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Thanks mate, we had a lot of fun, you can see more pictures from today and yesterday here: http://www.facebook.com/EuroCanadianOutfitters - Had a couple over 25lb today Cheers, Shaun

For those of you who may be interested, here's a link to pictures of some of the Salmon we boated on Lake Ontario in Toronto yesterday: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1...142704485795699 It was a beautiful day, flat seas, and the fish were biting, just doesn't get any better than that Tight lines, Shaun

Sounds good Budgie, I would really like that! If any of your mates wanna check out some more Pike videos which show some of the lures and techniques we use over here in Ontario, Canada, here's a link to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/HMFTV and here is a direct link to a full-length Pike episode: http://www.youtube.com/user/HMFTV?feature=.../32/LuCM-lAAZsc Cheers, Shaun

Here's a link to my Facebook page for my short reports and pictures: http://www.facebook.com/EuroCanadianOutfitters Cheers, Shaun

I just uploaded a new video to YouTube for anyone that may be interested in seeing some techniques we use in Canada for catching Rainbow Trout in the Spring and Autumn. http://www.youtube.com/user/HMFTV?feature=mhum Cheers, Shaun

Just a quick plug from an ex-pat for my business, I hope you don't mind. If you're coming to Toronto this year and are looking to get into some trophy Pike, Salmon or Trout, look me up. Euro Canadian Outfitters: http://www.facebook.com/EuroCanadianOutfitters Cheers, Shaun

I thought some of you might be interested in this video we just uploaded to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/HMFTV?feature=mhum Have a good season everyone! Cheers, Shaun

I just posted this on the Course Fishing forum, but it dawned on me that some of you Sea Fishing guys might be interested too... Hello all, it's been a couple of years since I posted here, seeing Elton's name pop up on a web search this morning prompted me to stop by and check out the site again, glad to see it's still going strong! For those of you who might be interested, or perhaps are heading over here to Canada next year, I have posted a bunch of full length episodes from our TV show on Blip.tv. There are various formats to choose from, and the best part is they are FREE to watch. If you feel so inclined feel free to check them out, we cover a multitude of Canadian fish species in the episodes, from Carp to Salmon. You'll also get to see some pretty cool, cutting edge 3D graphics in our Anglers View segments. Here's the link: http://sruoa.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc Even if you're not coming over any time soon it'll give you a chance to see some beautiful destinations, and some freshwater fishing techniques from the other side of the pond. There's even an episode I shot with my Dad when he came out to visit me from the UK, we didn't catch any Roach though, so he was ticked... lol! Just wanted to share guys, good luck and tight lines to all! Cheers, Shaun

Hello all, it's been a couple of years since I posted here, seeing Elton's name pop up on a web search this morning prompted me to stop by and check out the site again, glad to see it's still going strong! For those of you who might be interested, or perhaps are heading over here to Canada next year, I have posted a bunch of full length episodes from our TV show on Blip.tv. There are various formats to choose from, and the best part is they are FREE to watch. If you feel so inclined feel free to check them out, we cover a multitude of Canadian fish species in the episodes, from Carp to Salmon. You'll also get to see some pretty cool, cutting edge 3D graphics in our Anglers View segments. Here's the link: http://sruoa.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc Even if you're not coming over any time soon it'll give you a chance to see some beautiful destinations, and some freshwater fishing techniques from the other side of the pond. There's even an episode I shot with my Dad when he came out to visit me from the UK, we didn't catch any Roach though, so he was ticked... lol! Just wanted to share guys, good luck and tight lines to all! Cheers, Shaun

