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Thread: Fishing in Markham
Post: RE: Fishing in Markham
Wherever you live, check out your surrounding neighborhood on Google Earth (forget about Google Maps, it's great for roads but wildly inaccurate for ponds). Guaranteed you'll find some small ponds onl... |
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11-02-2020, 12:18 PM |
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Thread: Moving from Boston
Post: RE: Moving from Boston
Hi James,. Welcome to Toronto and OSF.
If you love fishing you've moved to the right town and neighborhood.
A few miles to the east of the beaches is Bluffers Park. The marina there offers decent, yea... |
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05-17-2019, 12:08 PM |
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Thread: Shore fishing Bass In the bay of Quinte region
Post: RE: Shore fishing Bass In the bay of Quinte region
Hi Ruthie welcome to OSF.
Unfortunately many people use Google Maps as a resource to find new fishing holes, and drive right past potential gold mines. It's emphasis is on road navigation and rarely ... |
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05-12-2019, 10:58 AM |
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Thread: Latest Ice Fishing?
Post: RE: Latest Ice Fishing?
Last ice is the absolute best time to track down and catch jumbo perch on Lake Simcoe. I've been out on Cooks Bay on the last few days of March numerous times and on April 2nd in 2011. Ice thickness ... |
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General Discussion |
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03-14-2019, 03:27 PM |
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Thread: Deadfisher's 2017 OSF Multi-Species Challenge Entries
Post: Deadfisher's 2017 OSF Multi-Species Challenge Entr...
It was a long fishing year with only one personal record set, the fewest number of days on the water in two decades. This was the first year that all my photos were shot on my phone. The phone may b... |
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2017 Multi-Species Challenge |
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12-29-2017, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: One to ponder
Post: RE: One to ponder
I've also encountered such anomalies while searching out the "wilder" areas in and
around the GTA. Crocus, daffodils, along with isolated stands of lilacs and forsythia,
reminiscent of a backyard ga... |
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Off-Topic Discussion |
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04-29-2017, 10:53 AM |
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Thread: Information Requested-Need Good Pike/Walleye/ Smallmouth Camp August 26 To Sept 2
Post: RE: Information Requested-Need Good Pike/Walleye/ ...
Sault Saint Marie is at the south end of Algoma Country. The general area just north is peppered with thousands of lakes and hundreds of outfitters. For quality fishing north is far superior than sout... |
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General Discussion |
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03-25-2017, 08:15 PM |
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Thread: Waubaushene / Port Severn area for Pike. . . ?
Post: RE: Waubaushene / Port Severn area for Pike. . . ?
The next "lock" up the system from Port Severn is Big Chute, about 20km north by road. There's plenty of good water access in the surrounding area, you just have to be willing to "bushwhack" a bit. Ch... |
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General Discussion |
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03-16-2017, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: Fishing Stories and Tall Tales
Post: RE: Fishing Stories and Tall Tales
It's a funny thing, in retrospect, that for the last few years I've been averaging about 130 days of fishing per year and the quietest time for me is surprisingly mid summer. For some reason July is ... |
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Deadfisher |
General Discussion |
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02-20-2017, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Going forward in 2017 at OSF - 1
Post: RE: Going forward in 2017 at OSF - 1
Personally I love the challenge, but like many, have passed on participation due to a general lack of diversity in my catch. There's definitely an advantage to those who fish micros and those who hav... |
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General Discussion |
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01-28-2017, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: 2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali
Post: RE: 2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali
Amazing!
Besides sportfishing, an aquarium enthusiast's wet dream. |
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Expedition Reports |
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12-19-2016, 12:53 AM |
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Thread: Le Baron Closing
Post: RE: Le Baron Closing
True enough OT. Although their prices were competitive, their web site was a joke, just a pdf of their catalog. |
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News |
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10-01-2016, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: Fishing Claireville Reservoir Dam ???
Post: RE: Fishing Claireville Reservoir Dam ???
This is probably too late to help anyone this year, but it took some time to find on my old computer. It's at least 12 years old but should be mostly the same.
