If you are considering lake nippissing I would suggest south bay south river area. I fished it during mid summer and still managed to do very well for walleye landing a 6.5, 4.5lb and catching several slot fish for shore lunch along with tons of smaller eyes, a bunch of up to 10lb sheephead a...
a north wind (from the north) will push colder river water out into the lake triggering fish movement. when water temperatures are lower in spring and late fall winter, a south wind will push baitfish and salmonids into rivermouths. south and north winds can both be favorable depending on time...
north winds, storm coming from east coast FEESH ON, MARKING LOTS OF FISH AS SHALLOW AS 40FT OFF WESTERN RIVER MOUTH, THE ODD FISH IS BEING CAUGHT OFF SHORE, SUPER EARLY IN DAY OR JUST BEFORE AND AFTER DARK, OFFSHORE WINDS ARE NOW FAVOURABLE FOR PUSHING FISH INWARDS.
I tie a ton of eggs for a bait shop, theres no money in it, only reason I do is im paid cash for the eggs I tie and the flies I make. Chinook eggs have been hard to get this year, many shops are having difficulty finding king eggs including my shop. Have dealt with natural sports on bulk egg...
atlantics did not become extinct because of species introduction, Its because of pollution, de forestation and high water temperatures. Sure the lake is a bit less polluted but headwaters and lower sections are urbanized water temperatures remain high, no trees for shade or bank stabilization...
if they put even 5% of the cash theyd dropped on atlantics into steelhead wed have a great fishery and wouldn't be saying where are the fish. once atlantics start being stocked in the ganny steelhead will be forgotten about. It seems they only want to drop money on atlantics and lakers because...
The destruction of steelhead from the ganaraska is next in line for the atlantic program, they already screwed the credit now the ganny is next.
I think they had a dozen or so go through the ladder at the credit last year. whats that like 1 return per million introduced,.0001 percent
Darrin
American nymph tying manual by Randall Kauffman is an alright book on nymphs, ill dig up some others I have in storage
With nymphs its all about getting the proportions right between tail, body and thorax and head, once you get that down you can pretty much tie any nymph
tying nymphs by Randall...
go to reelflies.ca he has a great website with tons of different patterns to look at. for buggers and leechs I use #4 to !0 hooks, a general nymph size is from 8 to 16 although I only go to 14s and 16s in gin or pressured conditions. I tie stones as big as #4 and down to 14 with 6 to 10 been...
Kauffman stone, Montana stone, hares ear, pheasantail nymph, rubberlegs stone, Michigan wigglers, yarn flies all have a home in my boxes along with buggers and egg leeches, soft hackle flies can also be deadly at times
have fun guys
myspacedave your shots down near the leader should be in the .3 to .4 gram range, 1.3gram is ok directly under the float but as you space them out they should decrease in weight.. For a 7 gram float I would put 3 1.3 gram shot directly under your float 3.9g and then space out 7 .4 gram , 2.8g...
Regarding long fights and keeping fish out of water. Next time you land a steelie hold your breath and see if you can release the fish before you need to breath again, bet ya can"t. If we need to breathe imagine the fish. Out of breath already from the fight and now held out of water , while the...