I understand the need to be discreet when talking about fishing spots, but surely there must be a limit. If you post that Grenadier pond is a spot for carp, I don't think you are letting any big secret out. Likewise Angus and a few more spots for 'certain other fish'. "Everybody" knows about those spots anyway. 

i think conservation areas, provincial and national parks the "paid" ones, are a given when it comes to being able to mention names.  it keeps the sport thriving, helps with conservation budgets and concentrates people in a region that is more geared to handle an influx of people... ie, washrooms, garbages, staff, etc.

I 100% agree with not sharing spots. Having lived outside of ontario for 8 yrs and returning home, I find myself consistently getting upset with what I see. I constantly find the white bucket brigade fishing in areas where they were no where to be found before, places where only locals used to know about. I've gone to spots that were once pristine, only to find litter everywhere, fishing line all over the place, and general damage to the surrounding area.
 
I personally would support the entire sport fishery in Ontario going to 100% c&r for 10yrs. We could rebuild the fishery quickly, and eliminate these people who will keep everything and treat our beautiful fishery as nothing more that a resource to be pillaged. I know most aren't in line with my thinking that we should have a 0 limit, but I don't care. Like everything, once the fish are gone they will not come back, and some slugs will stock fish that have no business being in our waters, because they just ust don't care about our beautiful country and its amazing resources.

1/4 oz black and yellow panther martin spinner - dressed... followed by a rebel deep wee-r crankbait - frog

I've gotta say I love my Jitterbug.  I've caught more fish on that thing than any other lure in my box. I also love topwater fishing.

gotta say, i love the jitterbug too... though the double prop headon torpedo is a close runner...

also, if you are thinking of killbear, try the massassauga...

Camping the Bruce Peninsula is bizarre... as remy pointed out, the georgian bay side is frigging cold and crystal clear... the huron side, however, esp. dorcas bay (singing sands) is like bathwater...

it`s one of my favourite regions...

but try this...

http://www.haliburtonforest.com/

a wolf compound, camping or cabins, bass like crazy, a billion lakes but not as crowded as algonquin on the road access lakes, hell even a tree canopy tour and a flippin`submarine...

seriously...

Thanks guys.

 

Chalkhorse - Haliburton Forest actually looks like an interesting place. Definitely tons to  do there. I might have to check that out as well.

i camp A LOT, mike. used to do the survival then, winter camping, when women became involved, the portage thing...

now that i`m a family guy, and near tne big 5-0

, i`m constantly searching for places that are `real` camping with car access and-or cabins, etc.

pm me if you`d like any more suggestions or details.

j

I would include how you are going to get young people to buy the companies products and some examples of when you influenced young anglers, I would not talk about your friends here but others as it might look like you just want free lures for your friends. How popular are you in the fishing world, is your name known? Enter a bunch more tournaments and try to rank in the top 5 or 3 - this means fishing and fishing really hard in the rain, sleet every condition, even if you don't rank it gets your name around.

 

Wow, I'm harsh, but I took a stance of a lure/bait/tackle company owner.

marketing department care about the following

 

money and money only--sssoooo-

 

1. a picture to the right person is a start--a face for thier product-make a small video and start sending it to companies locally as well as ones you see that sponsor other up and comers-

2. you availablity--how much time thier product will be on the water or in the public eye(tournament schedule, locations etc...

3.your talent means very little in marketing eyes unless you are a one off phenom--respectfully speaking if that was the case you would be already wearing a mercury tshirt

4. what market segment you feel you would impact.

5. pick a style and type of fishing--dont dillute yourself as marketing doesnt want to see grey areas they want black and white--easier for them to put you in thier agenda-on the flipside if they want you but they already have a young bass fisherman be prepared to fish tarpon in a heartbeat

6.if you have a unique style, haircut, look in general dont change it unless its offensive--the wheel that squeeks gets the oil my friend

 

when coke puts out a contest for something to send a video in--one of the first things they look for is product placement--fish the rod you want to get sponsored by--show them that you arent shopping around rrather you wont fish unless you have thier rod in your hand, thier bait on your line or thier name on your back...give them emotion and conviction they will eventually give you a bass boat and money...period

that's great advice, remy...



 i'm a graphic designer... if you need any help in the avenue of promo materials, pm me...  (no charge, of course)   

if i'm going for bigger pike, i tend to barrel knot about six inches of braided like to my mono... saves a lot of lures, but impedes my action a lot less... i don't even like snaps, as you can control your lure action on a rap by where you have the clinch knot on the eye...

ooops. braided "line"   sorry

if i'm going for bigger pike, i tend to barrel knot about six inches of braided like to my mono... saves a lot of lures, but impedes my action a lot less... i don't even like snaps, as you can control your lure action on a rap by where you have the clinch knot on the eye...

i like the knot to be TIGHT on the eye, as if i slide it up to the top of the lure, i get more action and the lure goes shallower on the dive. if i slide it lower, or closer to the lip, it goes deeper and has less horizontal motion...

mine were sinking, I swear!

 

head first.. just like ace described so it must have been the leader..

my crankbait versions slightly float...  ass first..., but stay autobuoyant with a swivel, (which it PAINS me to use...)

JCVD himself would encourage the use of singles... Maybe not barbless tho.

And he is heavily involved in the bloodsport.

ha! jvcd 2008 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/  one of my favourite off beat movies...

I'm also in the process of replacing trebles with singles on crankbaits such as Big 'O's and Hot n' Tot. I'm just replacing the rear hooks because I think removing a treble under the belly of the 'bait' will change the action. These lures have slit rings so I don't need to use Siwash hooks. What type and general size of hook would you recommend?

thx

i'm still a little early into this, but bass season is almost upon us, so i promise to get back to you on this...  (was piking yesterday at mountsberg, and pulled in a five out of season pound largemouth. i usually get pound to pound and a halfers at mountsberg. that was from a jitterbug with a couple carlisle hooks attached with two slit o rings each, to compensate for the hook offset) 

i am finding i am going a little larger when i pop in the single, and with a carlisle or other long shanked hook, but it's more from a gut feeling than anything quasiscientific yet.

 

there is debate over "landing

I don't think I'd put a single on when going for pike, bass, salmon or walleye etc...

But the one situation I have thought would be beneficial is when targeting small resident trout.

Trout are temperamental when out of the water too long, also, when riverfishing, the current/retrieve sets the hook anyway.

I will definitely keep the trebles on my trolling baits, as well as my topwater bass lures.

Hook-up percentages are already slim on topwater smallies, no way I'm going to voluntarily give anymore advantage to those shaky rascals.

there is debate over landing ratios with single hooks.  although the hookup percentage is supposed to be lower (i haven't seen that yet in my little experiment,) the landing ratios are supposed to be higher with a single secure point of hookup (which i haven't noticed yet, either, due to my small sampling so far (maybe thirty fish)) 

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

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?

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

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

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.

You can always snap two sides of the barbless treble should still work