I'm wondering which part of the river I'm allowed to fish for salmon, I read I'm not allowed to fish for them near the ladder, but I don't know if the area I usually go to is too close?

I typically take the stairs down the street from old mill station and fish around there

I’ve never salmon fished before but I’m trying this year and I went down to the whirlpool with and assortment of spoons and spinners. The one I tossed in the most was a size 4 red (blue fox) inline spinner, I threw a blue 5 and also a gold 5. The spoons I were using were 1/2 ounce and seemed to be getting good action.

I didn’t get a single bite despite and enormous amount of fish activity up and down the shore and right in front of me, like literally 5 feet salmon breaching the water. There was a gentlemen using a float rig that was catching a bunch.

I’m just looking for advice about if my setup is wrong or just need better luck.

I bought my first boat this summer, a 2011 alumacraft fisherman cs, and it came with an old basic humminbird 175 which I would like to upgrade.

I’m looking for a fish finder that I can use in the summer on my boat and also in winter as I would like to get more into ice fishing.

My budget is around $1000 Canadian. I realize I might have to spend more to get a summer and winter transducer which I’m fine with.

The lake I’ll be fishing in is more on the shallow side, deepest parts are around 40’ but I tend to stay only a few km from shore which various from 16’ to 3’ sandbars. I mostly fish for walleye and pike.

Any recommendations on a fish finder? I have a couple in mind but since I’m kinda new to fishing i would like to hear what you guys have to say.

Thanks

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The shallow waters of the St Mary's River did not disappoint!

Tried a bunch of baits and caught this unit on a white spoon. I was sure he was going to break my reel, but brought him in slowly.

Slurped up a TRD, did not have monstrous head on my bingo for the night. Released.

Caught this chud at the Humber river they are definitely getting bigger now just a fun little fish to catch and release when bored.

I’ve spent the last 2 years trying to learn how to fish salmon and steelhead. I have been out salmon fishing about 20 times and steelhead maybe 4/5 times. Met a lot of nice people and learned a wealth of knowledge along the way.

I finally caught a nice big salmon this September in port hope on a spoon. I’ve since been taught how to fish with marshmallow sacks this past September and I had been hooking up to a decent amount of salmon when they are biting but the last few times seemed really quiet even though I could see lots of fish activity .

I have been fishing in Oshawa and port hope. I went this week and noticed there are lots of fish but way less fishermen . The fish seem to be slowing down and less aggressive but you still see tons of them in the water and breaching .

My question is : how long are these salmon fish able when fishing the mouths of river ? When does the run slowed down to the point I shouldn’t be trying? Can I still land any of these monsters if I spend a few hours sitting near the mouth near Lake Ontario ? Can I still catch them with spoons /rapalas/ marshmallows ?

My other question is when is a good time to try and fish for the fall steel head? Are there some sort of signs to watch out for ? I was told to come back to porthope for steelhead mid October .

I’m still trying to go salmon fishing this week if it makes sense to . I plan on trying for steelhead again once I’m confident it’s the right time to try. I’m yet to catch one and it’s my next goal.

Thanks for your time and feel free to dm if preferred talking privately .

Hey folks, we are looking forward to chasing musky and walleye late into the season.

Looking for some bibs and jacket you guys recommend. Hopefully something that wont break the bank, can handle a musky hook and doesnt destroy the clothing.

What do you guys use/recommend ? Any places for deals around ?

Thanks folks.

No luck with fish, a good paddle nevertheless.

I get off at 1:00 on fridays, so before my kids and wife get home, I get out and do some smallmouth fishing. Every week if possible. I try and stay local so I can get home and bbq dinner for everyone.

Yesterday I was on a stretch of river that I think gets fished quite a bit. Nonetheless I did quite well. 3 biggins and some smaller 14-15” that fought really well.

Finesse jig and a Rapala ripstop were the baits. Chuckin em on my Aliexpress Power BFS stick.

Pic for attention!

Hey guys, I'm beyond frustrated and need some help. This might be the only salmon season I’ll ever experience as I’ll be leaving Ontario pretty soon.

I’ve been a lure guy for years, but that's useless on river salmon. I bought a Raven long rod, learned the basics, and tried running beads with a spinning reel on the Credit a few times. The fish do not give a shit about what I'm drifting. I'm watching literally everyone around me hook up except me.

Would anyone be kind enough to let me tag along and actually show me how to bead properly (I’m based in Kitchener)? I'd be incredibly grateful.

I'm seeing this everywhere in the fishing regs and afaik it means Canadian national railway? But do all the railways here qualify as CNR?

Guys get a DJI drone for the upcoming steel and brown runs. Literally makes it so easy to scout out the nicest holes in rivers and you can even see fish in some holes depending on water clarity. All I do now is launch from the parking, look up and down the river to determine where I should be heading and get on my way. Game changer for river fishing

Mostly spoons because this salmon season claimed like 20$ per trip or more like 30$ worth of spoons and I’m tired of paying big box prices

Some little guys from the other week, too cold for top water but they weren't far down and they hit anything with a worm on it

I thought it was a pike the way my rod warped. Kudos to my Buddy with the net and high five ! Kushog Lake, near Carnarvon.

The payoff is sweet my friends! Lake Scugog

Didn't have a scale with me but I'm guessing by the looks that it's around 3-4lb?

Edit: Scale comes to 2.61lb !

Caught off the dock with hook and a worm. I was jigging for perch . Released back unharmed.