rhymobot

So I've always wondered about 2 things.

1. Why are there stocked trout ponds that you pay to fish and pay by the pound but no ponds for other species?

2. Every time I drive through Caledon, King City, and Simcoe County I see lots of ponds on people's property or a nice big one shared by like 3 houses. Have you ever heard of the property owner taking payment to allow someone to come fish the pond that is presumably stocked with bass? I'm sure some of you guys know someone with this kind of bass pond and have fished it for free.

How do you even know if it's private or not for say a small lake like this one in Caledon:

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On the west side of the lake it looks like there's road/path to drive up but you can't tell if there's a private property sign there from google maps. But let's say there is no sign there then is it fair game? Because I've passed by some small ponds on what looks to be someone's property but the pond is literally only feet from the road and there's room to pull over to the side and park.

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Touche...

I've only fished for like 3 years now with my inflatable and so I search google maps for small enough lakes for me to try. Why are there so many lakes named Little Lake?!!! lol. What happened to originality when towns were naming these lakes way back in the day?

And why didn't they think about the future when we'd all be on the internet discussing lakes and getting confused about which one we were referring to in forum discussions?!!

Lots of Island Lakes and Mud Lakes too.

What else?

It will usually make that person buy a yearly non-resident license instead... Especially if they are going to go back maybe 2-3 more times.

that's a good point.

I believe I saw online that it's $15 a day for a non resident for NY. I've always wondered about this for licence costs for one day of fishing. How come it's so high? Ontario is $21.

Is it not prohibitively high for a non resident who wants to go across a border and fish a lake? Considering you have to pay for the gas to get there and launch fee and possibly hotel, don't these high prices make you think twice? What if it was much cheaper like West Virginia, where I'm going labour day weekend, where it's only $3. If it wasn't so expensive would more people go across borders and fish, you know, to do something different than the usual fishing at home?

I'm not a hardcore angler, and I only have an inflatable boat, but to get away from home for a night I've looked going into western NY with the GF and visiting a state park, and shopping, and fishing saturday and sunday. But when I looked up the cost and saw it would be $15 x 2 people x 2 days I said forget it. I'm sure people in NY see the same thing about ON.

So can anyone tell me why one day licences are so expensive when one of the goals of any province or state is to attract tourists to come spend their money on shopping, hotels, food, etc. Just curious.

I once paid $17 for a one day licence in Florida but Florida is a world renowned fishing destination because of it's fresh water and salt water and the bass are bigger and salt water I'd say is more productive. I paid it because I was at a state park and could see the BIG mullet, parrot fish and needle fish swimming right in front of me and I had a field day catching them.

I would stay to a small lake ........Roblin Lake

Good size Bass..........Texas worm rigs work for me.............

Thx

Hi anglers.

Could be going to Belleville within the next couple of weeks. Can anyone let me know about some accessible small lakes nearby suitable for my 12 foot inflatable with 30lb thrust trolling motor? So no Bay of Quinte thank you. lol.

East Lake, Lake on the Mountain PP, Fish Lake, Consecon Lake, Roblin Lake, Oak Lake.

Looking for bass or the occasional pike or walleye.

Thanks.

LET'S GO BLUE! (Michigan reference)

Heart lake up in Brampton is decent. You have to pay to get in though

Ya it's not bad. I live 2 minutes away from there. Still a good 25 minutes outside of Toronto's borders though.

It's surrounded by fencing most the way around except some spots so I just used to ride my bike in there and fish from shore. And the fence that separated the conservation area from my school Lagerquist Elementary always had a hole cut in it big enough for people to get through. Every time they patched it up someone simply cut it open again. Then they resorted to putting up signs that say it's monitored by surveillance cameras.

Thing about that place is that you not only pay to get in but you have to pay to fish as well so it ends up costing like $11. But that covers the fishing licence for the day if you don't have one. But not sure how many people actually tell the gate person you're going to fish and actually pay it. Never known anyone who's done that and never seen anyone go down to the lake and ask the people fishing if they have the receipt for the fishing fee. Even when you rent a boat and have fishing gear in your hands they don't ask for the receipt.

Don't go to G ross, its a garbage pit. the humber and rouge marshes you can boat in but as you said they are rivers. I don't think that there are any now that you've mentioned it.

haha ya i stopped by there once on the way to something else. just to have a look. it was pretty gross but i've heard there's good carp fishing there but not an ideal place to sit and enjoy the scenery for a couple hours.

Nothing exactly meeting your description. Toronto Harbour, and Frenchman's Bay in Pickering, are close. How big a boat are we talking about here? Do you mean rental rowboats?

 

 

Ya Kayak, canoe, row boat, blow up boat, pedal. Don't personally wanna fish the city by boat though! It was just a curious thought that popped in to my head.

There's some good fishing from shore and from wading in some spots in the city though. Have caught quite a few fish in the marinas and in the Rouge, Humber and Etobicoke Creek myself.

Thought the city could make some money renting out boats in High Park.

