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Happy Trout Opener

We hope everyone is having a safe and fun trout opener weekend. The weather is perfect this weekend and after a long winter, its nice to get out and enjoy the fisheries in Ontario. Have fun and please be responsible by picking up any trash you spot and respecting fish possession limits. Tight lines…

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Egg Collection 2014

Page Updated: April 22, 2014

2014 egg collection efforts started at 8am this morning. As the egg collection program, I will record the numbers I am given from Grant McAlpine to this post.

Please note: Egg collection is dependent on water clarity, temperature, weather and water flow conditions. We will be posting egg collection notices on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Next Scheduled Lift

Next lift is unknown. The rising water conditions will be evaluated tomorrow morning.

Tuesday – April 22, 2014

  • Morning: 301 Steelhead Trout Lifted
  • Afternoon: 234 Steelhead Trout Lifted

Eggs Collected: 46.5k (morning) + 30k (afternoon) eggs for Wiarton Club Trout. Steelhead sperm was collected as well.

Three tankers were trucked and released fish upriver on the Saugeen River both morning and afternoon. Each tank held over 40 steelhead rainbow trout.

Monday – April 21, 2014

  • Morning Test Lift: 391 trout released via tube above Dennys Dam.
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Gear Swap Coming Soon

Steelhead Trout Gear Swap Should you have some old fishing equipment just lying around and wish to sell it, we have decided to open a gear swap section on the website. We will provide a place for you to list and sell your used fishing tackle, fishing rods, fly reels, float reels, neoprene and breathable waders, camping gear and more. This new section will allow you to list your equipment but you will be responsible will working directly with the interested party to meet at a location (or on the river) and complete your transaction.

We are looking to release this enhancement on the website in May 2014. More on the upcoming release of the gear swap section on the website coming soon.

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Fisherman Learns 52 Lessons

Trout Record Flap

Caught — and released to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

Rob Scott, Crane Lake, Minn., is an angler who caught a potential 52lb world-record lake trout in February 2014 fishing a lake near the US/Canada border. The fish was 45 inches long with a 32-inch girth, Rob said.

Worried he may lose his Candian fishing license, and possibly access to fish Canadaian water again, Rob got lucky with a hefty fine plus court costs, The angler won’t get to keep the fish or enter it as a world record catch. The current record is 29 pounds, 6 ounces. so he would have won by a considerable margin. The fisherman did not contest the charges.

But because Rob’s lake trout limit was one fish and he had already kept a 4-pounder earlier in the day, he was over his limit when he kept the big lake trout. He later gave the 4-pound trout to his nephew, he said, but according to Ontario law, he had possessed both fish. “He killed two fish. You’re only allowed to kill one,” the MNR’s Elliott said.

A prime example of why to respect your local regulations and catch limits.

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Study: Trout Can Inherit Behavior

Brown Trout

The research group discovered that the behavioral traits examined were individually repeatable, i.e., fish showed personality. Furthermore, certain behaviors related to stress tolerance, such as freezing, showed statistical heritability at a level of 14 percent. This means that non-random mortality related to stress tolerance both in fish farms and in the wild can modify the heritable traits of fish populations and thus lead to changes that are difficult to reverse. At worst, these changes might weaken the ability of fish to avoid predators and decrease the fisheries’ catches unless mitigated by acknowledging the potential selection acting on fish personality.

The article is currently in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Read the full article.