Crazy Ivan

I'll try to answer some of your questions with answers that are strictly my opinion. Guys that enjoy catching and eating pike should have no problem finding a lake where they can do so. Pike are not going to be extinct. Even if musky establish in Simcoe you will still be able to catch pike. Why stock a lake that has pike that will eat the musky? Well, like I said in my previous post - pike and musky have co-existed in Georgian Bay for years showing that it can be done. You just need the GB strain of musky. As for the trout, whitefish and perch populations, I think they are strong enough on Simcoe to support a musky fishery. They supported musky before.

If musky from the Kawartha Lakes were being stocked I could see your point, a waste of time. The Georgian bay fish have co-existed with pike for years. Why wouldn't this work? Unless of course you don't want Musky in Lake Simcoe.

Good post. There are a few mistakes like the biggest musky caught - no big deal. The point is that this is an amazing project and it looks like it is going to work. I can remember seeing big fish in the 70's being brought in to Miller's Marina in Keswick. It was sad to see them eventually disappear because of the growing pike population. The same thing is now happening to Balsam Lake where more and more pike are being caught. The Ministry is right by bringing musky eggs from Georgian Bay. I believe that the Kawartha strain of musky (that was in Simcoe) and the Georgian Bay strain are two different fish. Maybe the GB strain spawn in deeper water to avoid the hatch being eaten by pike. Anyway, with the type of forage available for musky in Lake Simcoe - Whitefish especially, these fish could grow to be monsters just like their brothers in GB. Too bad I'll probably be to old to throw 3 oz. baits at them when they open fishing for Musky on Simcoe. Oh well, I'm teaching my son to fish for Musky.

These work great, my employer used to hand them out in hot weather. http://www.oxarc.com...v?prod_id=16331 Don't know where to get them in Canada?

Thanks - A hard turn and then neutral has caught me more than a few salmon downrigging on Lake O.

I was at LeBaron in Markham tonight, they have store wide 15% off sale going on. I think it's on for tomorrow and Sat. as well. I wasn't going to buy that new spinning reel but I couldn't resist.

And Muskies too! I was there for a Muskies Cda. can-am years ago. Nice place.

Great report! Thanks for sharing and awesome pics too. I wish I could get out. I have to ask - I couldn't help noticing the one pic of your reel underwater in the sand, did it run okay after that?

This could be a useful tool. It needs some work though, it lists Rainbow trout and Brown trout in Lake Simcoe. Dammit! All those trips to Georgian Bay chasing trout and I could have fished at home!

I would agree that this would be best.

I don't think photoshop was around in 1988?

I'm with Aviva Canada/NautiMax. They allowed me to shorten my lay-up time (Nov 30 to April 1) without an increase in my premium. It was Nov 1 to Apr 30. Anyone boating in Dec. or March, are you paying alot more to run the boat then?

Is it possible to get boat insurance before April in Ontario?

Here's a satellite photo of Owen Sound as of Sat. March 19. Click on Lake Huron. Looks like open water. http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/region_map.html

Drop or rise should allow the trailer to be level when being towed.

Thanks for posting this, interesting video. In the video he says that they are there in January. I have a question for anyone on this board who fishes there with a boat during the winter months, how do you get insurance for the boat? Mine is covered from Apr.1 to Nov.30, the rest of the time it must be laid up. I assume I could get coverage for the whole year, but would this cost big $?

Option 'c' in my opinion would be the best. You want the riggers to be 'in' the boat. Try to avoid going beyond the beam so that when you tie your boat off to a high walled dock you're not smashing your riggers against the wall. The Lund brackets look like they would put the riggers outside of the boat. Good Luck!

This will be my option, not going and not getting in the way.

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the facebook link.

Anyone fishing the lower Ganaraska for rainbows? If so, what are the conditions? Open water? Ice?

I'm in Keswick with Rogers internet and I think I'm paying too much. It's reliable and fast but too expensive. I'm going to look into teksavvy.

Regs. for zone 16. http://www.mnr.gov.o...mnr_e001335.pdf My interest is for southern Georgian Bay.

Thanks for pointing this out! I always thought opener was the last Sat. in April regardless of how many Saturdays in the month. I would prefer a non-holiday weekend.