Ice out question...

[MikeyMikey]

Howdy.

Hey Snypa, I am just wondering if you had a chance to get out to harbour for some fishing on monday? Weather was beautiful on monday. Than... next day and on... we had butt load of snow

Anyways,,, I am just wondering when do ice start to crack and melt around shores of Lake Ontario? (Harbourfront)
Late April? (that would suck).

I should really visit AshbridgeBay and see how it is there.. probably all ice due to water being covered in-bay.

 

[openfire]

I would also like to know... anyone been down there yet?

 

[sharper]

I might head downtown try for some pike this friday morning.

 

[frozenfire]

I hear that Bluffers Park is good too.

 

[openfire]

I might head downtown try for some pike this friday morning.

Please give us an update if you do go. Thanks.

I hear that Bluffers Park is good too.

Any more info on Bluffers?

 

[toronto_angler]

Bluffers used to be god for PIke. Last couple of years there has been nothing though. Not sure what happened down there but it's a wasteland for fish.

 

[frozenfire]

Last year while attempting to fish for salmon at Bluffers, i would spot the occasional dink pike. This was also the case at Ashbridges Bay. Lots of small pike hiding in the weeds, however, I am unsure of how the action is in the spring after ice out .

 

[Snypa]

Howdy.

Hey Snypa, I am just wondering if you had a chance to get out to harbour for some fishing on monday? Weather was beautiful on monday. Than... next day and on... we had butt load of snow

Anyways,,, I am just wondering when do ice start to crack and melt around shores of Lake Ontario? (Harbourfront)
Late April? (that would suck).

Yeah I was a planning on heading down today, but the weather forecast changed etc a day earlier, its too windy & cold, so it was a no-go As for the ice, it should be gone within a month or two, as soon as we start getting more of those 5-10+ degree early spring humid days, it will probably melt quick. But for now, if we get lucky and theres a quick warm-up before the end of march, take advantage of it !

 

[frozenfire]

Hey Snypa, when you say take advantage of it, do you mean find the ice-free open spots and start casting? or wait till all the ice is gone?

 

[MikeyMikey]

Ice Free Area + Green Weeds + A lot of luck ?

 

[Snypa]

pretty much !! That's all you can do for now until more ice is cleared, but remember, all you need is a good warm-spell for at least a solid few days or even better a week, which could easily clear a lot of that ice quickly. Its kinda like all these snow storms we've been getting, after every storm, we usually get a typical spring rain & humidity warm-spell, and a lot of all that snow melts quick, saves the city loads of $$$$ in plowing. I think that applies here, lets just hope we can get some warmer weather sooner rather than later

 

[MikeyMikey]

Drove along the harbour front this morning and I have to say that 95%+ of the ice are gone.
Inner bay areas are still somewhat covered by ice which seems to be melting... as I can hear cracking sound.

 

[ght]

is that picture east of downtown? and where abouts along the harbour front do you guys go fishing? by the ship yards or.....?

 

[frozenfire]

Damn Mike, that's an awesome photo.. what camera are you using?

Good news too. Can't wait to wet some lures.

 

[MikeyMikey]

Cool.

It's my phone camera (Sony Ericsson W810i)

I think SE have the best quality camera of them all.

 

[frozenfire]

ohhh...
i thought you were carrying around an SLR camera or something.
I also have an SE phone... a k790. 3.2 mp camera. I take all my fishing pics with it haha.

 

[openfire]

Wow that is a nice picture for a camera phone. I just bought a new camera last week for my fishing pics (cannon power shot) and I'm in the market for an SLR for my vacation pics (cannon digital rebel)... I didn't realize that camera phones were that good.

 

[sharper]

I use to have the w810i it was great phone.Upgraded to the K850i and the G600 both 5mp camera phones. Was unhappy with the interface so now I'm using a blackberry, camera is alrite.

 

[Snypa]

Screw the regular cameras get an underwater camera !!! Already took a bit of underwater video this past fall/winter but I'm already jonesin to get out there this spring with waders & do some more filming of strikes & hits, lure action etc, should be a lot of fun. I'm not sure if I've ever posted this, but it got me into film-making + i did a bit of video editing at seneca (final cut pro), I actually made a few vids of my test sessions/lure trials this past fall down at the harborfront & islands. Had to take very short underwater vids at the time, since I didn't have a 2 gigabyte SD card, well.. I finally bought it at TigerDirect , so now I can take extra long vids ! I also ended up taking it off my site since I was mostly doing solo filming which equals bad cameras angles & filming lol, not good for promo vids LOL, I'll be making a better trailer this year

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[ontariocarper]

Do you make those spinner baits? or is there somewhere I can purchase them? What is the skirt made of?

I actually seen similar baits on ebay by a Canadian seller, thats why I'm asking if you make them.

Daniel
OCH