Thanks BUDGIE, we only ever use artificial baits and lures. Cheers, Shaun

My good mate Dan and I decided to get out on Lake Ontario and try for some pike yesterday morning. I have to tell you, I'm glad we did. the fishing was on fire and the pike were hungry. In just over 4 hours we managed to boat over 15 Pike, we missed and saw at least that many again. Not only were the Pike feeding but they were feeding exceptionally aggressively, absolutely inhaling our lures - Pictures below. We threw everything from Husky Jerks, X-Raps and soft plastics to Kick 'n' Minnows and spinnerbaits, they ate the lot! Colour choices didn't seem to matter, anything from silver/black, Perch, purple, white and shad patterns worked well. We noticed that some of the fish were quite pale in comparison to other fish, it's my theory that these fish had recently moved in from the deeper open water to stage before entering some of the bays around the harbour area over the winter months. One large fish even had a lamprey mark on it's back, a likely sign that this particular pike had likely been cruising the open water chasing schools of bait, much like a trout or salmon. Water temps on top were around 62F, fast retrieves worked better early as the sun got higher a medium twitch pause retrieve worked best for us. Fall can be a great time to hook into a trophy pike; they're a lot of fun to catch on bass tackle that's for sure. Pictures below. Cheers, Shaun

Lid, not quite sure what you're asking, I think you're refering to a clip that actually shows us hooking up with a fish. The clips I gave links to are just segments from the show that were uploaded to the Video gallery. Next year we will have full episodes uploaded each week so you will be able to see the entire series in context. I'll keep you posted on that. In the meantime the only clip I have that shows us hooking a fish is from one of our blooper reels, you can find it at the following link: http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/epi.../launchzone.php Cheers, Shaun

Thanks five bellies, they got me FYI: We have 3 species of salmon on Lake Ontario, Chinook (King), Coho and Atlantic as well as Lake Trout, Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout. The Chinook are the most abundant right now and are the largest and fight the hardest. Lake Ontario is basically a catch and keep fishery where the salmon are concerned as they are stocked fish and non native to the Great Lakes. Cheers, Shaun

Steve, Roker?? Cheers, Shaun

I would like to start out by thanking John, Vito, Chris, Pat, Jamie, Arie and the rest of the team for doing a great job on organizing a fantastic event this weekend. The Tightline team made some great improvements to the event this year including a much speedier weigh-in and overall the entire proceedings went much smoother, great job guys 8) This certainly is a top notch tournament and my team looks very much forward to fishing it again next year. I would also like to thank James Cunningham who was our Observer for the event, we had a lot of fun sharing stories with you on the boat all day. All the spotters for the Shootout are volunteers and our hats go off to the great job they do. The fishing was a little tougher than it has been and many anglers struggled to get their 6 fish limit, ourselves included. My team mate again this year was my good mate Mike Haugh from Pickering. Mike and I started out by taking the long run from the blast off point at Bluffers Park Marina to pickering where pre-fish had proved to be very productive. Our excitement turned to dissapointment after we fished for 2 hours without so much of a sniff from a Salmon, we're not sure if the west winds the day before and cooler temps played a part in the fish's reluctancy to bite but whatever the reason our fish were simply not active. After another 2 hours or so we only managed to baot one King over 20lbs and lost another before getting it to the boat. On that note I decided that we should pull lines and head west to Toronto to fish the drop off close to Toronto Islands. This paid off with us getting 2 more fish over 20lbs and one in the mid teens within the last 2 hours of the tournament, but it just wasn't enough to get us in the money. Despite only weighing in 4 fish over the 20 inch limit we had a lot of fun on the water fishing a truly great and well run tournament. Despite running a vartiety of lures and presentations during the course of the day, including one of my favorites the Smart Fish and Fly combo, all our fish hit the meat (Cut Bait) fished down deep behind Luhr Jensen Coyote Flashers. Below are some pictures from the days events, including shots of the teams that took 1st and 2nd place. Congratulations to Team Hot Rods who took 1st and Team Maestro who took 2nd. The first fish of the day and the blood begins pumping Al Slocombe (Big Al) From Al's Adventures on his way to the weigh-in 8) Yours truly at the weigh-in A special thank you to Kodak who put up some great prizes for the event. From left to right: Yours Truly, our Observer James Cunningham and my Team Mate Mike Haugh Team Hot Rods collecting $10,000 for 1st place - Great fishing guys 8) Team Maestro collecting $5,000 for 2nd place - Good shooting Drew 8) Below are some shots of my very good friend John Cooper and I pre-fishing for the tournament. John lives in the UK and had never fished for salmon before, I can honestly say that after landing his first King he is definately hooked John Cooper with his first ever Chinook Salmon Cheers, Shaun

