kingjames_2nd

I have only fished the river in sand banks that connects the two lakes. It has giant rock bass, Normal Bass ( large or small mouth, I can't remember) and Gar! At least that's all I caught, There may be more. Places to check out specifically are anywhere up or down stream from the canoe rental hut, get between the lilly pads or down stream of the bridge near the rental hut, beside the rock cribs! I caught everything using a smallish hook, and a white 2 inch mr. twister with a few split shot weights, reeling slowly. My grandfather used to fish west lake for everything but he targeted eel... At least my mother remembers eating eal sandwiches as a kid. If you catch an eel now though, you got to throw it back!

I concur that there are no trout here. I would go as far as to say "since when are there ANY fish in Crowe?" In recent years the populations have been low apparently due to over fishing according to one local bait guy I spoke to. I have to agree on account of never getting so much as a bite there! I live close too so I go for the adventure and the hopes that maybe one day I might get one. Good luck!

Based on the heated discussion in the other thread, I am curious to see which side of the line the OFC community would fall if we could vote to either keep or eliminate the registry? How would you vote?

I will preface this by saying I was born in Toronto, raised in Barrie, went to school in Peterborough. I now live in the north. I have recently read many of the threads on OFC about the flossing, and snagging that goes on in various Lake O. rivers. I always think to my self when I read these types of threads: "I am glad I don't live down there any more. Yup. I sure am glad I don't have to contend shoulder to shoulder to fish a river beside a bunch of Snaggers" In fact, I have fished many lakes and rivers in S. Ontario including the Nottawasaga, Cobourge Brook, and a few others. I have never seen this so called snagging so I never really knew what the fuss was about... and then I went fishing today. I rushed home from work, grabbed my bait from the fridge, gear from the closet, back in the car and down to the river. I hiked into the river for the 5 minutes it takes and was disappointed to see 6 people all standing in and around the first pool up from the mouth. Too bad, I guess I'll have to fish the mouth ( usually less success here). As I fish I hear a cheer. I look up and these guys have a fish. A minute later another cheer, another fish. Again, another cheer another fish. I look and see what are they doing? All 6 of them are shoulder to shoulder in the one pool (where the fish have obviously stacked up), and they are bent over looking real carefully. With giant spoons, a small cast , maybe 3 or 4 feet in, and then a yank and lift. They're literally hooking and pulling them out by the tails, fins, guts and gills. They don't even have a semi-legitimate excuse that the fish was going for the bate but they set to early, or that it was any accident at all. Blatant snagging. Cheering like a bunch of Neanderthals. I hates em! I went out on Saturday and not a fish to be had. Went again today and not a fish, not that I stayed long... and these fools take home an un-ethical limit (maybe more). Why don't they just rob a grocery store, at least that wont have an effect on the fishery. On top of all this, they had a little boy with them jumping up and down with excitement for every fish they "Caught". Great, lets start the kids young so they can learn the slick ways of the ol'man. I called it in to the MNR and I really hope they get what they deserve but I have my doubts that even if they get caught, the punishment will fit the bill. I would have liked to have tossed them into the river and cleaned out our gene pool a little... but I guess I'm too civilized to be thinking like that.

Hey folks. I have some admitting to do. My friend was fishing when she caught that fish. She showed me the pic and my eyes jumped out of my head. I said "Tell me where you caught it or i'll steal the fish!" She wouldn't tell me so I stole it... with photoshop. Here is the real fish and its real owner as you can tell by her facial expression. She did release it to swim another day but not before taking its weight on the scale...... 6.4lbs caught with a worm and a red/white bobber off the dock.

Like a log!

Hey there folks, A friend of a friend caught this monster recently. I don't know the dimensions but what would you estimate the weight based on the pic? The guy in the picture is probably about 220 lbs.. maybe 5ft 8?

Surely the preferred temperature is a typo? Don't they like it lower? I thought that trout liked it down around 7 - 10 Celsius? Or is a lower temperature optimum whereas the max temp is 20c before they start floating. Do different trout species like different temperatures? Nice site, makes me want to go find some Auroras. - James

I use the Atlas of Canada TopoRama webpage for a lot of my snooping needs. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map Its data is a little old, and some new portages / roads / buildings will be missing but the bonus is that some old portages that may have grown-in are still on the map!

Hello! I fish for everything, everywhere.... I like to go for steelhead on occasion, bass, pannies, trouts, pikes, and suckers too. I lost my last rod on my last trip of the last season - fell out of the canoe and straight to the bottom of the lake - I was sad. Now I need a new one. I am worried that anything I buy wont meet my high standards because I have bored peoples in the past and hated the feel / function of the real. I liked mine because it was very smooth running, easy to use, and generally no hassle. Do you recommend a certain ROD, REEL, or COMPANY? Do you mix and match? Do you grab the cheepest from Canadian Tire? Is it worth buying an expensive rod? Whats your favourite reel? I appriciate any thoughts on the subject! Happy fishing.

I am curious about whether dropping fish innards down the hole would work as a chum or would it deter fish?

I am planning to bring a friend out to Lake Scugog on the View Lake or Caesarea side. He is disabled and uses a manual wheel chair. Is the snow on the lake very deep so that it would impede a wheelchair and require a tobogan ride?

From the changes that will affect anglers: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/279507.pdf --> See Page 2 Does this mean sport licences have a limit of 300 sun fish and conservation licences a limit of of only 15? Perhaps it is a typo?

Hibernating bears and cougars usually try to choose a den on the north side of a hill or mountain. As the north side is generally colder and in more shade, the snow accumulates and creates more insulation keeping the den warmer than it would be on the south side. If you have any hills a den might be located on the north? Or maybe they want less snow so they can hunt more easily and they would be on the south!