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These guys are need a lot of help over the next 3 weeks. Pm me if you are interested in helping in any way. Even half a day is not much. cheers Al

Absolutely going to have to pinning rod out this week. Cheers AL

I went to the Ringwood hatchery today, too help out the Metro East Anglers with some fish cleaning and feeding. We ended up visiting the Milne Fish Way Lift to do some rainbow lifting. It was a beautiful day for it and I learned a lot and had the chance to do some hands on helping. I would personally like to thank Andy Rubasek, Bruce Burt, Glenn Anderson and Melanie Tepp, for sharing some of there great knowledge. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to helping again in the near future. Some pictures from today. Chinook fry Rainbow smolts Salmon pen Milne fish way lift Glenn lifting up the “cage” Rainbow Trout in cage, how many? Each Rainbow hit the Scales Quick Measurement Micro Chip for Data Glenn injecting chip Great turn out today with some new faces and it was great too see the kids. Glenn and Al with Rainbow We ended up moving 48 Rainbow over the Milne Fish Way. Avg Size aprox 3.5kg The club is dedicated to the improvement and conservation of our fisheries and environment throughout Ontario. The MEA encourages you to get involved and help us make the outdoors a little better for everyone. For more information about Ringwood hatchery or Metro East Anglers you can visit the website at www.metroeastanglers.com They are going to need a lot of help in the next few weeks if anyone can volunteer some time, it would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Al

Ice Guy I think your video just made everyone who owns a boat pull it out of winter storage. Great video and nice job on the Lake Trout. Cheers AL

Still lots of run off from snow. Should be better by Monday am. Good luck too any Steel hunters tomorrow. I should be out MON or Tuesday for sure. Cheers AL

Salmon Spawn in the fall time. Steelhead will spawn in the spring.

paul at www.castadventures.ca guides the river all the time. Great guy. Good Luck

Paul nice weekend for sure. I can't believe you got a musky. I will be coming down soon. Cheers Al

Copper thought you fell off the earth. Nice going bud Cheers Al

Greg great work on a trophy walleye. What a nice surprise that was. Cheers AL www.alsadventures.ca

I am heading down to Bay of Quinte soon and was just wondering what lures and colors everyone likes to troll with. I plan on using 2 riggers, 2 planners and maybe some flat lines back 300ft. Do spoons work of the riggers? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I went down to the park early this am and there were a few fish jumping. Nothing hit my hooks. There seems to be a lot less fish there than last year at this time. Maybe there is some late fish to come yet. I did see some browns down there. Cheers AL

Has anyone seen any salmon down at bluffers yet. Was thinking of trying early in am. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I had a look the other evening and not one salmon to be seen. I think it is way to early. Another 2-3 weeks and they should show up. Try any tributary on the north shore there is lots of fish at river mouths. Good luck cheers Al

Salmon for the next month will be easily accessible for shore fisherman. Piers, and casting gear should do the trick. Good Luck cheers Al

Tony it was good to see you and Aaron, the Blue Zone is loaded with bows and cohos right now. Might even sneak out there one more time this week, with super light tackle. Cheers Al

This past week was another great salmon adventure. I spent 3 days fishing with some great clients from Edmonton, Minnesota, and Toronto. The week started off with some really high winds from south east so nobody was able to get out for a fish. We finally managed to set our lines and starting trolling in pursue of the Great Ontario Salmon Derby winner. Here are a couple of pictures of a great Salmon we caught earlier in the week Anthony thinking “This salmon is almost as big as me” The Salmon are now staging all river mouths and are right in the shallow water. In the early morning the fish are right in tight to shore, then they seem to move out with the boat traffic and as the sun rises. There are many anglers starting to catch some great salmon of shore right now. The keys to our success this week was, using A-tom-mik Trolling Flies of dipsy divers and rigger lines for most of our fish. Cut bait, “Meat” with flashers was also a great choice for some of our bigger fish. Here are some more pictures of some great late season salmon Mike who mainly fishes Lake Michigan enjoying some good size Nice Male that took over 500 feet of line on one run, good job guys getting the fish in Some action from out in the “Blue Zone” Deep water Lots of rainbows and a ton of fun Some great cohos as well out deep It was a great finish to a fantastic Salmon derby with some great fish being caught all week. Now it is time for some Musky and bass fishing with some casting for big salmon mixed in, then walleye later in the fall. Cheers Al www.alsadventures.ca

Shaun great report bud and a couple more fish would of put you in the money for sure. There is always next year. Great pictures and once again a great tournament put on by the Tightlines crew. Cheers Al

Aug 25th is last day of great ontario salmon derby. Come out and try your luck Cheers Al www.alsadventures.ca