Just dawned on me. I can't think of a single small lake or pond you can boat on within the borders of the city. Not Centennial Park, Not Milliken Park, Not Grenadier Pond at High Park.

There are rivers and Lake O but is there really not a single pond where boating is allowed?

I've never known the reason you can't boat at High Park on Grenadier like you can at Central Park in NY.

What about G Ross Lord Park and Eglinton Flats?

Thanks for the replys

I'm in the East end - Actually very close to the Rouge, so I'm gonna have to check that out.

 

No motor yet.

Ya check that out. I might just have to pm you to see how it was there since I'm thinking of trying it myself.

In the east there aren't many conservation areas with small lakes but the rouge will do. Once you get that motor I think it'll open up some possibilities. Scugog might be too much without the motor but I've never been there so I can't say for sure. Perhaps south of Port Perry that water might not be too bad but you never know if the wind picks up.

In Whitby you have windsor bay park. The west side of Brock might be too much for just paddling on this thing unless you stay pretty close to the road and not towards the marina. The east side I think is fine. I've fished there once for carp and my buddy goes there all the time for carp. Not sure if there's anything else there beside brown bullhead cats. Also it's not the easiest place to launch but you should be able to manage. By the way, the road has no parking signs but people always park there and I've never heard from my buddy about ever being hassled.

Then you got Milne Dam in Markham. That water is brown. It has panfish and cats for sure. Don't know about anything else.

Toogood pond in Markham is a good size but I can't remember if boating is allowed there. Only been there once as a kid from shore.

If you ever go out to the west side let me know. There's gotta be like 20 spots I've been within 10 mins to an hour away.

Yes, it is deep enough. However, yes there are signs stating no motors. The bridge has a picture of a propellor with a line through it.

Thanks.

Lots of conservation areas I see have signs or on their websites that simply say NO MOTORS but what they really mean is no gas motors while electric is fine. But having a pic of a propeller crossed out sounds like serious business.

Too bad, because I'm too lazy to paddle ever since I got the motor.

First of all, anyone know if there are signs that say you can't use any kind of motor at all at Rouge Park right at the mouth of the river?

I was thinking of taking my inflatable with the trolling motor and going upstream to around the 401. Wondering if that whole stretch is deep enough to do that.

Thanks.

rouge marsh, lyne marsh, lake scugog, otonabee, trent, lots of options

rouge marsh could be promising. i've been there a couple times for carp but heard there's bass.

had no idea you could boat in lynde marsh. went there to feed the chickadees by hand. must be bass in there.

scugog i thought would be too big but never been there myself to judge it.

are there any other river mouths between scarboro and the 'shwa that you could launch an inflatable and go upstream quite a bit? in the west you can do credit up to the qew and 16 mile creek up to cornwall rd, and bronte you can go up but not quite as far.

Where in TO are you? I don't think there's many options east of the city for small boats. Even Frenchman's bay I've heard can be choppy and windy. I know lots of places north and west that are suitable.

And do you have the motor for it?

When I used this boat at Wilcox in richmond hill the wind suddenly picked up and didn't go away for a while and so I got blown across the lake and couldn't paddle back to where I parked so I had to call a cab to take me to my car. lol. This was before smart phones and I could simply have google mapped my location and walk back to the car. With the trolling motor this wouldn't have been an issue.

Damn.

thanks for the great info.

so just to confirm, the creek is more than 30 feet deep? is this upstream and downstream? i don't wanna go within 100 metres of the mouth in my rinky dinky little 12 foot dingy.

if it's basically just perch i'm gonna catch i think i'll have to pass since i'm like a 85% bass guy. sheephead seems like a good alternative to bass for one day but i've heard they're not the easiest fish to get.

Are the suckers in there now?

And I've never caught a sheephead before. They go after typical bass lures?

Hi.

My buddy wants me to drive him to Port Bruce for a fishing derby that his friend is putting on. He said my fee will be covered since we're going from Mississauga all the way out there. So before I agree I wanna know if there's decent fishing there this time of the year.

Anyone know this area?

1. What is the name of that river or creek?

2. Is it easy to launch an inflatable there somewhere near the mouth and go upstream?

3. What species are there this time of the year?

Thanks a lot.

Thx I'll let him know

Sibbald Point.

 

Lots of citiots and bbqs.

lol. citiots. i had to look up that word.

My friend just asked me if he and 10 of his people could bbq at Lake Wilcox in Richmond Hill since he knows I've fished there. I told him it's pretty much all private land except for that spot with the tiny beach and canoe house and there ain't room to bbq.

So is it illegal to BBQ outside on public lands without a permit?

Most city parks (like Erindale Park) and conservation areas require a permit that could be from $50 to over $100 from what I understand and also require you to pay the gate fee too if it's a conservation area for instance. And not only that but I'm guessing that most city parks at least are booked up weeks in advance. Not sure about conservation areas.

Anyone have any experience with any spots where's it's cheap to book and might be available on 1 or 2 days notice? Or better yet, that is free, if that's even possible?

Not the Bluffs and not Milne Dam in Markham.

Thanks for any suggestions. I'll pass them along.