timmeh

There is lots of shore access to fish the lake. Being so close to urban centers it's heavily pressured, especially during the summer, and just based on my own observations catch and release is unfortunately not very common there. This time of year there will be less people and so you should have no problem finding a good stretch of shoreline to fish. However be careful about going on weekends when the weather is nice. There is still a lot of boat traffic which congregates in the area right above the dam and I've found this can really kill the fishing. Because of this I've found shore fishing there can really be hit or miss. Of course if you fish below the dam you don't need to worry about this. But make sure you're aware that if you go too far downstream of the dam there are special regulations to protect the trout fishery. But if you stay right below the lake you're okay.

I spent a few hours yesterday throwing spoons in some huron tribs, saugeen and sauble, as I was in that area. I didn't get any action fishing at the mouth of either river and also didn't see any signs of fish. I was told by locals a fish was caught over the weekend but the run hadn't started yet, and it's still a week or 2 early.

Sounds like a good day. I think you'll really like the St. Croix. I bought the exact same rod at the start of year, mostly with the idea of using it for bass fishing the Grand, plus other similar rivers, and it's been great. It's also worked well for me casting for browns in the upper grand too.

It is true that the world has seen natural shifts in temperature from cold to warm periods and vica versa - just look at the ice ages that have occurred in recent history. The real problem here is not that the earth is warming. The real problem here is how quickly it is occurring. Perhaps the real issue to think about is that even if every nation on earth agreed today that something needs to be done how long would it take to reverse the problems we've created? The earth has "recovered" from climate shifts in the past likely because they were the result of slow, constant process - not the rapid changes we are seeing today (ie. it took thousands of years for the ice caps to melt from north america and europe 10 000 years ago, yet the arctic ice caps have have shrunken so quickly in the last 50 years). However some politicians around the world actually view the loss of arctic ice as a good thing. It will open the nothern passage way for ships, limiting shipping costs. Again money talks.

I will take this opportunity to apologize to those offended by my first post, it was a bit of a sarcastic remark that was ill timed and poorly delivered. I responded too quickly without really thinking. It was not my intention to paint all Americans with the same brush, but I clearly did so, and understand why some are upset. I'm sure this article does not represent everyone and many of you probably found the idea of buying guns in an emergency like this as ridiculous as I did. However I find it ridiculous that a magazine would publish an article like this as in my opinion it gives off a terrible message. It is things like this that give people the wrong impression. Sorry to those unfairly judged, hopefully you can accept my apology and move forward,

Smallies and pike in the lake. I would recommend that you spend all your time fishing in the lake and not in the river below the dam. The fishing has gone to crap there and will likely be packed. If you go the main office you may be able to get a cheap map of the lake bottom, but i'm not sure if they have it at conestoga or not. If they do it will give you an idea where to start.

You would expect water and food to be top priorities but i guess that's the difference between Canada and the usa.

Guys and gals, A group of friends and I are heading up to Emily provincial park for the coming long weekend. It's not a fishing trip by any means, but a couple of the guys and myself will probably try our luck at some point. But I'm not familiar with the area at all, so I have no idea were to start. I've looked for one of those backroads map books but can't find the one that covers that area. Since it's not a real fishing trip we will not have a boat, but may consider renting a canoe. If we do this we probably will not head out into the big lake (pigeon) since i'm sure it will busy, rather just stay in the river. So.. does anyone know if there are fishing spots within the park, or near by. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Tim

This is the kind of crap that ends up limiting shoreline access and gets no trespassing signs posted. It's really to bad when a few idiots create problems for everyone.

Power pro it is for me as well. No reason to change. I've already been caught enough by new lures, I don't need to get caught by new line.

If you want smallies there aren't many spots you can't fish on the grand, just go for a drive along the river and there are plenty of access points. If you want walleye you'll want to stay in the southern end of the river, which also holds bass. check out the GRCA website and they'll tell you what species are located in each part of the river, though they're a little biased and sometimes overate the fishing a little in some spots (or maybe I just haven't figured out how to fish these areas yet? ). There are also many tributaries of the grand you can fish but I've done better fishing the Grand itself.

I agree with patrick about the water levels. They are much higher, and the current is moving much faster on these rivers this year compared to previous years. And it has made the fishing much tougher in my opinion. The Grand around K-W has been very hard to fish in a lot of spots the last week or so. So if you're having trouble you're not the only one. Bouncing grubs is as simple as putting a grub on a jighead. The hard part is finding the right size jighead. You want it to be heavy enough to sink through the current, but if it's too heavy you'll be snagged constantly. And in certain parts of the Grand the bottom is quite rocky and snags are common. Another option is to use inline spinners. I don't generally use live bait, as it's costly, can be a pain to get and transport.

If you've never fished before make sure you have an ontario fishing license and are familiar with the fishing regulations. You need to be aware that many types of fish have closed seasons when you cannot fish for them (you're pretty safe now but in the fall many fishing seasons start to close). Also some water bodies have different rules on what you can fish for, you can't keep everything you catch. It may seem like a lot but you need to know this stuff before you start fishing. Any tackle store in your area can get you set up with a license and a copy of the regulations. Don't fish in toronto so can't help you out there. good luck

I've heard of people giving back to the fishery but .... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article...?it%20o=newsnow

I have seen maps of sparrow lake for sale in various tackle shops in waterloo. You may want to look around in your area and see if you can find them. I fished the lake about a month ago but never really found any hot spots (the guys i was fishing with wanted to try different parts of the lake each day which was cool with me) so i can't really tell you where to go. We actually did better fishing from the cottage docks. Mostly bass and pike. We had some luck fishing near the edge of the waterway channel, but only do this during the week - it's too busy on weekends, and in some of the bays along the edge of the lake. Locals told us to fish in the nothern end of the lake but the weather was bad and we didn't catch much, but it looked like a decent spot.