The scoring systems works 10 points per fish 1 point per pound. Cheers AL

I would like to personally thank John, Vito, Chris, Pat, Jamie, Arie and the gang for the great job on putting on an excellent event this weekend. Special thanks to all the sponsors of the event as well. The 2007 Tightlines Shootout was a tremendous success with a very good field of competitive anglers from Ontario and United States. The field was full this year with 40 competing for a first prize of $10,000. Congratulations to Team Hot Rods, Matt and Eric Santoro for defending the title for the second year in a row. Congratulations as well to team Maestro with Drew Primose and Mike Attard coming in second. The weather was perfect and fishing was tough with almost half the field struggling to get a full 6 fish box. I had a great day and a ton of fun and I am looking forward to next year already. Here is a picture of the board for those who are interested 1st repeat winners TEAM HOT RODS --188.00 2nd MAESTRO--164.58 3rd REEL AFFAIR 160.54 4th SALMON EXPRESS 156.32 5th PRESSMAN 156.04 6th SQUARE TAIL 153.52 7th HOT REELS 143.90 8th TEAM 2 FISH 139.66 9th SILVER SLAYER 134.22 10th FIN-NATIC 133.84 BIG FISH--------CHINOOK SALMON---26.88-----PAUL HAEBENSCHUSS............ MUSTAD BIG RAINBOW-------------12.04 JORDAN De JONG Cheers Al www.alsadventures.ca

This past week was another great salmon adventure. I spent the last few days of the week fishing Lake Ontario in preparation for the 2007 Tightline Salmon Shootout on Saturday at Bluffers Park. The fishing was pretty good all week, with good weather and lots of good mature fish to be found. I was fortunate enough this week to have my Step Grandfather, Marty come out one evening for some fishing. At 83 years old Marty was so happy to be out it brought back many decades of memories for him. Marty used to fish the lake lots from the early 60s to early 90s. We set our lines and it did not take long for Marty to get a taste of the salmon action again. Here is a picture of Marty with his first salmon on. A nice mature fish for Marty, “Look at that smile” We put two more nice mature kings in the boat and Marty was pretty worn out The key to our success was using Dipsy Divers and A-tom-mik flies. Friday I had to get out again and do some more pre fishing for the big day on Saturday. I ended up fishing on my own for a few hours and checking a bunch of locations. Here is a couple of nice matures that I boated on my own. A-tom-mik tournament series flies. #55 Purple Passion There is still three weeks left in the Great Ontario Salmon derby so if anyone wants to test there luck and try winning a boat come on out for a great day of fishing. Cheers Al www.alsadventures.ca

Blake we have to trade a salmon trip for a bass trip bud. Give me a shout. Cheers Al

Friday I managed to take Tom out, who has never fished for Salmon in Lake Ontario before in his life. Being from St.Louis, U.S.A he had no idea what kind of a salmon we had here in Lake Ontario. The first fish of the day was a 7lb Chinook and Tom said “Wow that is nice one”. I just smiled and set the lines up again. Within the first 3 hours of his trip we boated 3 nice mature Chinooks. It was a great morning on the water and, we had a lot of fun. It just goes to show how many people, have no idea how good are salmon fishing is in Lake Ontario. Here are a couple of pictures of tom Tom with his first mature Chinook Tom with another nice fish Tom with his personal best 20+lb Cheers AL www.alsadventures.ca

This past week was another great salmon adventure. I have spent almost everyday fishing Salmon with a good friend of mine Derek and then my Dad. The week started off great with Derek and me managing to get out for few hours early in the mornings. We set our lines and starting trolling in pursue of the Great Ontario Salmon Derby winner. The water has warmed up tremendously here on the North Shore so the fishing has seemed to turn on big time. Here are a couple of pictures of Derek with some big Chinook salmon Derek with a nice 23lb salmon Derek with a 25lb+ salmon (congratulations bud) I was very lucky to be able to spend two quality afternoons with my father. Dad always seems to luck out with great timing for his fishing trips. The weather was perfect and the fishing was even better. Our first evening out we ended up 5-8 with some nice fish around twenty pounds. Here are some pictures of Dad Dad warming up “FISH ON” Nice high teenager Dad has been to BC for salmon fishing twice and says the fishing is much better in Lake Ontario. We boated him two fish in less than one hour, that were bigger than he caught in an entire week up on the BC coastline. Here are a couple more pictures of Dad with his Salmon Every fish we boated this week was put back for another day “release shot” Come on out and try your luck at catching some of the best salmon fishing in Canada, right here in Lake Ontario Cheers Al www.alsadventures.ca