cplummer Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 We originally wanted to hit a saugeen trib i know well for brookies. When we arrived the water level was too low for my liking so we decided to hit a main saugeen spot i know that had alot of brown trout. My dad wanted a meal of browns so we kept 8 browns for supper. Most fish were 14" to 20" with one that was 27". We released a whack of them today but had an awesome bbq trout dinner. Glad my dad enjoyed our old stand by brown spot. Here is my dad with our meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmo1685 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 You're just slaying those trout eh Cliff ? Awesome post, thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Definitely a nice bbq meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Yummy...envious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thats a purdy stringer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 When did they start dumping stocker browns into the Geen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 When did they start dumping stocker browns into the Geen? not certain but we have been getting them at the saugeen RV park for over 45 years. I believe they started when it slowed down 8 years ago. not too sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Interesting. I used to fish that area frequently through the 70's and 80's never seen a stocker brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I read they stocked the geen with browns 5 and 7 years ago. I imagine they dump browns everywhere up there. Long as i get a few i am happy.Been camping and fishing there since age 12 and i am 57 now. Seen many changes and stocking i never knew happened. I remember when that soot almost destroyed that area but it came back. I am sure stocking had something to do with it. A few nice brookies in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcanoe Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Got some nice browns out of Camp Creek, wasn't a place I fished much but when I did they always seemed to be biting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brookie slayer Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 My dad and me caught some nice browns around that park in the early 90's...they would charge me $5 for the day and we would camp on the opposite side of river. I think Olga was her name Good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Some nice looking trout there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslovak Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 On 5/11/2016 at 7:51 PM, cplummer said: We originally wanted to hit a saugeen trib i know well for brookies. When we arrived the water level was too low for my liking so we decided to hit a main saugeen spot i know that had alot of brown trout. My dad wanted a meal of browns so we kept 8 browns for supper. Most fish were 14" to 20" with one that was 27". We released a whack of them today but had an awesome bbq trout dinner. Glad my dad enjoyed our old stand by brown spot. Here is my dad with our meal. Nice looking stringer of fish! Heading up to that area next week for another day trip, cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brookie slayer Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just came back today from a two day trip. U should do well because the Fishing was fantastic. 6-10 am and after 6 pm was one after the other. Landed my 2nd biggest speck ever,probably the heaviest for sure. Mepps 0 Aglia fluorescent green... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Like the pic says. Lots in the geen if you know where and how to fish it. I believe our fish looked like stockers because of the temps and they darken faster under certain conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 They look like stockers becuase they are stockers. http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2016/04/21/jumbo-brook-trout-and-anglers-dream GREY COUNTY - The biggest, fattest brook trout an angler's likely to see are being stocked in Grey County streams and ponds this week as part of a new provincial project to encourage family fishing. These are fish of more than one pound on average -- double the size of brook trout that those who wet a line in Grey County are used to -- and some will tip the scales at more than two pounds, said Jody Scheifley, a biologist with the ministry in Owen Sound. “There's few places in the province that you can catch brook trout this big. Like the fishing here will be -- you know people go to Algonquin Park and these remote areas only hoping to catch a brook trout this big,” Scheifley said. MNRF staff on Wednesday picked up a load of brook trout from the Chatsworth fish hatchery and dropped some into Holstein Pond, then released the rest in Durham pond. Saturday is the start of trout fishing season from Tobermory to Lake Erie – a short but joyful time for those who like to fish for brook, brown and rainbow trout. The rainbows are all “in thick” in the rivers and tributaries right now having returned to spawn, he added. Some anglers will stake out their favourite spots just after midnight Friday, Scheifley said. But no special equipment or secret fishing spot are needed to catch the 8,500 brook and brown trout released this week. They'll be plentiful and they will be hungry, Scheifley said. They're bred and stocked under the MNRF's new Urban Fishing Initiative, which aims to bring great fishing closer to people in urban environments. Grey County is the only place in Ontario where these brook trout and browns are being released of this size. There'll be a fishing derby at Flesherton Pond from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to coincide with the opening of the trout season Saturday. Breakfast and lunch will be available at the fire station, with additional parking behind Flesherton Home Hardware and the Flesherton Family Practice. There will be prizes and an entry fee of $5 per person, $20 per family with proceeds to beautify Flesherton. The event is being put on by Grey Highlands, its local improvement committee, the MNRF and sport fishing volunteers, who will demonstrate fish cleaning. Kids don't need fishing licences and adults who are only supervising but not fishing can do without them too. But if adults are fishing they'll need a fishing licence. Urban for purposes of this stocking program in this part of Ontario means the hatchery fish will be released at Bell's Lake, Flesherton pond, Durham pond, Holstein pond, Allan Park Conservation Area and brown trout of one pound on average, will be set loose in the Saugeen River below