Andy Lee

Hey guys, just want to let yo guys know that Gagnon Sports is having their annual tent sale again, I believe the sale is on until this Sunday. In the tent, they have a bunch of great gear for really good prices, (I ain't a shill either). I saw some nice Berkley and Shimano medium and light action rods on sale for $20-30$ (regular $50-70). I also saw some great neoprene chest waiters on sale for $60, regular price $120. As well, they have a whole whack of these "Daiko" rods from Japan, on sale for $10!!!!!!!!!!!!! (regular price $50), and they come in a neat little plastic tube and comes with a rod cover(a few different sizes as well, 2 piece and 1 piece, great for perch and walleye etc.). They also have a wide assortment of rain jackets, winter boots, hiking boots, hunting boots, etc for about 40% off. They also have lots of camping and general outdoors gear for about 40-50% off. Inside the shop they have lots more deals including these "Bakken" minnow crank baits from Japan, 7 for $19.99, we bought a whole whack of them, they look really great and should work amazing as well. I'm a big fan of Rapala and my tackle boxes are full of them, so I definitely know my crank baits, and these Bakken minnows are up to par for sure. As well, the entire shop has NO TAX on everything. I picked up a bunch of Berkley trout worms, pink and green, i'm so pumped that i'm gonna go out in a cpl hours and try them out at the creek. They also had a bin called the "looney bin" and there were all sorts of bass, musky and walleye soft baits and grubs for a buck, a very large assortment. So yeah, if you guys have some time, and are looking for a great sale, definitely check out Gagnon Sports in Oshawa. (on Bloor street between Park and Stevenson, right beside GoGo's pizza). I'm usually very wary of "sales" because that's when stores jack up their prices and THEN take off a percentage for the sale, but Gagnon's is a legit shop, my dad's been going there for years and I have as well, friendly people, great atmosphere and great employee's, I approve!

Hey everybody, i'd like to start a discussion about the "unwritten" rules of fishing in the creeks, rivers etc. for the largely sought after steelhead and rainbow trout.
First, i'd like to start off with what people should do when they come up to a fishing hole, and there are a bunch of fisherman already there fishing. There is a reason why fisherman will stand about 10-15 feet apart from eachother, because the noodle rods and the type of casting and floating demand that space. The people fishing there most likely woke up earlier than everyone else to make sure they had a good spot to fish without having people disturb that. I've seen guys show up a few hours later, tie up and walk right in between the fisherman, when the best thing to do would be post up at the end and/or start of the pool/holes. It's extremely annoying to get their before anyone else and to have your space shrunken by a bunch of noobs that don't understand the proper etiquette.
Secondly, i'd like to bring up the topic of "drifting", I can't STAND when fisherman don't know how to drift properly and skrew up the floating lines of my casting and everyone elses. A couple days age, I got to the honey hole at 6am and fished for hours until someone came right beside me and started casting in the most random matter and messing up my fun. And i'm not talking about noobies, i'm talking about steelheaders with centre pins, hip waders, expensive vest etc. This guy would basically be turned completely to the left, essentially staring at me and casting infront of me and drifting about 30 feet past me. I would be forced to wait and wait and wait for this moron to reel in and i'd literally have to cast before him to make sure I could at least get a drift in. The guy would hold his long ass noodle rod RIGHT infront of my face basically, and I couldn't even cast. I was forced to start casting over him and I think he was starting to get annoyed, I wanted to say "if you don't want me casting over you, don't cast infront of me". I had to keep my mouth shut and wait for him to leave, which happened a little bit later.
Also, I think people need to understand that when you float, you SHOULD be casting UPSTREAM so you can drift infront of you and maybe a little bit past the guy on your left. Casting and floating properly should involve everyone and everyone should syncronize what they do, so things run more efficiently.
Thirdly, what is with "hardcore" steelheaders landing snagged fished (by accident) and then keeping it, simply because it was a hen, and he had lost a few fish earlier. I'm totally against keeping snagged fish, but it is one thing to do it while you are fishing alone, and another to do it while there are a few people fishing there. One guy mentioned something along the lines of "wasn't it foul hooked?" and the guy said the whole "it was wrapped around" business. I saw it with my own eyes, it was hooked a few inches under the gill area on the belly. Those bright green roe bags don't help lol.
I guess more than anything, this was a complete rant on what annoyed me from fishing all last week. Either way, things like this are very annoying and can put a hinder on a fun day fishing. I think people need to be conscious of their surroundings and fellow fisherman a little bit more. Hopefully some people read this thread and get the hint about things like this.

Anyways, good luck fishing
Andy

Hey guys, not sure if many of you guys are from around the Oshawa/Bomanville creek area, but i've lived in this area my entire life, and i've always crushed the fall runs of Chinooks and trout, but as for spring runs, I don't get out nearly as often.
I know you can only fish south of the CN tracks, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the creek status is like, or if anyone has been down there recently and seen what the creeks are like.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Other than that, i'll probably go down there myself either tomorrow, or Friday or Saturday early morning, and i'll have some updates for anglers that are interested.
For those that have never fished Bomanville or Oshawa creek, you're missing out. Big Time.


see ya
Andy

Hey, everybody, name is Andy, and I was reading around on the trout forum section and decided this was a cool place I could spend some more time on. So I decided to join this forum and maybe provide some knowledge, and maybe receive some info that I could use in the future.
I'm from Oshawa, Ontario, and I was born here about 25 years ago. Lived here for mostly my entire life, except for when I was at University at the University of Western Ontario (London) from 2003-2008.
I've been fishing ever since I could walk. My first memories from fishing were waking up early in the morning, (still dark outside) and driving down to Bomanville creek with my dad (was proabably 5 or 6 years old). I can recall being very excited to go fishing. I also remember being so young that instead of a proper 12 foot noodle rod (lol), I remember my mom tying a plastic toy shark to a string and tying it onto the end of the bottom end of an old fishing rod. Who woulda thought that creek fishing for salmon and trout would end up being my favourite type of fishing to this day lol. Splashing that shark around in the creek felt amazing, I don't know why, but I knew i was hooked, no pun intended lol.
To this day, fishing is still and always will be one of my favourite hobbies, many great memories as a kid. Makes me realize how important it is to take kids fishing while they are young, so they can learn things like respect for the fish and the environment. Nothing feels better than hooking any fish, and landing it (especially a brown or rainbow).
But anyways, enough of me, nice to meet everyone here, hope to have some great discussions with you guys, and maybe i'll throw up some pics of all the monsters i've caught over the years

thanks for reading!
andy