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A different type of fishing that has seen rewards been reaped by many. This forum allows us to learn more about Float and Fly fishing from those who have made it their number 1 way to fish.
(Potatoes need not read this post) My float tube started to lose air and when I took it apart I discovered a gooey hole. Then it dawned on me. I had previously removed a leaky insect repellent. It had soaked down through to the rubber and dissolved a small area. After numerous patching, it was still leaking and I will have to make more dramatic repairs once I get to the supply shop. In the meantime, what to do? It was time to try out my $25 Giant Tiger special float tube. It actually works but I made sure I had my life jacket on.
Anyway, I caught my first splake. Where do you ask? Well since everyone is so sensitive on the subject of naming lakes, I suggest you try the stocking charts near Calabogie. Got it now? There, I didn't name a lake.
Good luck
bobfly
It's so sad, really. When I was growing up in Kamloops in the 50's, the newspaper reported on all the lakes and even what to catch them on. And everyone still caught lots (and no mess). But that is another time, long gone.
The thing is Bob people don't want to go out fishing anymore they want catching... The stocking lists are availible to anyone who wants them... No one wants to do any legwork anymore they just want to drive upto a lake catch a limit and go home! These people are NOT sportsmen they are just meat harvesters! Posting the name of a small lake that gets only 500 fish per year will only cause a lot of increased traffic, poor fishing, garbage along the shorelines, etc. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? I know a few locals in the area and to say the least they are very upset with fish-hawk and some of the members One thing you need to keep in mind is that you are fishing in someone else's back yard... unlike the west coast the bogie area has a lot of private property that has roads going through them. If the increased traffic and garbage continues they will eventually say enough is enough and put up a gate, and then no one will have access... Ive seen it happen several times before So basicly if your not going to show a little respect for the locals then don't be surprised if next time you go out trouting you get greeted with a locked gate!
Well Said!!!!!!!!!...one of my favourite spots has been gated because of the "spreading the word" on how good the lake was producing which increased the flow of meat lovers and increased the pollution!!! The land owners have had enough!
MNR has stopped stocking the lake because the right of way to the lake has now been closed...luckily, I got to know one of the owners and showed respect by always taking other people's garbage out....I now have a key to the locked gate!!!
There's an answer to all of this but not one some of you out there want to hear: "Flyfishing Only, Barbless Hooks, Catch and Release". That's how they can have a sustainable fishery on the Grand River, right in the heart of industrial and populated Ontario. They say the browns are reproducing in the river but I have asked several officials and it is doubtful. The Grand is a "Put and Take" or rather a "Put and Release" with subsequent die off which we won't get into here. "Flyfishing Only" (or "No Bait") and "No Ice Fishing" are quite common out west even in stocked lakes and they have lakes in heavily populated areas and they are clean sites. Why are they clean? Because these kind of fishermen are usually conservationists. I actually hate to be told to release, I do it on my own because I want to catch it again or somebody else to catch it. Yesterday I gill hooked a recently stocked brookie and I had to let it go because it was too small to keep. It will probably die.
Eventually these new regs will happen out here regardless of how the "locals" and "meatheads" feel about it. Property owners have a right to cut off their land but Crown land belongs to all of us.
Think about it. If we had catch and release we would have larger trout in our local lakes all season long. We wouldn't have to stock so much. Its a win-win as far as I am concerned. My idea would be to have a few larger lakes accessible to the public with our same old regulations and all of the smaller more sensitive lakes under more severe regulations as stated above. Anyway, I'm back to my yard work. Nice chatting with you and "tight lines".
Last year I drove out towards Calabogie, just to see what kind of crown land access there was (for hiking and other things, as well as fishing). I found it very disappointing that whenever I was driving through what the map said was Crown Land there were constant "Private Property" signs. The Calabogie area and south is one of the largest areas of crown lands near the Ottawa area, but it's almost impossible to get to it. Obviously it isn't the fault of property owners, but when the all the land along the roads is sold off for cottages, it can be really frustrating to try and get in to the wilderness, especially for someone not from the area who just wants to explore the area and see what is there.
I hear a lot of references to the area around Calabogie in terms of trout fishing in the smaller lakes, but if you don't know where exactly to go it isn't easy to find a decent spot. People who leave garbage around or take more than the posted limit ought to be thrown in jail, as far as I'm concerned, but if you choose to buy property near public lands, then you have to deal with the public. That's not to say people have free run over your property, but you have to expect people to be around.
