rhymobot

Wait, were you at the dam? If so that is palgrave pond and is virtually dead, you would probably have better luck fishing in a quarry pond

didn't see a dam there. but i've heard of that dam but no idea where it is. but that could explain a lot about this spot.

Ahh you could be on to something. Saw the creek on the map. Might have a look next time I pass by at the right time of the year.

In case anyone has seen this on the map and was curious as it's far away from pretty much everyone. This place is more known for bike trails and couldn't find any fishing info on it.

Was hoping it could be a secret honey hole for bass but doesn't seem like it.

Went there this past Friday at about 8pm on the way to cottage country.

Click here for map

I was casting senkos into here for about 15 mins and nothing. Wasn't worth the effort after that as this pond is completely surrounded by willow reeds and other annoying flora. And you have to walk balls deep in this stuff just to get close. But you can't even get close enough to actually stand on shore and so I was casting from like 5 feet away.

Also the pond was at least half covered in algae though you'd never know from the google maps. And you can't see the tall grass either on this map which is why I was surprised when I got there.

If I lived nearby I would explore more but there's tonnes of lakes/creeks/rivers in Caledon that are incognito and I'm gonna look at some of those.

bass - stupid incidental fish

 

pike - esox jr

 

walleye - dinner

Lol

Off the top of my head I can think of these ones but out of curiosity what are others you've heard?

Largemouth:

largie

bucketmouth

emeraldback

Smallmouth:

smallie

bronzeback

Pike:

snot rocket

hammer handle

northern

pikey

Walleye:

wally

walter

ol' glass eye

Isn't the $7 for parking as well? I know it's like that at the Humber.

Hmmm perhaps that is the case.

If I were gonna be there for several hours I have no problem paying $7 but I might only be on the water for an hour since it would be on the way back from the cottage and I have to make a couple of people wait.

If I park my car at Lawrence Park does that mean I have to pay the $7 to launch my inflatable even though I wouldn't have to use their ramp?

Or can I just blow up the boat and set off somewhere from the shore or beach? I'd be using my trolling motor too.

Thanks.

You definitely wanted a sealed battery if using it for this purpose.

Ah. didn't know about that. i just bought the cheapest deep cycle battery from CT. $120 or so all in.

I just looked online at that mount. I like that price. I spent $82 because I got my motor in August from my cousin for free and I was just jonesing to get out and use it so I didn't even bother looking online because of the time it would take to ship.

And ya I've seen that minn kota on sale before for $99. A good starter motor for small lakes. Sometimes I wish I had a stronger motor so I could move up the rivers and across the lakes faster but I don't have the money to spend on that so I make due.

Another point I want to make which is about the battery:

Treat the battery with care! First couple times I used it I tipped it once and the acid was coming out a bit but also I got a little bit of battery acid somehow on my lower back and it turned red and irritated but I just washed it off with the lake water and it was fine and the redness was gone a couple hours later. But then I managed to get acid on my shorts and a tshirt and my belt. Don't know how I did this but those all just fell apart afterwards and I had to scrap them. Also some acid got on my rear floor mat and there's a mark on it now. lol. it's a slow process. those things that got torn up by the acid degraded over days not instantly.

but anyway, nothing's happened since. but as a precaution i always wear crappy clothes if i'm dealing with the battery and i keep 2 carpets or towels near my battery when it's in the car so it doesn't destroy my interior.

oh and you need a battery case as can be seen in the pic of my boat. i think it's like 10 bucks from CT. the case has two handles on the side and a lid. that case will capture any of that tiny amounts of acid that leaks out. mind you the acid that did touch me didn't exactly burn through me like sulphuric acid. i'm sure mechanics know a lot about vehicle batteries and would tell you that it's not a big deal to get some on you.

