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Burt

Here is an interesting read that discusses natural reproduction in some Lake O tribs.... http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/lakeontario/research.htm Greater than 35% of Lake O chinook were found to be wild... Burt

Grindstone and Spencer Creeks of course don't get any stocking, all the fish that enter these creeks are either strays or naturally reproducing. Both creeks have the potential to naturally produce trout, herefore they can naturally produce salmon. Actually salmon should have an easier time producing in marginal flows (higher summer temps, low summer flows) than trout as the salmon hatch and leave the flow by the end of May the following year. I think they just waited too long in the bay for higher water levels, which we never got. They are already starting to fall apart before they spawn, so whether they spawn or not, they only have so much time. Their time ran out unfortunately.... Burt

I am the same way, but I am left handed. I crank a spinner with my left, baitcaster with my rigtht, and centerpin with my right. Don't know why, thats just how it is. Whatever feels most natural... Burt

Yeah, 16 Mile Creek (Oakville Creek) is closed up tight for trout until the spring opener. Only part that is open is down stream of the HWY 2 (Lakeshore) bridge.... Burt

The best coffee I have come across my parents buy me when they go to Cuba. Brew it strong, and it comes out smooth and mellow..... Burt

I went through the thread and took a count (should be good to within a couple points): Brown Trout: 24 Atlantic Salmon: 7 Brown Trout Hybrid: 2 Rock Bass: 1 Splake: 1 So far Rich is staying out of jail....... Burt

Great pics everyone!!! Here are a couple of my favs: One of my girls at Pier 4 park in Hamilton: I bug my buddy about screwing up this pic all the time because he was smoking when he took it, still a good one though: Love fishing after a fresh dusting of snow: Burt

I do not hunt, nor do I plan to, but I do understand. Some of my friends hunt, and I always enjoy their hunting stories, and the odd cut of wild game. Good for Outdoorsman at getting one, and next time take your camera on the hunting trip with you and get a shot where you took it down as well. Whaaaaa..... Burt

My mistake, I misread, I thought he was looking for a used one, the 3.4L was standard on the Impala from 2000-2005.... You are correct, luckily the 3.4L was not available for the Buicks. I have the 3.8L now and it is solid... Burt

I am in sales in and we get paid mileage and therefore buy our own cars. I have always done well with Buicks. My 2001 Century had 390K on it when I bought my LeSabre, and the only thing I had to replace was front wheel bearings, one coil spring broke, and the catalytic converter. Brakes (every 90K) and oil changes don't count. A few of my colleages drove Impalas. The three with the standard cars with the 3.4L V6 had problems such as the intake manifold gasket, and other engine problems. I have the 3.4L in my van and also did the gasket. $30 part, $800 labour!!!! The only one who didn't have problems was the one with the 3.8L V6. I would suggest if you want an Impala to look for one with the 3800 Series II engine. I will run forever.... Burt

It is always nice to put faces to the names. And Floatfishin and his family coming all the way from Ottawa, thats just awsome! Hopefully it stays relatively clean until spring at least... Kevin

Maybe it lived near Chernobyl? Burt

Went down to Bronte today. It was my first trip fishing Bronte this fall because of the low water conditions / warm weather..... but I couldn't take it anymore.... I just had too.... Started out heading north from the QEW. Pretty bleak, you can see everything because of the low, clear water. Not much around... until the float went down and I was surprised by this brown beauty...... She sucked that jig right in there.... I also had a visit from this handsome gent.... He had a big rack and was thick all over, he stood and looked at me for a few minutes before moving on. I also picked some garbage since the fishing was slow. I made my way probably 2.5-3 Km north of the QEW, and then went down to the clay hole (the one past the train bridge). All I can say is what a bunch of freaking degenerates must fish here. Brutal what I picked up. I had to leave some trash behind at the clay hole just because of the sheer volume and my bag was getting too unmanageable to carry back out. I know everyone always goes on about how we are disgusted at the littering on our creeks and rivers, and that none of us do it and we bring our garbage back out. How about every time we go fishing, we just pick up just a grocery bag of garbage. Thats manageable to carry out and it will make a continued difference streamside for sure. And remember, Bronte Creek clean-up, PetroCanada Park, Saturday November 3rd, noon to 2pm!!!!! Burt

