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04-20-2015, 01:56 AM
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SPRING FISHING???
Anyone interested in joining up for some Pike Fishing as soon as the season opens in May?
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04-20-2015, 08:36 PM
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Open all year in Zone 17, why wait?! Wink
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04-21-2015, 09:56 AM
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(04-20-2015 08:36 PM)Dave Bailey Wrote:  Open all year in Zone 17, why wait?! Wink


I just checked...and that's actually true! Unbelievable, really.
I'm guessing the average size pike in zone 17 is all of 18" as a result of this stupid rule. Most of the big females are long gone from being easily picked off during the spawn. And you can keep 6 of them. Some folks at the MNR need to give their heads a good shake.
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04-21-2015, 02:10 PM (This post was last modified: 04-21-2015 02:11 PM by OldTimer.)
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(04-21-2015 09:56 AM)Eli Wrote:  
(04-20-2015 08:36 PM)Dave Bailey Wrote:  Open all year in Zone 17, why wait?! Wink


I just checked...and that's actually true! Unbelievable, really.
I'm guessing the average size pike in zone 17 is all of 18" as a result of this stupid rule. Most of the big females are long gone from being easily picked off during the spawn. And you can keep 6 of them. Some folks at the MNR need to give their heads a good shake.

Pike has been open all year in Zone 17 for quite some time now.

Originally pike was not present in most of central Ontario - at all.

They are considered by the MNR as invasive in this zone and a clear and present danger to Muskie populations - hence the MNR is actually promoting the catch (and hopefully KEEP) of pike.

An excerpt from an MNR zone fisheries planning handout from years ago:

   

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OldTimer

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04-21-2015, 07:40 PM
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Yeah pike and muskies definitely cannot co-exist.
The Ottawa, Rideau, and St. Lawrence Rivers are prime examples of this. Like I said, folks at the MNR need to give their heads a shake.

The same people peddling this nonsense are the ones stocking the great lakes with four (five on some lakes) species of non-native Salmonids.
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04-21-2015, 08:49 PM
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I always wondered why it was open all year in zone 17.

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04-22-2015, 12:26 PM
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where is a good place in Zone 17 to catch pike? i want to do my part to stop this terrible, invasive species! LOL.
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04-24-2015, 12:07 AM
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any good spots around London for pike?
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04-24-2015, 05:22 PM
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(04-22-2015 12:26 PM)ST_ShoreFisher Wrote:  where is a good place in Zone 17 to catch pike? i want to do my part to stop this terrible, invasive species! LOL.

balsam would be best place in kawarthas for pike....
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04-24-2015, 07:21 PM
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(04-22-2015 12:26 PM)ST_ShoreFisher Wrote:  where is a good place in Zone 17 to catch pike? i want to do my part to stop this terrible, invasive species! LOL.

Mitchell is good, with plenty of shoreline access.
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