Yush_gta that is one awesome set up. I've been wanting something to hit the extra angles of a lake and this would be perfect. Tx for sharing

Thanks man.

couldn't tell ya much about the troller since i was given one but obviously the more powerful the better. at island lake in orangeville the rental boats have trollers on them. i think the boats are 14 feet. anyway, had 4 of us in that thing and the troller pushed us along fine and never got stuck in the weeds so i assume those were pretty powerful as trolling motors go.

circuit breaker i believe is to protect the motor from shorting out when it's connected to the battery and you're cranking it on 5 which is the max speed. i bought it from bass pro and was really easy to connect.

also should mention that you need a charger for the battery. i already had a charger in the garage that charges car batteries but it also has option for deep cycle batteries which is of course what you use for boats. the motormaster one i have is $70 but i see it in CT flyer every few months or so for half off.

as well, when i'm at lakes like valens, mountsberg, and puslinch which have ridiculous weeds and my weak trollers gets clogged up, i have to pull the motor out of the water and take off the weeds. so i'd disconnect the connection from the battery so i wouldn't accidentally turn the motor on while i was removing the weeds. huge pain in the ass so i got a really skinny wooden stick and cut it to the right length so that i can just lift up the motor and push off the weeds with the stick and not have to disconnect the battery and i also no longer had to stretch out to do this.

Here is mine. Got the same thing for $100 on sale at Walmart 4 years ago:

Just to add further to the advice already given:

- get boater safety kit with the flares and all that. like $10

- the mount i had to buy for $82 from le barons because it's the only place i could find it at the time and it fits perfectly. though i've heard you can find them cheaper on the net. not even BPS had this when i called them.

- i use a 10lb weight from a weightlifting set as my anchor since those cost $10.

- rope for anchor can be bought from dollarstore. i got 20 feet. and the rope should float which is helpful because if it comes untied from the boat you can always see where the end of the rope is on the surface of the water.

- i use a piece of cardboard folded in two as platform for my battery. it evens out the weight of the battery better on the inflated floor.

- i bought my circuit breaker for the battery from BPS for under $20 I think. important to have one once you get the troller.

- the troller i have is the weakest at 30 lb thrust but my cousin gave it to me for free and when i was using it at guelph lake it took forever to get across. same with going up rivers like 16 mile creek and credit. but when you're on smaller waters it seems like you're moving a lot faster of course. but regardless, it's better than paddling and as long as it's not choppy you'll be fine. i've fished quite a few lakes no bigger than guelph lake and i've done fine.

- i never did the floor thing but i hope that works out for you.

- buy that glue/epoxy from CT that repairs inflatable stuff. it's a few bucks and comes in a tiny little bottle. if you get a pinhole size puncture you just put that on there and it seals it nicely. i got a puncture when a small largie i was reeling in jumped right as i was reeling him around the back of the boat and he landed right on the back end of the boat and as the single hook was sticking out his mouth it got stuck in my boat. no big deal. went back to shore, cleaned the hole, used the epoxy, let it dry and i was back out.

- on the 1st air chamber, it's got that little spout for blowing up like you find on a beach ball. try not to pull on that too hard to get it out after you've pushed it in inwards. i did that too many times and it got a tear in it and i used that epoxy with 3 coats to seal it up. it worked though.

- you need a car pump if you're gonna be inflating and deflating often. if you have the roof rack not a big deal but mine goes in my trunk. i got a coleman car pump that comes with the 2 perfect sized nozzles for $15 from Walmart in the US. it costs $40 here last time I checked which was 4 years ago. takes 15 mins max with the car pump to do all 3 chambers and 2 cushions.

- have fun with it. definitely cool for a family toy. can fit 3 people easy without the motor and battery.

Haha. Compact rental car.

Hi.

Going to be downtown Ottawa near Frank Clair Stadium. But will probably only have like an hour to fish and it'll be in the evening or night. Any of you Ottawa folks can recommend somewhere real close to fish for walleye or pike if they're around?

Will have to be from shore and we'll have a car but don't wanna drive more than 10 minutes.

I see the river and canal on the map and even Dow's Lake.

Thanks for your help.

Hi.

My friend bought a house really near to Cook's Bay on Simcoe and I'm going to visit him. My 12 foot inflatable with 30lb thrust trolling motor can't handle the lake so I'm looking at google maps and I see a river there but it doesn't show the name.

Anyway, anyone know the name of the river and know what's in there?

Know where I can launch, preferably away from the big marinas?

Thanks.

look for the portgage sign close to the dam and launch there. good luck.

Thanks but which dam do you mean? The one south of Woodlawn beside the baseball diamonds?

