Fishing Thornhill/Toronto border area

[Citybass]

Hey guys there is a pond in Thornhill the pond is at Dufferin and clark it is called marita payne pond I fish there alot and I have caught bass 0.5-3 pound range, carp 2-7 pound range and black crappie, sunfish and catfish. The best time to fish here is from 7-11 in the morning and at night 6-9. The best baits to use : bass - topwater frogs , spinners and night crawlers. Carp - worms and corn. Other panfish - worm, minnow and small spinner. Last year in the summer i also caught a pike that was 14 inches long on a spinner but i haven't caught one since but there might be a few pike in there as well. Another good location for all the fish I just mentioned is in G ross lord park in the reservoir, i have caught 4 pound bass in there last year on worms but i don't suggest using lures besides minnow imitators.

 

[robbieshare]

Hey Citybass !!

I'm new here (posting) as well but lurk a lot. This post got me to post up ! I'm at G Ross all the time but all I pull in are sunfish and the odd chub. Can't say I've ever seen anyone pull in a bass nor have I seen one ever. The fact that you've caught on there excites me greatly that maybe I'll snag one. Which area if you don't mind me asking ??

As for the other spot, I happen to live about 5 minutes from Duff/Clark.... Where the hell is that pond ? LOL Glen Shields area ? or ? Point me in the right direction I'd be super appreciative ! Oh and are we "allowed" to fish there ??

Thanks in advance and if your ever our there alone pop me a pm and perhaps we'll hook up (pun intended)

 

[richardjai]

yea that pond in glen shields is the only pond in dufferin / clark area.
i live there as welll. hard to imagine there is more than sunfish in there.

 

[robbieshare]

So just a bit of an update cause I went and checked the pond out.

So yes there are most certainly small bass in there, caught a few chubs, then the other guy fishing there ( Pretty sure I met CityBass but then again who knows ?) Had caught a catfish as well. My 1st cast in with just a nightcrawler and I pulled out a 6.5" chub. Lots of bites for such a small pond, I was actually quite amazed... didn't see any small sunfish,crappie, etc but there was more action for me than G Ross and I like G Ross ...or liked....Going to go back today and use some lures and see what I can attract !

 

[richardjai]

lol lemme know what you find at g ross.
I see the occasional old man pull out like 6' carp

 

[rich_ace_G]

Where can you park there?

 

[Citybass]

Hey guys Im going to the pond again this evening around 630 if anyone wants to meet there i went earlier today and saw spinz fishing i caught about 15 cats, a bass and a carp 2 of the cats were pretty big.

 

[rich_ace_G]

Is there parking in this park? I work pretty close from here.

 

[Citybass]

There is parking on the side of the road on clark if you go across dufferin

 

[Citybass]

here are some carp ive caught at the pond

 

[masfish]

Thanks for the heads up. Used to live nearby, and pass by on the way to work/school every day. May see some of you guys out there.

 

[rich_ace_G]

There is parking on the side of the road on clark if you go across dufferin

I'm just guessing here but you're talking about north east of duffering and clark? In the plaza? Thanks btw. Might see you guys on the weekend or next week after work.

 

[robbieshare]

Wow sorry i missed replying yesterday guys... me and CityBass had a HELL of a morning yesterday pulling in stuff left right and centre. It was fantastic...I pulled in my biggest carp of the year or ever lol. As for parking what I do is take Glen Shields around to Crooked Stick. There's a park entrance at one of the corners on the street and the pond is down the path and literally to the left. I need to get me some more worms but I may go back today, I've yet to be there in the evening but the mornings are great. It seems like certain fish stay around specific areas which is neat cause you can target fish based on location alone.

Here's a two pic's of the carp I pulled in yesterday. my buddy took a great photo of my carp and citybass's catfish side by side I just don't have it to show yet.




Happy Fishing Folks... maybe we can try to work something out for the lot of us to meet up and hit the pond lol
-spinz

 

[rich_ace_G]

awesome invitation spinz. I will most probably try that pond if i'm free on saturday. I don't usually fish but just accompany my kid to wet his line but might bring my rod just in case. Great report. I usually go up north Hwy 9 or rumble & mill pond.

 

[Citybass]

hey guys it would be cool if a bunch of us meet there one day, im available any day really so anyone if you are gonna be there just let me know.

 

[robbieshare]

Just waiting for a store to open up so I can go grab me some bait then I'll be heading to the pond for an hr or two which tends to be 3 or 4... you know how it is... I am however very happy to meet up tomorrow if we could work it out. I know City will be around, he's always around !!

Or if 1 day is too short notice maybe sunday ? Use this thread and we'll try to work it out thru today.

Happy Fishing !!
-spinz aka Robbie

 

[Citybass]

hey spinz when today are you goin? i might come

 

[robbieshare]

Ok so here's my update from today, City and I were there again and had a decent day on the pond. To add to the fish we've already talked about I managed to land a nice little perch as well.







As for the meetup, not sure when you guys are free but City and I will be there again tomorrow morning between 8 - 9am so by all means the more the merrier... poor fishies won't know what hit them lol

Happy Fishing
-Spinz

 

[richardjai]

i think i saw you guys yesterday.
i rolled up around 7pm in a white t shirt n glasses

 

[Citybass]

yea what spinz said and its a good sign that he caught the perch there