Quinte Fishing

Just had to break up the monotony of all these big walleye reports. My friend Andy and I decided to have a go at some fishing Sunday afternoon. Launched at 3:00pm, braved the east wind for a few hours, and tried out in front of Bath generating station for a change of pace. Didn't know what to expect but just after 4pm, the fish turned on. Managed to boat 3 beautiful Browns, flatlining suspending HJ's in clown and Firetiger Ripplin' Redfins. Baitfish were everywhere, we almost got crapped on 3 times by the birds dive bombing them. Weights were 8 1/2, 8, 4 and a 9lb. Sheephead. One Brown did a beautiful aerial routine behind the boat. A real treat. Shouldn't there be some walleye out there as well, with all that bait present? Hope to be back for walleye this weekend. Tight lines......

your right weedman there are many walleyes around that area but i have never been able to get them to bite.while standing on the shoreline i saw one of the biggest walleye i have ever seen swim into the spillway and just wait for a free meal.I have caught browns and rainbows and the odd atlantic there but never a walleye.One day i'll figure out what they are biting on..

Hey Weedman, sounds like some good brown action. Did you take any pics for the hell of it. Woulda liked to see one. Any tug on my line is better than no tug at all eh?...Fish On'....

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WIG

Actually we did take several shots of those beauties, however they're with my 35 mm. Gotta get me a digital camera soon so I can post pics quicker. I'll see if we can get a couple pics scanned in and post once the film is developed. Cheers,

Is this Bath Generating Station the same as the Lennox Generating Station on the corner of Highway 21 and 33?

Liubc

where is the bath generating sta. I used to fish pickering nuke sta. and caught some nice browns out there.I also here they are trying to have a safe zone out from the plant where their will be no boats allowed;do you know if this is true? Fishman

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O2BFSHIN

Oh man, could I tell you stories from about 20 years ago when my friends and I used to sneak into the Pickering Plant to fish the warm water outflows. The fishing was unbelievable. We've landed just about every species of fish that inhabits Lake Ontario there, and some biggies. How about an 18 lb. Brown and 17 lb. walleye in the same evening. Yep, it's true. Landed 35 fish that April night when the smelt were in so thick, they reflected your flashlight like a mirror. Fishing's not what it used to be out there though. We still get a few fish by boat today.
DO NOT attempt to access the property by foot, it's a federal offence to do so since they closed access to the east outflow. Just too much risk of someone falling in the current and the aftermath of 9/11. Security is strictly enforced. To answer your question, yes, there is a lobbying effort underway to creation of a NO NAVIGATION buffer zone around the Nuclear (maybe all) generating stations to better secure the facilities from the water. That would be a shame 'cause the fishing is quite good in cold weather off of those plants.
Anyways, about Bath. Yeah, it's the same plant, along 33 towards Kingston. I'm pretty sure you have to fish it by boat as there is no walk in access I could see. And yes, there's a warm water sluiceway that enters into the Lake in front of the plant. We were trolling back and forth in transition water about 3 deg F warmer than surrounding area. Hope this helps. Cheers,