Breathable waders do not stop the electrical current from the shocker so you might get some tingle where you don't want it! I'm sure MNR has extra rubber waders...check with John Sager when you contact him.
John
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#287386 MNR needs help collecting chinook eggs on the Credit River
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on 24 September 2013 - 08:46 AM
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Salmonid Conservation
#287271 Volunteers needed to help at Bowmanville Fish Lift
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on 23 September 2013 - 05:51 PM
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Salmonid Conservation
As many of you know, the fishway is closed and the new ladder not built on Bowmanville Creek (yes it's crazy). Volunteers are lifting salmon and trout over by hand. Volunteers are needed every day!
They have lifted roughly 4,100 fish so far.
If you guys are looking to help out with your fishery they could sure use some assistance lifting the fish over the dam. Contact Dave to volunteer. Dave Lawson 905-985-1407
Thanks,
John
CRAA
#287270 MNR needs help collecting chinook eggs on the Credit River
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on 23 September 2013 - 05:50 PM
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Salmonid Conservation
MNR hatchery staff are looking for volunteers to help collect Chinook salmon eggs from the Credit River in Streetsville for the MNR hatchery. Volunteer dates are:
October 1st to 4th, 2013
October 7th to 10th, 2013
Time: 9 AM to roughly 1 PM each day.
You must be on the volunteer list to gain access to the collection site. The site is also peanut free!
If you can volunteer for one or may days please contact John Sager from MNR (info below). Let him know the date(s) you can help and names of all volunteers with you (i.e. your buddies).
Access to the collection site is on Kraft (Mondelez) property so you must pass through their security office. John will send details to volunteers.
CRAA has provided volunteers for this project since 1990 so come out and give a hand.
Chest waders (rubber or neoprene) are suggested. MNR may have extras. No breathable waders.
John Sager, Chatsworth Fish Culture Station
email: john.sager@ontario.ca
cell: 519 378-8034
Thanks,
John,
CRAA
#287269 yesterdays catch! not bad!
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on 23 September 2013 - 05:49 PM
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Steelhead and Salmon Fishing
Oh come on guys...really? It's a Chinook, 100%, no question. Some of you need to brush up on your fish ID.
John
#270540 CRAA Tree Planting - May 18th - Your Help is Needed
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on 13 May 2013 - 10:18 AM
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Salmonid Conservation
Hi all,
CRAA is hosting our last tree planting this Saturday, May 18th in Mississauga.
We need lots of volunteers so now that trout opener is winding down I hope anglers can come out and join us for a morning to help improve the habitat for our trout and salmon.
The planting location is Creditview Road bridge at the Credit River, 500m north of Britannia Road, Mississauga. 9 am to noon. Bring a shovel if you can.
This is a great event for kids and families too.
Hope to see you there.
John
#267949 CRAA Volunteer Events for Spring 2013
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on 13 April 2013 - 11:05 AM
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Salmonid Conservation
April 1 to April 26th – Norval fish lift and adult steelhead transfer (this is ongoing now)
April 21 – Glen Williams Tree Planting (Hancock Farm and Nursery work – 10th Line and Old School Road) (9 AM start)
http://maps.google.c...sp=0&sz=16&z=16
May 4 – CRAA Steelhead C&R Tournament (rain date May 11th) (5:30 AM start, finish at noon with lunch to follow). Must sign up in advance. See post below.
May 18– Final Tree Planting event – Mississauga – Creditview Road, east side, north of Britannia Road, south of 401. (9 AM start)
http://maps.google.c...sp=0&sz=15&z=15
June 8 Hatchery workday (tentative) (9 AM start)
July 20 – Tree Maintenance Day – Mississauga (Streetsville Memorial Park start) (9 AM start)
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#267366 CRAA's 10th Annual Steelhead Tournament - May 4th
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on 07 April 2013 - 11:38 AM
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Steelhead and Salmon Fishing
10th annual CRAA Steelhead Tournament
May 4th , 2013 (rain day May 11th)
Pro-Am Style
Top three longest fish win prizes!
Dozens of draw prizes!
