Archive for December, 2009

On this weeks TSN progarm join Italo as he takes you fishing for heavy-cover largemouth bass at Mitchell Lake, ON.  You will get great tips on using Lucky Strike weedless spoons, TriggerX soft-pastics and the right Rapala rods, reels, & line to entice heavy-cover bass to strike.  You will see excellent action and you will learn tips that will help you catch more largemouth bass from heavy cover.

Wayne Sheridan reports: Lake effect snow squalls keep coming off the Great Lakes, causing hazardous driving conditions in the Grey-Bruce area. Ice fishing has started on some of the shallower lakes with Lake Simcoe reporting perch fishing has started.  Lake Simcoe Ice Conditions: Gilford Side 8-17 inches, Virginia Beach 6-14 inches, Big Bay Pt 6-12 inches of snow and ice. Be careful around river and lake shores, ice will form on the banks overnight and snow will obscure river bank edges.  Best bait is minnow lures as most of the minnows have gone to their winter hibernation locations and single egg presentations.  Everyone at Canadian Angling wishes you a Happy New Year.

River Flow Rates: moderate and freezing

Saugeen River (Durham) dropping at 1.47M, Saugeen River (Walkerton) dropping at 9.55M, Saugeen River (Port Elgin) dropping at 8.0M, Sauble River (Sauble Falls) steady at 1.12M, Sydenham River (Owen Sound) dropping at 4.95, Maitland River (above Wingham) rising at 10,1M French River at Woseley Bay steady at 187.1M, Credit River at Streetsville down at 4.5, Credit River at Orangeville dropping at 11.1M, Grand River (Doon), steady at 4.1 (below Shand dam) steady at 1.4M

Prime Fishing Times: Saturday January 2nd 2010:  12:07am to 3:33am (moon overhead), 12:32pm to 3:48pm (moon underneath).

Saugeen conditions: moderate, freezing over, visibility 3ft.

For more info., you can contact Wayne at, brntrout@golden.net .

Or you can visit Wayne at http://www.canadianangling.com .

Noel Gyger reports.  Sunny and windy with high of minus 2. Winter Steelheading is in full swing although the cold weather has slowed it down a bit. Sometimes it only means shorter fishing days but the “determined” fishermen are still getting out there. Some would say they’re “crazy”! The Zymoetz (Copper) River closes to angling above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below Zymoetz Canyon) at the end of the month (January 1 to June 15). So get out and enjoy before the closure. To be clear just the upper reaches of the river are closed one still may angle on the very low end, just make sure you fish below the boundary at the first canyon. The Kalum River is open to angling all winter although access to some pools is difficult as to the extreme low water and snow. The Kitimat River is open all winter also, and if we get some warmer weather fishing for Trout should be OK.

If you would like to book a trophy fishingn trip with Noel, you can contact him at, www.noelgyger.ca .

Lucky Strike Bait Works Ltd. is proud to offer, for the first time ever, a 75th Anniversary Limited Series Edition. The “Little Scamp Minnow” which launched Lucky Strike’s production in 1929 has been chosen to become the first limited series model the company has ever produced. One thousand units, each numbered on a Certificate of Authenticity, and painted in the “Yellow Red Bars Shore” colour. The original Edgar’s bait box has been carefully reproduced to contain this handcrafted wooden commemorative lure. http://luckystrikebaitworks.com/product.asp?p=107

Ice fishing now open!  This winter, Valens will be open for ice fishing on a daily basis.  Only catch and release fishing will be permitted.  Please note that bait and rental huts will not be available. 

For updated ice and fishing conditions, please call Valens at 905-525-2183 or 519-621-6029.  http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=67

Join us for Valens 4th Annual Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday January 30, 2010 from sunrise to 1 p.m.  This is a Catch and Release Bluegill and Crappie Derby.  Tickets are available in advance or day of at a cost of $25 per adult and $10 per child (12 and under).  There are lots of great prizes for the top catches.

Valens also has a lot of other activities to offer visitors during the winter months.

When ice conditions permit, strap on your skates and take a few spins around the cleared skating rink on Valens’ reservoir.

Explore Valens’ 10-kilometers of trails, groomed for cross-country skiing (when conditions permit) or by foot. Track Valens’ animal residents in the snow or just enjoy the beauty of the area in winter.

Dec. 11th, 2009

Trigger X Teams Up With Sportsmen’s Shows
Brand Sponsors Kids Fishing Ponds

Oshawa, Ontario – Trigger X has joined forces with Canadian National Sportsmen’s Shows to sponsor the Kids Fishing Ponds at all shows across Canada.  The Trout Pond presented by Trigger X will appear February 4, 2010 in Calgary at the Calgary Boat & Sportsmen’s Show, and will visit a total of 6 cities throughout the first few months of 2010.

