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  1. I support the reduction at this time, better to be safe.  There was certainly no shortage of bait or salmon out there this year...but what about next year, or the year after...I think that is why there is a sense of caution right now.

     

    And for people saying it was TERRIBLE fishing this year...just go out to the West Coast where these fish are actually from originally....we may possibly have better fishing than they do.

  2. Therefore in the intrest of survival and growth potential of stocked salmon, I advocate increases in pen rearing stocks, and decreased direct stock until the forage base regains another year class in 2018.

     

    Just thought I should check to see what you meant by this statement...If the goal is to ease pressure on the forage base, you would want to invert Pen and Direct stocking numbers.  e.g. Increase direct stock #'s lower Pen reared numbers.  

     

    Pen reared fish have twice the survival rate of direct stocked and will be larger in size at same age compared to direct stock fish.

  3. Some thoughts...obviously overlooking all the 'Heritage act' or 'Clean Water act' that would be non-starters on Laker elmination and nutrient boosting.

     

    Lake Trout reduction to 15-25% of current level immediately and until population is so limited they are a rare catch (Match stocking to angler interest generally speaking)

    Atlantic Salmon...How is this still a thing?

     

    Take the Lake Trout Reductions and put toward boostsin Brown and Steelhead numbers (These trout hit up Alewives less than Kings and Lakers)

    Boost Nutrient load drastically in the lake to bolster the foodweb from bottom up and feed those skinny Alewives!

    Manage Alewife population boom years with temp King/Coho increases (these mouths expire in 2-4yrs unlike the Trout)

    Start tracking Alewife spawning success since that is the time to base a decision on future stocking plans (not after multiple years of year class losses)

     

    My $0.02

  4. How many of those are currently on the wall?

    I thought the same thing in the 80's and so far I only have the brown.

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    What a slob of a Brown oh my! they are beautiful fish...love the stories too.

     

    It's a tough list to crack, that's why they are fish of a lifetime goals. So far just 2 Kings on the wall of fame 33.76lbs and 36.72lbs both grand prize winners in the Great Ontario Salmon Derby.  The first one took almost 7 weeks to catch, with only 2 day left in the 2009 derby.  The bigger one, and still my official PB Chinook came just about an hour or so into the start of the derby in 2013!  Work done by Advanced Taxidermy...they look like they were taken from the net and hung on wall...incredible work.

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    I was close with a 29lb Lake trout a couple years ago. But no huge browns or bows over 15lbs ish

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    The chase continues! [emoji4]

  5. Decided to get away from the swarm of boats out in front of Bronte and head east to an area that looked good earlier in the week.  Setup on a really nice scumline with tons of bait in 150-170fow.

     

    There was also some extreme currents at depth with good temps, seemed like a good mix of variables to entice a beast.  And it did...just the wrong type, picked up a decent Laker.

     

    Also a small king about 4lbs.  As the sun set I slid in a bit shallower as the temps were still decent, but didn't move a rod.

     

    Back out tonight.

    Tony

  6. Headed out after work hoping the East wind wouldn't have made the lake too bad, it was fine but you had to have a larger heavier boat to maintain some kind of control out there.

    Nice night for a boat ride, but the first Skunking of the GOSD for me  undecided.gif  Covered 130-200 and did some searching as well...so much bait! so few fish 

    Back out tonight weather permitting  cool.gif
    Tony

  7. Headed out last night in beautiful conditions!  Been a while to be on the water in the evening without nasty lake conditions.

    Started in a bit shallower than on Monday and worked my way out.  There is still significant visibility issues in shallower, so I kept heading deeper.

    Great looking picture out in 200 fow with bait and numerous large hooks, must say the picture is looking better all the time out front of Bronte.  Getting them to bite was a different story...

    Ended up the night 2 for 2 (4lbs & 19lbs) with the better fish hitting near sunset making for an enjoyable battle, and honing my solo fish landing abilities just in time for the derby kickoff tomorrow. 

     

     

    Best of  luck to everyone in the Great Ontario Salmon Derby!

    Tony

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  8. Oops meant June 29th...just realized that...

     

    Decided to go check out the lake after the nasty weekend on Monday.

     

    Noticed on the way out that the water was mud everywhere and temps were warm, 55 top to bottom all the way out to nearly 200fow where I found the break in the mudline and temps.

     

    Ended up finding some hooks down deep 160down, and went 2 for 2 on little guys with hotspot & mc rocket before heading in.  There were quite a few smaller hooks in the upper water column, I am guessing bows and cohos...didn't bother targeting them.

     

    Looking forward to the GOSD, see you on the water!

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  9. Bronte has sucked in the last 2-3 years. Fish just haven't been there. I would suggest going further East such as Bluffers or Port Hope.

    What he said...I find myself towing the boat far from Bronte in the summer in order to get into good fishing for Kings.

     

    The Ministry is looking at reallocating stocks to try to revive the western end of the lake as it's degrading year over year pretty bad.  

  10. For a while we thought it was an old boot of a king, it was peeling line out but just not at the same rate as a king would...long steady lazy run.

     

    This was caught chasing the fall migratory run of Walleye on the Bay of Quinte and was part of a double-header.  I thought the one I landed was big...you can see Aaron is still fighting the other beast hehehe

     

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    They certainly do battle, in their own unique way  :yes:

  11. I was out on Saturday, ran across to the Spit and got setup, then all of a sudden about 50 boats raced by me...must have been the port credit derby.

     

    I managed a few shakers and one about 14 lbs, but that's it! what a struggle...

     

    When the results came in from that derby, I saw that only 3 of 52 boats boxed their 3 fish, a handful more got one or 2, and about 35 boats were skunked...when will it turn on?

     

    Tony

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