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[bassmaster]

Looking for some open season stealhead spots between now and opener . Anyone want to share some?

[FrequentFlyer]

from the top of the steelhead/salmon forum that you obviously skipped

 

Naming Rivers: The naming of any specific river or tributary is not permitted in the publicly viewable general discussion forum. Instead, please refer to the river by the general area it is located, ie “East Trib”, “West Trib”, “GB (Georgian Bay) Trib”, etc. For example, you are not allowed to say "I had a great day fishing yesterday on Wilmot Creek", instead, we encourage members to say "I had a great day fishing yesterday on an East Trib". The former statement should be relegated to the reports sections (coming soon), away from public view.

[CanadianAngler87]

Have to give him "credit", he did get straight to the point..

[FrequentFlyer]

Have to give him "credit", he did get straight to the point..

 

 

i guess it was a "grand" gesture on his part......hehe

[troutddicted]

Every river is a hot spot at a specific time, just being able to time it correctly is the trick.   I see you are new, welcome to the forums.  My suggestion to you is to make friends and invite people out to go fishing together or tag along with others.  From time to time people post that they are looking for company, jump on it!

 

There are many rivers out there, look 'em up on a map and start exploring, look through previous posts here on our forums, lots of hidden goodies.

[FrequentFlyer]

what dozer said,  all comes down to bait, day, time and presentation, get em all lined up, and you'll have a great day.  a spot can be hot one day, and then cold the next.  especially with trout, slight change in water temp, or air pressure can turn em off or turn em on in a heartbeat

[bassmaster]

Ok guys . I'm new here but trust me I'm not new R fishing
I know plenty of "hotspots" And wouldn't have an issue sharing them as I've done on many other forums I'm a part of. I was merely asking a question to see if anyone has had some good luck over the last few days on the rivers and to see if anyone wanted to share . I didn't mean to offend the so called secret society of fishing as its clear this forum doesn't seem to be one that is out to share spots and provide helpful forums. Funny how you can use the Canadian sports fishing ask Italo site and Italo will not only help you he will get you to the spot. Such ashame a site like this thinks fishing is a secret . If we all were like that no one would learn anything about this sport or any. Why help people or guide them Instead let's just say I had a great day fishing in northern Canada today give me a break

[FrequentFlyer]

Ok guys . I'm new here but trust me I'm not new R fishing
I know plenty of "hotspots" And wouldn't have an issue sharing them as I've done on many other forums I'm a part of. I was merely asking a question to see if anyone has had some good luck over the last few days on the rivers and to see if anyone wanted to share . I didn't mean to offend the so called secret society of fishing as its clear this forum doesn't seem to be one that is out to share spots and provide helpful forums. Funny how you can use the Canadian sports fishing ask Italo site and ital

 

 

we don't mind sharing spots, just not in the public form, , you can pm guys, some will be happy to share tips and tricks, and possibly a favourite spot some are more tight lipped

[NADO]

Really? first post on a Site and u ask for hot spots? Cmon now u can't honestly have thought that was going to go well. 

[troutddicted]

Cut the guy some slack NADO, not everyone knows how the forums work... takes some time to get a feel for them...  Check your private messages RobK.

[bassmaster]

Honestly I didn't think what the big issue was. I didn't for one second think it was going to be a criminal offence folks
I'm going to "share" with all of you secret society buffs a story. 0ver 20 years ago when I started river fishing for salmon and stealhead u sucked at it. I was fishing at a river oh hang on I can't say where lets say somewhere in Canada and an angler who I can't name cause that too may be N issue walked over when I was having trouble and said here pal let me help you out. He re rigged my line showed me how , gave me some of his equipment and bait and said now try it like this and bingo fish on. The rest was a lifelong lesson on how to which I have shown to a of people and have shared my spots. You see the moral here folks if you think a public forum such as this is not the place to share then make sure it's not public. I'm a member like all of you so then make it members only and post at will cause otherwise we can't teach and help each other. I'm greatly disappointed by this site for how they view this sport which is a sport to be shared and celebrated for the love of fishing and not one that is a secret society of little children that sit around and say I got a secret and I'm not telling. To that folks I say a big give me a serious break

[NADO]

sorry I meant to throw an lol in there somewhere. 

[Rainbow]

Its not a lot of fun when you arrive at a river, but can`t fish because every pool is taken.

[CanadianAngler87]

The way I look at it is any open water right now could be considerd a "hotspot". If it wasnt a "hotspot" then it would be closed like every other trib. Every angler is going to have their own hotspots, whether or not its in an open section is the kicker. And most likley it would be in a closed section putting us all in the same small open sections of water..

[troutddicted]

RobK, this forums has formed many great relationships from people hooking up.  We organize get togethers ( some one which include clinics to teach noobies, prizes to be won, etc. ), river clean ups, we are very community like here.  What you have to keep in mind is that there are people who visit this site, just looking for information... with your 20 years of steelheading experience, you have def. seen the increase in people, garbage and bad practice on the rivers... we are merely trying to slow the process down. We really are a friendly bunch, stick around and you will see

[FrequentFlyer]

its just the sharing of spots people get sensitive about rivers, this arguement has been had and its done, people here are more than willing to share advice on bait and how to rig lines for different situations, even the recipes for their favourite flies.

 

with the advent of social media, word spreads very very quickly, saying this pool on this river was stacked today, will likely add an increased volume of anglers at that pool the next day, its the unfortunate way that todays society works, instead of experimentation and learning, people want the answer before they do the work

[bassmaster]

I get the arguments but none of us own the waters. To say the pool will be full of anglers is kind of silly. Do we think everyone reading this all of a sudden will stop there life , take a day off work, leave the kids on the curb , tell the wife no I'm not taking you to the store cause billybob on Ontario forum said the fish are biting on the bronte so I got go. Look guys it's naive to think when the fish are hot and on ur the only one that will be there. It's all a tough go some days that's why I fish rivers during the week never weekends. It's kind of why I prefer sitting on Lund in the lake fishing for bass then on a river for trout . But I still like river fishing too dispite the fishing pressure. But sharing is not going to hurt it only helps' that's my opinion anyway

[FrequentFlyer]

i know that as well as you do, but it is what it is

[fishernick]

he is new on the forum, he asked a simple question and everyone jumps on him for it. i agree that a response with a PM is appropriate but how is he going to let everyone know what he is looking for........if you dont want to give him any info then dont but theres no need to jump down his throat for asking a question, we should be saving that for the person that responds in this thread because they should know better.

[fishernick]

ohhh and welcome to the forum, 

 

sorry it wasnt a very positive beginning but there is a lot of good anglers on here with lots of info that are willing to help.