FYI - There are no real fish in Ashbridges Bay / Tommy Thompson Park

[dalkeith]

Hi Fellow fisherman,

Before you judge, I've been fishing for 35 years. I am an above avergage fisherman, and I've caught trophy sized fish. I am not interested in bottom eating fish like Carp or invasive species that some people may feel satisified in catching. I don't use roe, corneal or bread. I also realize that hot summer months can be more of a challenge in landing fish.

I've been lucky enough to have been able to fish for 7 straight days. I've concentrated on two areas. 1) Asbridges bay (bays A, B, C D). Tommy Thompson Park (only opened weekends so just one day - tried the rocks, bridge, marina). I've tried spoons, crank bait, worms, spinners, rapala, cleo, dynamite (ya I wish). The first 4 days I went with the "I'm being kept humble" thing, but that's passed. I spoke to other fisherman - also nothing (bottom feeders excluded). I saw maybe 30 shad total?

Point being, these two major Toronto Harbourfront areas are absolutely no good for fishing. The signs put up by the government saying what you can safely eat, for the most part a sham - most are not there all year round.

The good news is that I've taught my daugher how to cast. Unfortunately, these Toronto Harbourfront areas will not be where I will be teaching my daugher how to actually land real fish, in these beautiful summer months.

Just thought I'd provide realistic expecations

good luck to all!!

Rob

 

[Default_User]

It wasn't always like that though. Scary.....

 

[tcp]

Lol. Real fish as opposed to fake fish? Bass fishermen, hah

 

[dalkeith]

I'm not trying to act entitled honest. I just don't care for Carp style fishing, like to move a bit.

 

[cptpronin]

Somebody fell off the turnip wagon...


FYI - There ARE real fish in these spots. Just because you and a few other have nots have trouble catching them, does not mean they are not there. (source: lived and fished Toronto for seven years)

I'll give you a couple freebies:

1) It's about the time of day you fish these spots (hint, not the middle of the day)
2) "real" fish are usually referred to as game fish

Then again, what do I know, I have only been fishing for 28 years :mrgreen:

 

[dalkeith]

Great, we got some terminolgy out of the way! I challenge anybody to post proof of game fish success. Prove me wrong!

Edit - fished dusk and dawn. Really not speaking out of my arse

 

[Dozer]

dalkeith is trying to send people away from those areas :lol:

 

[usernamehere]

Great, we got some terminolgy out of the way! I challenge anybody to post proof of game fish success. Prove me wrong!

Edit - fished dusk and dawn. Really not speaking out of my arse

What fish do you consider to be game fish?

 

[Dozer]

Joking aside - knowing the area really helps. I know a few guys who fish it religously and bank pike/bass all day long. I love TT for carp in the Spring

 

[instapump416]

USERNAMEHERE: "TTP SUCKS"

haha

 

[Shmogley]

this post is amusing

 

[usernamehere]

USERNAMEHERE: "TTP SUCKS"

haha

Haha

 

[dalkeith]

There's a policy in place with this forum where one can only post 3 messages within 24 hours. Truly odd rule for a fishing forum. not to mention I practise post and release . I spoke to three people fishing from boats today. All three, zero game fish in ash bay.

I'm glad to have amused you guys. But i'm sticking to my comments. For those reading about gta game fishing for ideas where to fish - don't waste your time at either of these places. Check out other forums and YouTube - it's no coincidence there is no recent success stories. These government promos are full of carp.

 

[OCDComputing]

I have never fished the areas that you have..but I can say...fishing for Carp can be a blast! While not a "game" fish...they are still a lot of fun to hook in to!

 

[dalkeith]

Yes I should probably give it a shot. May as well start researching, i'm in the right place.

 

[OCDComputing]

I only started targeting them last year...they are a heck of a blast! Granted..you are not going to take them home to eat (depends on your personal taste)..but wow..they are *TANKS* to fight and land! Lots of fun!

 

[Kit]

Jeeze what a topic lol. From trying to stir the pot to agreeing with what people are saying. Lol. Bottom feeders to game fish. There's some guys on here who can catch amazing carp on the fly. Tcp has done some damage on my local tribs on nail some amazing huge carp on dry flies and honestly that takes a TON of skill and earns a ton of respect in my books. Game fish or not.

 

[[email protected]]

carp are a ton of fun to catch, i've got them on accidental catches, they pull like a freight train, very strong fish and very large as well

 

[Shawarma]

I'm going to ask the same question as above that you haven't answered:

What do you consider game fish? Name some specific species that you were targeting those days that you consider game fish.

 

[BowSlayer]

there are gamefish in there, it requires skill to catch them and also depends on the wind, weather, pressure, sudden changes in any of these factors and the fishing will be off until everything is evened out again. In the spring it can be real good if you know where to go and what to use, (I'm also not coating carp, suckers, catfish, any bottom fish). There ARE real game fish in these areas and you are one silly dude to say at the least if you think just because you and a couple other guys didn't get anything in 7 days that there are no game fish in those areas!