Juston.Mack

When fishing for salmon from shore, what does everyone usually use? setup, line, bait and lure wise? I've got a pair of waders and will be heading down to lake ontario very soon. What time do you like to go at, and does your bait differ based on the time of day?

- Juston

        As I'm posting this, I really hope none of you were at the river today to see me during my noob-ish freakout. I recently bought myself a baitcasting rod and I'm still in the beginner stages of learning how to truly use the thing. Anyway, I found myself down by the Grand today, and was casting frogs and rattlers, with absolutely no luck. After a few hours wading the river and casting out, I finally decided to use the ol' hook and worm setup, with the help of a bobber. The first cast in a nice pool and BAM! fish hits! I begin to reel in and the fish gets off. Now, I'm feelin pretty good, so I cast again. Same deal, got a nice bite, but no fish. Like I'd said before, NOOB, on the baitcaster, and I get a little confident and ease the tension on the reel to try to get a bit further out. That was the end of my day. The reel bird nested and I'm sitting here trying not to huck the line into the laptop screen! By far, the most frustrating day of my short-to-date fishing career.

I'm positive some of you have some terribly frustrating fishing stories, either with a baitcaster or other types of set-ups right when things were getting a bit interesting. OR, just horror stories in general.

If you got em, lets hear em. It always feels better when you talk about it. aha. I know I do now.

Hello, Everyone from the fishing forum,

My name is, Juston, I'm from Stoney Creek, Hamilton. Always been into fishing ever since I was a kid, but kinda got out of it for a while and now im finally getting back into it. I dont drive, but do a lot of biking, so getting to location within 50km from Hamilton isn't much of an issue. Just looking for some tips and advice, lures, baits, times of day for fishing and just a few general locations that anybody could help me out with. I have a spin reel from canadian tire and just picked up a Rapala Baitcaster today (which was a bit of a hassel the first time on the water), and some general spoons and minnows. Any information is greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Juston.