Oshawa Creek (south of 401)

[hightechdecks]

bring on the crowds i love competition. any gta trib will be zoo if there is fish around.

 

[whitbyfisherman]

Easy now, he is new to the forum(only 2 posts) so he clearly didnt know the mistake he made. Whitbyfisherman I suggest you edit your post to exclude the exact location as this type of thing can get people pretty upset around here.

Live and learn.

I'M a "SHE" not a "he"

 

[whitbyfisherman]

Mud Lake = Pan fish (all of the types), cat fish, giant goldfish

It's private, and who knows what kind of chemicals have been dumped in it? I would say eating perch or crappie out of there is risky at best.

Fun place to watch hawks diving after fish. The fish are so plentiful in there, you can pull them in one after another using just a bare hook presentation. It has a good turtle population as well. Nice sunsets there too.

The property on the lake is for sale for $1M+.

Yes you are right on the types of fish. I didn't see any gold fish though. I found the lake peaceful. I was the only person there (Friday afternoon). I caught mostly pan fish and almost what appeared to be a trout. I used only worms. I think it makes it easier. For me anyway. And i'm not a chick that gets grossed out by hooking a worm

 

[ChaseChrome]

bring on the crowds i love competition. any gta trib will be zoo if there is fish around.

Leave it to GBD

 

[ChaseChrome]

Your intitial efforts (First post) came across to me as someone wanting to share some good news.
No worries!


The "Trout Mafia" (*SMILES*) can be kind of sensitive.
I dont blame them. - The resource is precious and alot of the guys get rather over protective.


For every day you get some production at a hole with 30+ guys ... bravo on you!
MOST of the TIME .... it's the "Off the beated tracks" (Lots of ground work and scouting.... many days of being skunked - but leaning the river) that leads to RESULTS when the rest of the crowds are getting skunked.



More fishermen does not lead to LESS FISH
A good attitude shared by all .... leads to more fish for everyone to enjoy.


Never feel bad about sharing a positive experience with us on the board.

We all love to fish!

YESSIR MR. BLAIR........

 

[bigfish99]

hello guys i want to.take my 9 year old son trout fishing and i here oshawa creek is the place to be right now can somebody help so he can catch some fish thanks

 

[salmotrutta]

Yes you are right on the types of fish. I didn't see any gold fish though.

Check out my post in the Carp section, I finally caught some of the goldfish in there. You can often see them swimming around in schools.

I found the lake peaceful.

If by peaceful you mean the resident falcon diving after goldfish, digging its claws into their flesh, and devouring them alive; a mink yanking a catfish as long as the mink itself from the depths of the lake by its teeth, stashing it behind a tree where it will slowly suffocate to death before being consumed or worse yet, be eaten alive on its last breaths; giant snapping turtles roaming for prey; impatient drivers constantly honking at geese as they traverse the road with their young ones; said geese attacking a hapless fisherman to protect their young; then yes, it is a peaceful lake.

Just kidding around, we all know peaceful is a relative term on this planet.

Previously I had noticed hawks diving after goldfish, their landing ratio was nothing to brag about. They would dive several times and still come up empty handed.

This is the first year I have noticed the falcon. I have never seen it miss or drop a goldfish, and it's so quick that I've yet to pull out of my video camera in time to capture it.

Based on my observations, a very conservative estimate would be 800 goldfish meals per year for the falcon. (NADO just breathed a sigh of relief.)

I caught mostly pan fish and almost what appeared to be a trout.

Do you know your pan fish well enough to know that it wasn't one of the types of pan fish? Lots of perch, crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed and rockbass in there. Catfish and goldfish too. Besides those, I haven't caught any other species in there. There are supposedly bass in there but I haven't seen any yet. Also heard walleye were once there, but I haven't seen any of those either.

I'm wondering what you could have caught that resembled a trout? The water in there is so warm, and there aren't any streams attached to it.

