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Lots of options out there. I'm building a 5'10" UL for shore fishing crappie right now. Couldn't find exactly what I needed off the shelf, this is a feather light and super fast little stick that is light enough to make the fight interesting.

If you haven't been there is a while the water levels might surprise you. Most of the year, you couldn't paddle a canoe through much of that creek.

I'm sure it will get posted here - always does.

Hope to make it myself this year

Are you talking about turning it into an ice rod?

If not, you will have all sorts of trouble casting without replacing a couple guides with larger ones near the reel.

No matter what the rod companies tell you about "lighter", "more sensitive", or anything else it all comes down to $$$.

High quality cork is hard to find and CRAZY expensive right now. The solution for factory rods is to use the lowest grade cork they can find, and jam it with as much filler as possible. Then minimize the total amount they use, and trick us with fancy marketing speak.

It's rare that I find a fishing show worth watching.

Sometimes I tune in if they are fishing a lake I know, or would like to learn

Thanks everyone. After talking to a former steward , I was told much the same as here. Failure to represent is my case. Here comes several weeks of fighting for $100 bucks back, oh and driving to milton to do it.

Can't be worth it...you are going to spend more just in gas?

Awesome Mike!

We've been doing really well all over Ontario too, but there is something about that water that I like.

Never fished it under winter conditions though!

The one of the many reasons why I do not fish the east ditches..

No kidding.

Unfortunately I'm out that way in the spring most of the time, and for midweek trips it just makes sense.

In the fall on the other hand...

You're lucky to have the water you do close by

Slip float, small jig tipped with a minnow on my ultralite set-up.

What makes me laugh is that some people will risk heavy fines and possible loss of equipment to fish literally 5 feet further upstream than the next guy.

I just don't get it.

what were they doing wrong?

Fishing in a sanctuary.

At Port Hope you can't fish "North of the Southern limit" of the CNR right of way.

They were likely under the bridge fishing the pipe which people have been doing forever even though it is clearly written in the regs.

Side note - always check the regs before heading out if you're unsure. People here are knowledgeable but if they get it wrong you will have a hard time arguing that "BigBass328 from OFC" said it was open officer, I swear.

Don't fall in. That water is ice cold and can get real choppy with the right winds.

Look for weeds if you can find any, there is a ton of pike out there.

I wanna see someone strip 50-75 boots in a single sitting, lol. Where do some of you guys come up with these figures?

Bill, honestly take a drive to the Ganny the first week in September at night.

It's absolutely disgusting. Literally PILES of dead carcasses in the morning.

 

 

 

 

if there were a complete ban on roe, those people would have no reason to strip 50-75 fish at a time because there would be no market for the roe they're taking. there would be zero point in stripping eggs if nobody was going to buy them...

 

Unfortunately, anglers aren't the only people that are after the illegally acquired roe.

time to play devils advocate...

 

salmon dying and nutrients going back into the circle is 100% natural. but, there is nothing natural about salmon carcasses being stripped and dumped anywhere from a couple to hundreds of feet from the riverbanks and salmon carcasses tossed into garbage cans serve no purpose other than stinking up the area. i think educating people about the benefits of leaving the carcass near or in the water would help solve the issue of residents complaining about the smell. the carcasses belong in or near the water. take the roe and leave them there if you're not going to eat it.

 

a ban on roe would definitely help with the carcasses being littered everywhere and would definitely lower the number of fish that are taken. it seems like the majority of people i speak with who are fishing for salmon on the rivers are steelheaders looking for free roe and could care less about salmon as they're only interested in killing one species to catch another. if there were a ban on roe many people would have no reason to target salmon as it seems like most are after roe, not meat. a ban would likely stop greedy people from killing multiple fish to load up on roe and would also curb most poaching as nobody would have a use for the roe the poachers take every year.

 

 

that said, does anyone have a good reason why we're allowed to target these easily caught and snagged spawning fish, yet most other species are off limits when they're spawning in wide open lakes?

A ban on roe stops the law-abiding steelheaders from stripping one or two chinnys for roe.

It does NOTHING to stop the groups that come in at night and strip 50-75 fish at a time. These people are criminals, not anglers.

There was a guy charged on Bowmanville Creek last fall with more than allowed salmon roe.

Yeah, I've seen it happen at Bronte too.

A couple dummies filling bags with roe...the CO was waiting for them at the bank when they waded out.

That's because we don't stock enough of them. 500,000 a year isn't enough.

At the risk of a serious sidetrack (my apologies) there are thousands of the little buggers in the 4"-8" range up in the headwaters... Do we know where the snag is? Are they not leaving like they should or simply not coming back? Dying in the lake? Cormorant food?

I wonder if our rivers are anywhere near healthy enough to sustain a spawning population of Atlantics...I'm all for restoring the fishery, but I don't believe dumping a million fish a year into a few rivers is going to do it.

In all my years as a fireman in Toronto I went to many many accidents and there were nearly always people there before us trying to help. Sometimes folks knew what they were doing and were very helpful, but other times they knew nothing and would do more damage than anything.

 

Unless it's absolutely neccesary, your better off not moving an injured person incase of spinal or neck injuries as you can do some very serious permanent damage.

 

If your trained in 1st aid and come across an accident, you can stop, and if there's already folks there that know what their doing you can offer to help them and they'll probably say yes. If nobody seems sure what to do, you can let them know that your trained and would like to help. Usually, they'll let you take charge and you can even direct others on what needs to be done.

 

Car crashes are nasty scenes and often have things that most people have never seen before. If you can stay calm and try and show that you know what your doing, it'll go a long ways in calming others down and with some help from bystanders, you can do alot to help the injured.

 

I normally stop when others need help, and if I can offer any assistance, I do what I can until an ambulance arrives.

Thanks Lew.

I always stop - but only offer assistance where I can. I have ZERO medical training, and have no place helping a trauma victim.

In the past I've called 911 (first on the scene), helped an elderly woman who as uninjured to my warm car (middle of January), and helped to direct traffic through an intersection.

Unfortunately stopping to help has landed me in court twice as a witness. Both times I was the only one involved in the case that actually showed up. Talk about a waste of your day.

The MNR is spending $250,000 on a weir for Duffins Creek to count fish (i.e Atlantics)

 

That is a lot of money that should go into the enforcement budget. IMO

 

Speaking of enforcement. My understandning is NY State does not fin clip their stocked fish. Bylaw folks will have to take scale samples.

Seriously, we're counting Atlantics on Duffs now?

I'll save them the $250K - I just counted....oh look, its none.

It would be absolutely hysterical to see a CO try to decipher between hatchery and wild roe.

A roe ban wouldn't bother me, personally. It also wouldn't do anything to stop the slaughter.

It's not the law-abiding anglers that come in at night and slit 50-100 fish (males and females).

Had it happen to a couple crappies one time. Thought it was very strange...

Hey buddy, does that fish come in mens?

Seriously though, Josh is a real-life giant. Those fish are twice the size they appear.

Welcome aboard.

In my opinion you will not find a better rum then Ron Zacapa Centenario 23. Distilled in the mountains of Guatemala, and has a very distinct taste. Incredibly smooth - served with a few drops of cola or straight up on the rocks.

Can be difficult to find, but absolutely worth it (and every dollar you will have to pay).

**Edit - I should add that the only reason I can afford to drink this stuff is because my girlfriend's grandmother actually lives in the Zacapa region of Guatemala, so I encourage them to smuggle as much as they can carry back every time they visit.

It will run you about $100/bottle here (if you can find it). Costs ~$30 USD in Guatemala.