Hi, I'm new here

[MichaelAngelo]

(03-03-2013 03:02 PM)angler1 Wrote:  I've taken a several trips to lake Scugog and Rice Lake and rented a boat with family and friends.

You mentioned going on several boat trips and not catching anything... happens to everyone. Sometimes the fish are just off... not biting at all. Happened to me a few times last summer...

some "masters" can probrably still catch fish under these conditions... but I don't know how they do that.

My go-to method for rice and scugog from a boat last summer (first summer fishing) would be to drop shot a small grub down into the weeds. It would usually work though.

(03-03-2013 11:09 PM)angler1 Wrote:  I have fished:

1. Toogood Pond
Several times and caught nothing.

2. Milne Dam
Several times and caught nothing. Want my $5 back.

Will never go back to Toogood or Milne Dam, even though some people say that they have caught fish there. I swear to God that there are no fish there. It's just an urban myth that they exist there, or they smelled me coming.

3. Swan Lake. Caught a ton of sunfish and small perch off the dock, two years ago. Last year, didn't even get a bite off the dock but caught several bullheads off the bridge on the north side.

4. Mount Joy Pond. Caught a few sunfish and crappie, and one tiny LM bass, about 10 cm long (I want to catch his mom).

Not a lot of action here in Markham.

All those bodies of water have carp in them... some probably over 10 lbs. I've hooked them on worms and also on dough balls called "boillies" that are designed to keep other fish besides carp from stealing your bait.

They're tough to catch though... many hours at all those places have left me empty handed.

They're all super shallow bodies of water. They all are about 3-6 feet deep all the way across... not what one would expect.