i know all the pros use baitcasting equipment, but don't give up on your spinning equipment.  i've been spinning and baitcasting for thirty five years and to be honest, i can cast as accurately feathering the spinning spool with my index finger as i can feathering the baitcast spool with my thumb.

 

when i go out now, it's more of a "which am i in the mood for" question.  

 

baitcasting is a lot of fun, but don't be like me in the early days and think that it's somehow superior.

 

it's just different.

 

go with what feels good.

 

on another level, i think you ALL equipped yourself with some nice equipment.

 

expensive doesn't make you a better angler. attitude, knowledge and skill does.

you will have better hookups when the gap of the hook is wider than the profile of the lure,especially the front hook. this comes from muskie fishing where we bend the front treble to a "T" instead of an even 120 degrees, on round or flat bottom lures. that way the hook protrudes beyond the sides of the lure when the hook lays back on the set. im sure this applies to your situation as well.
  there was i time when i fully believed a single siwash was getting better  hookups on my jigging spoons for walleye while ice fishing. i was finding  when you set on that single point, a little farther in from the lip,( the siwash, being wider gapped than the appropriate treb)` you get better connected and the hook hit home. ive kind of shied away from this lately, but a lot if my buckshot spoons still have the singles on it. i was not using singles to inflict less damage, it was just to acheive better hookups. i didnt notice any major difference in damage between one barbed treble or a single hook. most salmon trolling spoons have just a single siwash hook.
 i will agree sometimes the three trebles on a larger stickbait can be a pain.
 ive mentioned the "siwash" hooks a couple times and ive found they seem to be the way to go . the ones in the pic are a bit large for the bait. try to find a shorter shanked brand, similar in size to the full width of the treble that came on the lure. they come with the eye partially open so its easy to put them on the splitrings, and the barbs bend down easy enough.

Thanks.

They do RENT canoes on the island...

some baits will run different with the hooks changed. the siwash hooks on those rapalas pictured are a lot bigger than standard hooks and can do some damage too

I just picked that pic from the net... I tend to go under size, rather than oversize...

I've taken mine to the island, but unless you are experienced, I don't recommend it. Remember... you are on a small craft With often yahoo boat dudes around. You have no radio and little markings.

I often tell people that if they are uncomfortable standing in a canoe, they probably lack the experience needed For big water.

You may, however, be able to take your canoe on the ferry. I've never tried...

Could be worse...when flying into Saint John NB the pilot reminds you to set your watch back.............
20 years....

Ha! I was born in St. John. If only I COULD set my watch back twenty years...

I've used single barbless mepps,panther martins before..but unfortunatly havnt had much luck with the fish to test it out, ive only tried twice..lol

That's certainly a start... I have been filing my barbs, but I might pick up some cool other options this weekend at sail.

There are reasons some sections of water are single barbless..its proven a single barbless hook will cause less damage.

Well, let the experiment begin... I'll let folks know... I have my surface doubts, but I'm willing to give it a shot...

Kudos...going single is a great initiative...and easier to dislodge...better for the fish.
I have never considered the pursuit of the art of angling a "blood sport"
cc

Ever fished Bronte around the qew in salmon season? Yikes!

There used to be a bait cast one as well, but now I think there's only a spinning and a spin cast...

Ha!

Good for you, noob.

Elitism is for peasants... no, wait...

Yeah, but who really hasn't had to rip flesh removing trebles from a fish's throat? I am thinking with single hooks, its a single push downward.

okay. i keep telling myself i am going to do this. i release 98 % of my fish.  i am tired of having to use pliers on pike and "working" my hooks out of bass.  i already file the barbs off my trebles on lures.

has anybody gone that extra step and put single hooks on their lures?

 

i can see success on spinners, but how about rapalas?  or spoons?  or, and this is where my interest mostly lies, surface lures?

 

i'm too chicken (poop (ha!  beat the censors to it)) to go this extra step without someone else leading the way...

 

anybody have any experiences in this department?

howdy...

 

i did a trip to alaska and the yukon once. best salmon and piking i've ever done, but you really need to liven up those grayling.  

 

i don't mind giving out my honeyholes to anyone that isn't going to trash 'em up.  pm me and let me know what you are expecting...

 

unfortunately, with the exception of salmon and the occasional pike, the further the drive from toronto, the bigger the fish.

 

not a hard and fast rule, but a good general one to consider...

oooops. thought this was a recent post.

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Thanks guys, I'll have a look at some of your suggestions.

 

I actually have an Orvis "back-country" fly rod and reel, 4 piece rod, very nice. Retail about 900, but it ain't living in the work trailer, ever

I like the sound of a spinning set-up and the price range.

Just need to have something in my locker, in case.

The new installations manager where I work is from B.C. and doesn't know On very well. Recently he handed us a job and after looking at a map told us it was near Toronto. It turned out to be in Collingwood. You can see what I am dealing with.

 

Alfie.

i can lend you mine for a week or two to see if you like it...

i have always had success at mountsberg. mind you, i have been going there for thirty years... yikes!

 

i will let people know in detail how i fare this year...

canoe or kayak, i'd be using deerhairs and poppers with a floating line in the shallows at sunrise and sundown for bass, and streamers for pike.  it's still early in the season and the huge pike'll be cruising the shallows to metabolise, ie - 55 - 60 degree water...  that's assuming you are on the georgian bay side...

Welcome

welcome.  

very friendly folks, as well

 

oh. poop.

 

hi....

 

very friendly folks, as well....

 

 

well, isn't THAT ironic?

hit tobermory with a bunch of young 'uns last weekend.., (well, 15 year olds... which is darn young from my perspective)

 

i have noticed a lack of tobermory fishing data in general online, so here's my take.

 

caught a pike and a bunch of out of season bass around the 3 to 4 pound range.

 

from what i gather talking to divers, there are very few pike around big tub harbour... just whitefish

 

the "other" shipwrecks, across the bay, has some nice size ones.

 

we fished cameron lake and cyprus lake.  both were loaded with bass, though we ACTUALLY were targeting walleye and pike.

 

come evening, the surface actions was quite good on the little shallow bays.

 

definitely worth a post june foray...

 

 

although the giant misquito at about 0:22 might pose a security problem... great video...

allan, you might want to adjust your timezone.  and remy, maybe your deep fryer... though i think ijay is probably correct.  i am certain he will respond to this about an hour ago....