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Brookies in the Fall

10/23/2015

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This is the time of year when the male Brook Trout get their mating colours.  They are also pretty aggressive.  It is the reason they closed Z15 on September 30.  Unfortunately, with general water warming, there is little reproduction happening in lakes with the exception of a few close to Algonquin Park.

It seems wrong to me that they would close lakes to the benefit of ice fishermen at the disadvantage of soft water fishers.  Maybe I'll make a Constitutional challenge!

We don't get much trout fishing in the Fall as the water is hardly cold enough until the last two weeks for Catch and Release which is what all of us should be doing.   There are not enough fish in our lakes and streams to be harvesting them.   The remote lakes are hit hard by ice fishers in snowmobiles so there are very few lakes where fish will make it to their full potential.  The one above is likely three years old.  Fish raised in hatcheries rarely exceed five years of age.

Z18 has a few cold lakes where one can fish all year round.
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Russ Tattersall
11/7/2015 09:55:04 pm

Came across your website about a year ago while looking for information on trout fishing in eastern Ontario. Nice brookie - I learned to fly fish for brook trout in the Niagara Escarpment area north of Orangeville. I have been in Ottawa now for 15 years and miss those little jewels - I think the last one I caught was about 10 years ago on Duffins Creek in Ajax.

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Bob
11/8/2015 11:31:41 am

If you want to catch brookies go to the following website. Not only will it tell you where to fish but gives directions and stocking information:
http://www.web2.mnr.gov.on.ca/fish_online/fishing/fishingExplorer_en.html

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