Dude, you definitely need a bigger net!! LOL…Nice cat…

You wouldn't... Ethically I don't think that would be right... thats why Solo took some pics and went on his way... Burt

WOW I think I may know what flow that is, I was up at a customer yesterday and he was talking about a few hundred bows in a certain flow.... I hope this area is a sanctuary though.... and thank god thats not Bronte.... Burt

Good job Kemper!! Thats a super thick brown for sure!!! Burt

A few things that I would do: Scrap the heater (as said above), goldfish and koi are cool water fish. If anything the heater speeds up their metabolism and makes them eat and crap more. Also scrap the pleco. They come from South America and require warm water. Also most species require wood in their diet, which you don't have. Live plants + goldfish = no more live plants.... Doing water changes like you are, you don't need live plants anyway. The water changes will reduce the nitrate and organic loads. No new carbon. Don't bother with carbon, it just makes the fish store money. I only keep a bit of carbon around to use if I need to remove meds. Ditch the BClear (or any other clear-up chemicals), you don't need it. Mostly it is an organic polymer that floculates the particulate in the tank. You can feed daily, just watch what they eat. Give them only a couple minutes, if its still floating, scoop it out and adjust for the next feeding. If you get rid of the pleco, then you can get rid of the algae tablets too. What I am interested in is how you clean out your filter. Do you rinse the cartriges when you do a water change? How do you rinse them? What water do you use to rinse them? Do you replace them every time? Burt

Good for me too.....

Under normal circumstances (and healthy ones!), ammonia and nitrite should not be present, and nitrate should be kept below 40ppm. I keep all my tanks below 20ppm nitrate. This requires me to do approx. 50% water changes on most of my tanks every week. If ammonia and nitrite are present it can indicate a couple of things. One could be that your system is not "cycled", that is the bacteria that break down ammonia or nitrite are not yet established. Another could be that your filter is holds an insufficient area for these beneficial bacteria to grow, thus they cannot process ammonia or nitrite fast enough. Another could be over feeding, and there is so much decaying food present that there are ammonia or nitrite spikes. Bacterial blooms caused by the above could result in the perpetually cloudy tank water he has... Burt

A few questions: How long has the tank been set up and running? How long with fish? What is your maintenance schedule? Filter cleanings (and how are you cleaning) and water changes / gravel vacs (how often / how much) ? Do you test for ammonia / nitrite / nitrate? After these questions are answered it will be much easier to give some advise... Burt

Spencer Creek used to get a decent run of steelhead and chinook. It seems to me the runs greatly diminished after the carp barrier was constructed at the mouth of Cootes Paridise. Spencer also had a large pink salmon run back in the '80s. Water has been record low so far this fall but should get better with the forcasted rain and the emptying of Christie resevoir which should start soon. Since the flow has been so low, so late, I doubt there will be many salmon using the creek this year. The creek falls under the normal trout season for most of its length, closed from Sept. 30 to the last Saturday in April. An all-year open section is from Cootes Drive (HWY 102) down to the lake. Mostly frog water, slow with a mud (don't wade in there!!!) bottom. I don't much bother with it much anymore as you will get better luck at Bronte or the Credit. HTH, Burt

There is no hole right above that shallow water. I have been down there a few times (to observe) and Bronte is unusually low this year. I have also taken pictures of some questionable activity and also called the MNR tips line (haven't heard back). I would hazard a guess that 95% of people presently fishing Bronte during this low water are lining or snagging fish. It's a feaking massacre down there.... Burt

Both are 100% fluorocarbon. Leader wheels are more expensive because it is marketed as lead material. You wouldn't be able to sell a fluoro main line spool for $50, so they take less margin for the bigger spool. I fill my small leader spools for steelheading with 6 and 8lb Seaguar InvizX fluoro and it works great for leader material. Just as you noticed, way cheaper too. And Seaguar invented fluorocarbon line, no??? So why not go with the best Burt