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[KevinD]

Hi guys... I've lived in Mississauga all my life and I've always wanted to fish the local rivers -- the Humber and Credit. I think I'm going to have some time to do that now as I finish first year of University.

I think the Humber is a bit more accessible to me in terms of public transportation. I was thinking of going down to around Old Mill and fishing a spinning rod from shore (which is really all I can do with my equipment right now...). I was thinking of fishing a combination of salmon eggs, spinners/spoons and maybe some canned corn. I know some people might consider the corn 'cheap' but I know rainbows usually devour it and I'd just like to get familar with the waterway for now.

So, do you guys think I'm likely to catch some nice fish around that area using this approach?

Thanks!

[efka]

rainbows on corn - NO, carp on corn - A LOT
either way there is alot of fish in humber and even more in credit. observe how other anglers fish and improve your aproach. good luck.

[KevinD]

Thanks

A couple more specific questions: how can I determine the best time of day to go, and how shallow of water should I look for fish in?

[Fish4Dinner]

What I suggust to do is make sure you have good line cause your using a spinning reel and rod. The longer your rod the better cause these fish will give head shake like crazy. Put on a small hook and when I say small i mean small tiny single egg hooks. Than place a float boober about 1.5 to 2 feet from the hook. In between the hook and the boober put tiny little round split shoots 4-5 inches apart. Look for deep holes that you can't see to the bottom and cast up stream of it and like it float pass it and repeat until you move to the next hole. Best thing to do is cover as many area as you can. Thats just what I would do, might not be the best way but I was hoping it might help you a bit.
I never heard about fishing trout with corn before, but hey if someone does not try it than how will we know. I say don't waste much time on it but give it a go and let us know.

[KevinD]

That sounds like a pretty good idea. What test line what I need and how long of a rod, ideally? I didn't even know you could catch big, strong fish on a hook that small!

Also, I got the corn idea because I remember at a trout farm a long time ago they told us that trout devour corn and it worked that day.. haha.

[David Kearney]

That sounds like a pretty good idea. What test line what I need and how long of a rod, ideally? I didn't even know you could catch big, strong fish on a hook that small!

Also, I got the corn idea because I remember at a trout farm a long time ago they told us that trout devour corn and it worked that day.. haha.

Hey Kevin...The Humber is good to try...I was down there today just checking it out,no rod with me, just a walk through, there was 4 guys down fishing, talked to one who had gotten a steelhead...using a minnow on a hook...the corn thing for trout, now you say a stocked pond, and that makes sense, they feed the trout in stalked ponds with cornmeal alot so they are use to corn, but freeroaming trout in a river system have probably never seen corn, or it`s unfammilliar to them, so try things like curlytails, or 3 in minnows.

Hope that helps

[KevinD]

Ahh, makes sense. What kind of minnows should I use for steelheads in the Humber? Plastic ones? Would those work better than salmon eggs?

By 'salmon eggs' we're just referring to the kind at Canadian Tire, right?

[balapickerel]

hey, welcome to the site, i've also caught lots of trout on corn before, but they were brookies so i don't know about rainbows, nyway, good luck if you go, and as for the salmon eggs, i know a few guys on this site catch salmon and then use the eggs from them

[KevinD]

hey, welcome to the site, i've also caught lots of trout on corn before, but they were brookies so i don't know about rainbows, nyway, good luck if you go, and as for the salmon eggs, i know a few guys on this site catch salmon and then use the eggs from them

How does that work? Do you need to kill the salmon to ahrvest the eggs or are a lot of them dead anyways from spawning and stuff? I'm really, really ignorant about this kind of fishing. How do you catch the salmon in the first place to get eggs? LOL

BTW, do you catch pickeral in Bala!? If so, where?

[balapickerel]

yes they kil the salmon to get the eggs, thats why in some spots you'll see a bunch of dead salmon on the shore with thier bellies cut open, and yes i catch pickerel in bala, LOTS OF BIG ONES!!!!every other cast at the right spot and time, but for now i have to wait till opener to post a report on that spot, untill then you'll just have to wait to find out where

[KevinD]

Hmm, okay. Is it okay to just kill any salmon for the eggs, or should I consider anything in terms of time of year, type of fish etc to be the most environmentally friendly about it?

Also, does anyone have any thoughts on the best time of day to go?

[ec1]

No idea for what time to go, I'm not a salmon fisherman..But dawn is a good bet?

And please don't just kill a salmon for eggs....Thats just.....wrong....If you want the eggs, I suggest you eat the salmon too...

[KevinD]

Yeah, the idea did strike me as a bit odd. Are the fish in the Humber right in the city even edible, though?

I'd still like some input on the best time of day! Haha, umm, provided that dawn is out of the question.

Thanks for all the good replies guys.

[David Kearney]

Yeah, the idea did strike me as a bit odd. Are the fish in the Humber right in the city even edible, though?

I'd still like some input on the best time of day! Haha, umm, provided that dawn is out of the question.

Thanks for all the good replies guys.

Yes you can eat fish, especially steelhead outta the humber...and lake Ontario, I would suggest cutting off the lower belly, thats where mercury if present will lye in a fish. And I wouldn`t eat one every day, but there is a guide to eating Ontario fish http://www.search.go...rocessSearch.do? try here! If Dawn is outta the question then try anytime in a river...they seem to be different than lakes, and can get strikes during anypart of the day!