Hey there! Any good shore fishing in a 3 hour radius around Toronto?

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Also wanted to add...

Many of my best spots are dangerous to fish and difficult to reach. I am not about to send your kid into a chest deep swamp filled with mosquitoes, thigh deep in a strong current in low visibility water, rock hopping over chest size boulders along a steep jetty, or hike into thick forests cover full of fallen timber and poison ivy. These challenges are what kept these spots "sure fire" because most people will not venture into these areas. They are no place for a family to visit.

Just last weekend, I was fishing with a couple of friends in one of these spots. Despite our combined 100+ years of fishing experiences, we lost countless lures to trees, bushes and submerged logs. We were enveloped by vegetation and you had to be able to cast with branches immediately beside you and over your head, and tall plants immediately in front of you. The bank of our spot had multiple muskrat holes and the muddy bank was difficult to navigate. Even with extreme care, we all stepped thigh deep into these muskrat holes. We also had to scale a short, but steep and muddy slope to get to our location. My friends slipped once while getting down and once getting up the slope, even with the help of a vine to support our descent and ascent. The ground had patches of Poison Ivy, some visible but some covered by other plants. An attempt to brace a fall can easily land a hand on Poison Ivy. A careless step can easily disrupt plant tissue allowing the irritating oil and sap to contact shoes, clothing and skin. We were all covered in DEET or citronella, but mosquitoes continued to bite. Our spot was as "sure fire" as it can get as we caught multiple Green Sunfish on demand, one small Northern Pike and a couple of Grass Pickerel. All of us who went there realize the risk and we are capable adults. But it is no place for kids to visit. I'm not making any of this up.

Are these really areas you wish to fish with your kids to get them interested? I think not.