Steelhead report
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:00 pm
Still recovering from a long sat of both driving and fishing. I headed out early on sat morn with my fishing buddies and a full jimmy of gear. From Kingston we drove west to fish Lake Ontarios small river sterms.
First stop was Wilmont Creek.
The water was dirty and fast. We fished worms and store bought row with no luck. I did see a nice fish come out around 12lbs or so. After fishing for a few hours we decided to move on. There where a lot of anglers on this awsome river system on that day.
Next stop was the Ganny in Port hope.
We decided to leave the gear in the truck and ask to a few people what the fishing was like. Most people here fished the inlet off the river. We dident see any fish for the hour that we stayed and drank tims coffie.
"Its a little early." most people would say. "They just havent started making there spring run."
We decided not to fish the inlet as we wanted to wade and fish the river system. Plus it looked a little tight for fishing space on the Port hope peir.
Next Stop was a tiny creek coburg.
The creek was completly froze over last sat. but not this time.
There were a lot of people fishing this tiny river. But at this time of day the temps had come up into the 10s and there was fish starting to come into the river.
We came away with a nice 11lb female that was deeply hooked and full of much needed row. My friend from Ottawa landed her and he decided to keep the fish.
It was the only one caught by us. But we had a great time just the same.
All of us had brand new 10 + ft noddle rods. And that made it real fun trust me. LoL. After a long winter of holding a 2ft ice rod. casting a 10ft rod in a small river with trees hanging all over was a real challange.
Our last stop was Shealter valley.
We dident get much fishing time there as it was almost dark and we were told once there that the river was out of season. All other rivers we fished could only be fished south of the KP rail tracks. The only man fishing at the inlet said this river was differnt. We dident have the regs so we just decided to beleive him and leave.
Today im curing the row for another day. THis is my first time doing so. I usally just buy store pakeged spawn.
Any tips would be great.
First stop was Wilmont Creek.
The water was dirty and fast. We fished worms and store bought row with no luck. I did see a nice fish come out around 12lbs or so. After fishing for a few hours we decided to move on. There where a lot of anglers on this awsome river system on that day.
Next stop was the Ganny in Port hope.
We decided to leave the gear in the truck and ask to a few people what the fishing was like. Most people here fished the inlet off the river. We dident see any fish for the hour that we stayed and drank tims coffie.
"Its a little early." most people would say. "They just havent started making there spring run."
We decided not to fish the inlet as we wanted to wade and fish the river system. Plus it looked a little tight for fishing space on the Port hope peir.
Next Stop was a tiny creek coburg.
The creek was completly froze over last sat. but not this time.
There were a lot of people fishing this tiny river. But at this time of day the temps had come up into the 10s and there was fish starting to come into the river.
We came away with a nice 11lb female that was deeply hooked and full of much needed row. My friend from Ottawa landed her and he decided to keep the fish.
It was the only one caught by us. But we had a great time just the same.
All of us had brand new 10 + ft noddle rods. And that made it real fun trust me. LoL. After a long winter of holding a 2ft ice rod. casting a 10ft rod in a small river with trees hanging all over was a real challange.
Our last stop was Shealter valley.
We dident get much fishing time there as it was almost dark and we were told once there that the river was out of season. All other rivers we fished could only be fished south of the KP rail tracks. The only man fishing at the inlet said this river was differnt. We dident have the regs so we just decided to beleive him and leave.
Today im curing the row for another day. THis is my first time doing so. I usally just buy store pakeged spawn.
Any tips would be great.