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chalkhorse

Member Since 25 Aug 2012
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#271095 Creek fishing west end of Lake Ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 21 May 2013 - 06:55 PM

I do suggest getting ultra light gear for the creeks to have a better time.
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#271094 Creek fishing west end of Lake Ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 21 May 2013 - 06:53 PM

Puslinch lake and little lake are great for pike and bass in Cambridge, there's a whole lot of monsters in Hamilton harbour.
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#271093 Creek fishing west end of Lake Ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 21 May 2013 - 06:52 PM

Oakville creek has trout and bass and, of course, salmon.

The grand river is a whole ecosystem of its own, and much discussed on this forum. Try a search.
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#271092 Creek fishing west end of Lake Ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 21 May 2013 - 06:49 PM

I have only had success in Spencer creek and the grindstone nearer to the lake, although I am certain alfie has more experience there. In the halt on area, mountsberg has bass, pike and occasional walleye. Hilton falls has bass. There are some nice bass at valens. Christie has stocked trout ponds.
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#271091 Creek fishing west end of Lake Ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 21 May 2013 - 06:46 PM

Bronte creek has small but hearty smallmouth bass. When season starts in june, hit optimist park, just above rebecca, with mepps comets, panther martins and rapalas in any hole you find walking upstream.

Closer to lakeshore, there are carp (I usually use cornmeal) and bullheads (worms) and the occasional pike.

Seasonally, there are steelheads, cohos and chinooks. Rainbow trout and brown trout are in the harbour and the deeper spots of the creek.
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#270941 Anyone with a boat in Campbellville? Sunday?

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 09:05 PM

the people here are extremely friendly.  :razz:


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#270933 Anyone with a boat in Campbellville? Sunday?

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 05:08 PM

i'm thinking these are fish that have been sucked through or over the dam. i try to release them back in the reservoir/lake, but only when i can without calling attention  from the "catch n kill" crowd usually swarmed by the dam's upper regions


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#270931 Anyone with a boat in Campbellville? Sunday?

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 05:00 PM

i will be in tobermory, but i fish mountsberg regularly, usually from a canoe.

 

if you get stuck without a boat, head to the dam and fish BELOW the dam at the headwater. no one does this and i caught 17 pike there last weekend, small, but scrappy...


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#270922 Hey im new here

Posted by chalkhorse on 17 May 2013 - 01:09 PM

OFF is a nice respectfull site I think you will really like it Rob!

it most certainly is...

 

welcome, robert...


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#270399 What to start with as a newbie

Posted by chalkhorse on 10 May 2013 - 09:45 PM

Oh.., and a good general colour rule s use light or bright lures on cloudy days and dark lures on sunny days...
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#270398 What to start with as a newbie

Posted by chalkhorse on 10 May 2013 - 09:42 PM

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...
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#270169 Hello ontario

Posted by chalkhorse on 08 May 2013 - 11:06 AM

Thats one thing i have a question about, does the millpond here in Milton have decent sized bass? or pike? Ive only pulled out 6-7 inch bass, never a pike, and the rumor has always been that there isn't anything worth fishing for. 

hi.

 

hilton falls has some nice bass, but try to work the bottom with a crankbait.  remember, pike season opens this weekend, but bass season isn't until the third saturday in june.  mountsberg is great. if you have a canoe, hit the little bays around dusk. mid day, if you don't have a canoe, i have had success at the creek below the dam and the spot on the railroad tracks where the water travels from one side of the tracks to the other.

i have caught trout at burns, near mountsberg, but on the other side of the 401.

 

there are some quarries nearby that have nice bass.

 

although it's not REALLY in your area, make a trip out to cambridge and try puslinch lake, or, better, little lake, which is right beside it...

crawford lake has a fishing ban, as there are indian artifacts on the bottom (the lake doesn't turn over) and they can't risk churning up the water.


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#268587 Not a good sight...

Posted by chalkhorse on 19 April 2013 - 09:50 AM

i wonder if you can buy them cheaper on the reserve....


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#267855 Canoes.......

Posted by chalkhorse on 12 April 2013 - 03:55 PM

i canoe a lot...

 

to be honest, unless you have unlimited budgets, i would recommend something used and inexpensive, preferably fibreglass.

 

fibreglass handles well, is easy to repair and you aren't going to stress every time you scrape bottom.

 

if you cruise kijiji, you can find a 16 - 17 footer for under 5 or 6 hundred bucks.

 

better yet, find a fibreglass one with a hole in it for 200.

 

it's incredibly easy to fix a fibreglass canoe.

 

if you can, try to find one with a wooden yoke (the center bar in the middle of the canoe)

 

the yoke serves two main purposes.

 

one is to keep the sides of the canoe from compressing with the pressure from the outside water.

 

but the reason you want a wooden yoke is because it is the point that rests on your neck when you carry the canoe by yourself.

 

any canoe that i've carried that had an aluminum yoke, i've cursed, as they are not usually put at the balance pivot point and they tend to dig into your neck.

 

i've rarely seen a canoe without ballasts (covered flotation foam) at the front and back of the canoe.

 

feel free to ask here or pm me if you have any other concerns...

 

john


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#266274 new guy from burlington...

Posted by chalkhorse on 27 March 2013 - 08:18 AM

hit bronte yesterday evening for ice out pike... jerkbaits... got completely skunked... worked the structure, the deep, the empty docks... not a strike or follow up...

 

a buncha folks fishing off the piers, lake side...  pulled in a few browns and a rainbow.

 

some guy claimed to have accidentally foul hooked and released a six or seven pound smallmouth, but maybe the whiskey was too old on his breath to detect...

 

nevertheless, thanks goes out to those who pm'ed me with ideas...

 

maybe i'll try puslinch in the canoe this weekend, if the ice has left.

 

have to say you are all a friendly bunch...

 

j


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