Joeytier

Good to hear! I'll be hitting Gilford in the coming days as well.

Perfect conditions today. We had a great flurry of action at dusk. Went 5 for 7 with the biggest coming in around 7 pounds. Of course the camera was dead. Fish came on buckshots and cleos with shiners, and jigheads with 4-5" suckers.

Big Bay would be your best bet given where you're coming from. Stay away from narrows like Telegraph Narrows or Massasauga point, and you'll be on lots and lots of ice. I was on about 6-7 inches today.

Just got back. Iced one nice fish about 5 and a half, but that wind was a killer. I'll be back at 'er tomorrow evening.

Nice going. I'll be out there tomorrow and Wednesday gunning for some beauties like that.

You'd be better off hitting one of the smaller tributaries in the area if you're thinking of going tomorrow. Duffins will be washed out until Tuesday at the earliest.

Wow! Monsters.

I'd like to finally try nymphing with a strike indicator for steelhead.

Everything's wide open and blown out today. Best water I could find was still only 2 inches of vis. tops. Tomorrow should be prime.

Will do. I'll shoot you a pm sometime Monday evening. Thanks.

Can't wait to hit Nosbonsing! Nice going.

I heard from someone just a day or two before Christmas that there was still lots of open water on the south shore. I'm guessing after this mild spell with all the wind and rain, that there will be next no safe ice save for maybe Cook's Bay, and I'm sure it's dicey even in there. Maybe I'm wrong.

Great christmas fishing wise. Scored a new Helly Hansen floater coat, clamp-on cleets, picked up a new Olympus E-420 SLR, and even managed to make it out steelheading for an hour or two in between the morning and dinner.

I'll be heading down to the Belleville area Tuesday. Temps are supposed to cool off nicely before then, so would I be safe to assume that Big Bay should be safe and good to go for Tuesday?

I'll be back on the bog laying a beat down on the crappies.

Looks like I'm making a Boxing Day list of goodies. Thanks for the info.

Keen observation. I'm just trying to say that there doesn't seem to be an ample number of CO's in Southern Ontario relative to the number of anglers and bodies of water. Perhaps (and hopefully) I'm wrong on that one.

I think we first need to worry about there being enough CO's on the water to properly enforce the new regulations to begin with. This creates a lot more area for them to cover. As much as I'd like to believe that most will comply with these regs, I have a feeling there will be plenty ignoring them.

The use of a float somehow slipped my mind. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm going to be hitting the hard water for the first time this year tomorrow morning. This will be my first time targetting pike through the ice. I have my tip ups and one rod rigged with the traditional quick-strike rigs and some big suckers ready to go, but was wondering what other tactics work well for pike. Does anybody use spoons or jigging raps, or are those typically too aggressive for winter pike? I was also thinking the traditional jighead and a minnow worked slow might be effective as well. Any help would be great.

The avids are GREAT blanks, but Loomis is about as good as it gets IMO. There's a shop out this way (Oshawa) that typically has G Loomis rods in stock, but I'm sure there's a place closer to you that carries them. Have you looked at Le Baron and BPS?

Just started playing Pro Pilkki recently. Really, really fun. Surprisingly so for a fishing game. The only other worthwhile one I can think of is the old-school Trophy Rivers game, which was a blast back in the day.

Thanks for the info. I might just have to stop by and give it a shot.

Wow. Wasn't aware there was so many atlantics in that system now. Must be a good sign.

Welcome to the board. I'm actually in the exact same boat as you.