Moira River Salmon

ZOOMER2 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:46 pm

Nice fish, they sure are dark.

FISH HUNTER · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:34 pm

Nice catch!!
Sure are some rough lookin' fish though.

FISH HUNTER

buckflash · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:51 pm

nice fish good old moira river past time eh good spot to hook the buggers tho

Gone Fish'in · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:42 am **Posts:** 1047

nice fish !

ironzeroone · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:50 pm **Posts:** 8

Going salmon fishing for the first time.. would you be so kind as to give me directions to the river you cought those monsters in.. i'm heading to ontario from montreal ..
really apreaciate the info .

fredflint · **Joined:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:00 pm **Posts:** 73

nice fish, sure do not look like the big silver beast they once where.....

uglystix · **Joined:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:11 pm **Posts:** 235

Lol this is a post from last year

ChugBug262 · **Joined:** Sun May 15, 2011 6:19 pm **Posts:** 464

2 years ago :-)

there's no way they would get to the first dam right now, a minnow would even be lucky !

Hutchy · **Joined:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:06 pm **Posts:** 399

Hmmmmm, seems a bit warm out for winter coats don't it. :lol:

punchinholes · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:27 pm

nice fish, but its a shame cause most these fish are caught with big trebbles, awful to see a fish go its finals days like that.., but congrats on the fish man

xcounterstrikex · **Joined:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:23 am **Posts:** 7

Anyone catch any at that spot yet this year? I've seen one swimming around in the deep hole about a week ago, and have been told there are some rainbow trout in the river now too.

bugflicker · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:44 pm

I went to the dam today on the Moira for a look but I didn't see any. That being said I couldn't see into the deeper pools because of the sun, even though I was wearing polarized glasses.

Napanee · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:01 pm **Posts:** 226

I spoke with one biologist on the west coast regarding the salmon in the Moira and Napanee Rivers and why they are so dark. His notion without being there, was that the short run from Lake Ontario was all that was required, for them to turn into a full spawning form thus making them darker and completing their journey faster. Made sense to me. Just an FYI having noted the photos.

uglystix · **Joined:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:11 pm **Posts:** 235

I have to dissagree the salmon in the moria and napanee have a MUCH longer traveling route , then places like port hope which are directly on lake ontario .. Fish come into port hope 1 month before the moria and napanee .. not to mention that fish in port hope are chrome and are DIRECTY off lake o .. I belive the fish are much darker from staging alot longer and traveling much longer distance to spawn .. those pics were from the end of the run in moria .. If you go to places north of the 401 in port hope (which are closed now sept30) The Fish Are Just as dark as moria and napanee

9iron · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:40 am

Napanee wrote:

I spoke with one biologist on the west coast regarding the salmon in the Moira and Napanee Rivers and why they are so dark. His notion without being there, was that the short run from Lake Ontario was all that was required, for them to turn into a full spawning form thus making them darker and completing their journey faster. Made sense to me. Just an FYI having noted the photos.

those fish are going to get dark no matter what.. it is what happens to them as they near maturity and get ready to spawn... as early as aug you can see some of them already slightly darkening out in the lake and they get darker the closer they are to spawning then dieing.... how far they travel up river only relates to how much time they have left before the spawn and death.. you can fish in oct and nov in harbors or creek inlets where many salmon still are and they will be black as the ace of spades.. steelhead turn dark also when in spawing ... but those that survive (which is most) will travel back downstream enter the lake and turnsilver again..

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