Thanks guys, those salmon sure are a lot of fun I can tell you. Just one of the reasons I moved from the UK to Canada Wurzel, sorry for the delayed reply, I don't get on the boards much this time of the year. You have likely left for your trip but below are some links to a few video clips episodes of my show that I've shot on salmon fishing at varius ts of he year. I hope the info helps. http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/sea...sode4/index.php http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/epi...anglersview.php http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/epi...anglersview.php http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/epi...anglersview.php You can also find video clips from other shows we have shot covering other Canadian species here: http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/index.php http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/guides/guide.php http://www.hookmorefish.com/dir/media/index.php Good luck in Alaska, I hope you have a great trip a look forward to hearing your stories when you return. Cheers, shaun

Mike and I headed out onto Lake Ontario again this weekend for a little salmon action. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the water temps had finally warmed up on the canadiuan side of the lake, likely a result of the south winds that blew for a few days last week. We got off to a great start on sunday when we banged 2 screaming double headers back to back right off the bat. The first 2 fish hit the meat on the regular rods and second 2 hit the flies on my mooching set ups. The first double header happened literally seconds after we set lines just before sun up 8) The action was fast and furious for the first hour or so and we managed to boat at least 6 fish over the 20lb mark. However, as fats as it started it shut down equally as quickly. My theory is that the large fish move into the skinny water early to feed on the plentiful bait and are oblivious to the warm down temps (See below). Once the sun comes up they then move back out, how far out I have no idea, we went looking for them in water up to 150ft in depth but could not find a fish. How they dissapear like that is a mystery :? We'll be back out this week to see if we can make the board and stay there this time :wink: Water temps: Surface - 60F to to 62F Down 30ft to 50ft - 52F to 57F Depths and trolling speeds: 50ft to 70ft - Lines set down 30ft, 40ft and 50ft (30 and 40ft being the most productive). Trolling speeds - 2.4 mph to 2.9 mph Hot baits and lures: 1. Herring Strips fished on Teaser Heads (Silver/Red and Purple/Black/Silver) 6ft behind Hot Spot Flashers (Green/Silver and Silver/Silver UV Glow). 2. Flies (Green/Silver and Silver/White) - fished behind Smart Fish Flashers (Green with Silver Prism and and Blue with Silver Prism) 4. 12lb Shark Cannonbals. 5. P-Line Flourocarbon Leaders (40lb test for the Herring strip rigs and crankbaits and 50lb test for the flies). Pictures below of a few of our fish. Cheers, Shaun ***********************************************************

