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April - mykowave - 04-30-2014 10:26 PM
Does anyone know if there are channel cats in GTA? I got myself some cut bait and want to try it.
Also, April's been terrible fishing for me... any advice on where to go? I just wanna feel something bite again...
RE: April - fishingdude888 - 04-30-2014 10:41 PM
I hear the Trent canal.... Which part I can't remember exactly.... Let me ask my buddy and get back to u! Hey at least u have gone fishing..... I've yet to go since last year!!!
RE: April - tweedwolfscream - 05-01-2014 11:57 AM
I feel like April is just a tough month to be an angler in Ontario. Up north a lot of waters are in that awkward stage between ice-fishable and castable/navigable. In and around the GTA, pretty much every species that has a closed season is closed in April, until the trout opener this past Saturday. Sure, there are year-round trout seasons in the lower reaches of many tribs, but even there, much of April is about waiting for the run, waiting for the blown-out rivers to recede and become fishable, etc. Panfishing, if that's a word, probably becomes better later in the season in a lot of places.
Anyway, hang in there. Brookies and upstream bows/browns are open now and the spring steelhead runs should last a long time this year. Pike (and walleye, for that matter) open this Saturday on Lake Ontario, and the following Saturday on inland waters. Good luck!
RE: April - FrenchCarper - 05-01-2014 12:59 PM
I've been catching bullheads and cats at bluffers park after hours. Nothing huge, but nothing tiny ether.
RE: April - mykowave - 05-01-2014 01:29 PM
Yea, I kept saying to myself, " I hate april." hahaha. I wonder if there are channels anywhere? I got a sucker for cut bait!
RE: April - fishingdude888 - 05-01-2014 01:38 PM
(05-01-2014 12:59 PM)FrenchCarper Wrote: I've been catching bullheads and cats at bluffers park after hours. Nothing huge, but nothing tiny ether.
i hear there are pretty decent sized Perch at the bluffer's.
RE: April - FrenchCarper - 05-01-2014 01:42 PM
I've been told that too. However, I've never seen any. I guess when the weeds start to grow in they will show up. I've caught and seen a lot of carp there recently.
RE: April - fishingdude888 - 05-01-2014 01:47 PM
(04-30-2014 10:26 PM)mykowave Wrote: Does anyone know if there are channel cats in GTA? I got myself some cut bait and want to try it.
Also, April's been terrible fishing for me... any advice on where to go? I just wanna feel something bite again...
found it! Frandford, Lock #6 part of the Trent Severn Canal...
RE: April - OldTimer - 05-01-2014 03:12 PM
(04-30-2014 10:26 PM)mykowave Wrote: Does anyone know if there are channel cats in GTA? I got myself some cut bait and want to try it.
http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thread-Channel-Catfish-Locations-101
Cheers,
OldTimer
RE: April - Toasty - 05-01-2014 03:14 PM
I heard there are massive channel cats at the Niagara Whirlpool. Good luck hiking down there though lol