And i'm not a chick that gets grossed out by hooking a worm

You have earned the respect of every male member of this forum.

So, shouldn't your username be, whitbyfisherwoman?

 

[Dugger]

This is a delicate subject eh, sadly. It is such a double edged sword. You want to share information and your catches and yet, if you do, we anglers converge enmasse. It really is tough, I find posts that contain detail on everything but location boring but I understand the need for discretion. There are some sites out there hosted by "pros" that give very detailed information on location which I find disgusting as that format of disclosure is merely shared for self promotion purposes or "profit". As someone mentioned, whatever happened to getting out doing your own homework, legwork. In this day of social.media and websites and forums, that be may be much work for some and dare I say "old school".

 

[NADO]

Based on my observations, a very conservative estimate would be 800 goldfish meals per year for the falcon. (NADO just breathed a sigh of relief.)

This is actually one of the ways invasive species spread! The falcoln will be flying over a nearby river or pond and accidentally drop its squirming prey. Probably doenst happen too often with the bone crushing claws the falcoln has but it still does happen. Probably more often with seagulls.

 

[NOTTA STEELER]

This is actually one of the ways invasive species spread! The falcoln will be flying over a nearby river or pond and accidentally drop its squirming prey. Probably doenst happen too often with the bone crushing claws the falcoln has but it still does happen. Probably more often with seagulls.

What is a falcon doing diving for fish ? You must be mistaking this raptor for an Osprey . Osprey are black and white and feed entirely on fish .
We have caught steelhead in the Notty with apparent Osprey talon gashes in their sides more than a couple of times .

 

[salmotrutta]

You must be mistaking this raptor for an Osprey .

You mean mistaking it for a Falcon.

Osprey are black and white and feed entirely on fish .

Just read up on Ospreys, indeed it sounds like one, thanks for clarifying.

 

[NOTTA STEELER]

You mean mistaking it for a Falcon.



Just read up on Ospreys, indeed it sounds like one, thanks for clarifying.

No , I mean a raptor --(The term "raptor" is derived from the Latin word rapere (meaning to seize or take by force) and may refer informally to all birds of prey.)

 

[salmotrutta]

No , I mean a raptor --(The term "raptor" is derived from the Latin word rapere (meaning to seize or take by force) and may refer informally to all birds of prey.)

Yes, both Ospreys and Falcons are raptors.

This is what you mean:

"You must be mistaking this raptor for a Falcon"

or you could also have said

"You must be mistaking this Osprey for a Falcon"

 

[salmotrutta]

Ahh that smiley face came out big - just joking around I meant it sarcastically in case that isn't obvious

 

[BackTrack]

lol that "smiley face" made me laugh, needed it this morning thanks.

BT

 

[NOTTA STEELER]

Ahh that smiley face came out big - just joking around I meant it sarcastically in case that isn't obvious

 

[hightechdecks]

lol.......good stuff the cromeheads are back at it! this time over birds. definately the more entertaining demographic on the forum

 

[NOTTA STEELER]

Alls good

 

[salmotrutta]

...and we're only in mid June. If this were mid August, his smiley face would have been at least three times its size!

Though technically we are now at the furthest point from steelhead, whereas in August they would be just around the corner. Unless you count those June stragglers still hangin' around.

And NS, I was hanging on to my life by a thin, shriveled up, rotting thread this year and just barely came out the other end, though I am by no means recovered fully and will most likely never be. I just closed in on a quarter century last week, which was great as I really didn't think I was going to see March let alone June of 2012. So if that sarcastic fringehead possesses some sort of venom of immortality, I will welcome a bite.

 

[hightechdecks]

May you be bitten by a ......

Sarcastic Fringehead ............................. View attachment 9403

whoa dude that fish is crazy looking....i thought it was a lizard when the pic was first loading, whats up no more pics?? dont you summer fish? and you salmo need to make a full recoverery or ill need to find someone else to argue with at the slaughterhouse this fall.