Beach fishing

[tweedwolfscream]

I can think of a couple of beaches on southern Georgian Bay where folks do some surf fishing for staging steelhead in the early spring. But that's not super compatible with a family day at the beach, given the season it's done in, the long-shot patience it involves and the way it's done. As OT says there isn't much good surf fishing on the Great Lakes besides that.

But there are certainly Great Lakes beaches that have good fishing spots nearby. Look for beaches that are next to river mouths and research the river. Well-known beaches like Wasaga and Sandbanks would fit that criterion. Maybe Sauble too though I don't know much about the fish there.

Alternately, does this have to be a big drive to a Great Lakes beach? Because local conservation areas like Conestogo Lake, Guelph Lake and Belwood Lake all have beaches as well as warmwater fisheries.