Port Delhousie

[Trevald]

Port Delhousie here I come, after lots of trips to Fort Erie and lots of gas I am trying a more local spot, anyone that can give me advice is much appreciated, pm's welcome. I have a 3 year old so love going after perch for him, or sunnies, he loves fishing. Plus I have heard it holds a couple fish for me as well, both seasonal and year rounders, so anyone that can help us out please let me know what I am in for, or any tips or tricks to help bring them in.
On another note, we have been getting gobies everywhere, I am new to dealing with these and some people beach them other release them, whats the deal with these monsters and if you beach them are you going to get it from the MNR if they see you doing this.

 

[Blair]

Port D has very FAST moving water - close® to the Hydro Dam.

As you head out more toward the Lighthouse and end of the piers it get a little more softer.

I mention this because it can be difficult for the youngsters to fish deep, fast moving water.



I would recomend the EAST SIDE of PORT D (Lighthouse)

- Easy parking and no tricky hiking to get to



Right now the SHEEPSHEAD are coming around in some numbers ... so be pleasantly surprised to all of a sudden get a 10 lb - 15 big one on!

There are perch, bass ... occassional Pike and Carp in the waters (Still too early or late for the Salmon/Trouts)



Good luck!

* Any water can be dangerous ....

Port D is a great place to fish ... but .. the current is strong



As for the GOBIES: ... killing them is done by lots of fishermen and will NOT get you in trouble with the MNR.
*For those who do kill them ... it would be nice to see some more INSTANT and HUMANE WAYS!

They are HERE TO STAY.

I "personally" do not kill them.

 

[LogJam]

Port Delhousie here I come, after lots of trips to Fort Erie and lots of gas I am trying a more local spot, anyone that can give me advice is much appreciated, pm's welcome. I have a 3 year old so love going after perch for him, or sunnies, he loves fishing. Plus I have heard it holds a couple fish for me as well, both seasonal and year rounders, so anyone that can help us out please let me know what I am in for, or any tips or tricks to help bring them in.
On another note, we have been getting gobies everywhere, I am new to dealing with these and some people beach them other release them, whats the deal with these monsters and if you beach them are you going to get it from the MNR if they see you doing this.

KILL THE GOBIE!!!!
or if u get some, feed the to the gulls!
pls do not release them.... smack them hard off the rocks or pier so u kill them and wait for a seagull to fly by and toss them at the gulls, great way to show the young one how to feed the wild birds!!!

 

[staffman]

I think that Port Delhousie is a poor choice to fish with a 3 year old . As Blair said the current upstream is too fast and I imagine that it is still fast at the mouth. There may be a reservoir above the dam that you could fish or you should be able to find conservation areas close to you where fishing for your child would be better. Three year old children will become board unless you can find an area with non stop action and that is not at port D. If you can find a park near you with play equipment that allows fishing you can fish a while then play a while and have a picnic. Best of luck.

 

[NADO]

The Goby is such an issue it managed to secure itself a half page in the fishing regulations. The gobies are a tough issue since they are a small baitfish that reproduces at a rapid rate so I am not too optimistic of the chances of ever getting rid of them. With that being said we can still make an effort to help minimize the population, if every angler who catches 20 of them in an outing euthanizes all of them then we can actually help do our part to curb their population growth. Seems like an impossible task but I am not one to give up on invasives.

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[goodentight]

I haven't pier fished much but I saw some guy the other night fishing just for gobies and killing them. had about 15 at the time.

 

[jlisk]

I just feed the gobies to the gulls.

 

[Dugger]

Port D, my old stomping grounds decades ago when no one fished there lol!

West pier walk a 1/4 oz twister with the current to the end of the pier. Turn around and walk back with a wiggling plug.

End of piers work a twister

work a small tube along any wall, near bottom

West wall at the foot of the fastwater (Rookers) jig a twister in the current

Martindale Pond, more tranquil, panfish, pike, largemouth

Most of the infamous fantastic fishing spots in Port are now off limits sadly but my god I have 10 photo albums and a dozen ancient diaries to show how I spent my youth there!

good luck and watch the current and young ones!

 

[Blair]

Most of the infamous fantastic fishing spots in Port are now off limits sadly but my god I have 10 photo albums and a dozen ancient diaries to show how I spent my youth there!

Great Info! Good advice.


Thanks to OPG (Ontario Power Generation) the HONEY HOLES are off limits.

Course, the plant itself created the conditions for the sweet spots .... right?




Did you used to fish there before they had installed the generating station?

 

[Dugger]

Great Info! Good advice.


Thanks to OPG (Ontario Power Generation) the HONEY HOLES are off limits.

Course, the plant itself created the conditions for the sweet spots .... right?




Did you used to fish there before they had installed the generating station?

I did Blair and in the "falls" when there existed a wooden structure all the way across the top of the falls from one end to the other. It looked very much like a covered bridge from Eastern Canada. Another great spot for crappies was right across the street from the front door of Lincoln Fabrics. Literally at the edge of that sidewalk was water, a massive foundation of a long gone building that was exposed and full of water. I remember in the mid 70s they filled it in to make that park and as a kid I wrote a letter to the MNR complaining good crappie spawning grounds were going to be infilled. They came down, I met them that day but of course it is now a park. LOL!!!

The fishing was fantastic! Silver bass all day long, often over 100 each in a short hour or so and the trout and gar once packed the place. We had two hotspots, "the old hotspot" and the "new hotspot" and they were by what is now the generating plant, long gone, and we always caught some very very large smallmouth in there. Even till the early 90s there was a summer run of brown trout and we often came close to the 20 lb mark, massive browns, all late at night. My cousin once caught a large brookie (well, 2 lbs) in the "falls" and we had it verified by the MNR biologist in Fonthill (the office has since moved to Vineland). Hmmmm, and big walleye, double figure walleye. Terrific perch fishing on the piers, massive alewife die-offs you couldn't swim on the beaches from millions of dead alewife (the salmon stocking programme quickly reduced the alewife population). We ordered Ultralights from the US and jigs from Fishing Facts magazine and "went to town", we had it all to ourselves practically in the 70s. Good lord I miss Port of olde!

 

[Trevald]

Thank you all for your advice and help, I did go down one night, without the little guy and walked the west pier. Got a couple oos bass and something that hit hard and took my jointed without even giving me a chance to feel more than the first hit before my line was snapped. Wish I knew what it was.... All in all it was a great night, met some locals who took the time to talk to me, and give me some advice and some great stories from there experiances. Any advice for types of fish would be great, thank you and feel free to pm if you want.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

whenever i go to port delhousie i never catch anything so my nick name for it used to be port delousy ;D

 

[Blair]

whenever i go to port delhousie i never catch anything so my nick name for it used to be port delousy ;D

The Port can be a very difficult place to fish.
Not too many people are aware of such strong currents.

Always watch the LOCALS and see what they are doing.

Nice bunch of guys down there! Just dont come off as a big shot or a snob. They are very down to earth.