Newbee from Toronto

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http://torontourbanfishing.com/

You can visit our Facebook page and read past discussions about where to fish and what time of year to fish.

There are lots of fish all around Toronto. I've personally caught Common Carp, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill Sunfish, Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, and Rainbow Trout while volunteering at Center Island, Topham Pond and Humber Bay Park East during the National Family Fishing Week. Talking to friends, they have also caught Freshwater Drum, Bowfin, Northern Pike and White Bass fishing from various locations in the City of Toronto.

It's not so much about locations sometimes, but about technique and taking advantage of opportunities. Just the past week, my friends caught over 30 Rock Bass from Center Island, some of them just over 1 pound. Pike fishing may be a bit slow at the moment, but there are many Common Carp in the canals and ponds, some Largemouth Bass cruising around, and certainly a sprinkling of other fish like Bowfin and Freshwater Drum.

You do have to realize that most of the accessible fishing areas are highly pressured (within my circle of friends at TUFA, there is almost always someone fishing the Toronto shoreline on any given day at any given spot). Fish are extremely wary especially during the busy summer, and you do have to refine your presentation. This past spring, Common Carp were extremely cooperative giving us almost 10 fish days, but right now, they have become extremely difficult as they see more and more anglers each day. Most of the Carp have resorted to feeding in low traffic areas of during low traffic periods and they are very wary of line and terminal tackle. To complicate things, the abundance of weeds and algae provide more than enough easily accessible food for these fish, and the heavy vegetation makes it difficult to fish certain techniques. These obstacles are not restricted to Carp fishing only, but to all other forms of fishing including Bass, Pike, Sunfish, Bowfin...etc.

My best suggestion is to spend more time on the water and not only fish, but observe how fish behaves. Only then will you be able to catch fish under more challenging conditions that you see now in July and August (especially at the Islands).

TUFA member, Mike Harry, has written an invaluable book about fishing in Toronto. You should get a copy if you are interested to know more about where and when to fish in Toronto.

http://torontourbanfishing.com/urban-fis...ike-harry/