In 2004 CRAA held its first Spring Steelhead derby. We had a handful of participants and some prizes that were donated and we were able to raise a few hundred dollars for the club. The tournament has been run annually ever since as a fund raiser and fun event for members. In 2009 and 2010, CRAA expanded the tournament and has been able to raise over $2000 each year. Sponsors for this year’s tournament include:
Islander Precision Reels, Kingpin, Smokin Jigs, Raven, Redwing Tackle, Angling Specialties, Dickies, Centrepin Angling, OOD, CRAA, a guided drift boat trip and a guided walk and wade fly fishing day trip and lots of other prizes.
Date: May 4th, 2013 (May 11th rain date)
Meeting Place: Churchville Park (Steeles Ave and Creditview)
Cost: $25.00 per angler (paid in advance and you must register by April 29th)
To pay your entry either mail a cheque payable to CRAA, PO Box 42093, 128 Queen Street South, Miss, ON L5M 1K8 or pay via CRAA’s PayPal account at: http://craa.on.ca/to...egistration.htm
Most importantly, the money generated by this event goes directly back into the watershed through tree plantings, hatchery maintenance and upgrades, and fish transferring. These and many other projects that CRAA undertakes are important to ensure a healthy fishery and well balanced ecosystem.
Please Contact Joseph Ward jward@cercocable.com or Peter Cudzilo chromezilo@gmail.com to sign up. Please include whether you are a "pro" or “amateur” and if you have a digital camera to bring.
You must pay in advance for the tournament. You can pay through CRAA’s PayPal account or by mailing a cheque with your full name, address, e-mail, cell phone and if you are a ‘pro’ or ‘am’ and if you have a digital camera.
Entry Fee is $25.00 each. All proceeds go towards CRAA’s conservation budget and prizes. The event runs from 6:00 AM until noon. Meet at the Churchville Park parking lot at 5:30 am sharp for team set ups, instructions and more. https://maps.google....&gl=CA&hl=en_uk
CRAA Steelhead Tournament 2013
The format of the tournament is a catch and release style event where anglers catch steelhead, measure them, photograph them and then release them back to the river. At the end of the day, the three longest fish (tip to tail) will win prizes. First place for the largest fish is a full day guided pontoon trip on a local river! One popular aspect of the event is its set up in a fashion where experienced anglers are paired with inexperienced anglers so it allows for everyone that enters to have a fair and equal shot at winning the tournament. If you are new to fishing, new to the Credit River or just want to learn about Steelhead, then this is a great opportunity for you to get a guided day on the river from an experienced angler and a chance to win great prizes. Not only that, but you can meet some really great people who care about the river and find out how you can help. Teams of two (one experienced and one amateur) will be randomly selected prior to the event. CRAA event tape measures will be handed out for the event.
CRAA Tournament Rules (2013):
- Must follow the rules of the Ontario Fishing Regulations
- Tournament begins at 6:00 AM and ends at 12:00 PM (noon) on May 4th, 2013 at Churchville Park. Meet in parking lot at 5:30 AM
- Every minute after 12:00 pm (noon) is a one (1) inch penalty
- Teams of 2 or 3 depending on number of entries consisting of one or two experienced anglers and one or two inexperienced anglers
- $25 entrance fee per angler
- Participants can only fish the main stem of the Credit River from south of the Norval Dam to Lake Ontario. No fishing in any tributaries is permitted
- Every participant (or team) must have a digital camera
- All fish must be measured with a CRAA TOURNAMENT tape measure that must be laid straight and tight from the fork of the tail to the front of the mouth.
- Absolutely no trespassing on posted private property or accessing the river through privately owned posted lands. (only water open to everyone is open for the tournament)
- If any participant is caught cheating, him/her and all team members will be disqualified from all prizes and entry into subsequent tournaments
- Catch and release only, all fish must be released
- If there is a tie, coin toss to determine winner
- All tournament entry fees to be given by cash, PayPal or cheque made out to ‘Credit River Anglers Association’
- 20” minimum length for fish to count
- Only steelhead (Rainbow Trout) may be measured and entered into the tournament per team
- All proceeds will go towards a combination of prizes and conservation work
- Participants CANNOT use a canoe/kayak/float tube or any other floating devise to navigate the river and fish.
Remember that this is a fun tournament, and all money collected goes towards the event, the prizes and the club.
CRAA Tournament organizers
Joe Ward
Justin Elia
Peter Cudzilo
#267195 CRAA is hiring a tree planting crew - apply now!