Sorry, I had this report posted in Course Fishing and then realized this is likely a better section for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This past weekend I had the pleasure of fishing with my Nephew Janik Corbeil, C.J. Tracy and Ryan Wheeler. Despite the annoying winds and extremely cool July air temps we made it out on the lake twice. Water temps on the lake out of Pickering, and many other areas in Ontario, are absolutely frigid for this time of the year. We were getting surface temps of anywhere from 46F to 54F. When you consider that generally at this time of year the surface temps on the big pond are around the 70F plus mark it gives you an idea of how cold the lake is right now. Air temps on the lake on Saturday when we headed out at 5.30am were an unbeleivable 9F :shock: Despite the adverse conditions we were able to boat some nice fish for the kids, it's a lot of fun watching the young guys fight these scrappy fish, and the looks on their faces when the Salmon and Trout were landed are priceless. One rule I have on my boat when kids are aboard is that they all get to fight a few fish before the adults have a go, it's important to keep them interested, the excitement of catching what they consider to be 'monster fish' works like a charm :wink: Water temps: Surface - 46F to to 54F Down 40ft to 50ft - 39F to 45F Depths and trolling speeds: 50ft to 80ft - Lines set down 20ft, 30ft, 40ft and 50ft (30 and 40ft being the most productive). Trolling speeds - 2.4 mph to 2.9 mph Hot baits and lures: 1. Herring Strips fished on Teaser Heads (Silver/Red and Purple/Black/Silver) 6ft behind Hot Spot Flashers (Green/Silver and Silver/Silver). A great tip when running in shallow depths is to run only 2 rods with long leads back from the ball (75ft to 100ft), I am a great beleiver that less is more in situations like this 8) 2. Flies fished behind Smart Fish Flashers. 3. Rapala Deep Taildancers (Silver/Purple and Blue/Red/Silver) fished on long leads behind Off Shore Planer boards. this techique can be deadly 4. 12lb Shark Cannonbals. 5. P-Line Flourocarbon Leaders (30lb test for the Herring strip rigs and crankbaits and 50lb test for the flies). Due to the cool water temps all across the Canadian side of the lake we have noticed that the fish are somewhat scattered. With the temps where they are the fish can be just about anywhere they like. The secret to our success was simply covering water until we found actively feeding fish. Below are pictures of some of the fish and fun we had on the weekend. I would like to say congrats to both CJ and Janik on 'single handedly fighting and landing their first Trout and salmon, they both did a great job and fished liked true Professionals. Cheers, Shaun

This past weekend I had the pleasure of fishing with my Nephew Janik Corbeil, C.J. Tracy and Ryan Wheeler. Despite the annoying winds and extremely cool July air temps we made it out on the lake twice. Water temps on the lake out of Pickering, and many other areas in Ontario, are absolutely frigid for this time of the year. We were getting surface temps of anywhere from 46F to 54F. When you consider that generally at this time of year the surface temps on the big pond are around the 70F plus mark it gives you an idea of how cold the lake is right now. Air temps on the lake on Saturday when we headed out at 5.30am were an unbeleivable 9F :shock: Despite the adverse conditions we were able to boat some nice fish for the kids, it's a lot of fun watching the young guys fight these scrappy fish, and the looks on their faces when the Salmon and Trout were landed are priceless. One rule I have on my boat when kids are aboard is that they all get to fight a few fish before the adults have a go, it's important to keep them interested, the excitement of catching what they consider to be 'monster fish' works like a charm :wink: Water temps: Surface - 46F to to 54F Down 40ft to 50ft - 39F to 45F Depths and trolling speeds: 50ft to 80ft - Lines set down 20ft, 30ft, 40ft and 50ft (30 and 40ft being the most productive). Trolling speeds - 2.4 mph to 2.9 mph Hot baits and lures: 1. Herring Strips fished on Teaser Heads (Silver/Red and Purple/Black/Silver) 6ft behind Hot Spot Flashers (Green/Silver and Silver/Silver). A great tip when running in shallow depths is to run only 2 rods with long leads back from the ball (75ft to 100ft), I am a great beleiver that less is more in situations like this 8) 2. Flies fished behind Smart Fish Flashers. 3. Rapala Deep Taildancers (Silver/Purple and Blue/Red/Silver) fished on long leads behind Off Shore Planer boards. this techique can be deadly 4. 12lb Shark Cannonbals. 5. P-Line Flourocarbon Leaders (30lb test for the Herring strip rigs and crankbaits and 50lb test for the flies). Due to the cool water temps all across the Canadian side of the lake we have noticed that the fish are somewhat scattered. With the temps where they are the fish can be just about anywhere they like. The secret to our success was simply covering water until we found actively feeding fish. Below are pictures of some of the fish and fun we had on the weekend. I would like to say congrats to both CJ and Janik on 'single handedly fighting and landing their first Trout and salmon, they both did a great job and fished liked true Professionals. Cheers, Shaun

