adolson Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Hit a small lake in the middle of nowhere with my brother today... They were all pretty little, but what are these things, Atlantics?
adempsey Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) edit: Bah, I didn't know you were playing us. Congrats on the catches! Edited September 27, 2015 by adempsey
manitoubass2 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Havent you been looking for these for years??? Awesome man!!!!!
solopaddler Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 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 will translate: "Hit a small lake right beside the road with my brother today...They were all pretty little, but I finally caught an Aurora!" You're a funny guy, congrat's!!
Rod Caster Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Did you fly into Whirlygig again? haha Sounds like you found your red herring!
Moosebunk Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Check one off the bucketlist. You're on a roll. What's next?
adolson Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) 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? Edited September 27, 2015 by Dana
misfish Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 So what are they, some new kind of invasive trout species? Now thats funny right there. You got your answer. Congrats
dave524 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Any spec I've caught this late in the season has been really coloured up, especially the males, spawning time and colours. Slight notch to the tail ? maybe Splake of some sort.
mike rousseau Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Nice haul if "whatever" trout Looks like a fun day
Freshtrax Posted September 27, 2015 Report Posted September 27, 2015 Sure looks like some of the pics I've seen of auroras.
Joeytier Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 Great job! Stocking lists and what the ministry actually puts into those little lakes are two very different things sometimes. It wouldn't surprise me if they were already well aware
highdrifter Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 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
BillM Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 Isn't the limit 1 each and you've gotta keep them? ie no catch and release? I know they had some weird regs.
adolson Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) 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 That lake we fished is listed on Fish ON-Line, yes. And it doesn't say anything about auroras... Edited September 28, 2015 by Dana
highdrifter Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 Isn't the limit 1 each and you've gotta keep them? ie no catch and release? I know they had some weird regs. Yip.. and you're supposed to stop fishing after you've caught one. So feigning ignorance ain't gonna help ya when you contact the ministry to report a new species of trout... But hey, I'm sure they'd get a chuckle if you swore that you thought they were Atlantics!!
BillM Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 MNR Pilots got their lakes mixed up? lol
Acountdeleted Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 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.
adolson Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Posted September 28, 2015 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.
BillM Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 Something is definitely messed up.. If the lake isn't listed as an Aurora lake, then it's fair game. Even if those were Auroras, the MNR screwed up not you.
Rod Caster Posted September 28, 2015 Report Posted September 28, 2015 Absolutely what Bill said. You did your due diligence. Very little chance they'll bother you. on second thought, how much does the MNR Tips pay for good intel??? :D
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