where's the hoola popper and crazy crawler? you can't have a complete g.i. Joe action figure set without SGT. Slaughter and "snake eyes"...c'mon FC. lol
And the hedon torpedo... (that'd be the kung fu grip)
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Posted by chalkhorse on 29 June 2013 - 08:38 AM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner
where's the hoola popper and crazy crawler? you can't have a complete g.i. Joe action figure set without SGT. Slaughter and "snake eyes"...c'mon FC. lol
Posted by chalkhorse on 28 June 2013 - 09:33 AM in Welcome!
Thanks for the warm welcome, chalk im in Barrie. and iJay i have a spinning reel, and just recently bought a fly reel. Was out today practising my fly casting... man is it hard to pick up, just going to take time and dedication i suppose.
Cheers!
try not to worry about casting "properly" too much... it's a smooth, flowing motion, a means to an end. you may also want to look into the "roll cast"... it's easy and good for people just learning, once they have the fly already out there...
Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:26 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner
Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:05 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner
Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:02 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner
Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 10:55 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner
oh my.... is that the Rebel Wee R i see..... bone white colour rocks, heck they all, chug a lug lug at night!!!!!
Maybe it is just me but the only way to fish largemouth is topwater... now topwater after dark well holy lordy make room for daddy!
Posted by chalkhorse on 20 June 2013 - 10:41 PM in Welcome!
Posted by chalkhorse on 20 June 2013 - 10:38 PM in Welcome!
Posted by chalkhorse on 20 June 2013 - 10:36 PM in Welcome!
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Posted by chalkhorse on 20 June 2013 - 12:11 PM in General Fishing Discussion
hope i'm posting this in the correct forum in the correct way...
http://greatlakesech...ake-ecosystems/
Researchers believe that anchors and fishing lines can help spread the invasive spiny water flea, and Great Lakes fishermen may need to follow stricter equipment cleaning regulations.
While spiny water fleas are not harmful to humans, they shift the biodiversity of the Great Lakes ecosystem, said Donn Branstrator, an ecology professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
The spiny water flea arrived in Lake Ontario in 1982 and spread to all of the Great Lakes by the late 1980s.
“They came from the Black Sea area and were transported via ballast water from ships,” said John Lindgren, coordinator of the Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Collaboration, part of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Office.
Branstrator, a specialist in invasive zooplankton, explains what makes the spiny water flea so influential on the aquatic food web.
“It’s a carnivore, which means that it’s feeding on other zooplankton,” Branstrator said. “That’s its big effect in food webs. It reduces the abundance in the diversity of native plankton in lakes, which is used by a variety of fishes that are feeding on the plankton.”
“Oftentimes there are no natural predators, parasites or competitors to keep their population in check,” he said.
The population grows so quickly that it has an environmental impact on the ecosystem, and smaller fish avoid feeding on it due to a long barb-like tail spine that runs down its body, Branstrator said.
“That long tail spine is a protective device so that small fish can’t feed on it,” he said. “They attempt it and spit it out. Big fish can feed on it, but small fish can’t, so it provides a measure of protection during spring and early summer.
“The bigger fish that do consume them have a big difficulty in passing that spine, so that spine gets hung up in the stomach like a ball and needles,” Branstrator added. “In some of the fish, the spines were penetrating the stomach wall, and the stomachs looked like a pincushion with a bunch of spines sticking out of it. So that’s likely to have some mal-effects of the life of the fish.”
The regulations of cleaning recreational equipment and boats will undergo some serious changes because of the spiny water flea’s effect on the local fish population.
“We think the way they’re getting around from lake to lake is by ensnarement on fishing lines,” Branstrator said. “The females get ensnared on all sorts of recreational equipment. It might be anchor lines as well, or the mud impacted on an anchor.”
A cold winter won’t effect the fleas – in fact, the colder temperatures help initiate their reproductive cycle.
“In the fall, the females can sense a drop in temperature and a decline in food. They produce males, and then mate with their male offspring,” Branstrator said. “So there’s this period of sexual reproduction in September and October, and the end result of that sexual reproduction is an over-wintering cyst or resting egg.”
Spiny water flea eggs can withstand many other environmental stresses.
“You can put them in chlorination for a few days, and they can survive that,” Branstrator said. “You can expose them to salt water or warm temperatures, and they survive that. They’re really durable. They’re believed to be the life stage that helps facilitate dispersal from one location to the next.
“But the eggs of this species are not very resistant to drying at all,” he said.
Branstator’s research of the spiny water flea has helped the DNR Fisheries Office create standards for how recreational boaters and fisherman should clean their equipment to prevent the spread of invasive species to other Minnesota lakes. Fisherman are advised to be careful not to spread these invaders to other lakes to protect the biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystem.
Posted by chalkhorse on 20 June 2013 - 09:58 AM in GTA Urban Shore Fishing
zone 16 - 4th saturday in june to november 30, except bruce and grey county (inland) , which closes sept. 30.
Posted by chalkhorse on 17 June 2013 - 06:09 PM in GTA Urban Shore Fishing
Posted by chalkhorse on 17 June 2013 - 07:02 AM in General Fishing Discussion
Posted by chalkhorse on 17 June 2013 - 06:59 AM in General Fishing Discussion
Posted by chalkhorse on 16 June 2013 - 08:41 AM in Welcome!
Posted by chalkhorse on 16 June 2013 - 08:40 AM in Welcome!
Posted by chalkhorse on 16 June 2013 - 08:38 AM in Welcome!
Hi All,
My son and I want to fish rainbows in the St. Mary's River, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We want to buy a fly fishing rod and reel combo. What are people's suggestions?
Posted by chalkhorse on 16 June 2013 - 08:33 AM in General Fishing Discussion
Posted by chalkhorse on 14 June 2013 - 04:31 PM in Welcome!
the thames reservoir near woodstock is a good place to go if you have a canoe. i went icefishing for pike this year at the quarry in innerkip. it's quite deep and i vowed to head back once the warmer weather set in...
Posted by chalkhorse on 14 June 2013 - 04:28 PM in Welcome!
welcome to the forum... i've been fishing for bass around haysville on the nith, but i would certainly not consider myself an authority on it. might head back out there next week...
Posted by chalkhorse on 12 June 2013 - 06:24 PM in General Fishing Discussion
Posted by chalkhorse on 12 June 2013 - 05:57 PM in General Fishing Discussion
Posted by chalkhorse on 12 June 2013 - 05:54 PM in General Fishing Discussion
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