steellee

14 hours ago, steelshady said:

This is not looking good guys for fishing from shore the Niagara on the Canadian side....They will start closing the entire river from fishing piece by piece...

Seems like it... funny the US side has great trails almost the whole stretch of river and encourages angling right off their powerhouse. Than again they probably dont have Toronto day trippers needing rescues/recoveries a few times a week

^^^Haha... thats not going to help things! Pic is from the pool, I thought the pool through crips eddy was fair game??

1 hour ago, petersaban said:

Can anyone tell me where Crispy Eddy is please? Can't anything on the internet. Thanks

Large inlet bay roughly halfway between metal stairs and the pool... I was in glen a few times this season with no probs. A friend of mine was booted by parks police though. They told him fishing pebbly area was ok. Probably since it would fall under OPG's problem there? He continued going anyway and hasn't had issue since. The Parks cop told my buddy its a hot issue currently as swimming incidents down there lead to people dying recently. I dont think it will really be well enforced as tourists slow down and its mostly fisherman down there.. Lets hope because that area is my winter go to for steelhead and Lakers

Watched the video, interesting but I think your typical red clips are easier. Am I right that hes now reeling the bands through his guides onto the reel? I used snap weights a lot this summer in conjunction with shorter lead cores. I clip the weights where the backing meets the leadcore as you dont want to interfere with the snake action of the lead. I tested the shorter 5 color cores with various snap weights vs your typical full colors and never seen a difference in action. Next year I am not sure I'll even bother with the longer cores at all as I have lead from 1.5-8 oz to play with. Must be chaos trying to unhook a snap weight in a kayak with a king on the line!!!

I would say he owes you a case of beer...at least!

12 hours ago, Tyler0420 said:

I just bought some torpedo swivels. 20$ a pack I hope they work lol

Ya they are great. Thats all I have ran for trolling in the lake this year. Pricey,  but I havent lost a fish or lure all season because of them. Also when you go quality you can size down and not worry

2 hours ago, Tyler0420 said:

I wanna chuck spoons and night and bottom bounce Niagara in the morning lol. 

Do you have a baitcast already you run for bass? Maybe try 2 rod approach and compare, see which you like best. Should be able to find a good 8-9' spoon chucking rod without breaking the bank. Seems alot of people here prefer spinning. I love finnesse fishing and use spinning gear all the time for small plugs in the creeks but when it comes to fresh kings the baitcast rods are my go too.. 

28 minutes ago, Mbocco said:

Big but though…..you need to learn how properly use a bait caster…casting technique and brake set up. In the beginning you will launch a spinning setup WAY farther if you load up with 10lb braid.  Also if you backlash a baitcaster it’s alot harder to recover.  
 

Once you learn the casting techniques baitcasters aren’t necessarily longer but they are more accurate for sure. 
 

The other thing with a baitcaster if you are looking for distance it that you absolutely must match your rod specs to your line and lure weights.  This is always a good idea even with spinning but is essential with bait casting to avoid back lashing and maximizing distance. 
 

Last point is that the minimum line you should put on a baitcaster is 20lb braid and in the beginning even that is difficult to manage.  If you can’t cast a 20lb braid and end up using mono (which is easier to manage) then the baitcaster will be way shorter in distance. 
 

 

No need to use that heavy of braid with a good reel. I run 8lb fireline crystal on my Calcutta TE DC as my finesse reel. That setup does a tonne of winter floatfishing and lure chucking. Keep another loaded up with 20lb braid for topwater, bigger baits, etc. Better the reel, easier the setup as far as braking system, and backlashes are a thing of the past. Find spinning reels are way more succeptable to wind knots, twist especially with big spoons for salmon

A GOOD baitcaster will get you just as far if not farther than a spinning reel. I prefer the lighter magnum flutter spoons over heavier casting spoons and still never had an issue launching for distance. Lots of really nice baitcaster out there these days. Drags are better and more powerful on a good baitcaster. When i was younger, and lived close by I fished the Lower River everyday during Salmon run,a Stradic would last me a season. Baities hold up alot better and are easier to replace or upgrade parts. 

2 hours ago, Tyler0420 said:

We were lucky to only have the rain , sun and clouds. The storms seemed like they stayed around the escarpment area. 
I think the carp gear is going to take a rest now till the fall time. Going to try and lay the smack down on Erie eyes in the kayak, maybe even some Lake Ontario kings/bows.  I have another fun tournament this Saturday coming up out of port Bruce. (Walleye) 23 boats and I think only two kayakers. Hopefully Erie will be nice to us kayakers and let us get out there. 

Good luck out of Bruce. Its close by for me and I've been out there at least 3x a week all summer. Basically every calm day as I have the summer off work. Let me know if you need any hints on baits, etc... I will probably be there every day this week except for saturday haha

On 7/20/2021 at 3:36 PM, toaster said:

Bass are pretty easy to catch at queenston 

This... lower has plenty of smallies. Personally I like the glen area. Find steep dropoffs or outside edges of rapids and toss a tube jig. Cleos are deadly on smallies down there too when the algae is not too bad.

Ya its rare i even fish largemouth during the day. Tough to beat night topwater. I am in St Thomas but if your ever out this way theres some big bass in thick cover. I'd always be willing to try a new area too..

Slept in than hit a small frog pond i like for topwater largies. Ended up with 4, all on the small side like a pound or so.  Next trip will be night bite when the bigger ones show themselves

23 hours ago, smerchly said:

Ha ... verrrry interesting post Symmetre , I didn't know that !  I remember going near the Adam Beck Gen  plant wayyy back and catching  "golden trout" and thought they were a unique species . I'll put that info into my memory bank ! 

  If you want to catch a "different" trout , try fishing for the aurora !  I have mounted a couple , long time ago !  

The canal system above the powerhouses produced many palomino back in the day. Never did get one there myself but guys i fished in there with did.