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ice fishing-Pier 4/ Hamilton Harbour

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mswick	Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 07:50 pm #permalink #1
Parr Trout Group: Members Posts: 70 Member No.: 2743 Joined: January 08, 2013	Hey Guys, I am wondering if anyone on heregoes ice fishing in the harbour. If so I am wondering if the fishing is any good and what you normally catch? Thanks

FSHN FRK	Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 10:42 pm #permalink #2
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1961 Member No.: 952 Joined: December 10, 2011	Hey mlswick, I fish the harbour all the time. Ice fishing isn't great there as we don't get a lot of ice. I know some guys were fishing there this weekend. They had 4" of ice at pier 4. But after this warm spell, and rain it will be gone. You can catch pretty much anything in the harbour, perch, pike, rainbow, browns, crappie, you name it.

mswick	Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 12:00 pm #permalink #3
Parr Trout Group: Members Posts: 70 Member No.: 2743 Joined: January 08, 2013	Yea this weather is horrible! all the ice south of barrie is gonna be gone Thanks for the information, if the harbour freezes over i will def be going out.

FSHN FRK	Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 04:40 pm #permalink #4
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1961 Member No.: 952 Joined: December 10, 2011	Hey mswick, do you live in the Hamilton area? If the harbour ever does freeze I know some great spots in 30' of water. Cheers!

dodge ram	Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 04:38 pm #permalink #5
Trophy Trout Group: Newbies Posts: 526 Member No.: 202 Joined: February 14, 2011	Hey Guys....I'm in Burlington....dont leave me out

mswick	Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 10:23 pm #permalink #6
Parr Trout Group: Members Posts: 70 Member No.: 2743 Joined: January 08, 2013	Yea I live around hamilton, dont do much fishing here though. Me and a couple of my buddies were thinking about going down to the harbour to try our luck. But thats not going to be happening anytime soon due to this weather . FSHN FRK if i do go down i will let you know, you to dodge ram

dodge ram	Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 09:44 pm #permalink #7
Trophy Trout Group: Newbies Posts: 526 Member No.: 202 Joined: February 14, 2011	perfect!!!

FSHN FRK	Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 12:23 am #permalink #8
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1961 Member No.: 952 Joined: December 10, 2011	A friend of mine fished the channel at peir 4 Sunday. Said he had 4" of ice, But the shoreline is sketchy!!! He said if you accessed at the boat launch it was fine. Stay away from the shoreline edge! He said he didn't catch anything. Lol hardly seems worth the risk to me. Also heard the local conservation areas are close to being ready. It would be nice to be able to fish local ice this year. Cheers!

FSHN FRK	Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 09:23 pm #permalink #9
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1961 Member No.: 952 Joined: December 10, 2011	Valens conservation area just announced they are open for ice fishing as of today. Catch and release only. Finally local ice! Wooo! Cheers!

Hooker	Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 09:42 pm #permalink #10
Lunker Trout Group: Members Posts: 391 Member No.: 1100 Joined: January 08, 2012	Puslinch should be good to go.

NorthWaterAdventures	Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 03:29 pm #permalink #11
Fry Group: Members Posts: 37 Member No.: 3627 Joined: February 17, 2013	Any updates on this? I can't seem to find anywhere that reliably updates the ice thickness. As a beginner in ice fishing it'd be nice to know when it's safe or not. I go to school in Hamilton and would like to go out to the Harbour on weekends, just need to know when its safe... How do you know when its even safe enough to go test the thickness with holes?

NorthWaterAdventures	Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 03:00 pm #permalink #12
Fry Group: Members Posts: 37 Member No.: 3627 Joined: February 17, 2013	Went out yesterday for a little bit, a good 5-6 inches of ice at Bayfront park, no luck though.

FSHN FRK	Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 03:56 pm #permalink #13
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 1961 Member No.: 952 Joined: December 10, 2011	Did you fish in the channel? It can be tough there. I find the best bite is just before the sun comes up and right at dusk. I may go tomorrow. But not in the channel. Cheers!

NorthWaterAdventures	Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 04:13 pm #permalink #14
Fry Group: Members Posts: 37 Member No.: 3627 Joined: February 17, 2013	Nope. We were out in front of the beach but really didnt stay long. Although I was thinking of trying the channel, this monster pike looks like its right in the middle of the channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrry2mtAgxk Was thinking of using some live bait (was using tubes and spoons), any idea where I could get some locally?

Deranger	Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 04:18 pm #permalink #15
Smolt Trout Group: Members Posts: 127 Member No.: 2264 Joined: December 12, 2012	There's a bait and tackle shop on Barton near centennial parkway. They should be able to hook you up with whatever live bait you need.

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