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05-02-2008, 09:36 AM
PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun
DATE: 2008.05.01
EDITION: Final
SECTION: Sports
PAGE: S23
BYLINE: JOHN KERR
COLUMN: Outdoors
WORD COUNT: 442
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Bay of Quinte:The best bet for walleye season
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This weekend marks yet another new angling opportunity, as the walleye season opens in Lake Ontario (new Zone 20) on Saturday. And, the undisputed top spot to be is the Bay of Quinte. Just which parts of the bay will be the best bets to wet a line for walleye is the question.
From Trenton in the west to Picton in the east, it is a big playing field. Top early season spots are usually off Trenton, Belleville, Point Anne, Shannonvillle, Napanee, and Sherman's Point at the entrance to Hay Bay.
In a normal spring, walleye would have spawned weeks ago in the bay's inflowing rivers and the Trent Canal at Trenton, and from there started moving out into the bay and toward Lake Ontario. Scattered fish mean more opportunities to catch them over a broader area.
Water levels are still high in the Trent and other flows, though, so many walleye might still be hanging around these areas. Check them out first.
While Quinte anglers have to wait until the weekend to wet a line, walleye chasers in Georgian Bay (Zone 14) actually get a crack at them today. And, lucky Lakes Erie and St. Clair (Zone 19) anglers enjoy an all-year season for these tasty fish.
For most of southern Ontario, though, the walleye season does not open until the following weekend. And heading farther north, it kicks off on the third Saturday in May.
Watch for new walleye catch and size limits this year. They vary across the province.
The daily catch and possession limit in Lake Ontario/Quinte, for example, is four walleye, and you can only keep one longer than 24.8 inches (63 cm).
New for this year in most other southern zones, the daily limit for walleye has dropped from six to four, with only one fish over 18.1 inches (46 cm) being permitted in the count. But check the regulations summary for exceptions in some areas.
Lake Erie/St. Clair anglers still enjoy a six walleye daily limit, with no size restrictions.
BEAT THE BUGS
Well, I am going on "the patch." No, although I know I should, I am not trying to stop smoking.
The latest patch, marketed by Safety in Motion based out of Milton, is meant to thwart those nasty biting and stinging bugs that will soon be a plague in our woods and along waterways. Simply slap it on a hairless part of your body.
No insecticides or other chemicals like DEET are involved, just 75 mg of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), which many people have long-claimed helps make them distasteful to insects such as mosquitoes.
Another option to the patch is, of course, to bulk up on Vitamin B1 pills.
This has worked for many of my friends, but I have never bothered trying it because it takes time to work.
James Krane of Safety in Motion points out that you should start taking B1 pills weeks before bug exposure, while the patch soaks into your skin and starts working in about two hours and can last for up to 36 hours. If you're sweating, the patch works even better, says Krane.
More good news is that you can swim or take a shower when you are on the bug patch.
For now, it is only available at Home Hardware and Whole Foods stores, but Krane expects to have it in many other retail outlets later this year. For more info, go to www.safetyinmotion.net (http://www.safetyinmotion.net/)
DATE: 2008.05.01
EDITION: Final
SECTION: Sports
PAGE: S23
BYLINE: JOHN KERR
COLUMN: Outdoors
WORD COUNT: 442
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Bay of Quinte:The best bet for walleye season
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This weekend marks yet another new angling opportunity, as the walleye season opens in Lake Ontario (new Zone 20) on Saturday. And, the undisputed top spot to be is the Bay of Quinte. