dave524

not for much longer "Return to Canada On June 29, 2009, Tim Hortons Inc. announced that, pending shareholder approval (expected in September), the chain's operations would be reorganized under a new publicly-traded company, also named "Tim Hortons Inc.", incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act. The change is being made primarily for tax purposes. " way cool video , that river looks very familiar????

Very nice fish, I lived in Port Rowan back in the seventies and did a lot of concession hopping with a little blue pamphlet from the Ministry " Trout Fishing in Norfolk County ". Glad to see that the brown fishery is still that good. Maybe I'll take a drive that way with the ultralight before the end of the season.

If it is the same as this knot, it is the only one I use, I use only up eye hooks. http://www.steelheader.net/knots/whip_finish.htm I run a lot of yarn , I just slip it where the skein would go and cinch the knot down tight so the yarn flairs, trim to shape and go fishing. Of course you can put fresh or cured skein in its place. I find I get better hook sets with the line tied to the shank and less tendency for the hook to straighten, so I use this when running roe bags as well and of course the number 1 steelie bait, Dewies.

When I ran a boat trolling Lake Erie and Ontario back in the 80's and 90's, I had a sailboat knotmeter installed. Consisted of a paddle wheel on the stern , next to my tranducer, that generated an electrical current and a gauge ( Voltmeter essentially ) on the dash that read from 0 to 12 knots, I believe it was made be Pelican. There was no power involved unless you wanted to hook up 12 volts for a light at night. I was quite happy with it at the time.

" Lindquist Bros. " may be very old school but caught a ton of fish pulling Canadian Wigglers, lots of nice colours now and walleyes love them.

The best performance in recent history by a Leaf's goalie IMHO was at the end of the 2006 run for a playoff spot by Jean Sebastien Aubin, it was the last time I can say that the goalie consistently single handedly kept them in the game so that a comeback could be made , check his record 11 games , 9 wins , no losses, 2 OTL's for the season. Its was a shame Maurice came onboard and there was friction between the 2 the next season and he was history

Trying to remember when they started the resident fishing licences in Ontario, early 70's I'm guessing. Anyone ???

Toskala would put forth a credible performance for 2 or 3 games and then absolutely stink the place out. Gustavvon will not steal the number 1 spot , Toskala will give it to him on occasion after the first period eventually permanently.

Lets put the shoe on the other foot, I keep hearing Americans on the Gulf Coast catching Speckled Trout. I am sure that a speck would last a matter of seconds in that warm salt water and they are really catching Spotted Weakfish.

My dad grew up in Niagara and fished out of Port Colborne, I remember in the 50's he simply referred to them as Yellows, short for Yellow Pickerel, at the time I think the occasional Blue was still being caught. Yeah I always called them Partridge , but then turned around and and called their cousins Spruce Grouse , go figure.

that is worse looking than this http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/02/01/chees...oked-and-eaten/

The ducks are young Goldeneyes, they usually nest in hollow tree cavities like old woodpecker holes

Have you tried browsing through this site? it is excelllent for old locally produced lures that may be found in grandad's tackle box. http://ontariolures.com/ontariolureslist.html

It's been a lot of years but I used to launch off the end of Howey Ave, there was a small parking lot on MNR property there and a launch area suitable for smaller boats, it was mainly a launch for when the Waterfowl Management Unit is open to hunting . It is free if it is still open to the public.

I like the idea of the large diameter spool , there is really no advantage to a small diameter spool other than size and weight , everything else about a small spool takes away from the performance of a spinning reel. I would look at one for steelheading and shore casting for trout . The 180 SX with 170yds of 8lb. test @ 7.3 oz. SWEET thats the weight of my old 308 Mitchell.

First time I saw them would have been early 60's and I would have in my tweens, Dad and I used to go trout fishing in Youngs Creek at Vittoria and Big Creek between Lynedoch and Delhi in Norfolk County. I swear they were over 2 foot maybe 30" long and lined up like cordwood in one pool , but they may have grown over the years, it was one of those sights you don't forget. Fished that area fairly frequently later on my own in the seventies and never again saw them that bad.

Just this morning I was in a waiting room and picked up a mag with a guy in a kayak fishing, it was a spring issue of " Kayak Angler " . In it was a buyers guide with 99 different fishing models listed with specs and prices as well as some interesting articles. Curiously I thought it was very activity specific fare for the emergency room of Grimsby hospital, somebody there must be into it and bringing their old mags. Don't know if you can still find it on the news stands but would make for good browsing to see whats out there.

it's all the fault of the catch and release crowd

my parents had a cottage on Loon from 1968 until 1988, yes, in the later years there Dad got a few muskies while trolling walleyes and also lakers, initially when they first got the place it was strictly bass and walleyes.

I spent a few summers working at the Prov. Park in my younger days, did not have a boat but caught a ton of fish. If you are willing to bring a set of waders there is a network of dredged channels and duck hunting ponds from the causeway on out to the end of the prov park on the bayside. Bring up google maps and you will see the channels and a lot of dredged rectangular ponds that are used for duck hunting blinds in season, fish these, it is hard slogging at times but there is a lot of pike , largemouth bass, crappie and bluegills.

Not sure if you prob with wire leaders is spooking the fish or impeding the action of the lure but looking at your photo , but I see starting at the lure a split ring, a barrel swivel, a snap and another barrel swivel. The terminal tackle connecting the line to the lure is almost the length of the red and white. Why don't you try a simple wire leader , barrel swivel about a foot of wire and a duo-lock snap on the other end , tied to your line, I assume the red and white came with the split ring and chrome barrel swivel, remove the chrome barrel so it has just the split ring and hook the snap of the wire leader to the split ring. I think that would be less impeding to the action and visible to the fish than what you have now, running without a leader.

Im looking at the Credit River Anglers Association page and they are saying "Artificial lures with a single pointed barbless hook must be used. No live or organic bait allowed " near the bottom. http://www.craa.on.ca/new_regulations.shtml Possibly, they put up the signs and are being over-zealous in their interpretation of a single hook EDIT: in another area it is simply single barbless hook, could there be two special regs for different areas?

I agreed, you entered at a road allowance ie. public property and the water is navigable as evidenced by the government published canoe route map. My point is that some think they are OK as long as they are standing in water , sometimes the status of that water as navigable is quite debatable.

at one time you could get siwash hooks that the eye was slightly open and once you cut off the treble you just closed the ringed eye on the siwash with pliers, some quick work with a Dremel and it could be barbless.

Thanks for the welcome, the published canoe route is a pretty clear cut , sometimes I think the " I'm standing in the water and you can't touch me " mentality goes too far at times. I am only familiar with the Rocky from a few trips in the 70's when we used to take the varmint rifles up that way on the weekend for a Saturday of groundhog shooting and then we hit it on Sunday where it crossed the Markdale Road for a dinner of pansize Brookies . At that point I would have to say that I would hesitate to wade through private property.