Jmo1685 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Hey Guys, So my girlfriend is working as a Conservation Areas Technician with Credit Valley Conservation this summer, and I have to say its paying off big for fishing so far. She had texted me some pictures this week saying that she could see what she thought were trout in a little side creek off the main branch of the Credit. Well, I met up with her after her shift yesterday and we commenced the 30 min hike into the woods to see what the fish she saw were. Armed with some barbless hooks, small splitshots and a few nightcrawlers ( Before anyone says anything, I am well south of the bait restrictions) we made it to the spot and casted into the pool in front of us. Well, it was almost a fish every other cast ! A total of 12 brookies were caught and safely released in about an hour or so of fishing. Nothing of any major size, but now Stacy is scouting out other spots while shes out doing trail maintenance. Anyways, enough of my rambling, heres a picture of the biggest one from the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigcaveman50 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Keep that spot yourself man..or esle it will be gone in no time lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmo1685 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Keep that spot yourself man..or esle it will be gone in no time lol I cant even remember how to get there... The GF knows all the different trails and where we have to go off trail and everything for it. So I couldn't even get back there by myself if I tried haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deetch Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 For me I do not see the thrill in catching fingerlings, in my opinion we are doing more harm to these fish than good in catching them. Thanks for sharing the picture, these fish are beautiful! Just my 2 cents, lets leave them alone, you can't eat them and they don't put up a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brookie slayer Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Beautiful fish. No harm in catching them if the right technique and respect is shown..only if the water gets too warm could it be detrimental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmo1685 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 That was the only fish that spent more than 20 seconds out of the water. Once bass is open I fish bass up at Island Lake and Ken Whillans and as always carp at the TO Waterfront. As for the not putting up a fight, I disagree, with an ultralight set up these guys out up quite the fight. I will continue to fish this spot. Probably once or twice more before the heat sets in. If we spent a lot of time to find it, I plan on keeping it secret only myself and my girlfriend will know of it's spot I can can also assure you that I'm handling fish with the utmost care. I spent all last summer doing fisheries work, handling a lot more fragile species than Brook Trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyD Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 6 hours ago, Bigcaveman50 said: Keep that spot yourself man..or esle it will be gone in no time lol X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Brookies only get as big as the creek will allow, in tiny brooks fish that size are older then you think and sexually mature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmo1685 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 12 minutes ago, dave524 said: Brookies only get as big as the creek will allow, in tiny brooks fish that size are older then you think and sexually mature. Creek was about a metre and a half at the widest points. I don't think they'll get much bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 12 minutes ago, Jmo1685 said: Creek was about a metre and a half at the widest points. I don't think they'll get much bigger Actually that's 5 or 6 feet, I was thinking a much smaller brook, should be some bigger ones if it is that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Nice brookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 They sure are a beautiful looking fish way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_b Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Nice pic. Great find to land the gf that gets you fishing spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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