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on 04 April 2013 - 09:34 PM
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Salmonid Conservation
CRAA – Tree Planting/Rehab Crew 2013-15
Crew Leader (1 position)
Team Member Role and Responsibilities: On-the-ground Project Management, Planting Crew Lead. Paid position.
The crew manager will act as the project manager through the supervision and continual coordination with the chair or the board. The crew manager will be responsible for most of the details involved with getting planting materials, equipment, and staff to the site in the scheduled time. This work will involve job postings; interviews; contracts; landowner communication and notification; truck and trailer rental; scoping material prices; purchasing planting and maintenance material; pre-planting photos; and determining the most efficient site access points. The crew manager will also be an active member in both planting and maintenance work. Additionally, the crew manager will be responsible for managing the community engagement program including: coordinating volunteer days; preparing a power point presentation of why we plant trees; contacting immigration offices to engage newly landed immigrants; contacting high schools to engage youth volunteers. Finally the crew leader will be responsible for the inventory of results throughout the length of the program and the completion of the associated reporting requirements. This position will be a minimum of 8 months per year and if satisfactory funding is found the position will be extended to a full year and potentially run for the full three years of the project.
Qualifications and Experience: The candidate will preferably be an experienced Biologist (or related field) with tree planting experience, and experience working with and coordinating staff, volunteers and land owners. Several years experience working in the environmental field and managing staff will be a benefit.
Wages: $20.00-22.00 per hour based on qualification and experience. Full time, 40 hours per week. April 20, 2013 to August 31, 2013 contract – may be opportunity to extend if funding is available.
Crew Member (2 – 18 week contracts, 4 - 6 week contracts)
Team Member Role and Responsibilities: Planting Crew (2), Tree planting and maintenance
Crew members will work as part of the planting team under the direction of the Crew Leader. They will be responsible for tree planting during the short 8-week window where bare-root tree-stock can be planted. Following the end of this window in spring, the crew members will be responsible for installing tree guards, watering trees, removing old guards and replacing where necessary, vine removal, and possibly mulching or weed suppression work where warranted. Additional duties will involve: assisting the crew leader with aspects of coordinating volunteers; inventorying trees including survival assessments; nursery maintenance duties; tree seed collection, dispersal, and propagation in nursery planting beds; measuring planting areas and tree-spacing.
Qualifications and Experience: Preferably the crew members will have evidence of interest in biology and ecology, as well as tree planting experience or experience with demanding outdoor physical labour.
Wages: $12.00 per hour based on qualifications and experience
We have two contract positions for April 20th to August 15th 2013 and four short term contracts for April 20th to May 31, 2013.
Send Resumes to:
info@craa.on.ca
Title: Tree Planting Crew
Crew Leader (1 position)
Team Member Role and Responsibilities: On-the-ground Project Management, Planting Crew Lead. Paid position.
The crew manager will act as the project manager through the supervision and continual coordination with the chair or the board. The crew manager will be responsible for most of the details involved with getting planting materials, equipment, and staff to the site in the scheduled time. This work will involve job postings; interviews; contracts; landowner communication and notification; truck and trailer rental; scoping material prices; purchasing planting and maintenance material; pre-planting photos; and determining the most efficient site access points. The crew manager will also be an active member in both planting and maintenance work. Additionally, the crew manager will be responsible for managing the community engagement program including: coordinating volunteer days; preparing a power point presentation of why we plant trees; contacting immigration offices to engage newly landed immigrants; contacting high schools to engage youth volunteers. Finally the crew leader will be responsible for the inventory of results throughout the length of the program and the completion of the associated reporting requirements. This position will be a minimum of 8 months per year and if satisfactory funding is found the position will be extended to a full year and potentially run for the full three years of the project.
Qualifications and Experience: The candidate will preferably be an experienced Biologist (or related field) with tree planting experience, and experience working with and coordinating staff, volunteers and land owners. Several years experience working in the environmental field and managing staff will be a benefit.
Wages: $20.00-22.00 per hour based on qualification and experience. Full time, 40 hours per week. April 20, 2013 to August 31, 2013 contract – may be opportunity to extend if funding is available.
