teedee Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 anyone getting ready for this season bass opening on Erie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Getting ready but not for Erie. Heading to gravenhurst. (Sparrow lake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Hoping to be out of pc Saturday evening for some small mouth! Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Anybody know if the sanctuary in the bay in pc opens? Or is that another couple weeks? Wanna get out for some pike and bass fly fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 All ready for Saturday morning will be hitting erie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 I would but no boat yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Does anyone have an actual map of where the fish sanctuary is? I was planning on heading closer to Morgan's point to avoid it, but would love to know the boundaries of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundtastic Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 To search is a beautiful thing........I remember this string.....there is a link. LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks Lundtastic , I knew I had seen it somewhere before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lund-SS Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'll be on the flats of Cuba, sight fishing bones have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 The sanctuary in the bay is marked by bouys with flags! Draw an imaganary line through the markers, towards shore inside markers is off limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verado Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Yesterday at 6AM there was a bassboat just off the palmwood with two guys casting the shallows for bass. I was always under the impression that you could not target a closed species. Accidental catch and release is fine but you are not supposed to be actively fishing for a species that is out of season. I was out for pics. Both east and west from the gas wells. Used a variety of worm harness colours and stickbaits mainly in the top 20 feet on very long lines both off the riggers and flat lining. Nothing, not a mark a knock-off or anything. The whole time I was out a tug (presumably from Minor's) was hauling nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauly Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Reebs bay out of the kayak for me. As for the idiots above, take photos of them and report them. However, you have to be prepared for confrontation. I speak to people all the time about their illegal fishing. It actually influences some of them to stop, if only for the time being. We have to be stewards of our fisheries because the government doesn't do it properly. Report them and hope for the best. Or at least tactfully talk to them. Just an idea. I'm of the opinion lately that these people need to be publicly identified by people like us on a private website that someone could create. You take a risk as a citizen with legalities, but that is still a decision for someone to consider. The gentleman who abused the musky on St. Claire was publicly identified for thousands to see. Why not others? Perhaps this case can be used to set a precedent of people recording illegal fishing acts without repercussion. Sorry for the digression. Good luck next time out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 what are the punishments for fishing out of season fish? I work on the Niagara parkway, and for the last few weeks have seen people casting and trolling the shallows. It's the same thing every year. It seems like an easy money grab for the government to fine these people. Are the fines not worth the cost of patrolling? Or is it to difficult to actually catch these people? obviously someone gets paid more money than me to make these decisions, just wondering what the reasoning is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 You dont know what they are fishing for! Ive trolled and casted those waters for pike and muskie. There are bass there as well, but its kinda tough to prove they are targeting oos fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanl Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 With pike being open it makes it hard to say your targeting one over the other. Its when you see them haul 8 smallies out and take pics of each one you ask them to move along. But even that can get you in a tight situation now-a-days. Back on topic. Won't be out tomorrow. But will hopefully get a mix if smallies and bucket's Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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