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  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Clearly a smirking wizard.
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-14-2015, 02:39 PM
  Thread: Worms in Brampton?
Post: RE: Worms in Brampton?

Never thought of PetSmart being a place to buy worms. I'll have to remember that. They're building a new one here at the Centre Mall in Hamilton. Hopefully they will have them in stock as it'll be muc...
philantropie General Discussion 6 8,173 07-14-2015, 12:05 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Quote:Gail has a point though. It's great to use a weight scale when you are new to fishing and new to the different shapes and sizes of fish. You'll have a much better idea for the weight of fish you...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-14-2015, 12:00 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Cheeky buggers aren't we? This topic is totally *off-topic* now, an operator can close it. The thread is ruined. #1 for being trolled I guess. Now, across the fjords and back under your bridge. Unti...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-13-2015, 06:02 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Well, it wasn't a tale, I really did figure it was 5 lb.. It was quite large. I've never caught a fish that big before. And yes, it was the size of my net. :( I'll be bringing a camera with me from no...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-06-2015, 11:39 AM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Maybe it was 3 lb. then. It felt massive, I had to use two hands to get it into the water. Maybe I have a chance to catch the same one. I seen it at the same spot later in the day yesterday. :)
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-05-2015, 06:29 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angler: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Last night, I bought another 24 of worms, and grabbed a pretty sweet lure from Fish World. Today, I wake up at 5:45-6am, get out of the house at roughly 6:30am. Started off with my down rig with two...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-04-2015, 04:23 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

(07-03-2015 04:40 PM)OldTimer Wrote:   (06-30-2015 04:30 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  Honestly though...do you need a gang of 4 treble hooks to catch fish? :dodgy: Nope - I like guddling them bes...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-03-2015, 05:42 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

When I was in Port Dover for the better half of the day, I seen a bottom rig with these yellow spacer-looking things separating the mainline from the snelled hooks on it. Wish I talked to the guy. It'...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-02-2015, 07:54 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Quote:Great! Did you capture a picture? You're very luck to have a trout as your first fish. Sadly, no. I was beyond excited for the catch, fumbling around with the rod while the fish was still in th...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-02-2015, 02:27 AM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Quote:You can save one swivel by tying a loop at the bottom of the rig. Using the loop, you can use the same technique to snell on the sinker. The bottom swivel is nice to reduce so twist to your line...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-02-2015, 01:25 AM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Lol. I made a few rigs the other night to put 2 snelled hooks on. Learned a lot doing that bottom rig. I'd have to say it was a good night of learning and implementing. Tomorrow(Canada Day) I'm going ...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 07-01-2015, 02:43 AM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Thanks a lot for giving me that dropper loop knot info. I'll learn with rope, then move over to fishing line. I can't wait to test it out. Looking at videos on YouTube, it looks like a great setup to ...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 06-29-2015, 04:50 PM
  Thread: New Member Introduction
Post: RE: New Member Introduction

(06-28-2015 01:56 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  Hey Phil Welcome to OSF. Hopefully you'll find some info in the articles here to aid in your quest. Cheers, OldTimer Thanks. I hope too. :) Cheers.
philantropie Welcome! 4 2,230 06-28-2015, 02:06 PM
  Thread: Lower Hamilton Bait Shop
Post: Lower Hamilton Bait Shop

Years ago, maybe 15 years ago, I remember a bait shop on Gage St. and Beach Rd. in Hamilton Ontario. What ever happened to it? When did it close down?
philantropie General Discussion 0 1,561 06-28-2015, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Fishing Reports
Post: RE: Fishing Reports

(06-28-2015 08:29 AM)zippyFX Wrote:   (06-28-2015 12:11 AM)philantropie Wrote:  I was also lead into thinking if I signed up to the forum, I would be met with fishing reports but then I was...
philantropie News 66 38,997 06-28-2015, 01:55 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: RE: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

(06-28-2015 11:55 AM)Randy Wrote:  A tip when shopping for fishing gear is to avoid Canadian Tire as their prices are usually much higher than fishing stores. Their selection isn't great either....
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 06-28-2015, 01:51 PM
  Thread: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015
Post: New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

Quite new to this here forum, seems like a great community of people and a wealth of resources. I just recently started to fish, Canadian Tire had a fishing sale on, so I bought just over $300 wo...
philantropie General Discussion 33 13,676 06-28-2015, 01:22 AM
  Thread: New Member Introduction
Post: New Member Introduction

Was just googling around and seen there are fishing reports here, so I decided to sign up. I'm from Hamilton, Ontario. Just recently got into fishing, spent some money on a bunch of gear. Have gone ou...
philantropie Welcome! 4 2,230 06-28-2015, 12:17 AM
  Thread: Fishing Reports
Post: RE: Fishing Reports

I was also lead into thinking if I signed up to the forum, I would be met with fishing reports but then I was met with a minimal amount of posts to view such content. I really don't have anything to s...
philantropie News 66 38,997 06-28-2015, 12:11 AM
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