Crew Member (2 – 18 week contracts, 4 - 6 week contracts)
Team Member Role and Responsibilities: Planting Crew (2), Tree planting and maintenance
Crew members will work as part of the planting team under the direction of the Crew Leader. They will be responsible for tree planting during the short 8-week window where bare-root tree-stock can be planted. Following the end of this window in spring, the crew members will be responsible for installing tree guards, watering trees, removing old guards and replacing where necessary, vine removal, and possibly mulching or weed suppression work where warranted. Additional duties will involve: assisting the crew leader with aspects of coordinating volunteers; inventorying trees including survival assessments; nursery maintenance duties; tree seed collection, dispersal, and propagation in nursery planting beds; measuring planting areas and tree-spacing.
Qualifications and Experience: Preferably the crew members will have evidence of interest in biology and ecology, as well as tree planting experience or experience with demanding outdoor physical labour.
Wages: $12.00 per hour based on qualifications and experience
We have two contract positions for April 20th to August 15th 2013 and four short term contracts for April 20th to May 31, 2013.
Send Resumes to:
info@craa.on.ca
Title: Tree Planting Crew
#260220 C.R.A.A meeting
Posted by
on 29 January 2013 - 11:22 PM
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Salmonid Conservation
Thanks for posting.
The meeting is Feb 11, 6:30-9:30 at the Crooked Cue in Port Credit - 2nd floor. Come on out if you have a chance. Learn more about the clubs projects, recent activities and sign up to help out on projects.
To reply to a few of the comments above, there are no unanswered e-mails in the CRAA in box. So if you never heard from CRAA regarding volunteering you either e-mailed the wrong address or your message was spammed (which is unlikely since that is checked every couple months). CRAA is easy to find and easy to reach.
www.craa.on.ca
info@craa.on.ca
Or on the CRAA chat board
Now is your chance to come out and learn more, get involved and create a great fishery. No excuses, you know the date.
CRAA posts notices on our website and all the local trout/salmon chat boards for volunteer events, plus in our newsletter. Some projects like the fish lift and transfer are limited to numbers of volunteers by the MNR and their access agreements. Meanwhile other projects need hundreds of people, yet 20 show up. If you think buying a fishing license is enough to make a fishery you are kidding yourself. Less than 10% of the salmon and trout run is the result of MNR stocking at present, Most steelhead are wild, produced by CRAA's transfers and most chinooks came from Ringwood or natural reproduction. And the OFAH bit is funny...they are opposed to lowering steelhead harvest in Lake Ontario (was lowered a bit by MNR anyway) and OFAH opposed better access up the river for chinook, coho, brown and steelies so they can spawn.
The alternative is simple. Do nothing and if not enough people help then the projects stop and you loose the lower Credit fishery. MNR's budget has been cut deeply again. MNR stocking only accounts for 1,500-2,000 steelies at best in the river. Without CRAA working with the local city governments the rivers would be closed to fishing all together. Doing nothing is easy, but the costs are very high. If I and other CRAA volunteers had done nothing 20 years ago the fishery would be closed. Mississauga was pushing MNR to stop all stocking back around 1990 and planned to close Erindale in the early 90's to fishing. Yet CRAA, led by me turned it around, worked with the city, MNR and managed to open all this new water. Perhaps if you got involved it will get even better.
John
The meeting is Feb 11, 6:30-9:30 at the Crooked Cue in Port Credit - 2nd floor. Come on out if you have a chance. Learn more about the clubs projects, recent activities and sign up to help out on projects.
To reply to a few of the comments above, there are no unanswered e-mails in the CRAA in box. So if you never heard from CRAA regarding volunteering you either e-mailed the wrong address or your message was spammed (which is unlikely since that is checked every couple months). CRAA is easy to find and easy to reach.
www.craa.on.ca
info@craa.on.ca
Or on the CRAA chat board
Now is your chance to come out and learn more, get involved and create a great fishery. No excuses, you know the date.
CRAA posts notices on our website and all the local trout/salmon chat boards for volunteer events, plus in our newsletter. Some projects like the fish lift and transfer are limited to numbers of volunteers by the MNR and their access agreements. Meanwhile other projects need hundreds of people, yet 20 show up. If you think buying a fishing license is enough to make a fishery you are kidding yourself. Less than 10% of the salmon and trout run is the result of MNR stocking at present, Most steelhead are wild, produced by CRAA's transfers and most chinooks came from Ringwood or natural reproduction. And the OFAH bit is funny...they are opposed to lowering steelhead harvest in Lake Ontario (was lowered a bit by MNR anyway) and OFAH opposed better access up the river for chinook, coho, brown and steelies so they can spawn.
