September 8th 2005 Some salmon have headed for the rivers and it's not to busy with shore fisherman yet. Last week a few days of wind, even Saturday was rough with only a few small fish. Sunday on fishing picked up with salmon up to 24IBS. Riggers 22 feet to 60 with free sliders on the deep balls. Sun and sea gator spoon had a couple of hot days.

August 29th 2005 Up to and including Thursday the fishing was great. Next three days big wind and waves, numbers of fish caught low. Monday, salmon only biggest 17IBS. Steelhead this week up to 10LBS, salmon 25LBS. Not much has changed with tackle. I talked to some close to the harbour fisherman today, they said the bite did not happen on the staging salmon Monday. There will be weather problems from the storm in th US mid week.

August 21st 2005 Wind wind and more wind. I sat on shore alot this week drinking coffee. Temp has dropped a bit, 65'F at 60 feet, 50'F at 70 feet. Black Illusions and greens working. Ten colour core with six ounce, 45 to 60 foot riggers. Still a mix of steelhead and salmon. Salmon up to 21IBS entered in the derby.

August 15th 2005 Not to much is changing. Steelhead 6 to 15LBS. Some salmon up to 19 LBS. Still weighing a few in the derby. 20 to 60 on the riggers with free sliders some days is best. A little more colour in the lures and silver greens.

August 7th 2005 Mid week, fishing slow. Big wind Friday. Good fishing Saturday, Sunday great. Three salmon went to the Great Ontario salmon derby today. Pretty well the same depths and tackle. I have neglected to say the 200 foot copper rigged rod is producing. Still in the same spot.

August 2nd 2005 Well my spot is still working. A high east wind slowed the action a little for Freds trip, six fish landed, Ken and Lauras day was superb with ten great steelhead landed for fifteen hits, lots of big over ten Ib fish. Still silver greens and cherry pie has had some hits. Six colour core with six ounce weight, riggers 30 to 60 feet.

July 29th 2005 Wow. The spot I am fishing is just getting better. Ten fish landed today with three trophy steelhead and one salmon 26Ibs. Ten colour cores, 35 foot and 45 foot riggers, lots of Gibbs gator green spoons. 68'f surface, 44'F down 45 feet. Trolling fast.

July 25th 2005 Lately the fishing has been sporatic. The spiney flea has finally subsided and fishing is getting better with catches of steelhead and salmon up to 22Ibs. Silver green is popular. Lots of cores hooking up. Salmon last couple of days in hot water, 65'F. Two more days out fishing, now that the weather is cooler the fish are biting better.

July 13th 2005 A freak SE 30 knot wind came up at seven o'clock and ended this fishing day. Last week, small salmon, up to 10LBS and steelhead on five colour cores and high riggers, silver red, black and green Illusions. Mid week the teen salmon returned in 50 feet of water. A bonus 14LB brown trout came on Wednesday. Aren't you glad I shook the small salmon off Stef to give you a crack at your high teen King!!! We managed to weigh one teen salmon in the Great ontario salmon derby Saturday, since then fishing has been slow. Down temp is good at 50 feet, lots of spiney water flea.

July 3rd 2005 Surface 75'F most of the week. Fishing is good, same plan as last week. Tuesdays afternoon trip turned a 25LB salmon. Friday big south wind. Had to fish a little deeper and further out. Black Illusion hot, teen fish. A heavy north wind Friday night dropped the temp to 55'F. Under teen fish and a beauty 27LB on the weekend. A mix of salmon and steelhaed. Five and ten colour cores and Gibbs gator sun and sea starting to work.

June 26th 2005 Another week of good fishing. With bright sunshine and 90'F temp, the lake is warming slowly. Still fishing inside from 8 feet on the riggers to 40. Silver red Gibbs gator on five colour cores and the 8 foot rigger, same diver info as last week, riggers in the top 40 fow. Flashers and more flashers, working great. Steelhead from 6 to 16LBS. Salmon from 3 to 18 LBS. Surface in the high 50's now, down temp good.

June 19th 2005: Early in the week the surface was 65F, very pleasant. A cold front showed up Thursday, surface dropped to 41F, rain and cold. Lots of flasher fly action. Big fish came on a number 1 diver, 3 set, back 90 feet with a Gibbs flasher and Magna dyne horse fly, 25 LB plus salmon. Right now the barometer is high, I don't like that.

April 24th 2005: The Rainbow Trout run at the Ganaraska River Port Hope fish ladder is over 4,300 plus the small ones that don't get counted. The run appears to almost over so shore fisherman will be fishing drop backs. No reports of any boat traffic yet.

