Stepping up on my soapbox for a second

[capt_hooked]

Good post Jeremy ... the guy knew what he was doing... (bass fishing)... maybe did not know the local regs... possibly? So you tell him bass fishing is closed.. see what he says.. and go from there..

 

Now as laPlumma... says.. many areas.. down south have no closed season.. and plenty of bass... and just this year... the area around and west of Sudbury open bass year round... (too many bass?)... so the rules... may not be the best...?

 

Now about the other issue of one guy pretending to fish one species but really targeting another.. on Nipissing we closed it ALL fishing until opening day... that eliminates the "perch" fishermen hauling off boxes of walleyes.. just prior to the Long Weekend opening...

 

We also had a fall closing on Oct.15.. (to all angling) but the local "meat eaters" convinced the local MNR to reopen the fall season for pike... (Local people here would never be caught eating pike (well o.k. most of them anyway)... But now after October 15 walleye closing ... when the walleyes are really aggressive; you should see all the "pike fishermen" packing into the good walleye spots...

[northernpike56]

Anybody catch a walleye on a spinnerbait? Anything else but walleye here.

I've seen a guy catch an 8+ pound walleye in Hamilton harbor with a white spinnerbait. Weird thing was it was from shore in the middle of summer too.

[fishermccann]

I catch crappie under docks with spinners every spring. Yes in the kawarthas.