that's reviewed on Tackle Tour. It's rated for 1/8-1/2oz, which is probably around the same range you're looking for in a dropshot casting rod, although I've mostly used it for fishing unweighted plastics and light jerkbaits.

From a casting perspective, there isn't any noticeable penalty in distance, and the spiral wrap does seem to reduce the torque on the relatively lightweight blank, which is a twisting stress that most blanks aren't actually designed for. Sensitivity-wise, it's hard for me to say whether there's an advantage or not, since I don't have anything to compare that would make it an apples-to-apples comparison. I have no complaints in this area, however.

Another theoretical advantages of spiral wrapping a rod include the ability to use fewer guides, since there's less chance that the line will touch the blank since most of the line rests under the rod.

To Garry2R's point about the theory having to do with line flowing off the baitcast reel during the cast, I disagree. I think this applies more to interline rods, where the line is drawn down through the center of the blank. On a spiral-wrapped rod, the line is flowing through the guides, so really, the best one can hope for is that the line doesn't get impeded by the arrangement of the guides, and not a farther cast.

For vertical applications, I think a spiral-wrapped guide won't hurt, the line still comes off easily with little friction. (It's a different story for interline, which is good for distance casting, but in my opinion, not so good if you want to use it for paying out line easily.) Keep in mind though, for dropshotting with a casting reel, you'll want something that is well-suited to finesse techniques -- like a Daiwa PX Type R or a JDM equivalent.

Guys,

 

A lot of good deals:

 

http://www.gagnonsports.com/christmassale.html

Might be worth a trip. That new SAIL superstore across the 401 bridge will be opening that week too.

What exactly is a good sized rock bass?

= Anything that doesn't make you feel like you're wasting your life away cleaning. It's all pretty subjective.

I've eaten both -- but I think it's critical that they're basically fresh out of the water -- more so than other fish. Even then, it's not something I'd want to do more than once or twice a year.

It just doesn't compare to walleye or crappie, or even a good sized rocky.

I think it's every 5 years -- but only if the machine no longer works.