bass2mouth Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Anybody know if they have come in yet?? Seems a little cold to me, I'm a good 50min away tho. And reports would be welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiro Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Tried the welland river on sunday with no luck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 There are cats being caught in Dunnville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin S fisher Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 i tried with no succsess, there are a few cats around but not very many yet. but another week so it will be on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm going tonight will report tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsie Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Was gonna go this weekend but the weather isn't cooperating, next weekend I'm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Alright, I don't want to miss them this year. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 3 of us went tonight, tried the dam, no luck, moved to port Maitland no luck. Shore fished both, no locals in site. Wind was cold and strong water temp. Was 37.4 * F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 we got the the river at aprox. 8 p.m. saw 2 guys in a tinner on the far side of the dam, they left before it got to dark other than us noone. I think the water is still a bit cold to triger the big run, anyone catching right now are probably resident fish, but its just my opinion as I am not an expert on cats or the grand. parking lots along the way were all empty, and I was really surprised to see nobody at the dam!! on a side report no sightings of steel trying to jump up the dam either and we were all keeping a close eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Court Rose Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Right now with this water still being cold it's going to be a daytime bite, once the water warms up and they get into spawning mode the night bite really turns on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Well I cant wait for it, I just dont have time between work and family to keep going and checking out the river, is there a Grand River site that shows temp and flow. EDIT: UMMM yah nevermind, I will search myself lol, the above sentence is completely contradicting one of my posts in another thread !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 looks like Ontario and erie are gonna be to rough for my boat on sunday, mabey I'll launch at maitland and work my way up, gonna be the last day to fish for 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauly Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 My friend went last week on Friday (Easter). He struggled but stuck it out and landed 4,. Biggest was 15 pds. I believe he was using sucker meat, but not sure. Might have been boilies of some sort. He got his fish when he went shallower into 8 and 9 feet of water, but that can change within any given day. My son and I tried for 2 hours without a sniff using sucker meat. Tonnes of bait at the launch in Dunville. Perhaps try some of that bait for cats if desperate for some. My musky/cat net was stolen from the dock within 3 minutes when we forgot it and went back to get it! Not impressed. Only two guys there bringing their boat in at the time. They said they saw nothing. Did not want to take it further with my son there. Quite certain they took it. $80 net too. Might try Saturday for a bit. Will report. PS water temp was only 40 degrees on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ok so I found the link for the lower grand flow charts, still cant find temps though' Its giving a flow # of about 125, at York and at Dunnville, summer regular flow is 22, river is up the banks at 300, but when we were there last night we saw tons of flooding in low lying areas. Whats up with that??? Admins if this is a highjack please move. EDIT: found the temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Great updates thanks. My days off are Monday's so me and my buddy are gearing up for a Sunday 10pm night to Monday day till about 1pm cat marathon. When of course the water heats up. Can't wait!! Were chasing a 20lbs+ fish I've seen pics of bigger so 20lbs should be an attainable target:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ok so I found the link for the lower grand flow charts, still cant find temps though' Its giving a flow # of about 125, at York and at Dunnville, summer regular flow is 22, river is up the banks at 300, but when we were there last night we saw tons of flooding in low lying areas. Whats up with that??? Admins if this is a highjack please move. EDIT: found the temps Very usefull info great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyy33 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I Want a 30!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Chef is this the link you found for temp?? http://www.grandriver.ca/index/document.cfm?Sec=2&Sub1=7&Sub2=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Yah buddy thats the one!! I'm gonna be watching it closely, dont forget the temps drop overnight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Did a bit of research and it states the optimum spawning water temp for cats is 72*F, then I thought holy smokes thats a long ways away, and then I started feeling a bit sad LOL, and THEN I saw that the search I did led me to the Grand River that is somewhere in the states, which is obviously not the river in question HEH. So I will keep looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnn Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Some fish are being caught during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Did a bit of research and it states the optimum spawning water temp for cats is 72*F, then I thought holy smokes thats a long ways away, and then I started feeling a bit sad LOL, and THEN I saw that the search I did led me to the Grand River that is somewhere in the states, which is obviously not the river in question HEH. So I will keep looking Right on can't wait to see hear the reels peeling drag ziiiinnnnnnggggggg. Added that link to my iPhone bookmark hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefMick Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Me on the other hand cant wait to see my reel turning backwards as line is being taken through the egg sinker (insert some sort of really quiet sound here that I have no idea how to spell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyy33 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 IS there still a launch right by the dam? If not how long of a trip is it from maitland with a 9.9 or 50 hp? never put a boat in over there anything to look out for as far as rocks or anything? I tried searching this but no answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Court Rose Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ya there is a launch at the dam behind the arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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