Salmon snaggers

Went down to fish some local holes which were filled with some big salmon. Was using my float rod, and was only catching little yearling trout (which was still good, they're great looking little fish). Was by myself for about an hour, then two kids came down with nothing but a giant treble hook. In five casts, he hit four big salmon, and lost all of them. I told him that that wasn't fishing and he through on a giant williams wobbler instead. Then a buddy of mine showed up, followed by a family of five or six. I left for work but came back a couple of hours later. He told me that the family was just throwing a treble and snagging in hopes of getting row. He said he wasn't going to let them keep anything they snagged to which they got very threatening and then at the end, the guy said he had a native card in his back pocket and could do whatever he wanted. It sucks being at a small hole, and watching these d-bags trying to snag fish after fish. Anyway, just felt like venting. Great day to be out though.

You just described the reasons I don't fish for salmon in the fall anymore. As fun as it CAN be, I'd rather catch a 10" perch if I can do it in a nicer environment.

yup, that's kind of what i was thinking when i left.

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Originally Posted by fitzy

yup, that's kind of what i was thinking when i left.

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Yes, man, Great Lakes salmon fishery it is kind of disappointing. I am from another country and I pretty much fly fish only nowadays. I was really excited first time I came to Toronto about fishing for Salmon in Lake O tributaries and all that stuff until I see the CIRCUS that this fishery actually is. I caught a few Salmon here using row imitations but I am never actually really sure that these fish actually bite it: I was nymphing rigs. Take off the split shot and NADA. I have reports from Cohos and Kings beeing caught at BC while swinguing a fly but I never caught one while swinguing a fly here in Ontario (I mean, weightless flies). I don't like the idea of pissing them off while they are in their nets, even if they are a stocked fishery, that's the only way how I see people catching them here while "swinguing" a streamer. that's not fishing. I caught many Steelhead while swinguing, that's a fishery. Lake run Browns, that's also a good fishery. But Salmon...I wish I could see more reports of Salmon being caught on the swing here. Real swing, blind casting for them. A fish that doesn't bite a swinguing fly for me is quite poor in terms of sport fishing...Sorry, I am also just venting. In two weeks I am going to Amazon to fish for a fish who really likes flies...wild fish.

thats 1 of the main reasons I stopped fishing the creeks, as much as I loved it. I just couldnt watch those people (with kids no less) blantly snagging anything that came their way. my little guy (7 years old) would love to catch a salmon in the river but im scared for what he will see. such a shame.

best thing to do is tell them it is illigal and such, some people get into direct arguments which is not what you want to do.

A picture is worth a thousand words !!

Hookset and I fished a part of the Credit last week.....no one around in this area...it was great!!!
I stopped by Erindale Park afterwards and left in less than Half an hour.....ofcourse I voiced
my thoughts to a father "teaching" his kid how to fish illegally.
Will not go back there.... ever.....
Disgusting!!!!

FSHN 247
Jay

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Originally Posted by Screwbs

Happens every year fitz. I don't fish the rivers around here for that very reason. Same reason I avoid port credit/bronte like the plague.

I fish the piers which have less snaggers but still they are present. Not much you can do. Ministry should be out handing thousands of dollars worth of fines on a daily basis but they arn't.

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with all these stories u would think the ministry would stake out this cash cow of a place.

was down at bronte on the weekend and seen alot of it people using line you can down rig with allways kills me.Me and the wife love going down and catching the big stuff using no more then 10lbs main and 4lbs leader ...think other then the snagging is the %^$^ing pigs that cant clean up after there selfs.We did are part filled a garbage bag full and a shopping bag full of beer cans thanks for the free picture of ginuess.