atlantic salmon meeting

[chessy]

port hope march 10 at the town hall 7 pm

Edited March 7, 2016 by chessy

[Freshtrax]

Can I come and throw eggs at whoever is in charge?

[irishfield]

[chessy]

Can I come and throw eggs at whoever is in charge?

 

i know your joking .. you can come voice your opinion .. even if it is negative every one will get a chance to voice there personal thoughts

[Salmonidstalker]

This should be a very interesting meeting. My guard would be up big time.

[Freshtrax]

I'm all for stream rehab. But the Atlantic program is a joke.

[Steve]

well go and voice your opinion then.....

 

the mnr needs to hear it.

[Salmonidstalker]

well go and voice your opinion then.....

 

the mnr needs to hear it.

I have voiced my opinion in person for years. It just falls on deaf ears. The MNR do what they want. These meetings are smoke and mirrors.

[Freshtrax]

well go and voice your opinion then.....

 

the mnr needs to hear it.

I hear ya good point a little far from Kitchener for me to vent. , I'm with vxp. I've spoke with the Mnr and they just dodge the questions I ask.

[chessy]

remember they have a mandate that was voted in to bring back native species

[John Bacon]

Can I come and throw eggs at whoever is in charge?

 

I don't have any problem with you throwing LeHav strain eggs because they are pretty useless anyway. I wouldn't recommend throwing Sebago eggs though; that would be wasteful.

[dave524]

I'm sorry but as an angler and former fly fishing guy I don't get wanting the Atlantic back as a sport fish. I grew up in the 50's/ 60's watching greats like Lee Wulff and Ted Williams fishing the Miramichi and other east coast rivers on American Sportsmen. Catching the fish of kings as I have heard it called in one of the Lake Ontario ditches would be akin to some of penned type big game hunts, just not on my bucket list.

[manitoubass2]

Damn, thought this was another "dana slays auroras" thread?

[craigdritchie]

I have voiced my opinion in person for years. It just falls on deaf ears. The MNR do what they want. These meetings are smoke and mirrors.

 

I have to agree with this. If history has shown us anything, it is that by the time MNR gets to the public meeting stage, it's to explain what they have already begun to do. The point of the meeting is not to solicit public opinion. They're there to tell you what is going to happen, and they couldn't care less how you feel about it.

 

It's too late. Atlantics in the Ganny is a done deal.

 

And while MNR will swear up and down that they have no plans to block other species at the ladder, don't be surprised if that changes over time. Things changed drastically on the Credit, didn't they? MNR will say they "have no plans to ..." and that's the cop-out. No one at the presentation will categorically state "Rainbows, browns, chinooks and coho will be 100% guaranteed passage through the dam, unimpeded and forever, regardless of what happens with the Atlantics." Go ahead and ask for that assurance. They won't give it.

 

 

remember they have a mandate that was voted in to bring back native species

 

Voted in? By whom? That's complete nonsense.

 

MNR's decision to focus on rehabilitating native species was a policy directive made by Queen's Park. No one voted on it. It was MNR's decision, and theirs alone.

Edited March 9, 2016 by Craig_Ritchie

[esoxansteel]

I'm sorry but as an angler and former fly fishing guy I don't get wanting the Atlantic back as a sport fish. I grew up in the 50's/ 60's watching greats like Lee Wulff and Ted Williams fishing the Miramichi and other east coast rivers on American Sportsmen. Catching the fish of kings as I have heard it called in one of the Lake Ontario ditches would be akin to some of penned type big game hunts, just not on my bucket list.

 

 

 

Like catching 4 pound largemouths from undercut banks on 65 pound power pro EH and people actually think thats fun, and some actually make good money doing it

[ecmilley]

the meeting will prove to be just like the program, thousands promised to go 2 or 3 show up

[chessy]

the meeting will prove to be just like the program, thousands promised to go 2 or 3 show up

 

25 to 30

[Garnet]

It's the Heritage Specie Act. Those words exactly from MNR Newman. I was in his office with about 5 other guys.

 

He said immedaitly we could start on Atlantics and stocking Brown trout. The reps from each club and MNR bio went on a fact finding bus tour of the east coast. I didn't go on that but read all the documents.

 

A few years later we assembled all the club east of the Scarbourgh to deal with stocking Chinooks. MNR policy said no stocking east and had some bocas reasons. We went with a media approach putting out press releases to all the local news papers from Pickering to Brockville. Blair Dawson was phoning me at 11:30 pm to discuss. Took a a bit but the policy was dropped and stocking was spread more evenly across Lake O.

 

Anglers and Hunters were against us all the way.

[Richard S.]

It's the Heritage Specie Act. Those words exactly from MNR Newman.

 

And because of that the non native Atlantic's get free access to the whole watershed. I bet they left that part out of the meeting yesterday.

 

Rich

[Sterling]

Is it bad that my first thought was "sweet, wonder who will show up and where we're going. Wonder if I have to bring my tackle. Hopefully it's not too far away. Maybe start thinking about a holiday request form".

[John Bacon]

 

And because of that the non native Atlantic's get free access to the whole watershed. I bet they left that part out of the meeting yesterday.

 

Rich

The Atlantics will get the same access to the Ganny as the bows, cohos, Chinooks, and migratory browns. They all get through the fishway, none of them get past any other dams on the river.

 

 

[Richard S.]

From what I've been told this program is going to be completely different then what going on now. I guess only time will tell, I just hope that it doesn't ruin the fishery that's in place already.

 

 

Rich.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Richard S.