My mate Mike and I got out over the weekend and finally found some fish. The fishing is still a little sketchy out this way right now but if you stick at it and cover water you'll very likely hook up. Saturday we hooked 6 fish and boated 5, Sunday we hooked 10 and boated 6 and Monday we hooked 6 and boated 4. The largest fish all weekend weighed in at just over 20lbs (Pictures of a couple of our fish below). I have just started playing around with the mooching rods and reels. What a blast it is fighting fish on these set ups, I am actually convinced that with the longer rods and 1 to 1 ratio on the reels that you lose less fish, which is good for me :clapping: The fish seem to be scattered right now, we found water temps of between 41F to 42F were most productive. These we found down 50ft over 200ft to 250ft of water. A temp sensor can really help this time of year to help locate those cooler pockets of water. Baits of choice this weekend were cut bait fished behind the new Smart Fish Flashers and silver flies fish behind Smart Fish. Smart Fish have an amazing roll action, and by far the best feature is that unlike the Spin Doctors they have an adjustable fin (Picture below). The adjustable fin allows you to tighten or widen the roll of the flasher to suit your fishing conditions We found the ideal trolling speeds this weekend were between 2.3 to 2.7 mph on the GPS. Don't be surprised if you pick up a few Rainbows when fishing these depths, we even managed a couple of nice Coho over the course of the weekend The Kings should start moving in thicker soon, the winds have stabalized somewhat along with the air temps. I'm looking forward to a great summer on the big pond and hope to see some of you out there. Cheers, Shaun

Carp Canada Katchewanooka Lake, Youngs Point, Ontario, Canada *Only 1.5 hours from downtown Toronto Lisa and Laura Bagshaw with a beutiful 30lb Common Carp Carp Canada over the last seven years has developed an excellent and productive venue for carp fisherman, with Carp anglers coming here from all over Europe and North America for the excellent Carp fishing, beautiful scenery, and relaxing shoreline. The fishing here is quite simply incredible. Contact: Judith & Trevor Holloway Tel: 001-705-652-7191 Website: http://www.carpcanada.com

KAYC, I'm not a rep mate, sorry Morm B, don't worry, I didn't get a free ticket either, we were down scouting to shoot a show. Maybe next time the ticket will be a freebie Cheers,

That's so funny you say that Tony, I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm actually a Brit who may have become somewhat Canadianized during my 20 years here, I often get some funny looks whenever I visit home in the UK and I complain in a restaurant. Many of my family would rather suck it up than complain I think it's a culture thing, same with the tipping, Canadians do but very few Brits do. It's just a case of what you're used to I guess. Cheers, Shaun

Thanks guys, they were indeed a lot of fun to catch, saltwater fish definately scrap hard. It's just a shame that some saltwater got on the lens of my camera and screwed a few of my better shots up Tony U, As you said, you don't always get what you pay for anywhere, but on the other hand I was expecting a little better food and service at a 4 star resort that is partly owned by Canadians. This was my 4th trip to Cuba and never before have I experienced such shabby food at a 4 star resort. There really isn't any excuse, these resorts do have access to good food items others don't as much of it is shipped in from Canada and Europe, they don't need the US for food beleive me, the resorts are given what they need to make the guests happy, what they do with it in the kitchen however is another story Tourism is Cuba's number one money earner and there are many resorts to choose from, this is my first bad experience on the island so I just wanted to share it with others so they can avoid the dissapointment and headaches we did. I just tell it like it is. FYI: I would also caution everyone to take what you read on Tripddvisor.com with a pinch of salt. I used to be a great beleiver in this site but not anymore. The Jibacoa resort gets nothing but 4 and 5 star ratings, I found this a little hard to beleive after our experiences so my mate and I posted 'polite and clean' reports outlining our dissapointment, they have not allowed them to go up, I tried this 3 times and my post has not been published... Hmmmm? I'll leave the rest of my thoughts to your imagination Cheers, Shaun