The alternative is simple. Do nothing and if not enough people help then the projects stop and you loose the lower Credit fishery. MNR's budget has been cut deeply again. MNR stocking only accounts for 1,500-2,000 steelies at best in the river. Without CRAA working with the local city governments the rivers would be closed to fishing all together. Doing nothing is easy, but the costs are very high. If I and other CRAA volunteers had done nothing 20 years ago the fishery would be closed. Mississauga was pushing MNR to stop all stocking back around 1990 and planned to close Erindale in the early 90's to fishing. Yet CRAA, led by me turned it around, worked with the city, MNR and managed to open all this new water. Perhaps if you got involved it will get even better.
John
#251686 Skunk:Catch
Posted by
on 25 November 2012 - 01:47 PM
in
Steelhead and Salmon Fishing
Is it still too soon for steel? Or does it seem there are less fish coming up due maybe to less stocking? Or have most of them returned to the lake?
The steel come up to feed on salmon eggs, right? Well they are done so some steel might be locked in the streams and can't go back down and are waiting for the spring to spawn. Maybe I just expected lots of steel in the streams.
Steelhead run locally from late August to late May (depends on river, genetics, etc)...so it's not too early. Most steelhead (like 90-95%) are WILD in southern Ontario rivers so stocking has nothing to do with runs except on the Saugeen (maybe 25-35% hatchery), Credit (15% hatchery) and Humber (mostly hatchery). Runs are weak thanks to the this very dry fall. Otherwise our steelhead population appears to be the largest in the history of the lower Great Lakes (based on NYSDEC catch stats and the massive 08 and 09 year classes).
Steelhead do not come in the fall to feed on eggs...where does this crazy mis-information come from. Why would a fish leave the lake (safety, temperature, buffet food) to come into a shallow river that has predators, low water, is cold and next to no food? Steelhead that run in the fall stay in the river and hold over the winter and spawn in early spring for the most part. Sure there are always exceptions as the odd fish will drop out (oops...wrong river), and the odd fish will spawn in fall or winter. These fish are programmed to run in the fall to take advantage of high water in tributaries in early spring and run timing also dates back to western rivers where they had to travel 500-1000 miles or more to spawn. There was a strain of steelhead that spawned in Idaho in the Snake River (tributary of the Columbia) that had to enter the river 12 months before spawning just to reach thier spawning areas over 1,000 miles from the ocean.
I have very little time to fish so I only go when conditions are good...so I have not been skunked in about 20 years on a river. Perhaps some of you guys that are fishing over and over on days that are slow should put that time towards rehab work with a local club. Far better use of time and the outcome is more days with fish on!
John
#241042 Help needed to electro-fish for Salmon in Credit River
Posted by
on 24 September 2012 - 10:07 PM
in
Steelhead and Salmon Fishing
Hi all,
MNR (Normandale Hatchery) is looking for volunteers to help collect chinook salmon eggs at Streetsville Dam every morning from October 2nd-5th and 9th-12th. October 4th is fully booked already.
Collection runs from 9 am to 1 pm each day!
Volunteers must pre-register with John Sager, hatchery manager so he can add your name to the volunteer list for access to the Kraft property. Rubber or neoprene chest waders are also needed (no breathables). A hat and polarized sun glasses are also beneficial.
MNR will provide rubber gloves and rain jackets. They may also have some extra waders.
E-mail John Sager with the dates you can help (and copy me) so I know how many people are out to help too.
John Sager (MNR) : john.sager@ontario.ca
John Kendell (CRAA) : president@craa.on.ca
Thanks in advance for your help!
John
MNR (Normandale Hatchery) is looking for volunteers to help collect chinook salmon eggs at Streetsville Dam every morning from October 2nd-5th and 9th-12th. October 4th is fully booked already.
Collection runs from 9 am to 1 pm each day!
Volunteers must pre-register with John Sager, hatchery manager so he can add your name to the volunteer list for access to the Kraft property. Rubber or neoprene chest waders are also needed (no breathables). A hat and polarized sun glasses are also beneficial.
MNR will provide rubber gloves and rain jackets. They may also have some extra waders.
E-mail John Sager with the dates you can help (and copy me) so I know how many people are out to help too.
John Sager (MNR) : john.sager@ontario.ca
John Kendell (CRAA) : president@craa.on.ca
Thanks in advance for your help!
John
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