Joeytier

I've given kwikfishes a try, but never spinner. This will change soon. Thanks for sharing.

Good one.

Well, I wasn't expecting quite this much of a backlash, considering that exact same bridge had been posted in TWO separate reports BEFORE mine no more than a week ago. Grow up, the word is out on it. Also, to the user who was concerned with my fish handling techniques....How else do you suggest I handle a fish for photos? Steelhead, especially smaller ones are nearly impossible to tail, which I'm sure you know, and I make a point of avoiding the actual gills every time. Also, I use the net at the creek because the majority of the holes are quite steep and difficult for landing fish. The fish are not in the net for long. Trust me, I do my best to ensure the safe handling of the fish. I understand the concern regarding widespread knowledge of small, fragile streams such as this one, and pretty much every stream in the GTA, but I'd say the bigger issue is the lack of knowledge regarding the fragility of these ecosystems. Not only do we need more CO's, but just an overall sense of ecological morality, and I'd like to think the tribs can easily sustain a large number of fisherman year after year. My 2 cents. I'm done with this thread.

This would be better off in the classified forums. Good luck finding one. There's a lot more people looking for them than there is people selling them.

If this river hadn't already been posted multiple times on this board, I wouldn't have posted these pictures, but it's not like it's a secret any longer. Also... Do you think we're harming the fish by holding them like that? We weren't coming in contact with the gills themselves, just grabbing underneath the gill plate.

Amazing shot. That would make a nice desktop background.

Will do.

If only...

Beautiful fish. I'd love to get up there once more before the ice is gone.

There are no more secrets in the GTA. Unless I'm not aware of some.

From a fishing standpoint, this has probably been my best March break ever. I made it out Monday, Wednesday, yesterday, today, and hopefully Sunday. The last 3 days have been particularly good. Even though there has been no precipitation in the last week or so (at least), the creeks have been at very nice levels consistently all week due to snow melt. Only today were the tribs starting to get a bit lower. Lots of fish were caught in runs that you'd never see fish in with lower water levels. Every fish I caught was using roe, but my dad got a fair number of fish on pink worms, and orange worms even popped a few fish. On Thursday I landed a PB, and then today managed to top that. It's been a good few days, and my best spring for steelheading thus far. We decided to keep a hen, since we really needed roe. I don't mind buying roe in order to avoid keeping fish, but all the stores only had salmon roe left, so we kept a big hen. Lots of muskrats on this stream. A few average fish from the past few days. This was my first personal best. A nice hen pushing 7 lbs. I then topped it with this big male between 8 and 9 lbs. A few fish my dad landed this morning. A few more that I landed. We decided to keep this chubby hen. I hit up a trib with nicer water levels on the way back, and scored this nice male in a fast pool. This little guy gave me the best fight of the day. Also got to meet Kemper and MJL on the tribs Thursday, which was nice.

Nice report. Good to see you had some better luck this time 'round.

I'll grab a patch for my vest tomorrow.

This instantly made me think of that Fish n Canada episode.

Yeah, I'm surprised at how packed it's been this week.

Those large, huron tribs are absolutely beautiful. I've yet to fish any of those rivers, but I'd really like to.

I'm already missing winter. But the steelies are cheering me up.

No way! I talked to MJL on that same creek today, and had no idea it was him. LOL Very nice fish. I've been fishing all week myself, and am heading out tomorrow morning as well.

I'd definitely grab one. Ever thought about patches for sewing on vests or tackle bag etc..?

Into the compost. Freezing it until the night before is a good idea. I'll definitely be trying that.

Nice going. I didn't catch a single laker all season. Just whities.

Wow, can't believe the ice is totally gone out of Belleville. It wasn't so long ago that guys were driving their trucks out there.

Nice hen. I usually don't like keeping steelhead, but if she was full of eggs, I'd have to bag that one.