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There is no substitute for that private time alone where the child has you all to herself. Moments to forever cherish. I was notorious for pulling one or the other out of school for a father/son or father/daughter fishing excursion. They need it and, whether we like to admit it or not, we need it too.

Well done dad

Intermission's on and I'm outta here. I'm interested in only the game not the Oh for the days of Foster Hewitt and the 15 second commercial. "Mabel, Black Label"

Great report. Good to see you got out with your Dad for a day of memory making.

It's not North vs. South. It's city slicker vs. country bumpkin. The difference between gathering up your food yourself or running to the supermart. I grew up in that subsistance culture and I spent 20 years living in Toronto. I was only too happy to leave the urban environment.

I still C&R but I still take enough for the table on a regular basis.

By the way, where is this shortage of fish in FMZ 17. I find lots of fish every time I'm out that way.

There is also a 4 fillet method which I was taught

I'd say you've been mighty busy there. WTG on a very successful outing.

Seeing as I had some tackle to deliver to a lodge north of Orillia, I thought I'd throw in some fishing time ( Duh, who wouldn't ). So, the wife and I leave sunny Beamsville at 5:30 and we're in Orillia before 8. Good travel time. From that point things went downhill. Lit up the Coleman to get the coffee brewing and the wind starts to howl. Once I finally have the thing brewing go to get brekkie ready. Open the cooler and there is the margerine, milk, sugar and syrup, but no griddle cake mix. I forgot it in the fridge

So next we try fishing the town dock. Talk about miserable, but the bride stuck it out long enough to say she was fishing.

After that Judy scurried back to the van to stay warm and we made a muffin run to substitute for breakfast

Next we drive to the ultra secret perch hole. Tried the worms , all I got were sunnies, but there were lots of minnows so I scooped a couple dozen. All of a sudden the sky goes black, the minnows disappear before I can get another scoop. All of a sudden its Freakin snowing! A few flakes at first then followed by corn snow and hail. Haven't seen that happen so late in decades. Despite the wind and snow the perch were feeding. Lots of dinks with a few good sized ones mixed in for variety.

OF course it wouldn't be a typical "Ugli" day if I didn't fall down and get wet. Judy thinks I stepped in a soft spot. We won't tell, will we?

Despite the adversities, it was still a fun day. After all this is Canader, eh?

I'm with moosebunk. Fishing is as much about the harvest as the sport. Take away the harvest and the 'granolas' will be screaming animal cruelty. I've heard that stupid line a dozen times last year in Niagara while doing the C & R thing in St Catharines for bass.

I come from a family that has always loved outdoor living. I am proud of the fact that we are fisherfolk rather than anglers. Gram always told us to 'never play with your food' We were also taught to only keep what you need.

For those crying about depleted fish stocks, I don't hear too many telling us to stop eating bluewater fish. We've lost the cod. How long before it's tuna and halibut that are gone, if they are not better managed?

As for keeping bass, why not? Keep younger, smaller ones, up to a pound or so. Goes great with bacon and eggs in the morning

Right purdy collection you got there Cliff. The fish aren't half bad either.

Now that's a great day of fishing! Nice pics and fish there...hope dinner tasted great!

Us 'Grumpy Old Men' are having the time of our lives. By the way, fish dinner, breakfast, etc... at Ugli Acres is always great. Just ask any of the victims of my cooking.

I've had sheephead chowder a few times when younger. No different than most white flesh chowders.

If you want to compare fishing, now, with fishing back in the 1920's-40's, it is nowhere near what it used to be. If you make the same comparison with the 1970's and 80's, in Southern Ontario, things are much better. We have far better fisheries management, albeit underfunded. Whitfish and lakers were wiped out on Simcoe and other lakes and now make a comeback.

Yes a lot of anglers keep fish. Many obey the rules, many don't. Some still kill pike as a nuisance fish, believing it will help muskie and walleye populations by doing so. Those who regularly max out their catch are a minority. However, taking perch as a typical example, they have always been considered a food fish. People travel 2-8 hours to Simcoe for the purpose of getting a supply for that reason. Posession was also cut by half a few years back. You were allowed 2 days posession of limit for Simcoe perch, now it is one.

It's all a matter of perspective.

Brave young lad there. Yes it is a horrible sensation to hear your kid screaming while you are helpless to do anything about it (no thanks for the reminder. Shudder).

Most young lads are quite resilient. 2-3 weeks he'll be back fishing. Good time for him to practice being ambidextrous and fish the other hand. Hope your lad recovers soon.

Buddy Bill and I decide, last night, we should get out before 6 and lay a beating on some Lake O perch. We had to change plans. The north winds were pushing waves onto the pier so we opted to move furth in shore. Turned out to be a good plan B. Out of the wind, the sun is shining and the fish biting. We seemed to hit a wide variety of species again without any OOS fish.

We both managed to find a decent take home meal.

By 1pm. everything had shut down and we called it a day

It was a nice day to be out. Glad you enjoyed your day.

The bays off the channel to honey harbour often hold good #s of pike.

Know your rights and stand up for them people...nobody else will do that for you.

 

Tony

In Canada this is not just about rights. There are also responsibilities. In Canadian law, the Crown's law, we have an obligation and responsibility to report breaches of the law when they occur. Otherwise the law, and your rights, are worthless. You witness an offense, report it. If the authorities don't want to act, then report 'that' to the media.

There are a lot of arrogant people on the lakes. They believe they own the fish and water. I've seen signs posted as "NO Fishing, Spawning Area", yet they have a line from their dock into that location. Another who hops on his jetski and does circles around the boat until you leave. One individual likes to launch golf balls from his dock at anglers in "his" bay. One cottager used to cut rock markers set up by a local lodge for years until someone got him on tape.

Not one of these people believe they are doing anything wrong.

WTG on a day well spent. Gotta love them smiling faces.

I was fishing on Lake Erie about 6 years ago and we caught one of those Bowfin things...at least it looked similar.....do they also call them 'Dogfish'?

One and the same

Was still slow early this morning.

Congratulations.

That's my kind of fishing report.

Great job

Look at the smile on your child's face. That says it all.

In other words I would encourage you all to stop browsing and go fishing while they sort out the mess. Then we can flood the board with fishing pics