I just returned from a business/pleasure trip to Cuba. The trip over all was good and we even managed to get out on the water for a couple of mornings to do some fishing. I want to start out by telling you a little bit about the resort where we stayed, reason being is that my mate Ryan and I were very dissapointed with the place, not Cuba just the resort, this was my 4th trip to Cuba and I absolutely love the island. The resort we stayed at was the Superclubs Breezes Jibacoa, despite receiving some good reviews on Trip Advisor I can honestly say that in my opinion this was the worst resort I have ever stayed at in the Caribbean for the following reasons: 1. Awful food 2. Terrible service 3. Rude, surly and unaccomodating staff. I must stress that there were some great staff members too, Jannout (Buffet), Luis (Bell Boy), Barbarita (Sunwing Rep), Leonardo (Virgin Rep) and a couple of bartenders who's names I forget, but there were not many who would even crack a smile. 4. Terrible Management Team who were completely lacking in any Management skills whatsoever. 5. The resort is advertised as being in Varadero, this could not be further from the truth as it is actually located between Matanzas and Havana in the middle of nowhere. To give you some idea of the distance, a taxi ride from Jibacoa to Varadero will cost you the equivalent of $70.00 US. Jibacoa is rated as a 4 star resort, I wouldn't rate it any higher than a 3 star max. I wanted to share my experiences with the members here so you can avoid the dissapointment that we experienced. My advice would be to book a resort that is actually located in Varadero if you're heading to this area, in my opinion the service at these resorts is generally of a much higher standard and the Staff much more accomodating, friendly and polite. I'll post more on our actual experiences later when I have more time. Despite the above problems the trip wasn't a total wash, we met some great locals including 3 great guys from a nearby resort who took us out fishing in a Hobie Cat where we trolled the deep edge of the beautiful reef that is located directly in front of the resort. We also had the pleasure of doing some beach fishing with the Bell Boy from the hotel, Luis, at one of his secret spots. A trip to Cuba wouldn't be the same without visiting Havana, this of course we did on one of the more windy 'unfishable' days Havana is a beautiful city that hosts some incredible architecture from the 17th and 18th Century, it's well worth a visit. Below are some shots of a few of the fish that Ryan and I managed to hook up with on our few short trips fishing the reef. If you're heading down be sure to take your own rods, reels, tackle and lures, these items are very hard to come by in Cuba. Feel free to PM me for some pointers if you're heading down. We were fortunate to have someone offer to cook up the large Snapper and the Tuna for us, I'm not a huge fish eater but I have to say that it was absolutely delicous, talk about fresh :thumbsup_anim: All the Barracuda we caught were released, man do those guys put up a fight, they're like Musky on Steroids 8) By far the most productive baits for all species were the new large #14 X-Raps in the colours shown below, Flourocarben or Cortland Toothy Critter tieable leader material was key to avoiding losing our baits to the aggressive Cuda's :wink: Catching these hard pulling fish in a small catamaran is an absolute blast, but the rough seas at time are not for the faint hearted Unfortunately on the the last 3 days of our trip the winds picked up to around 60 to 70 KMH and we were somewhat land locked. This especially sucked on Thursday as we had booked a charter boat in Varadero to finally head out for our first ever Sailfish trip, needless to say it was cancelled due to the high winds and we couldn't make it the next day as we had to head home. Oh well, next time. Despite our bad experience at the resort I highly recommend Cuba for a vacation, the people generally are extremely friendly and the fishing is fantastic, even close to shore. The Rum isn't too bad either Species that we caught off the reef and the drop offs were Tuna, Barracuda, Red Snapper and Yellowtail Snapper - Pictures below: