nice Eric, I am also an Eric.
Do you have a pic of the bait? Ive never heard of that one. Most guys who chuck on the peers use spoons. Some use jointed crank baits as well. Once the fish run in the rivers the action really heats up, though some guys do really well on the piers in the fall as well. One of the most common methods of fishing in the rivers for trout (browns or steelhead) or salmon (chinook or cohos) is float fishing. Centerpin or spinning rods between 11' and 13'. Or fly fishing and bottom bouncing. If you want help on picking out a new float fishing set up I can help you out through pm or start a thread and members can help. It all really depends on your budget. In the rivers we start using roe, jigs, beads and my personal favorite dew worms.
Not too much longer now until the action heats up on the pier for chinook salmon, which will be in the river a few weeks after that probably around late August and then the steelhead follow after that. Late fall/winter is considered the best time for steelheading in the year by most, the Great Lakes provide some amazing salmonid fishing opportunities!
i dont use spoons, never liked how they cast. nor the action. but im good with my setup now. ive use it from surf fishing, to offshore tuna fishing.
lure AOK Tackle, T-Hex 1oz ,http://www.aoktackle.com/ ,it doesnt seem to be available in canada, i dont think anyone here carries it, made in the US, its definitely not the normal metal lure, as it kinda looks like a screwdriver bit. haha but ive caught everything with it. they also cast like a dream, no wibbling or wind issues. it flies like a dart.
its the only metal lure i use now for the past couple of years, and ive tried alot of different brands already.
Congratulations, I've been fishing areas in the Peel region for a few years now and have yet to catch something that large. Spoons such as Little Cleos are normally used down there and using a panfish would be illegal, certain species listed in the regulations such as minnows are allowed only.
im sorry if my terminology isnt correct. when panfish, i really just meant small fish .. . any small fish.
like if i caught whatever tiny fish there, and just gut it quick and use that as dead bait. or live line it.
im still confused of the terms or names, like how you guys call a freshwater drum, a sheepshead? :puzzled:
to me, this is a sheepshead http://en.wikipedia....probatocephalus
we commonly use the nickname , jail fish, since the patterns look like a prison suit.
, since i never fished FW before in my life (eg. lakes ponds rivers streams)
if anyone was there, youd prob recognize me or this fish. as it was probably the only caught there today. haha
thanks for posting and sharing eric.
