Casey123

Welcome to the board!

You meet all the pre qualifications.

I am by no means an expert...as far as I know though, most fish runs in Southern Ontario are finished. The fish that are being caught are mostly fall backs(heading back to the lake).

If you head a little further North the runs are just begining. Sault ste. Marie - St. Marys river run, does not get going in earnest until Early MAy and lasts until July depending on weather and water levels. If you can make the run up for a weekend it is truley awesome.

Also some of the tribs north of Sault Ste Marie - like the Goulais and tribs into Pancake bay are just starting as well. I am sure this holds true the further North you go.

Some tribs hold fish longer then others. Many of the tribs off of the Notty hold fish well into late spring/early summer due to the distance back to the Notty and then into G Bay.

Higher gas prices means fewer A's on the road.

 

Guys, this sounded a little harsh so let me explain, eveyday i drive towards Toronto. Part of my job is visiting various construction sites around the city. Thousands of comuters plug up the QEW and 401. Many people need to drive to work because they are not at one location all day, because they live outside of an area serviced by Public Transit etc.

However 1000's of these commuters drive to work because they are too good to take public transit. If gas goes higher in price it may cause people to pause and think. f we had more riders on Public Transit everyday (i.e. Go transit, TTC etc.) then maybe we would see some real improvements in public transit. Also developers and urban planners have a role to play in all of this. Why do we continue to build subdivisions further and further from people's place of employment and away from transit routes, this just forces people to drive to work.

While I agree that we should all be free to live where and how we want, those choices come with a price.

Who pays for someone deciding to live 100km from work for cheap land, we do. We pay with poor air quality, longer commutes, poorer quality roads and higher taxes to try and keep those roads in reasonable repair. The rich will always have less to consider due to their extra disposable income. That does not make it right, nor does it mean the rest of us do not have to make these choices. We are not entitled to cheap gas.

Basic macro economics states that when a product is in scarcity the price will rise. As the price rises, consumers will look for the best and cheapest alternative. Hopefully with the onset of higher prices we as individuals will think about the consumption choices we make. As we consume less, make better choices and push for better and more available alternatives then private industry will deliver.

As China and India develop into 1st world countries fossil fuel prices will continue to rise. This is something that we as a country of 35 million or the US for that matter with slightly more then 300 million can not change.

Big oil is not going to lead the alternative fuel source revolution like many suggest, they will just switch their focus from North American Markets to South East Asia.

There are many good examples of countries starting to tackle energy costs and alternatives. Ice Land is the first country to develop a Public Transit system that runs on hydrogen power, Germany is famous for their solar panels, Holland for wind power and I could go on. These energy sources are still emerging and expensive, however the prices are coming down as more people embrace them and as development of the products become more mature. Germany has reduced the cost of production of solar panels by 66%.

Big business is driven by greed, they will not ignore forever the demands of consumers, oil and gas are only a monopoly as long as consumers allow them to be.

So, we had a crappy opener.

Got to a favourite spot which recieves very little pressure. Someone decided that instead of having to walk up stream a good 1 kilometer to the better pools on the trib we like to fish, it would be a great idea to cut an ATV path all the way up so that you could drive right to the pool.

Wow, amazing how many lazy people decided to fish with the new found access, we counted 11 Cars this year.

We headed 2 km downstream and got some beautiful specs, no steel head this opener. Some old guy told me how he really didn' tworry about whether or not the fish were biting, he just floated the bait near the mouth and set the hook. Sorry didnt get this jerk offs car plate number.

We headed to Sideroad 20 where it crossed the Boyne, 2 A holes were tresspassing on private property, they clearly saw us pull over and yet these douce bags continued to try and snag to spawned out females that were resting in the pool below the bridge.

Fianally I had seen enough. Michelle was a little annoyed but I yelled "Hey A hole that is illegal, he immediatley set down his rod and tried to duck out of sight" He was much fatter then the tree he was hiding behind.

I went back to the car grabbed some paper and a pen, and got the licence plate of the black GMC Jimmy and Gold Ford Taurus parked there.

I tried to call the MNR but suprise suprise, was not able to get anyone on the phone, oh yeah, i forgot poachers only poach Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm.

Can someone help me get in touch wth someone so I can pass on the licence plate numbers. I reaaly hate people who disrespect our resources.

Higher gas prices means fewer A's on the road.

What surprises me is the fact that Canada is not interested in developing alternate fuel like alcohol.

MMMM.....Alcohol.

What surprises me is the fact that Canada is not interested in developing alternate fuel like alcohol.

MMMM.....Alcohol.

That is so offensive!

Looks good dude. May want to dig up some pinkies in the compost. If the water is ultra clear and low they may be the ticket. (small red worms not night crawlers)

Awww crap....I have Ovechkin in the hockey playoff pool....

You and me both!

I was heavy on players from Washinton and Anehiem

Beauty fish, now your hooked for life!

We will see you wandering the creeks all winter long, when your not in school or chasing the girls. LOL

As for the rod, it is really a personal choice. Cavilier makes some inexpensive float rods (under $100.00)

I have used fenwicks in the past and they make some nice rods. Might wanna start with something around 10' first as it is easy to break the long rods right away. You have lots of time ahead to get into a 12' + rod.

Again beauty fish. Look forward to seeing many more reports. ( nice job on the realese too)

I just use the 12 foot tinny and tow it behind....

I bet that is just for your trout gear!

Rock n' Reel is located across from the Oshawa center on King Street, immediately to the east of the 7-11.....its a fishing place with a licensed bar (thats right baby!).

