Owen Sound Salmon Derby 2012

[OldTimer]

(08-30-2012 11:55 AM)MuskieBait Wrote:  My friend and his grandfather have been fishing in the spring salmon derby in Owen Sound for years. Georgian Bay salmons (Chinook, Coho, Pinks and Atlantics) are much smaller than Lake Ontario salmon in size...even if they are the same species. It's not even easy to break 15lbs in some years. It will not be an easy win if you think you can just go and break 20lbs.

True - the fish are smaller these days. Last years win was just over 21 pounds as I recall.

I too fished many of the derbies. In fact one year I won largest misc. fish .......... dig this......... for a carp. Another year I got a small prize for a 14 pound rainbow I caught in mouth of the Pott.

Many years ago there was a spike of max weight in Georgian Bay when some so called "super salmon" eggs were brought here and used for the stocking stocks.

Water is colder, growth seasons are shorter, and less forage than Lake Ontario.

However whats cool is that a good portion of the salmon up there are from natural production, or assisted production - and not mostly hatchery stock as is down here.

Heres a new read, that has some worthwhile info, if you are interested:


  Chinnok Salmon in Lake Huron.pdf (Size: 3.88 MB / Downloads: 45)

Cheers,

OldTimer