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Is Brook Trout fishing ruined for me?

Is Brook Trout fishing ruined for me?

Caught this almost 18” in a spot I discovered through hard work and ice-cold river walking, and proceeded to catch 8 in 3 days (5 hours total) along the stretch, with the others being 2x15”, 1x14”, 2x11” and 2x10”.

Will I ever catch any this big again? I didn’t want to leave, they were insanely rewarding

u/tavvyjay — 1 day ago

Big carp from a small creek

Caught this carp from a small creek in GTA today. Was targeting trout with a worm and it took it. Didn’t have a strong rod - it broke but was able to land it in the end 🥲

Is this a common carp? Or some other type? I let it go ‘cause I usually don’t like the taste of carp. But what would you usually do after catching an invasive big fish?

u/museo420 — 1 day ago

Got out for a couple hours

Walleye opener was a bit slower than usual. Noticed that the spawn was a bit delayed because of the cooler spring. Was still able to land a few

u/SetDaHook — 2 days ago
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What Happened to this Walleye?

Caught while fishing a run-off culvert for crappie. Not the first one caught out of this place this year, but the first fish I've seen come out of this area looking like this.

Fins torn to shreds and the tail bleeding... I assume something got under it's slime layer and infected it, but if so, I have no clue what, and if not, I'm at a loss for what these could be.

My brother thought maybe scars from a spawning related incident, but their spawn should have ended almost a month ago

u/SubjectB42 — 3 days ago

Lure Identification

Is anyone able to identify this exact lure and colour/pattern? I can’t seem to find it online anywhere, and it’s done really well for me.

u/Himquitplaying — 2 days ago
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It isn't a great photo, but I caught one of the elusive brown trout at my creek today!

u/Shrike034 — 3 days ago

Belwood Lake bait restrictions

Can anyone set me straight once and for all on this? Belwood Lake is in Zone 16, and also part of the Grand River. I have always followed the Grand’s restrictions for that area (single hook, no live bait, etc). The other fay I watching videos from past Lion’s Club puke derbys and guys are talking about fishing with minnows…

Why/How?

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u/Buchaven — 3 days ago

Ice

Has anybody had any lucking fishing in Zone 2 area yet? We have a fly in trip planned flying out of Red Lake and wondering if anybody has heard how the ice is up there still… We are going to McCusker Lake the first week of June, hopefully the weather heats up for us!

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u/GiantDoink69 — 3 days ago

Walleye on Catchacoma chain of lakes?

Anyone ever hear of any being caught in any of those 7 lakes recently? Mississagua, Cold lake, beaver lake etc..

Can’t seem to find much online so I assume if they are there very sparse…

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u/Titsona-Bullmoose — 3 days ago

Nothing like Lake Superior Spring Pike

out of all the pike fishery's big cold pre spawn mamas out of the big lake always look the best.

u/hoghunter1000000 — 4 days ago

Advice on a budget friendly spinning reel

I’m overdue for a new reel but have no idea what to grab , I usually fish 10lb braid .. anything good on sale anywhere ? Thanks in advance !!

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u/B-rocula — 3 days ago

Launch spot for a full day

Im down in the grand river where we had this place where you can rent a dock for the day and make a whole day out of your boat outing. go tubing come back park on the dock have a picnic the go back again. unfortunately that place is no longer offering that service and Im wondering if theres somewhere on lake simcoe or the surrounding areas thats similar or atleast had enough space to where you can tie off and spend the day in and out of the water.

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u/Joe_69420_ — 3 days ago

Is this a little pike or pickerel?

Caught these 2 pickles from different body’s of water. The first one is the lighter green one in the first 2 photos and the second is the 3rd and 4th darker one. Can’t figure out if these are pike or chain pickerel

u/D3vs800 — 5 days ago

Pike bit off brand new lure

I’m using 10 pound fluro I heard this might happen but thought I’d be okay because I’ve only seen small pike in here. What line should I be using? I’m fairly new. I was using a rapala x rap in silver. Feel horrible for the fish… don’t want that to happen again.

u/D3vs800 — 6 days ago

Going fishing in the French in a few days (arrive the 19th and leave on the 21st)

Near Dokis marina. Forecast says warm and rainy the first day, cold (12c) and windy the second day (we have a guide) and a little warmer on the day we leave. Do we have any hope of catching anything?

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u/AmateurPhotog57 — 6 days ago

What are these signs i'm seeing on google maps?

I was scouting out a possible brook/brown trout location and I'm seeing these signs that say "stop, sewage plant save our trout" I'm assuming these are just signs put up by people trying to trick the population into not fishing there because it is a sewage plant (when it actually isn't a sewage plant), as well as since brook trout are scarce in SO. I'm only seeing these signs on older google maps coverage. Is it just people trying to protect the trout population? Should I fish here? Any help appreciated.

u/OverallSpeaker1824 — 5 days ago