 

forrest

Only in the Shwa LOL

First prize, bragging rights for the year!

Hulla Poppers and Strawberry Spooks - Would like to get some more Strawberry Spooks - use to drive the Musky nuts on Kashabog Lake

Well as many of you know from my earlier post, Michelle had board meetings on Saturday and Sunday, which meant I had to fish alone.

We went to bed very late Friday and so my attitude was very passive toward getting up at 4 Bells (I think everyone here calls it LEW time). The alarm went off, and to my amazement up I got.

I was a little groggy so it took a good hour to get my stuff together and get motoring up Hwy 6.

I got to Mount Forest around 6:30am and stopped for a Coffee, when I was leaving, I noticed an Amish man in his horse and buggy travelling North on HWY 6. My first instinct was to have a thought about being 200 years behind the times and a little back-wards BUT as I reflected on it, I thought about what perfect immigrants that they were as a community.

They, like many of our ancestors, came here to start a better life for themselves. They left England to escape religious persecution, to start a new life and in search of cheap land.

I have never opened up the Sunday paper and read about an Amish person, going to a Mennonite church and blowing themselves up because the Mennonites drive cars. I have never seen the Amish protest outside of IBM or Microsoft offices because of the evils of technology. I haven't even seen the Amish chain themselves to tractors to protest the advancement of farm implements. Instead they live peacefully, holding fast to their own beliefs, without ever pushing them on the rest of society.

So with that thought in mind, I slowed down as I passed, gave the gentleman a wave and a smile, which was quickly returned, and I was on my way.

I arrived at my destination around 8:00am and found Owen Sound Bay to be flat calm, not even a ripple.

I was concerned about being to late, as a few locals were heading off the water, muttering about no fish and the season being over.

I waded out about 50 meters to my spot, and began to drift the dime sized bags of bright pink roe. My float was dancing all across the water, no serious takers. I finally hooked a beauty brown about 16". Beautiful silver with big black spots.

A half an hour or so passed with no more fish hooked. By this time the water was alive with fish. Everything and anything that floated was getting inhaled. Spiders, flies, a mentally challenged Steel Head even took a run at my 5 gram balsam float. A Lady Bug about 5 feet from me got quickly inhaled and then immediately exhaled.

I stopped to light up a smoke, leaning against one of the the old dock moorings:

I felt something brushing up against my leg which really creeped me out, I have had one too many close encounters with giant snapping turtles in the water. I looked down and saw a spawned out female brushing up against my leg and the mooring:

I am not sure if you can see her in the picture but she was there.

After a little assessment of the situation, I decided to swallow my pride, go into town and get some worms. I could not get them to hit on spinners, spoons or roe.

So after a quick trip into town and back.... 12 floats, 12 fish! Back to town for some more worms.

I had a hard time figuring out how to take pictures standing in 4 feet of water, holding my rod, a fish and the camera. I did manage this one picture, which cost me a hook in the thumb and a face full of water:

She was the only female I caught that had not spawned yet. If you look carefully you can see the brilliant colours in her cheek's.

Anyways, all and all the day was great. The bay stayed flat until 1:30pm and then the winds pick up and I headed out. 18 fish later I was a very happy camper.

I headed up to Sauble to see the falls and stopped at Stoney Creek to check out the fish ladder there as well.

i wanted desperately to head up on Sunday, but it was my moms 60th Birthday so I spent the day with my parents, grand father and his friend Anne. Michelle joined us for dinner at Port Dover in the evening.

Left to right: Anne, my mom, me, my dad and my grand father.

Looking forward to a great opener.

NO WADING FOR A LITTLE WHILE!

how long were they?

The water is ultra clear up your way right now!

This opener can't come soon enough. Some people can't help but take face plants in the shallow end. Between the ripin on the steel head guys, and the idiots who make inapropriate comments

I will save my week end report to the middle of the week.

An OOS Musky, oh the humanity!

For me, I don't see what entertainment value there is in tieing a big leather strap around an animals nut sack, then hopping on with spurs and going for a ride...but that is just me.

You need to decide what it is for you. Some people think fishing and hunting are cruel (P3TA Aholes). Some people think that spanking your kids is cruel (I recieved a few growing up, and for the most part I am alright)

Its more then alright for us all to have our own opinions, but don't let some wanker give you his, because he says it is the right one.

For me, I don't see what entertainment value there is in tieing a big leather strap around an animals nut sack, then hopping on with spurs and going for a ride...but that is just me.

You need to decide what it is for you. Some people think fishing and hunting are cruel (P3TA Aholes). Some people think that spanking your kids is cruel (I recieved a few growing up, and for the most part I am alright)

Its more then alright for us all to have our own opinions, but don't let some wanker give you his, because he says it is the right one.

Hope no one gets me wrong, I understand and would love to live by a river BUT some rivers are famous for flooding, as is the entire Trent Severn Waterway.

Also it is called a flood plain for a reason

In additon to the nice views that the individual owner gets most of the year....

They also get putting their house, themselves and their families at risk for their personal saftey and the possibilty of finicial ruin.

In addition to this, it also costs the tax payers a lot of money. Everytime the provincial and federal government has to step in with relief, it costs all of us.

May I say Petebourgh circa 2004, and 2001 and 1997 etc. some of the home theire have been flooded 3 times in the past 10 years.

I real feel for all of you east of Toonto living in and arounf the Moria, The Trent etc., But I cannot figure out why, for the love of God, does the government let people build homes on flood plains.

And why do people buy them???

I can think of better things to do then fish in my living room, unless of course I am staying in an ice bungalow, which in this case it is morethen acceptable.