Anyone know this area well? I've seen other posts about there being good fishing and very accessible in the Speed.

The speed looks navigable by waders for the most part so I can check out the narrower stretches but what about from Macdonnell to Eramosa where it's much wider? And from Woodlawn south to the damn? Are these stretches shallow enough to wade through?

The other thing I'm wondering about is where the Speed and Eramosa meet there's The Boathouse which rents out canoes and kayaks. Wondering if it's worth taking my inflatable boat either downstream or upstream from there and fishing. And if so, where I could even blow up and then launch the inflatable? Maybe at Marianne's Park?

Thanks for any info.

If there's no point in boating these rivers maybe I'll try casting from shore in the Speed and then move on to Guelph Lake for some boating.

Thanks.

 

For anyone who is interested, here's a couple more pics!

 

Sorry I don't have any pics with me holding him, but fishing solo has a few downsides.

 

After cleaning

 

Dill, butter, salt and pepper...

great fish.

as for holding them up for pics, if you use a digi cam then you can bring a mini tripod with you that you get from dollarama. i always screw it on to my cam before i start fishing. then i have the cam set on x3 auto pics so once you press the button it takes 10 seconds before it shoots the 1st pic then a couple of seconds to the next one and then the third one. even works when i'm on the boat. although if there's a couple of people around they look at me strangely when i'm posing in front of nothing it seems lol.

Thanks for the responses.

However, I should mention that by inflatable I mean a Seylor 12 foot inflatable I got from Walmart for $100 on sale! Though it does have 3 air chambers.

And by putting around I mean I have a Minn Kota with only 30lbs thrust!

I've seen a couple of other lakes on the map in the area but they don't seem accessible to the public. But if there are even little pike in Little Lake then I might give it a try. Especially since it doesn't cost anything so I wouldn't feel like I wasted money if I don't catch.

I fished it last year and caught a few largies.

But this weekend I'm going up to Penetang and this is the only small lake I know around that area that I can putt around with in an inflatable. Know if there's pike in there?

Do u know if u can fish in Claireville Conservation area?

Claireville I checked out last August just to have a look. Only the wide part not the creek. I entered through wild water kingdom gate and said i'm going to the water not the park and they had no problem with that. followed the path through to where the water is under Steeles. parked there and through a couple lures for the hell of it. under this bridge it kinda looks like skid row but no one else was there and it was about 6pm on a weekday.

as for upstream NW of of 50 and Steeles there's that path where i believe you can park and hike into the nature and eventually reach the creek. i seem to remember parking there once when i was young but not for fishing. there was an arm gate blocking further access but we parked in front the of the gate and wandered in.

and i've seen people fishing it on the east side of indian line by the dam when i drove by on the 427. not sure how they got access. i guess they could have taken indian line from ablion road access and parked along the road. the campground itself has a gate attendant but i asked her last year if i could drive in and have a look around and she said go ahead. i thought it was kinda bizarre to wanna stay in a campground beside a brown river you can't swim in surrounded by trains, planes, and automobiles. and there were tonnes of people and their campers there at that time.

and like the other guy said, i've read there is bass and pike in there but mostly it's bottom feeders. suckers, carp, small cats. they have an annual fishing day there for families in the reservoir.

Good good. It finally paid off.

Are there any local ponds with at least panfish that you're allowed to fish?

I've fished these type of ponds in Brampton and Markham and none of them had no fishing signs. Is Oakville the same?

Hi.

I have an inflatable boat with a trolling motor and only fish on small lakes that aren't too deep. Like Mountsberg, Valens, Wilcox, Little Lake (Midland), Orangeville Reservoir, Heart Lake, Fairy Lake (Acton), Puslinch, Guelph, etc.

Never used a fish finder before and since I'm not serious enough to spend on a proper boat and all my rod combos cost $20-$25, do you think this is good value for $36?

http://www.aliexpres...holesalers.html

I wonder if all fish the sonar finds are gonna show up as the exact same size on the screen. Meaning it could have found me a school of sunfish instead of the bass and pike I'm looking for. Do good fish finders differentiate in the size of the fish?

I've ordered stuff from this site a few times and for this product there's been a lot of people who've bought and a lot of positive feedback.

Thanks.