huntervasili

Hey... flingin' flies is the fun, fish are a bonus... Plus the scenery... it makes a great day none the less... I was out from about 6 until about 6pm, so fish obviously wasnt too much in abundance but we stayed because it was an awesome day to be out

Well i guess that means we should all do our part and go drown some worms at the fishin' hole

Thats right... but of all my days on the water I have only seen em three times I think... It is a shame...

Nice report... Looks like everyone's eating trout tonight eh lol

Thats the one i wanted too... add in "too gross to fish for so I cut the line when I hook one" to the pole

Dont bug me at all... I am glad to see em checking for licences... It would be easier if there was some sort of patch or something in a bright colour you have to display on your self... that way if you dont have one you're easily pointed out....

WTG Mike, great report and at least you put a smile on one guys face... Hard to believe someone would go right over a planer, and not even stop to help/apologise.... Either way though thanks for the report

Yea man I agree with the quoted post too... sometimes agressiveness is key but othertimes it will screw you over bigtime...

Carp-Starter, I agree with ya 100% there are too many roe drifters,and worm users in non-organic waters... I wanna make a correction to what you said... usually it is not a first time poacher who can be let off on ignorance, but rather first time caught poaching... I cant stand em and will kick their roe in the water to give the fish a free meal, and leave the poachers baitless...

I agree with you on the enforcement part... and you are correct with the rules, but some parts are a no kill zone C&R only I have seen what people do on the grand as well, it is a shame but there are still some big fish in the grand and in whitemans

Upside of gas is if you are out for a while you can bring gas but cant bring electricity to the woods... gas engin also would have some more power, but of course heavier... Electric is lighter so thats an upside... that of course is my opinion though

Where's the net? In the truck! lol way to go... havent needed a net in the truck before lol Wtg guys

Thanks for the report Joe... Awesome pics and looks like you had some fun on the water

Whitemans isnt particularily large... as well it doenst tend to be as overcrowded as inner city creeks and rivers are... I enjoy it and we did a pile fo walking from access poin to access point... I was really happy bout the dry fly action, and of course the hatches of BWO's

I think one word can sum up these people... that is: PATHETIC

I know what you mean... saw the same thing happen to me today... I have even seen a guy snag a duck and bring that home.... some people are sick... really bugs me. I saw one guy have a snagged suck a bow which was in no kill waters, he was using roe and had a hook with a barb in artificial barbless zone...told him i was gonna call the MNR, he was out of there quick...

any spinners with single hools replacing trebles... So mepps/similar spinner, #0, #1 or so with silver gold blade works the best for me... Try all sorts of stuff, might find a gret one you never would have thought of... The Gand itself also has a great fishery, might be worth your time to check it out...

Well its unfortunate but, making sure you tell people the regs is important.. its also single barbless hooks in tehre and i saw mepps spinners with trebles everywhere... I do not mind sharing info though... Its a great fishery and the more people that know the better... it can eventually lead to more economic growth in the fishing sector which in turn could lead to more MNR workers... I believe this thread is not out of line so please do not criticize me, or my discretion... Mods if you have a problem please PM me as I will take no offence, and make any changes in the post necessary only reason I posted was because I was under the impression that doing this sort of stuff is ok...I was just relaying info on where some fish are and how to LEGALLY catch them, including the days hatches. Everything was Caught and promptly released for those of you who were wondering...

Wtg out there... many more fish and happy anniversaries

yup... they are invasive and they were squished... they can kill lots of trout in the rivers...

Happy B-day, have a good one!

Well I was scared half to death because the creek I was going to be fishing got 15 mm of rain and when it muddies up it is unfishable for at least 5 days... We decided to meake the trip anyway and altough no monsters were landed we did have a good time on the water. We fished 3 main streches of the creek, one part near the mouth (no fish and peopel we talked to only caught little 4" bows) so after a little while there we deicded to head up to the next strech, being apps mill. We did have more luck there catching several browns and bows, all small but fun, particularily on a 3 wt with 1.8lb tippet. We had a couple of break offs with bigger fish but thats not a problem as we had a good time on the river anyway... My SAGE is no longer a virgin rod!!! here are some pics we took of fish and other things along the river... (oops I forgot to black out the background 8| ) So this is the second strech of river we fished.... We caught and saw several little bows caught here These are some pics of the trout we photographed... all were fairly close in size and many tiny 4" parr in there. Then this beatifully coloured Brown. And of course me with another brown Another Part of the river... I really like the freestone rivers... Mud is a PITA And one last pic of what i figure is a lamprey baby which must have come from a steelhead or spawned from a lamprey hitching a ride from the steelie... Most of the Steel is out of the rivers and of all the people I spoke to(15 or so) only one had caught a decent sized fish... Most fish were caught On PT nymphs, Prince Nymphs or like... later some 16-22 bwo's started coming off and we got some bites and fish using 22-18 BWO's and some grey/white hendricksons... as well there were some green caddis pupas... I saw a few #14's and a 18-20, as wella s a couple small (#14) Black stones...Hope this helps anyone who wants to try the river.... I am by no means secretive and if you have any questions please feel free to ask them, I may not be able to help but maybe I will... Hope you enjoyed the report Bill

lol meant to mean Catch Photo Release

I will be out and good luck to all who try out the waters tomorrow... TIGHT LINES!!! CPR for me... BIll

I am anxious to get on the water tomorrow... who else is goin? come on in the chat and drop a couple words, who knows maybe some of us will be in the same place!!!