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#271178 Why does the OFF clock seem to be an hour off?

Posted by chalkhorse on 22 May 2013 - 04:01 PM in General Fishing Discussion

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....




#271306 Why does the OFF clock seem to be an hour off?

Posted by chalkhorse on 23 May 2013 - 07:04 PM in General Fishing Discussion

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...



#271254 Where to fish near Toronto

Posted by chalkhorse on 23 May 2013 - 03:20 PM in GTA Urban Shore Fishing

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...




#270399 What to start with as a newbie

Posted by chalkhorse on 10 May 2013 - 09:45 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

Oh.., and a good general colour rule s use light or bright lures on cloudy days and dark lures on sunny days...



#270398 What to start with as a newbie

Posted by chalkhorse on 10 May 2013 - 09:42 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

You could also try some top water lures, there are a lot of different kinds, for many different purposes but the must universal is the popper.

My Minimalist must have list... in no particular order. A floating rapala. Maybe a jointed one.

a crank bait or two... personally, I am a rebel fan... if you can find an old deep wee r, you are set...

a couple of panther martin spinners, a mepps comet, Aglia and Aglia long.

A buzzbait.

A Johnson silver minnow. A daredevel. (Not an imitation) a mepps Cyclops and a little CLEO.

A headon torpedo, a jitterbug, a hula popper and a plastic frog. A couple poppers and a deerhair popper

Plastic Worms, worm weights and worm hooks... (read an article on how to use them)

Then... go forth and multiply...



#266357 using suspending plugs..

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 March 2013 - 04:52 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

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...




#266276 using suspending plugs..

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 March 2013 - 08:31 AM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

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...)




#266289 using suspending plugs..

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 March 2013 - 10:19 AM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

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...




#266291 using suspending plugs..

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 March 2013 - 10:23 AM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

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




#271432 tobermory and such

Posted by chalkhorse on 24 May 2013 - 02:43 PM in General Fishing Discussion

indian harbour.

 

i'd be willing to to bet that there are early season giant pike there...




#271440 tobermory and such

Posted by chalkhorse on 24 May 2013 - 04:57 PM in General Fishing Discussion

well, you are on the huron side, albeit a bit north, so it will heat up sooner and warmer than the georgian bay side.

 

we were swimming about 5 km south of you last weekend at dorcas bay.

 

but it is still early, so i'd go slow.

 

i'm really finding that rich_ace_g understands piking, especially early season, so i'd pm him if i were you... 




#271183 tobermory and such

Posted by chalkhorse on 22 May 2013 - 04:39 PM in General Fishing Discussion

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...

 

 




#271249 tobermory and such

Posted by chalkhorse on 23 May 2013 - 02:48 PM in General Fishing Discussion

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...




#270952 tobermory - flowerpot island

Posted by chalkhorse on 18 May 2013 - 07:28 AM in General Fishing Discussion

I wouldn't bother wetting a line at any of those islands, but the lakes over on the east side of GB seem to have some of the greatest warm water fishing around.

i think we may try one of the lesser known lakes, if it's not too shallow. there's a lake up there called scugog lake (no, not THAT one)

 

will fill everyone in....




#270951 tobermory - flowerpot island

Posted by chalkhorse on 18 May 2013 - 07:27 AM in General Fishing Discussion

thanks, folks. trains leaving in 20 minutes. enjoy your weekends...




#270906 tobermory - flowerpot island

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 09:04 AM in General Fishing Discussion

anybody ever do any fishing at flowrpot island?  i am assuming there might be some nice pike action from shore, but i've never heard of anyone fishing there. i'm not certain it's allowed, but i don't see why it wouldn't be...

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#266088 The worst sound and feeling ever

Posted by chalkhorse on 25 March 2013 - 04:12 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

nah... i just cleaned the grease off the gears and replaced it with electric motor oil...




#266081 The worst sound and feeling ever

Posted by chalkhorse on 25 March 2013 - 04:01 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

i remember being in my twenties (barely) (the remembering, not the twenties) and using oil to replace the grease, as i was worried about slowing rpms...

 

it was like i put in a sand MAGNET




#272493 The Joy of Not Fishing

Posted by chalkhorse on 10 June 2013 - 08:51 AM in General Fishing Discussion

the six-pack rings are a total pet peeve of mine.  something so easy to pocket and so lethal to area rodents and fowl.

 

there is NO rationalization for this and offenders need to have their licence plates recorded and the rings forced into their gas tanks the next time they are parked at a site.

 

(that's actually the most civil thing rushing through my mind when i see those lazy self important f@@@@@@)

 

oops. out loud?

 

sorry, i know this is a sturgeon thread...




#270927 The Crown Land Use Atlas

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 02:39 PM in Ontario Fishing News, Current Events and Publications

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet




#272925 Spreading the invasive spiny water flea upsets lake ecosystems

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.

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A diagram of the spiny water flea. Photo: Rachel Kraft.

“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.

 




#273360 some new top water toys for bass season

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:05 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

Here it is

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#273358 some new top water toys for bass season

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:02 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

Anyone have any of these or know where to get them? It was rebel's answer to the fat rap in the eighties, but plastic and a ball inside. One of the first "realistic" finishes.

This one probably has over 300 bass and pike on it.



#273356 some new top water toys for bass season

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!


Hey, dugger.... isn't the rebel deep wee r a crankbait? Have they changed names? I have one left from 25 years ago and if anyone knows where to get more, there's a couple panther martins in it for you...

I will try to upload a photo



#273365 some new top water toys for bass season

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 June 2013 - 11:26 PM in Fishing Gear Talk and DIY Corner

Sweeeeeet, noob... thanks...

Went through my surface tackle box... the plugs are called pop r(s), hence the confusion.

Thanks for the links.

And thank you, dugger, for making me track down my winningest single lure of all time.