August 23th 2004: Well I'm ending the season early this year, moving a big power boat to Florida by water. Rough water almost everyday. Inshore fishing, your are rolling the dice. Off shore if you can generate lots of hits, good fishing. Steelhead and salmon up to 22LBS. Offshore 22 to 70 on the riggers, ten colour cores with 4 to 6oz weight in 160 to 240 feet of water. No doubt about it the Gibbs Gators in black Illusion and green sparkler, green, white, small highliner flashers with Magnadyne horse flies were the hot baits this year. Some salmon are going up the rivers now. Just as a note this year I averaged 7.14 fish per charter landed by customers.

August 12th 2004: Fishing is still good in 50 to 70 feet of water. Mostly salmon with the odd lake trout, steelhead and brown trout. Surface 60'F , down below it's easy to find 50'F. Black Gibbs Illusion, Highliner flashers, small size in white and green with Horse flies, sage and black silver. Had a couple of 20 hit days but we don't land em all. Biggest salmon this week is 24LBS with small ones and teens. Quite a few double headers.

August 4th 2004: The steady east wind finally warmed up the water down below to high 60'F. Had to go off shore fishing for strays for a couple of days. Saturday it rained for 26 hrs. No fishing but the cool water came back. In 60 to 100 feet no problem finding 50'F and fish. Hits from 45 to 75 on the ball. Still black and green Illusion spoons with some on flashers and dodgers, green sparkler. Not as many fish landed but still some good days with small, teen and 20 LBS salmon. Biggest this week 27LB.

July 26th 2004: The rough water is here, but the fishing is good. Green and white Highliner flashers with green Horses flies was early in the week. 55 feet over 120, big salmon and small guys. The US boys fished Friday and Saturday 55 to 75 over 85 to 120: Mostly Gibbs black Illusion spooks and some green. They landed 172 LBS of salmon in two days topped off with a double header, 22LBS and a big 28.5 LBS salmon. Fish are hitting in the warm water, lots of bait around. Big big waves on Sunday, 8 fish landed, two big ones. Spooks. silver green and a little black Illusion dodger fly. 50 to 80 over 90 to 100 feet. 45 fish landed since the last report.

July 21 2004: Two days unfishable, 29 hours of rain. Friday, 26 and 25IB salmon and a wack of small fish, 65 over 80 feet. Black Illusion and green sparkler. Saturday 45 and 50 foot riggers took 11 fish three big boys. Sunday 19 hits we only landed Three!!! Fish are staying inside 90 feet. Tuesday another banner day, three big salmon and loads of small fish. Still 45 to 60 feet on the riggers. Warm water is moving in, 70 up and 55 on the bottom in 80 feet. The 65/45 and 55 riggers along with 10 colour core 6oz weight today, small guys. Salmon are in the teens most of the week.

July 14th 2004: Fishing has been dynamite, except for Sunday afternoon. Double digit days. Saturday in 60 feet, 35 foot riggers and 10 colour core, lots of small fish and one big salmon. Sunday the group from the Russian embassy had a ball. Five big salmon and small salmon landed. Bait was 60 over 80, 35 and 45 riggers took the hits. These are all temp fish days. Monday and Tuesdays group got a taste of high east winds. With big waves happening, they had a positive attitude we picked away at the fish with mid teens being the biggest caught by Bob, what a character. Down temp was warming up but the fish still hit 30 to 45 on two cores on the riggers and 10 colour clean. Tuesday calm, ah. I checked temp and lowered the gear 20 feet. 50 to 65 riggers, 10 colour core with 6oz working. Another double digit day with five big fish and small ones including a trophy steelhead. Fish hit in 59'F water temp in bait. Biggest salmon this week 27LB, steelhead 14LB. Still spooks with a little bit on the size six gator FOCR(red).

July 9th 2004: Water was rough this week, but the days I could go fishing safely I can only say, holy mother of pearl. Fishing was spectacular this week. Surface temp 60's, 50 down 50'F. I am fishing in close 60 to 80 FOW. The two colour cores on the riggers, wire and divers working. Two colour cores set at 40 to 50 feet, wire dodger 10 to 15 passes, number one fireline diver on a two set 150 feet out. Black and green Illusions with a glow ladder and the same dodger as last week. Today three double headers, all big salmon. I hope it doesn't get sunny.

July 3rd 2004: What a great week of fishing. Surface temp low to mid 40'sF. I have been fishing inside, 50 to 70 feet. You don't see what you mark and what you see you can't catch. Salmon are either small or 20IBS, biggest this week 24LBS. Rigger mono rod action is slim but the cores, 10 colour clean, the fireline dipsey and wire rod are working. Diver - 3 set, 90 to 130 out. Wire - 3 to 5 passes on a charter special, 16oz ball. Cores- 10 colour's no weight. Fish are hitting 25 to 40 feet. Best lures- silver Gator with orange on the belly. Silver blue Gibbs size 0 dodger with a silver blue Magna Dyne products horsefly, black illusion Gator size 5 and 6 with a glow ladder(spook) There has been lots of current, I still keep the speed high, 2.9 at the ball, up to 3.0 GPS speed. The odd lake trout and steelhead each day, mostly salmon.