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I hate time changes. We should leave the clocks just how they are right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VpwTujzBRs

Nice! I was gonna say, there are year-round lakes, no need to give up so soon! But then I see you covered that.

If you have any tips for fall splake, feel free to share. Was going to go this weekend, but I feel like I've been hit by a Mack truck of a cold and probably won't be up for it now. Maybe next weekend.

 

I often take out the kids of the rez and teach them to fish

Good on you! If there was more of that, the world would likely be a better place.

Also, I don't know how you can do it with 6 - I can barely manage 1 most of the time!

Eight kids, manitoubass2? Busy guy, or what?

My kiddo with his first pet, "Thomas" (yes, named after the Train), whom we picked up tonight.

Mucking around on the trike:

Kiddo's already mastered the worm grip.

Helping me drink my espresso...

My little fisherman!

And finally, an older one.

I know, most of them are of my kid. But what can I say? He makes me super happy.

Nice side imaging! Congrats!

There are 9 lakes in total that contain Aurora Trout, and yes, those are Auroras, even though they aren't brightly coloured up

 

http://www.brooktrout.ca/open-lakes-for-aurora-trout.htm

There are more than 9 lakes that contain auroras. There are 9 that they rotate, plus I believe three that are continual sanctuaries. And obviously the lake I caught these in, which is none of those.

I'm pretty familiar with the aurora lore... I've been trying for 4 years now. They weren't supposed to be in this lake.

I was thinking splake too.

 

 

Wow...... So ok, you pick up your canoe and portage to a lake a km away to go fishing because a buddy told you about a good brook trout lake.

 

First cast you hook into a for sure for sure Aurora trout. You have to pick up your gear and leave the lake? Sooooo strange.

Yeah, I mean, I'm still not even 100% convinced it's auroras, and I didn't believe it in the moment, either. We had tried for them at Pallet Lake in the morning with not even a bite, so we left and went to a year-round brook trout lake for the afternoon (and no, it wasn't Lake 57 by mistake - I had my GPS and we weren't even near it). First cast hooked into a brookie; thought it was a sign of good things to come...

I'd like to think some people here know me well enough that I wouldn't willingly be breaking regulations. Obviously, if it had been Pallet or Big Club Lake, we wouldn't have continued fishing, being fully aware of the regs. I'd also have been convinced I'd caught an aurora and you can bet your ass would have celebrated and had a shore lunch... Instead, I was just confused and somewhat annoyed. We did only keep one each, just in case, but continued to fish the lake for brook trout, which produced only two total for the few hours we were there.

In my opinion, it's pretty stupid if they list a lake as being open year-round for brook trout, and then dump auroras in there... Considering they say they're the same species, and auroras are just a color morph, maybe they've decided to stop the aurora program and just dump all the stock into brookie lakes? That would make sense I guess, but I still want confirmation and clarification from an official.

Yep. First thing I did was sent the pics to the MNR. I might stop in at the Hill's Lake hatchery sometime if I don't hear back soonish. Someone there might know what's up.

Isn't the limit 1 each and you've gotta keep them? ie no catch and release? I know they had some weird regs.

Yes, that's the regs... But we were fishing a non-aurora lake. So what do you do if you hit your regular trout lake, and you pull in something that's not supposed to be there? We pulled out two brook trout from the lake, which is what was supposed to be in there, and what we were targeting.

Dude nice auroras!! Believe me when I say Auroras.. I've worked at Hill's Lake FCS rearing, feeding, spawning and stocking them, so I can ID them well.

 

I probably don't have to remind you of the rules re: catching auroras. That lake you fished is also listed on Fish ON-Line.

 

Here's the link just in case...

 

http://www.web2.mnr.gov.on.ca/fish_online/fishing/fishingExplorer_en.html

 

Gonna hit up a lake northwest of Timmins for them next weekend!!

 

cheers

HD

I could see it here, but it just looked like a slightly-orange moon during the actual eclipse.

Yesterday on the water a couple hours north of here, it looked gigantic and was out in the late afternoon.

My uncle learned that skunks definitely can spray if you trap them to a porch wall with an arrow...

Why is everything in that picture glowing, nuclear radiation? Maybe it's fallout.

I've never and probably never will buy a brand new vehicle, but for my older ones, I do all my tire-stuff with Kal Tire. They've been amazing, up here at least. They've even fixed punctured tires for me for free, even ones I didn't buy from them. I know this is ever so slightly off-topic, but I figured I'd mention it anyway.

Seems like a nice birthday!

Guys, be serious. These are not auroras. Impossible, since they don't exist, and we weren't even fishing one of the aurora lakes.

The two of us caught between 10 and 15 of them in an afternoon, which makes them the easiest trout we've ever caught, ever. Again, another strike against them being auroras.

The only thing in favor of them being auroras is that they lack the spots, and they fought like crazy - they felt like a fish 5 times their size, which only increased the disappointment as they neared the canoe.

We were getting annoyed because we were trying to catch some nice brook trout, which is all that was supposed to be in the lake, but these little things kept hitting our lures, no matter where we went, what we put on, if we trolled or cast... We only managed two "regular" brook trout.

