dave524

When I worked for the MNR at Long Point years ago, they would often set up a checkpoint on the causeway coming off the point, they pretty well had you as there is only one way on and off, opening bass weekend it was pretty much a given. They also sometimes checked duck hunters in the fall , but if I recall that was the pony police with the yellow striped trousers as they did a lot of Migratory Game Bird Enforcement back in those days.

Actually we got those all summer just off that wall, I always thought they were a separate local population that stayed there, smaller fish typically than you got offshore. With the predominate winds we either trolled or pulled up to the marker just east of the foghorn and drifted back towards Nickel Plant Beach casting Erie Dearies tipped with a bit of crawler. In season a mixed bag of Smallies and Eyes was assured.

We used to get them trolling in front of the east break wall at Port Colborne, some during the day but evening was usually better. Smaller fish than the offshore population than suspend over deeper water, you could probably launch a yak from Nickel Plant Beach and fish it.

Spincast, just thank the stars that you are not still launching at Don Campbell's Marina inside the harbour and ducking to go under the QEW bridge. Water was high in the 80's and my 18 footer just cleared if I put the antenna and rods down, the water is 6 to 12 inches higher than that now . http://images.ourontario.ca/lincoln/57571/data?n=3

I was always taught the tongue weight should be 10 to 15 % of the trailer weight edit: I know from personal experience that too light a tongue weight will cause a fishtailing condition, forget the symptom of too heavy a tongue weight.

Yeah , way too much weight on the tongue regardless of the truck suspension, not going to tow well. Getting 4 wheeler in the box ahead of the axle would help and put the displaced stuff in the box in the trailer if possible. I doubt you could move the axle on the trailer enough to compensate.

Nice Grimsbylander, sure beats the Grice and Young stamped metal POS I started with. Backplate looks like my old knurled rim Stanton but you did your own spool design.

Exactly, I starting with centrepins back in the early 80's with British bushing reels and was taught the trotting method of presenting the bait where you were in constant contact with the spool holding back the float so the bait was presented first. Little do people realize the current at the surface is almost always faster than at the bottom and letting your float run with the current with your super dooper abecs only results in the float dragging your bait at an unnaturally fast speed along the bottom behind the float. I was taught to keep your mainline off the water and the float tilted back towards you, no hero drifts , you lose that control .

I still use mono, 6 lb and under Trilene XT on the spinners, 8 lb-12 XL on a spinner as XT gets wirey over 6 , all the level winds get XT as they are Salmon rigger gear . I do use PowerPro on dipsey gear though. Never been a fan of flouro. edit: running 10 XT on my float reels with 4 and 6 XT as leader material

DON'T over do the smoke, you don't need smoke through the whole process, couple of hours at the start is good.

I lived that way years ago , Young's Creek south of Simcoe will be the first to clear after this rain, fish it downstream of the dam at Vittoria, could be a few Steelhead around still as well as resident fish. Lots of sandy soil in Norfolk County, the smaller flows will clear pretty quick, try culvert hopping, there was fish in some pretty skinny water.

The Grimsby pier near me is underwater, highest I've seen it in the 34 years I've been here. It was high in the 80's when I moved here but never completely under like this morning. On the bright side you can now launch at the free municipal launch there , no dock but OK if you have a small tinny or a PWC, it's been high and dry for years since they put it in back then.

try this knot

Just did some spring cleaning, they recycle everything here, get a lot of practice backing up the trailer for separate bins for household waste, scrap metal, wood, cardboard, separate spot for and old flatscreen and laptop, of course hazardous goes to a separate building and then the brush pile and separate pile for leaves and grass clippings. Free compost this time of year . I really doubt a mower would end up landfill, and new Ford maybe

if he is talking about the 2013 Boston series, they blew it in 3 minutes

I've been here here since ' 83 and Lake O is as high as it was back then.

Nice , still a trace of eclipse plummage. I don't get all these name changes They sit offshore here all winter, quite vocal when it is quiet.

Pretty simple math, going back 50 years to High School, I think if you double the distance, you are looking at 4 times the area, so if there 4 fish marking at 20 feet, if the depth is increased to 40 feet you should see 16 if they are at the same density. Now , we still have to deal with fish at the edge of your cone marking 10 maybe 15 % deeper than they really are and downrigger balls marking deeper than they really are.

http://www.stevessleepininn.com/did-you-know/ I've caught Common and Golden Shiners on hook and line in the 8 inch plus class, I bet a lot have used SpotTails and not even known they weren't Emeralds.

I've encountered Spottail Shiners as commercial bait minnows, found Perch can't tell the difference between them and Emeralds, Walleyes I found are not as selective about what kind of minnows you use, Perch can be finicky. Heinz 57 varieties from beaverpond traps seemed to work fine for Walleyes.

I've only encountered Sticklebacks when we used to set a minnow trap in a beaver pond on a small creek, we'd only keep them if we didn't get enough chub minnows. Thought most bait shops sold Emerald Shiners as minnows, Logperch were another undesirable minnow we used to get sometimes.

I've seen a similar thing on salt style fishing boats ( Grady Whites, Prolines, Makos ) with self bailing cockpits, but they have always been at the back ABOVE the waterline. Helps to keep your feet dry if backing down hard or everyone runs to the back, I definitely would not leave a boat moored over night with that .

Ovie is back, how do you spell embellishment

Heck , me and the 2 guys I fished with, parked and always had a fire and did a few hotdogs, we were quiet but would often stay till past midnight, we fished where the old Big Creek Channel comes close to the lake near the end of Hastings , we were quiet though and no complaints. I want my Canada back Yeah , I recall seeing the controversy on Stomp's forum a while back, that sucks bigtime if it is all no parking now.

FWIW , years ago when I worked at Long Point Prov. Park, I used to catch big cats all summer right up till fall when I switched to duck hunting down off Hastings Ave. It was surf type casting, wade out to the first bar, maybe 50 to 100 foot and chuck out your raw shrimp or cut bait with a sinker appropriate for the waves and come back put your rod in a holder and wait. Too early now as they are still in the rivers, but if anyone wants to try later, give me a shout. Good sized fish too, a few 20's and about 10 average.