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Anyone interested in joining up for some Pike Fishing as soon as the season opens in May?

Open all year in Zone 17, why wait?!

(04-20-2015 08:36 PM)Dave Bailey Wrote: [ -> ]Open all year in Zone 17, why wait?!

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.

(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?!

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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Cheers,

OldTimer

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.

I always wondered why it was open all year in zone 17.

Thanks

where is a good place in Zone 17 to catch pike? i want to do my part to stop this terrible, invasive species! LOL.

any good spots around London for pike?

(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....

(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.