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General Discussion |
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09-30-2016, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Le Baron Closing
Post: Le Baron Closing
I've always been a firm believer in supporting my local "mom & pop" bait and tackle shop, not just for the convenience, but also for the wealth of knowledge available and dealing with a straight... |
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News |
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09-30-2016, 07:17 PM |
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Thread: Boundries
Post: RE: Boundries
Been thinking the same about your's for a few years, Ken. |
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General Discussion |
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09-28-2016, 11:15 PM |
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Thread: Salmon fishing as good as it gets
Post: RE: Salmon fishing as good as it gets
Any day when a salmon is landed is a good day. Looks like you had a great day doing battle! |
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General Discussion |
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09-27-2016, 09:42 PM |
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Thread: Boundries
Post: RE: Boundries
I've never had too much luck around Jordan Harbour mainly because of lack of access to the water. Another 10km east from there is Charles Daily park with 15 and 16 Mile ponds where one day my friends ... |
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General Discussion |
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09-27-2016, 09:38 PM |
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Thread: Bucktails
Post: RE: Bucktails
Looking good!
I never managed to tie a decent bucktail treble. |
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Gear and Tackle Reviews |
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07-17-2016, 09:03 PM |
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Thread: R&D project - Homemade popper
Post: RE: R&D project - Homemade popper
I think you've given us all a decent project to try OT. Thanks. will post my results later. |
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General Discussion |
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06-29-2016, 11:31 PM |
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Thread: Shore Fishing Canal Lake
Post: RE: Shore Fishing Canal Lake
Another option would be a few km. farther downstream at the swing bridge and dam in Bolsover. |
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General Discussion |
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06-29-2016, 11:24 PM |
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Thread: Other Hobbies
Post: RE: Other Hobbies
I think there should be golf courses that cater to the "fins and skins" idea, shoot a hole and then fish the water hazard. |
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Off-Topic Discussion |
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06-22-2016, 02:28 PM |
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Thread: Fishing in 1967
Post: Fishing in 1967
I've always loved lawn sales and their potential as a "treasure hunt", treasure, of course being in the eye of the beholder. One of the more interesting things I've picked up in recent years was a st... |
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Off-Topic Discussion |
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06-20-2016, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: Show off your Tackle and Storage Area?
Post: RE: Show off your Tackle and Storage Area?
I really need to get better organized!
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General Discussion |
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06-20-2016, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Looking to rent a boat lake simcoe suggestions?
Post: RE: Looking to rent a boat lake simcoe suggestions...
One of the cheapest places to rent a boat is at the trailer park on Little Lake, Barrie, just off Duckworth St. There's plenty of bass, small pike and the chance for a walleye. |
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General Discussion |
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06-20-2016, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Fishing Claireville Reservoir Dam ???
Post: RE: Fishing Claireville Reservoir Dam ???
I fished Clairville regularly for a decade but haven't been there in almost 7 years.
Those who didn't want to pay parked on the side of the southbound off ramp and walked across the field to the spi... |
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General Discussion |
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06-11-2016, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Post: RE: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
I've conversed with many COs over the years, all along the Trent Severn Waterway, and they're not concerned about enforcing that rule when there are no migratory fish in the water. Dozens of times I'v... |
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05-30-2016, 11:10 AM |
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Thread: 2016 US Midwest
Post: RE: 2016 US Midwest
26 new species in one trip is incredible! I usually don't catch the usual 26 per year.
Do you carry your field guide with you and identify the fish at water's edge, or wait until the end of the day?
W... |
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Expedition Reports |
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05-30-2016, 10:41 AM |
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Thread: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Post: RE: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
OK, this went south real fast.
I owe Rusty and the rest of the forum members an apology for my off handed remark. I'm sorry.
Rusty...almost all 45 locks on the Trent Severn Waterway have good to exce... |
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05-26-2016, 09:17 PM |
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Thread: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Post: RE: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Sorry RustyNailz76.
I believe you'll find it difficult to near impossible extracting detailed info on locations on any fishing forum.
I pointed you in the right direction, what more do you want...some... |
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Welcome! |
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05-24-2016, 09:51 PM |
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Thread: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Post: RE: Shore Fishing in Trenton Ontario
Hey!
A year older and a year wiser?
I was in Frankford about a year ago and managed to pull a couple keeper walleye out of the fast water by the dam using, of all things, a safety pin spinner. Afte... |
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05-23-2016, 12:16 PM |