Trout Fishing Tips

Here's one of those trout catches that many anglers can only dream of!  This video was produced by JigHeadsTV.

These anglers were ice fishing on Lake Superior when they caught this monster Lake Trout.  It's a great catch and even greater that they released the fish back into the lake.  The only downside is that more care could have been taken when handling the fish since catch-release was intended from the start.

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Several Cleveland Metroparks were stocked with trout this week for the winter ice fishing season. However, the ice is still too thin for walking on. But you should be able to fish from shore or piers.

Of the 1,800 pounds of trout planted in lakes this week, Wallace Lake received the Lakes receiving the most (800 pounds) - including some brown trout. The remaining trout were planted in Shadow, Ledge, Ranger, and Judge's lakes. Salmon eggs, power baits, and jigs tipped with grubs are just a few baits these trout will hit well.

Local rivers are reporting good trout fishing, including steelhead trout fishing. Excellent reports have been received from the Vermilion and Rocky rivers and from the Chagrin and Ashtabula rivers and Conneaut Creek. The Grand River is finally shaping up as well, and should be in fine condition in a couple of days.

Fly fishers are casting a wide variety of egg patterns, especially sucker spawn flies, as well as nymphs. Some of the largest steelhead trout of the winter have been caught in recent days from the Rocky River.

For more information about trout fishing in the Cleaveland Metroparks, click here.

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This Saturday (January 27, 2007), the Windsor West Hants Wildlife Association will host the 4th annual "Catch the Rainbow Ice Fishing Tournament".

The derby is held on Meadow Pond in Hants County, which is visible from Highway 101 east of Windsor. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs to 3 p.m. Parking is not allowed along Highway 101. There is a parking lot on Highway 14 at Exit 5.

According to an Association board member, the ice on the lake is 15 centimeters thick, so everything should be fine by Saturday.

You can register any time before Saturday at Home-Hardware in Windsor. You can also register if at the lake on Saturday any time after daybreak. Fees are $15 per person or $25 for families. Prizes will be handed out for the three highest two-trout weight totals in both youth and adult categories.

For more information call: (902) 757-3631.

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Winter fishing kicks off on January 1st, 2007 in selected rivers and lakes across Nova Scotia. Anglers who fished during the Spring and Summer of 2006 must carry their fishing licenses with them. These licenses are good til March 31, 2007. And if you don't have a license, you can purchase one.

While many of these lakes will be frozen, some may not be. So you may be able to enjoy both ice fishing and more traditional angling during this winter fishing season.

In Cape Breton, Bras d'Or Lake opens for Rainbow trout fishing on January 1st and will remain open through March 31st, 2007. The daily catch limit is two. However, five areas of the lake are closed to converse Brook trout and Atlantic Salmon.

Meadow Pond in Hant's County and Silver and Sunken Lakes in Kings County will be open January 1st through February 28th for Rainbow trout fishing.

Several other lakes will remain open throughout the winter for Rainbow trout fishing including:

• Cameron and Gillis Lakes in Antigonish County
• Goose Harbour Lake in Guysborough County
  
• Angevine Lake in Cumberland County
• Sucker Lake in Lunenburg County
  
• Albro Lake in Dartmouth
  
• Gairloch Lake in Pictou County
• Hidden Hills Lake in Queens County
  
• Levers Lake and No. 20 Dam in Cape Breton County
• Everitts Lake in Diggs County
  

Winter trout fishing will last from January 1st through March 31st at all of the lakes mentioned above. Daily bag limit is two.

For more information, click here to visit Nova Scotia's Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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