So what are they, some new kind of invasive trout species?

Hit a small lake in the middle of nowhere with my brother today... They were all pretty little, but what are these things, Atlantics?

I wonder if that's the same fish that Spiel posted in "Fishing News" March 29, 2010.

Don't think so. Here's a pic of the guy that Spiel posted:

http://www.swankboys.com/2010/05/did-you-hear-about-4-12-pound-crappie_16.html

Whats a 'go-getter'?

I googled but a bunch of different lures came up , including worm harnesses lol

Yeah, same thing pretty much. Blade, some beads, and a hook... Works great!

Thanks for all the encouragement, everyone!

Yep they're the most finnicky of all the trouts. Go-getters are usually my no. 1 presentation for them too.

I actually never used go-getters until I watched Chad land some nice specks with them, and then my bro getting walleye with them. I'm a believer now, especially after this trip.

Great to see you posting some great fish outings Dara.

Thanks, Br-- wait, who's Dara?

Beauty trout.... I've always done well on inland trout with loooooooooong flatlines. And a red and white mepps tipped with a worm and troll the shoreline in 10-20. Never fails.

I seem to have line twist issues so I tend to not use spinners all that much anymore. Even when I use swivels, it doesn't seem to help that much. There must be a secret to it?

Go for the auroras while karma is good man!

It might happen... Gotta see what our schedules are like the next few weeks. Have you tried for them yet, yourself?

Thanks, guys!

Chris, this is the least-leaky of my three Sportspals.

Here is my opinion only, and I respect that you may not agree with me, but please see that all I want to do is reduce knife crime.

Ban butcher knives and the sale and manufacturing of whetstones for these knives altogether. These things are what the majority of knife crimes are committed with, so get rid of them altogether - unless you are a butcher. If you can't get whetstones, then you can't sharpen a knife.

For pocket knives, steak knives, santokus, gyutos, nakiris, and all other knives, register them and only allow the sale of the low-quality sharpeners that don't make the blades very sharp.

10-year prison term for cutting with a knife that is not registered to you, or using a banned knife. 25 years if you use a knife in any violent crime whether anything was cut or not.

I know it is a pain in the behind for all the regular, sane-minded people that use knives for cooking or whittling or just cutting things in general. However, this is really the only way I think you can prevent and eliminate most knife-related crime.

Cheers!

I have tried to catch rainbow trout over the past few years in the few lakes that are somewhat close to my place. My luck with them was nearly as bad as with auroras - only I know that rainbows exist, since I've seen them. I had a small one fall off at shore and bounce back into the lake last year, and this year, I had a real nice one that my brother failed to net before it jumped and shook off the hook at the side of the boat.

Finally, on Monday, we took a trip a couple hours north, to a small, quiet lake that neither of us have fished before. As we launched the canoe, my brother looked down into the green-tinged water and saw one swim past us. It was surely a sign of good things to come!

About 15 minutes later, as we approached the 1/4 mark of our first troll around the lake, my red go-getter gets a few taps. I set the hook, and the fight is on! It didn't last long, and my brother managed to net the beauty fish. And with that, my luck instantly changed.

My brother was next to hook into one, with his blue/silver Little Cleo rig. He fought it for a bit, but it launched a few feet into the air and shook the hook. He was pretty disappointed, but we pressed on.

A short time later, I got another few taps, set the hook, and landed my second rainbow in one day. I was at once pumped and in disbelief, not to mention, feeling kinda bad for my brother, who had now fallen behind by two, much like a Maple Leafs game.

He stuck to his setup, and I stuck to mine. Perhaps his luck was changing - he hooked one, and got it to the side of the boat. I shoved the net under the trout and he was on the board, and his spirits lifted again.

My turn again, and I land my third trout of the day, all on the same setup. This one is a pretty nice size, biggest of the day.

From here, my brother landed two more, tying up the game at 3-3. We hadn't been there for too long; a couple or three hours, give or take. Unfortunately, my brother decided to run his mouth about how we would limit out in no time, and be home in time to cook it up for dinner. I warned him about saying such things...

We tried casting, jigging, trolling, for another hour or two, and nothing. I put on a Rapala taildancer and made a pass around 15-20 feet of water. Right as I was reeling in to change lures again, wham! I hook into my fourth rainbow of the day/year/decade. I land it and pull ahead of the youngster. And, after a bunch more hours later, the sun goes down and we are freezing our fingers off, this is how it ends. We pack 'er up, and head to Chester Chicken for some 1/2-price wedges and drinks for the trip home.

All in all, a good day - no; a great day! He and I tackled auroras last year with no success (same as everyone else on the lake...). With our success for rainbows, a trip for auroras this year is not totally out of the question. But don't expect to see any reports about it, because I'm still not convinced they actually exist.

Here are a few pics for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing.

 

That was true until recently. Chretien introduced a per vote subsidy paid to parties. That has been phased out.

OK thanks, I hadn't paid much attention. So I guess all my vote will do is show opposition to the big parties, then?

I'd draw a penis, but I'd honestly rather not see Harper get another term.