 The Trout Pond presented by Trigger X will appear at:
Calgary Boat & Sportsmen’s Show – Feb 4 – 7
Ottawa Boat & Sportsmen’s Show -  Feb 25 – 28
Salon Expert Chasse, Peche et Camping (Montreal) – Feb 25 – 28
Salon Expert Chasse, Peche et Camping (Quebec) – Mar 11 – 14
Edmonton Boat & Sportsmen’s Show – March 18 – 21
Toronto Sportsmen’s Show – Mar 17 – 21

 “The Canadian National Sportsmen’s Shows is the largest show producer in the fishing industry.  This is a great platform to give back to the future of the sport while creating awarness for the Trigger X brand of soft plastics,” said Chip Jaggard, Marketing Manager of Normark Canada.

A Pround Tradition Since 1948

Canadian National Sportsmen’s Shows is a non-profit Corporation and the largest producer of boat, fishing, sportsmen’s, ski and outdoor shows in Canada. Through its family of shows, the Corporation raises funds to ensure that generations of young Canadians can benefit from Canada’s outdoors. Since the first show held in 1948, more than $31,000,000 has been committed to these causes.

Quality Lures Since 1936

Rapala is a leading fishing tackle company and the global market leader in the fishing lures, treble hooks and fishing related knives and tools. Group brand portfolio includes the leading brands in the industry, Rapala, and other global brands like VMC, Storm, Blue Fox, Luhr Jensen, Williamson, Terminator, Trigger X, Sufix and Marttiini. Rapala manufacturers approximately 20 million lures per year and each lure with a swimming lip is individually hand-tuned and tested for perfect swimming action.

Rapala’s legacy of unwavering quality can be seen in all their products and it is validated as its reach is through 140 countries. Rapala, which has a history of more than 70 years of lure making, has proven that its products are crafted from experience offering more new lures, new actions, new sizes, new colors, new finishes and new ways of catching more fish. www.rapala.ca

This Week on TSN, join Italo as he takes you Kayaking for trophy rainbow trout and smallmouth bass in a remote Haliburton, ON lake. You will learn how to locate late fall fish and how to use Lucky Strike lures, a Humminbird sonar, Rapala lures and Luhr Jensen spinners to catch them.

It has warmed up a little and a few determined Steelheaders are back at it.  The Kalum River is fishing “fair” for Steelhead.  If it is still too cold for river fishing why don’t you try your luck fishing for Winter Chinook in a covered ocean boat out of Kitimat or Prince Rupert.

While you are at it, drop a Crab trap. There are discounted charter boat prices out of Prince Rupert right now.  Contact me anytime and I will be happy to set-up a charter for you. There is an ocean fishing derby (Blue Knuckle Derby) coming up in Prince Rupert on December 27th.

You can book a guided fishing trip with Noel by contacting at, www.noelgygler.ca .

Winston Seto had a chance to book a guided fishing trip on the Manistee River with his friend Dave.  They went out with Hawkins Outfitters on the Manistee River, Michigan.

Winston reports that the Steelhead fishing remained strong even with dropping water temps and really, really cold mornings. Their day’s start temps were in the single digits, it was a true test of a steelhead heart.  But as the day went along temps improved and some very nice fish came to hand.   Their guide Jon Ray put them on 20-30 fishing spots from their launch which covered approx. 8 miles of downstream river.   Even with freezing cold temperatures they ended-up hooking 16-20 trophy steelhead!

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New fishing regulations for 2010 include:

• Year-round fishing for crappie, sunfish, yellow perch and northern pike in the Kawartha Lakes area
• Longer fall seasons for bass and muskellunge in the Kawartha Lakes area
• Longer winter season for lake trout in the Thunder Bay area
• Simpler size restrictions for certain species in the Thunder Bay area
• Forty-two more lake trout and brook trout lakes with extended seasons and/or reduced harvest restrictions.
• Ontario’s summer Family Fishing Weekend has been extended to a full Family Fishing Week in  July.

The 2010 fishing regulations guide is now available at ontario.ca/fishing.  Printed copies will be available by December 31 at licence issuers and ServiceOntario/Government Information Centres.

Regulations for some species have been revised to ensure fish stocks are sustainable. Anglers are encouraged to check the regulations for their area before they go fishing.

For the first time, the review of regulations benefited from the input of new Fisheries Management Zone Advisory Councils. The councils, composed of local stakeholders, help the Ministry of Natural Resources develop management strategies for their zones.