Dan Andrews Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Laker from a kayak. What a thrilling fight This rainbow went home for dinner I forgot my minnow net so I borrowed 2 shiners. I dropped them in a container of bath or Epson's salts and shook them awhile. Dropped them straight down on a small lead and waited. I was anchored for the laker and had I not been paying close attention he would have barely nibbled the bait off. The rainbow I was drifting and it was just on there but again what a wild fight in a kayak. Guys are getting bows right off the rocks at Nicholl's all day long. Mine both came after the lunch hour and I was only out for about 30 minutes in total. Once I got lunch I left as usual. I've seen quite a few more posted on facebook the last few days also. Mine was a little big for a keeper but plenty of nice small eaters being caught with the occasional brute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairwelsh Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Mine was a little big for a keeper but plenty of nice small eaters being caught with the occasional brute Nice pics and great report, thanks! I could only imagine if you get a monster on (out there in the Kyak). Ever get one on and it flips you over? Safety considerations aside... it would be one hell of a funny sight to see you fighting one that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Excellent report, Dan.....I've got to get up there, with my son, for a pleasant day out on the water................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauly Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Great job Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshound Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I got a rainbow there by Nichols last Saturday. Water color was perfect at that time but with these crazy high winds, has Erie turned over? Prolly chocolate milk by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Yup today it was blowing well over the walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyWishy Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Can you fish from shore at Nicholls?? or do you need a boat/yak? What about wading? Does fly fishing work for those bows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 There are lots of spots for waders. They were catching them off the rocks at Nicholls too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnow killer Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Are they only gettin em on minnows or will throwin spoons work from shore? I've been out chuckin spoons in the upper and the lower a few times in the last few weeks with no luck, and i lost 3 on bottom so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spottedGARRR Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Mec sells foam blocks to mount the yak on your car roof and strap it down. Might cost you 12$ a block or something. You'd need two I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hey Drifter , if you have a plain flat roof on your vehicle with no rack , you might try those thick kiddie noodle thingys made from tough spongy material . Then lash a rope over the roof & tie with rope through the windows etc. They are cheap and can be cut in half . Some are solid and some have a hole through them . Cheap ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 i bought the cheap racks from CTC. Either spend the money or stick with the pool noodles. I use the truck when possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfight Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 THose meat are nice enough for sushi! Thanks for the report! Got to get there soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spottedGARRR Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Drifter, mec is mountain equipment co-op. I believe there's one in Hamilton and missisauga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverfisher22 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 yeah theres mount equip coop in burlington on brant and fairview i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meppsman Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Interesting Rainbow meat is so much more red than the Chinook meat we have. Could be the diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 It's diet. The lower river rainbows have much lighter coloured meat. The upper and Lake Erie are much shallower allowing more light producing more fresh water shrimp. At least that's my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The compound is anstaxanthin, and yes it's in fresh water shrimp, among other things. Hatcheries use it in high dose to artificially richen the colour of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairwelsh Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 It's diet. The lower river rainbows have much lighter coloured meat. The upper and Lake Erie are much shallower allowing more light producing more fresh water shrimp. At least that's my take on it. Wild rainbow trout that eat scuds (freshwater shrimp), insects such as flies, and crayfish are the most appealing. Dark red/orange meat indicates that it is either an anadromous steelhead or a farmed Rainbow trout given a supplemental diet with a high astaxanthin content. The resulting pink flesh is marketed under monikers like Ruby Red or Carolina Red. Steelhead meat is pink like that of salmon, and is more flavorful than the light-colored meat of rainbow trout In the wild or on the farm, the color of a trout's flesh depends on its food supply. A naturally occurring pigment called astaxanthin, found in many crustaceans, accumulates in the flesh of salmon and trout that eat them, and this pigment is the source of the orange-red color typical of salmon. Wild rainbow trout in fresh water eat a mixture of insects and small crustaceans, which gives the meat a light pink color. Their seagoing cousins, salmon and steelhead (the latter a rainbow trout that has migrated to the ocean), eat a higher proportion of crustaceans, mainly small shrimp and their smaller relatives called krill, and have resultingly darker orange meat. The vast majority of farmed rainbow trout get a diet based on grain and fish meal, and they have pale-colored meat that cooks up to an ivory color. But if you feed them salmon feed, which includes a synthetic form of astaxanthin, the meat takes on a typical salmon color, and to my taste, a slightly fuller, more salmonlike flavor as well. Most Western trout farms now produce at least part of their crop in the salmon-colored form, sometimes labeled "steelhead" even if they have never seen salt water. Skin color, too, can vary. The most striking example is "golden" rainbow trout, raised by a few farmers. This is not the same as the wild golden trout, a separate species native to a few streams of California's Sierra Nevada, but simply a color strain of domestic rainbow trout. By crossing and back-crossing descendants of a single golden-colored mutant, breeders have created a true-breeding stock of trout with the characteristic lengthwise rainbow stripes of normally pigmented rainbow trout on a brilliant golden-yellow skin. The result is an especially pretty fish that stands out in a retail display (and usually sells for a bit more). All the examples I have tasted were also raised on pigmented feed, and compare in meat color and flavor with other red-meated trout. Determination of astaxanthin stereoisomers and colour attributes in flesh of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) as a tool to distinguish the dietary pigmentation source. Abstract The presence of carotenoids in animal tissue reflects their sources along the food chain. Astaxanthin, the main carotenoid used for salmonid pigmentation, is usually included in the feed as a synthetic product. However, other dietary sources of astaxanthin such as shrimp or krill wastes, algae meal or yeasts are also available on the market. Astaxanthin possesses two identical asymmetric atoms at C-3 and C-3' making possible three optical isomers with all-trans configuration of the chain: 3S,3'S, 3R,3'S, and 3R,3'R. The distribution of the isomers in natural astaxanthin differs from that of the synthetic product. This latter is a racemic mixture, with a typical ratio of 1:2:1 (3S,3'S:3R,3'S:3R,3'R), while astaxanthin from natural sources has a variable distribution of the isomers deriving from the different biological organism that synthesized it. The high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of all-trans isomers of astaxanthin was performed in different pigment sources, such as red yeast Phaffia rhodozyma, alga meal Haematococcus pluvialis, krill meal and oil, and shrimp meal. With the aim to investigate astaxanthin isomer ratios in flesh of fish fed different carotenoid sources, three groups of rainbow trout were fed for 60 days diets containing astaxanthin from synthetic source, H. pluvialis algae meal and P. rhodozyma red yeast. Moreover, the distribution of optical isomers of astaxanthin in trout purchased on the Italian market was investigated. A characteristic distribution of astaxanthin stereoisomers was detected for each pigment sources and such distribution was reproduced in the flesh of trout fed with that source. Colour values measured in different sites of fillet of rainbow trout fed with different pigment sources showed no significant differences. Similarly, different sources of pigment (natural or synthetic) produced colour values of fresh fillet with no relevant or significant differences. The coefficient of distance computed amongst the feed ingredient and the trout fillet astaxanthin stereoisomers was a useful tool to identify the origin of the pigment used on farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 yes, that would be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niagarangler89 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 haha, there's your organic chem reading for the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 It make pink flamingos pink as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefisher Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 thanks for all the info guys... so,,, now,,,,,,,,,, how do we apply these information on catching a steelhead?-or rainbow trout as we call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakFisher Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Mec sells foam blocks to mount the yak on your car roof and strap it down. Might cost you 12$ a block or something. You'd need two I imagine. cheaper than that man. Canadian tire sells a canoe/kayak rooftop kit for 18 bucks. comes with two blocks, two straps and a large rope which i cut in half for the bow and stern lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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