Scugog walleye

Maybe it was only one year the ice sunk

I ha e a friend that lived there for a while he always spoke about the water levels dropping after they laid eggs. Ha e heard that for a number of years by others aswell.

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Originally Posted by fishfood

Maybe it was only one year the ice sunk

I ha e a friend that lived there for a while he always spoke about the water levels dropping after they laid eggs. Ha e heard that for a number of years by others aswell.

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they dropped water levels every spring to feed the trent syestem but have stopped now

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Originally Posted by sambo

they dropped water levels every spring to feed the trent syestem but have stopped now

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When did Trent-Severn stop dropping water levels? Just this past season,we could almost walk across the lake from the top of Scugog Island even with all the rain we had. Launching was a real treat,almost needed to back the truck and trailer right into the lake to get the boat off. It was ridiculous. The Otonabee River and Rice Lake were still at record levels all summer and fall.

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Originally Posted by sambo

I live on the lake and have never seen hundreds of walleye floating on top only thousands of carp

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I've never seen ice sink either . . .

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Originally Posted by retrofish

I'd question the 'nothing to do with over-fishing' line. That's what the Canadian, Spanish, and other foreign fishermen professed about the Grand Banks in the 90s before the cod fish were almost wiped out. Typically never just ONE reason for loss of fish or game in an area.

As other posters have previously stated, I have personally witnessed un-called for over-fishing in both Scugog and Bay of Quinte. Both, coincidentally of walleye. I've seen nets set up at the mouth of rivers/creeks in the Bay BEFORE the season, and indiscriminate 'fishermen' ( if you can call them that ) keep overly large spawners both before and during legal season; dead spawners laying on the banks with one strip of meat taken from them after a spearing session. MNR won't do a thing when it involves 'native rights.' Don't tell me that doesn't affect fish stocks.

There should be ONE set of regs that EVERYONE follows no matter what your race, creed, or religion. It works for federal laws that way for the most part so why the difference in fish and game enforcement? To ignore these travesties that go on, and not do anything about it, is embarrassing. Believe me, it does impact fish sustainability.

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You have a real tough sell trying to convince me the natives are putting any kind of a dent in the BOQ fisheries with their spring harvests . . .

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

When did Trent-Severn stop dropping water levels? Just this past season,we could almost walk across the lake from the top of Scugog Island even with all the rain we had. Launching was a real treat,almost needed to back the truck and trailer right into the lake to get the boat off. It was ridiculous. The Otonabee River and Rice Lake were still at record levels all summer and fall.

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Sorry i should have said not as much

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Originally Posted by toddy

I've never seen ice sink either . . .

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Maybe not 'sink', but have you never drilled a hole when ice fishing, then have the water rush up ,so in a few minutes you are standing in a 12 inch deep lake about 100 yards wide? The pressure of the ice forces the water through the hole, so the ice is not sinking but being pushed down by the weight of the ice on the water . The water on the ice then adds to the weight so you get a 'bowl' of water on the ice. After it freezes that is the best place to skate, nice and smooth.

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Originally Posted by fishermccann

Maybe not 'sink', but have you never drilled a hole when ice fishing, then have the water rush up ,so in a few minutes you are standing in a 12 inch deep lake about 100 yards wide? The pressure of the ice forces the water through the hole, so the ice is not sinking but being pushed down by the weight of the ice on the water . The water on the ice then adds to the weight so you get a 'bowl' of water on the ice. After it freezes that is the best place to skate, nice and smooth.

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If that ever happened to me i would run for shore LOL

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Originally Posted by fishermccann

The pressure of the ice forces the water through the hole, so the ice is not sinking but being pushed down by the weight of the ice on the water .

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It's not the weight of the ice but the weight of the snow on the ice which causes the ice to be pushed down.
Ice floats but can only hold so much weight before the ice's floatation is over powered by the weight on it.

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Originally Posted by sambo

If that ever happened to me i would run for shore LOL

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Happens often with a heavy snow load and thinner ice .

But for the ice sinking I would guess that the water levels were dropped while it still had ice on the lake. Again if it was a late ice off and early ice some times there is a die off from the lack of oxygen.

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