I heard about this the other day. It's hard to understand how stupid some people can be, isn't it?

I envy the fact you have such options withing walking distance. I can only walk for bass and pike and those spots are mennonite hotspots and so there's not really many fish there anymore.

I completely agree with Rick here. The reason there is no simple cure for cancer is due to the fact there are multiple types, and causes. And don't forget cancer is not an invading agent such as a virus, or bacteria. It can't be specifically targeted the way those illnesses can. In it's simplest sense cancer is when you own body cells multiply out of control and don't function properly. It's very hard to eliminate these bad cells while not harming the good, healthy ones. Simply it's very hard to poison, kill, or remove cancerous cells from say your lung, while leaving the rest intact and functioning. Personally i do believe in "natural medicines". Changes in diet and exercise, ect. have been proven to have significant, positive impacts on people. I think research into alternative medicines should continue and be tested, but this guy doesn't convince me. On his website he does have a few references, about 25, concerning conventional cancer treatments. However a quick search for articles on a journal search engine shows there are thousands of articles. Why only include the few he's chosen? Because they prove his point while the other likely don't. It would be fantastic if this were true but... And i do believe that conventional treatments have come a long ways over the years. I agree money is always a driving issue but i don't believe that's the reason we haven't found cures. Thousands of university groups conduct research worldwide completely independant of drug companies. They are completely free to publish any results they find, and so if in fact they had isolated a cause and cure it would be known. And for some types it is, like the cervical - hpv link.

I honestly know nothing of the company. However a while ago I was shopping in the fishing section at Canadian tire and was approached by some guy trying to recruit me to do the same thing. I not totally sure of the name but primerica really rings a bell, but maybe the name was something else similar. Either way I told the guy i had no experience whatsoever with this stuff, was finishing school for something completely different, but he wouldn't stop harrassing me. Finally I gave a fake phone # to get away. He then started approaching others, all younger people. Now it may be a different company but he was talking about the same things you mentioned. I've personally heard myself it's all a scam, but admit i've never really did much research into it. I would research this very seriously before you committ to anything if i were you, and do your best to talk with others involved. But i would be very cautious here.

Fluro leader really depends on water clarity. I've never fished there so i don't know what it's like. I personally usually use a fluro leader but have caught fish without it. Just a suggestion would be to have 1 of you use a leader and the other not at the start. That way you'll see if the leader makes any difference. If you're going to be fishing the thick stuff you may want to think about getting some offset worm hooks and rigging the senkos weedless. If you're in more open water you can wacky rig them with circle hooks. The best tip i can give is to work them slowly. throw them out, let them sit, and twitch them slightly, then let sit etc. When i first started using them i worked them too fast and got much better results when i slowed down. As far as colors go i almost always use natural.

It's a good trick but I think this is the 10th time this year that this vid has been posted.

This is an interesting read but in my personal opinion it's just that - interesting and not very truthful. I will take the time to go to the website and look around and maybe my mind will be changed but i doubt it. There are many people out there, most claiming to be doctors, who say they have the secret, magic cure for cancer. I can't fathom how this can be possible when people continue to die from it. If a fungus were responsible it seems hard to believe that with all the research going on that no one else would have discovered this. When people have an illness they generally want answers and cures. When medicine can't provide these it opens the door for people to criticize the treatments (ie. chemo) and provide their own ideas. Since medical science can't answer the question it's hard to prove anyone else wrong either. In this article i noticed something about a video. I haven't looked into it yet but i imagine it's something you need to buy, just like all the other one i've seen. In other words pay me $50 and i'll give you the cure for cancer. People want cures for cancer and so they listen to anything that might be possible, and pay if necessary. The only economic thing occuring here is people taking advantage of desperate people. I'm not trying to slam anyone else's opinions or sound arrogant but I've nearly completed my masters degree in biology so i feel i have a decent background to evaluate this kind of thing. And in my opinion this is just someone trying to take advantage of one of the many knowledge gaps in medicine.

This is similar to what's happened in California, where salmon fishing in rivers is shut down now. It's really a shame. I have no data obviously but i can't imagine that overfishing of pacific salmon is not at least partly responsible for this. Hopefully people wake up before we have the same problems with pacific salmon that happened to atlantic cod years ago.

For most of my bass fishing i use 10lb braid with an 8lb flurocarbon leader. If you're not specifically targeting pike i don't believe you need a stronger leader but realize if you hook into a pike there's a good chance you'll lose it. I like this set up because if i get snagged up it's much easier to snap the line than pulling on 10lb braid which doesn't brake very easily. This way you don't risk damaging your drag or you rod. I use seagar fluro. i buy the 200 yard spools, and use it as a leader, not the leader material. But again i'm usually after bass - not anything with real teeth. I started with vanish but the knots didn't always hold, i've never had that problem with seagar. In fact i also have a reel that's spooled with 8lb seagar fluro and use that when i'm wading out deep and tying leaders is a pain. it does twist a little and can "jump" off the spool but if you're careful when casting you can greatly reduce these issues. As far as wether the fluro helps me catch more fish - i really don't know. but if you can tie good knots i don't see how it can really hurt you either. it may not be totally invisible but it's certainly less visible than braid. How important this is for bass, again i don't know. I started using fluro leaders trout fishing, when it is a necessity, and carried it over to bass fishing and i certainly haven't caught fewer fish.

I've never noticed any time pattern when using sencos but i've never really tried. I generally stick with natural colours in the brown/green range and that generally works well for me anytime of day. In stained water i sometimes go to a brighter colour - but my experience has admittedly been hit or miss with this. But i primarily fish rivers and smaller lakes from shore so sencos are not usually my first option.