yakfish Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Only 116 more days until bass opener! I know where I will be early Saturday morning. Do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centre_Pin_Assasin Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 My season starts way sooner lol. Grab yourself a NY licence and enjoy trophy season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfish Posted February 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I had a NY Licence last year. Will likely get one again this year. I've started making my own tube baits this winter. Itching to give them a try this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Anyone fish for bass in THIS lake ? https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8295614-quality-of-fish-in-lake-niapenco-amazing-/ Also might be a good spot to go carping .....( non release ) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyeChaser Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I have fished there a bunch spring and winter.. caught lots of crappie and a few catfish and bass.... stopped fishing there because they limit where u can ice fish so they restrict you to 1/4 if that of the lake and also there was a flood a # of years back that brought some pollutants into the lake and fish was deemed unedible at the time so I scratched it off the list considering the travel time and catch and release only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba14 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Smerch, I read that article this morning as well. I haven't been there before but said to my son that its a place we should try, either with the canoe or carping from shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I have never fished there . The write up didn't give out many details about the lake , like fish limits , eating and c&r . We have our own "Niagarapenco" at Jordan Harbour with a large variety of fish ....with a free launch (no outboard motors) ,and free parking when the park is open . Pull over and fish from shore for big carp ,drum or channel cats or cast/troll for pike & bass . Area 16 MNR rules apply . ....Soon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genec Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Unfortunately, the author failed to mention that there is a major contaminent in the reservoir that is a serious pollutant that was discovered back in 2009 .. Look up a Hamilton Spectator article from 2011 entitled "Dont Eat The Fish". Also, it was closed last year for a while due to a toxic algae bloom (another Spec article on it). Catch and release only - check Ontario Guide to Eating Fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 The headline " Amazing Quality of Fish" is a bit misleading .....My first thought was "good eats" Some smaller ponds in Welland (Chippawa Park) are seeing many dead fish from lack of oxygen because of thick ice and decaying algae https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8295238-gulls-feast-on-dead-fish-at-chippawa-park/ We have had colder winters than this one , without a big die-off like this . One has to wonder sometimes how contaminated fish can survive themselves without showing the warts and bunions etc. We caught many "deformed" fish 20 years ago , but I haven't seen many for quite a while that looked sick except for the odd picture of a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snags Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Smerch, it could be a combinaton of that combined without cleaning the bottoms of the ponds ... overtime with runoff debris and leaves the ponds will start to fill in giving less habitable zones for the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodtow Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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