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Grand River CATS
The bite has slowed down quite abit, but the BIG cats are still there just have to work alittle harder for them.
I managed to get out around 4 times this year so far landing around 25 cats in the 3-15 lb range.
Had my 10&6 year old girls with me for one of those outings with each of them landing there PB cat, 9 & 13 lbs but had NO camera with me.
Out of all the cats landed this year I only managed 1 pic of around a 10 lb fish.
Been using the flipping rod with 50 lb braid, #1 circle hook, 3-6 oz egg weights and throwing cut bait at them.
Hoping to get out acouple more times atleast before the big run is done.
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04-21-2012, 08:48 PM
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Awesome.
How far from the lake are you fishing?
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04-21-2012, 08:55 PM
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Awesome.
How far from the lake are you fishing?
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I'm around 6 kms up River
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04-21-2012, 10:59 PM
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cool. thanks for the picture. please share some more pics of them whiskered fish if you get out again.
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04-21-2012, 11:23 PM
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Awesome fish!
Pardon my ignorance, but where is Grand River?
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04-21-2012, 11:30 PM
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Awesome fish!
Pardon my ignorance, but where is Grand River?
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Ont if it's the one I fish.
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04-21-2012, 11:49 PM
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Thanks HT
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04-22-2012, 06:49 AM
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Ont if it's the one I fish.
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Born and raised in DUNNVILLE Ontario
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04-22-2012, 08:21 AM
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Me to till I was 21 You must have been fishing just before Powells marina if it's still called that.
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04-22-2012, 09:07 AM
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Me to till I was 21 You must have been fishing just before Powells marina if it's still called that.
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I was at the Boat Club....
Powell's is still there and has expanded
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04-22-2012, 11:23 AM
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I was at the Boat Club....
Powell's is still there and has expanded
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Good to see things are still growing there. Do they still have the power boat regatta at the bot club? People still walking the apron fishing the dam?
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04-22-2012, 11:25 AM
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Nice cat. my favorite sport fish over anything else.
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04-22-2012, 11:35 AM
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cool. thanks for the picture. please share some more pics of them whiskered fish if you get out again.
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^Yeah. What he said...^
Always nice to see a little variety on here; thanks. 
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04-22-2012, 11:37 AM
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Nice cat. my favorite sport fish over anything else.
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Yep I grew up with the grand in my back yard use to catch channels on worm balls or the most smelliest liver you could find. Would not quit till your arms were falling off.
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04-22-2012, 11:41 AM
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Horse and others:
What other species do you guys haul out of the Grand?
Maybe the odd Bass?
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04-22-2012, 11:50 AM
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this is Dunnville
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04-22-2012, 11:56 AM
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Horse and others:
What other species do you guys haul out of the Grand?
Maybe the odd Bass?
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Yep Bass Sm & Lm,Trout RB Brook & brown,Cats, Sucker,Walleye( but we were allowed to call them Pickerel)..lol,Pike , Perch,Carp it is a great fishery now.
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04-22-2012, 12:12 PM
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I remember the Grand being advertised as a toxic waste stream years ago.
The CBC even had a documentary about the river.
I guess a little cleaning up can really change things around.
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04-22-2012, 04:32 PM
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Try night fishing with lighted slip bobbers and big prawn shrimp! The big girls come out to feed 2-4 feet under the water. Give it a shot!
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04-22-2012, 05:19 PM
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I remember the Grand being advertised as a toxic waste stream years ago.
The CBC even had a documentary about the river.
I guess a little cleaning up can really change things around.
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Not a lot has changed. I lived nearby the grand for a few years.
With that many cities upstream, by the time the water hits the lake it is mostly grey if you know what I mean.
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04-22-2012, 05:59 PM
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Not a lot has changed. I lived nearby the grand for a few years.
With that many cities upstream, by the time the water hits the lake it is mostly grey if you know what I mean.
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Then you know nothing about the way the river was compared to what it is now.
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Quote:
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I remember the Grand being advertised as a toxic waste stream years ago.
The CBC even had a documentary about the river.
I guess a little cleaning up can really change things around.
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Ya when I was growing up you did not have to be a saint to walk on the water...lol
The fishing when i was a kid consisted of carp, cats, suckers and one I forgot to mention before Sheepshead. You were lucky to see a bass or walleye at the odd weir never seen a trout till I was in my late teens. With the work of many organizations,private people and the start up of " Friends of the Grand River" in the late 90s the water way has improved greatly and fishing has returned to what it was when my Grandfather was a boy.
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04-23-2012, 11:22 AM
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04-23-2012, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by greylynx
Horse and others:
What other species do you guys haul out of the Grand?
Maybe the odd Bass?
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What I have caught or seen caught.
LM & SM & rock & white bass, yellow & white perch, walleye, burbot, bowfin, pike, muskie, chinook & pink salmon, steelhead, bullhead & falthead & channel cats, pumpkin seed, bluegill, eels, drum, numerous species of carp, black & white crappie, mooneye, goldeye, BIG gizzard shads, numerous types of suckers..... etc.. etc...
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04-23-2012, 04:25 PM
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Ya when I was growing up you did not have to be a saint to walk on the water...lol
The fishing when i was a kid consisted of carp, cats, suckers and one I forgot to mention before Sheepshead. You were lucky to see a bass or walleye at the odd weir never seen a trout till I was in my late teens. With the work of many organizations,private people and the start up of " Friends of the Grand River" in the late 90s the water way has improved greatly and fishing has returned to what it was when my Grandfather was a boy.
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90's???????
I was catching LOTS of quality fish way before the 90's
Especially walleye
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04-23-2012, 04:28 PM
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Nice cat. my favorite sport fish over anything else.
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Yep Right next to Monster Walleye .
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04-23-2012, 11:13 PM
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90's???????
I was catching LOTS of quality fish way before the 90's
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The late 90s quote was just when "friends of the grand river" was formed.
Your right the quality of fish was improved long before then. I have fished the grand since the very late 50s so I can remember when the river was a toxic sludge hole. But will stand up for the was it has changed over the years. It is and has been a great fishery for quite a few years.
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