Lukefish99

1 hour ago, smerchly said:

All we used was worms ......same with those ?

Caught these guys on a woolly bugger. The creek by my house is loaded with suckers and they will bite anything. If im not catching anything i cal nust wade in with my net and chase them around until I catch one.

The suckers have arrived and there is lots of them. Caught about 20 in an hour today.

I use that site alot but with this new update they got rid of all the useful sets of data such as the location of wells and other things I need. This new update has effectively rendered it useless to me unless i am missing something.

I was fishing port Dalhousie pier and there was this guy walking down the pier taking pictures of each angler, and when he got to me I turned and stared him straight in the eyes for 5 seconds and he moved on without a picture of me. Not really sure what he was doing but it sure was creepy.

My fishing in this area has always been for catfish and carp so this year I have tried to diversify first bass in which I was successful getting lots of dinks and the biggest being a 3.8lb smallie. Than I moved onto pike and got 2 nice ones and now I am trying my hand at the migratory. Salmon has been brutal and I still haven't landed a fish but my interest has been peaked about these migratory fish and here are my questions. 1. Do salmon/steelhead/brownout come up into 15/16/18 mile creek. I know for sure of the steelhead/trout presence in one of the creeks as I have caught an trout myself while fly-fishing for suckers. (I think it was a nice one see pic)2. Do they come in in at sizable numbers to these locations. I am not really interested in fishing these locations for these species as I assume the fishing is better at other spots but I am just curious about this subject. Thanks in advance for any info you would be willing to share.

Happy thanksgiving and tight lines.

I still haven't caught a salmon lol, I had really nice one which i was fighting for 20 mins but it ran me into a snag and broke me off. Soon i will land one lol.

10 hours ago, Mbocco said:

The real trick which took me a while to learn down there is how and where to properly present your bait in that current.

there is a bit of current in port Dalhousie so that might be part of the problem. I have been trying to figure out how to get m lure to the bottom while not letting it get washed all the way downstream or staying near the top. It might be my issue.

29 minutes ago, steelshady said:

Where are you fishing?

 

I have been fishing port Dalhousie both the dam and off the pier, I have also tried the mouth of jordan a couple times and that is where I got the hits on a J-13. although I do think those were lmb.

10 hours ago, Mbocco said:

The bite won’t switch to roe for a few weeks.  For now hardware should work better (spinners, spoons, crankbaits).  

Thanks for the tip, i will keep spoon chucking for now.

I still have yet to land by first salmon. I have been out multiple 5+ hour nights and have only gotten 2 hits. I was thinking i might as well switch to bottom bouncing with roe to try to get them. Im think bound to hook up on a king at some time soon. (I hope lol)

About shore fishing for salmon, I felt that I wanted to get into it this year and I just have some questions about it. I have outfitted myself with all the proper gear so that is no problem. I am planning on fishing the mouth of Jordan harbour and I am wondering if that is a fishable spot? Also what would be the optimal time of day/conditions to do it. And my main question is, Do I have to be fishing at the mouth of the harbour or can I fish off the rocks of the marina (I know you are not supposed to do that but I do it anyway). Any info would be appreciated, thanks.

Great job i never seem to have luck there

If you want to catch a bass I suggest heading up to the grand and tying on a small inline spinner and just cast it around. Went there yesterday and got 12 smallies is an hour. Biggest was about 1.5 lb but a bass is a bass.

Got into my first pike last night along with 4 other bass. 25 inches and it was missing an eye.

22 hours ago, smerchly said:

And I have "compromised " with braid/mono by using a 10 ft. (or more if needed) 30 lb mono leader on my 20 lb braid for rocky spots

I almost never use straight braid when fish unless its for catfish which couldn't care less about the line.

6 hours ago, genec said:

I had braid one of my spinning reels for a couple of years, and never really liked it!

I love braid. I have never had any issues with it and it allows for much longer casts and much more line on the spool. It also doesn't have any memory or stretch which I have found helpful. I guess it is just personal preference.

3 minutes ago, DNorton said:

Good to know it’s not just me having no luck. That used to be my go to if I wanted to fish bass. I’m going to be headed out a bunch after work this week and hopefully figure it out. 

Let me know if you have any luck. I have tried everything from senkos to crankbaits to buzzbaits and i can't seem to catch a bass from there lol.

16 hours ago, DNorton said:

even opted to try Jordan by the ship nada

I have tried there 3 time this year and I got 1 follow each trip but i couldn't get anything to bite. There was a big school of goldfish when I went the one time though.

Not quite the opener but I did get out for bass and ended my 3 year bass drought (I only fished for bass 1 time in this timespan I'm not that bad lol). Got 2 dinks on topwater.

21 hours ago, Mbocco said:

I actually sold that set up earlier this year and bought a peddle yak.  That Min Kota worked great however.  The new yak with the peddles is even better though.  Oldtown Sportsman PDL.  
 

I just found it cumbersome to always cart around the motor and the battery.  After upgrading to the PDL I will never look back. 

I think a peddle kayak is better for traveling distances but i spend a lot of time in shallow water where a peddle system would be too deep. WIth a trolling motor i can use it depending on my situation so that's why i stuck with my paddle. That trolling motor seems good enough for me but the battery's do get a bit pricey lol.

On 5/10/2020 at 9:49 AM, Mbocco said:

I bought a Minn Kota Endura C2 30 for my yak.

How do you like this motor? Is 30" a good shaft length for a yak? I am not looking for speed or anything just a low maintenance motor that will last a few years I was debating whether to upgrade to a pedal powered kayak but i decided a paddle is better for most of my fishing. I would like to be able to easily troll and such so that is why I am looking into a trolling motor.

2 hours ago, Tyler0420 said:

Hamilton harbor? I see guys bass fishing around the small islands 

No jordan harbour. I should of specified.

I tried on the harbour for a few hour but the wind was horrible and got no bites. I did get a nice largie follow my spinner but I couldn't get it to commit. Fishing has been tough for me this year lol.