the dam in Hanover. These water bodies were selected because there are no native brook trout in them and they're close to populated areas, Scheifley said. Ministry records back to the 1920s show brook trout have been stocked in local waters, Scheifley said. But never have the stocked fish have been of this size. Instead of raising the fish for 14 months in the Chatsworth Fish Culture Station, this time they stayed 28 months. He said the habitat doesn't allow them to get this big locally. These stocked fish are a Nipagon-Hill's Lake cross brook trout which don't tolerate warmer water, he added. After two or three weeks, as water temperatures rise, the fish won't want to bite. Unlike other MNRF initiatives, these fish aren't put there to help establish a local population. They're stocked purely to be caught quickly. “It's encouraging that outdoor activity, that getting outside, enjoying the resource,” Craig Todd, MNRF's link between sports clubs and other partners. “So we put 'em in, we want them taken out.” They're good to eat too, he said. The money for this stocking program comes from part of angler licence revenue. By encouraging more fishing by stocking jumbo brook trout, the ministry is also encouraging more licence sales, Scheifley said. The project is confirmed to continue locally for four years, with the number of fish released climbing by 2,000 to 10,500 brook and brown trout by 2019, he said. According to information Scheifley provided, the Urban Fishing Initiative supports a recreational fishery enjoyed by nearly 1.5 million licensed anglers annually and contributes about $2.4 billion to Ontario's economy each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brookie slayer Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 They've been stocking those ponds pretty steady for the last bunch of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightfisher Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 2 hours ago, Spiel said: They look like stockers becuase they are stockers. http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2016/04/21/jumbo-brook-trout-and-anglers-dream GREY COUNTY - The biggest, fattest brook trout an angler's likely to see are being stocked in Grey County streams and ponds this week as part of a new provincial project to encourage family fishing. These are fish of more than one pound on average -- double the size of brook trout that those who wet a line in Grey County are used to -- and some will tip the scales at more than two pounds, said Jody Scheifley, a biologist with the ministry in Owen Sound. “There's few places in the province that you can catch brook trout this big. Like the fishing here will be -- you know people go to Algonquin Park and these remote areas only hoping to catch a brook trout this big,” Scheifley said. MNRF staff on Wednesday picked up a load of brook trout from the Chatsworth fish hatchery and dropped some into Holstein Pond, then released the rest in Durham pond. Saturday is the start of trout fishing season from Tobermory to Lake Erie – a short but joyful time for those who like to fish for brook, brown and rainbow trout. The rainbows are all “in thick” in the rivers and tributaries right now having returned to spawn, he added. Some anglers will stake out their favourite spots just after midnight Friday, Scheifley said. But no special equipment or secret fishing spot are needed to catch the 8,500 brook and brown trout released this week. They'll be plentiful and they will be hungry, Scheifley said. They're bred and stocked under the MNRF's new Urban Fishing Initiative, which aims to bring great fishing closer to people in urban environments. Grey County is the only place in Ontario where these brook trout and browns are being released of this size. There'll be a fishing derby at Flesherton Pond from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to coincide with the opening of the trout season Saturday. Breakfast and lunch will be available at the fire station, with additional parking behind Flesherton Home Hardware and the Flesherton Family Practice. There will be prizes and an entry fee of $5 per person, $20 per family with proceeds to beautify Flesherton. The event is being put on by Grey Highlands, its local improvement committee, the MNRF and sport fishing volunteers, who will demonstrate fish cleaning. Kids don't need fishing licences and adults who are only supervising but not fishing can do without them too. But if adults are fishing they'll need a fishing licence. Urban for purposes of this stocking program in this part of Ontario means the hatchery fish will be released at Bell's Lake, Flesherton pond, Durham pond, Holstein pond, Allan Park Conservation Area and brown trout of one pound on average, will be set loose in the Saugeen River below the dam in Hanover. These water bodies were selected because there are no native brook trout in them and they're close to populated areas, Scheifley said. Ministry records back to the 1920s show brook trout have been stocked in local waters, Scheifley said. But never have the stocked fish have been of this size. Instead of raising the fish for 14 months in the Chatsworth Fish Culture Station, this time they stayed 28 months. He said the habitat doesn't allow them to get this big locally. These stocked fish are a Nipagon-Hill's Lake cross brook trout which don't tolerate warmer water, he added. After two or three weeks, as water temperatures rise, the fish won't want to bite. Unlike other MNRF initiatives, these fish aren't put there to help establish a local population. They're stocked purely to be caught quickly. “It's encouraging that outdoor activity, that getting outside, enjoying the resource,” Craig Todd, MNRF's link between sports clubs and other partners. “So we put 'em in, we want them taken out.” They're good to eat too, he said. The money for this stocking program comes from part of angler licence revenue. By encouraging more fishing by stocking jumbo brook trout, the ministry is also encouraging more licence sales, Scheifley said. The project is confirmed to continue locally for four years, with the number of fish released climbing by 2,000 to 10,500 brook and brown trout by 2019, he said. According to information Scheifley provided, the Urban Fishing Initiative supports a recreational fishery enjoyed by nearly 1.5 million licensed anglers annually and contributes about $2.4 billion to Ontario's economy each year. Am I reading this right ? Like St Johns pond in Niagara, this are pellet fed trout, only released at a larger size ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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