Quinte Fishing

As some off you are aware since I opened my business three and a half years ago I have kept very meticulous records of what, where, when, how and why. This year I pulled out my last year records for the fall fishery and noticed that things have been about a month behind, Now when I record things I don’t just put down what type of baits and where to fish but I record temperature, pressure’s, cloud, sunlight, moon phases, currents and so on. I guess you could say that I’m very meticulous when it comes to this. The most important thing that I do is all my records have to do when I’m fishing. I feel that this is the only way to get accurate knowledge with out rumor.
One thing has bothered me when I review these records. I have always felt that I was missing something. On Tuesday night at a local Bass Masters meeting I finally found out the missing link. We had a special guest that told us and showed us what was happening in every way on the B.O.Q. as well as lake Ontario. The talk that he gave us was jammed packed of great info for all species of fish. The mesmerized silent felling that was distributed by each and every individual that was there was unbelievable. He had captured every-one’s interest. and with the vast amount of studies over a 50 year period that he divulged to us was priceless.
I talked with the professor after the meeting and asked him if he would be interested in doing one of these talks for all the general public if I put something together and he said yes. So for anyone that wishes to extend their knowledge of what is really happening on the B.O.Q. I extend this invitation to all. Every-one that I have talked to at my store has said most defiantly yes. All I can say at this time is those that miss out will miss the most valuable info that they can get for free for this time and age of the B.O.Q. as well as the lake. and those that show up will defiantly be changing and adapting their strategies for fishing.
There will be some very good news for many in the near future and some not very good news, but trust me (using the words that were spoken a lot after that meeting), you will be shocked.
I’m in the process at this time in lining up the place and date with the professor to fit his schedule and when I do I will let every-one know in plenty of time. Please let me know if you wish to attend so that I can book the proper facility. You can email me or call me at the store (613-969-1035) email – outdoorspecialties@bellnet.ca
Best to all …..Ron

I too was at that meeting, the information was awesome and very informative I would attend again.

Ron,

Any chance you could give out his name, University or research centre. I would like to get his reasearch papers.

Thanks'

-sheldon

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Sheldon Hatch
NPAA 928

I would be interested in this too, should my work and home schedules allow me to be in the area. Please keep us posted.

I have listened to one interesting gentleman (senior scientist- Dr. Cassleman- Queens faculty too if I recall) from Glenora Research talk about changing weather patterns and its affect on fishing, etc. and also to Dr. Bruce Tuft/Queens U., about release studys, techniques, etc. Good information is always welcome.

Regards
Donald Stokes

The talk at the meeting was great and I would reccomend attending to anyone who has the chance. Very informative and will answer a lot questions as to why certain things happen.

Dr. Casselman is a fantastic speaker. His research on the changing fisheries of Lake Ontario is unique in North America. The long term data sets Dr. Casselman and his colleauges are using has shed a lot of light on how our ecosystems are in constant change from climate changes, invasive species and more.

Some links to find resarch on such topics are listed below:

National Reserach Council of Canada
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/home.html
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/journal_search.html

American Fisheries Society
http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-archive

If you find an interesting article be sure to check the references in the article. You may find additional information on the topic.

You may require a membership to view some of these articles. Most academic instituions have subscriptions to scientific journals. You may be able to get access to these through your local college and/or university?

We can read fishing magazines until we are blue in the face. Reading peer reviewed primary literature can help fill in some of the gaps where we have questions.

For those of us States side, could you paraphrase Skevy?

I'd be interested to know what his thoughts were on the changes and how they would affect the walleye fishery as well as the Chinook fishery...

It was Dr. John Casselman from Queens University Biology Department. I talked to Dr. Casselman about coming to our meeting on Tuesday and he was very happy to oblige the Quinte Bassmasters with an amazing presentation and tons of info.

Climate and water levels are changing right now and his presentation showed how it has affected the BoQ and Eastern Lake Ontario in the past and how it will change in the future too.

It was definitley an amazing presentation.

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Colin Friel

I would attend most diffently, out to Picton for some Pigs tomorrow, this cold stuff should bring in a few cows! I will report when I return tomorrow night anybody hear of any 14-15 #'ers yet?
Mike

I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THIS MEETING. HEADED TO BAY TOMORROW.

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i am from the new york and own a place on green pt. have fished here for over 30 yrs.

Excellent post! Your synopsis of that meeting and the way you wrote to entice people to come was brilliant.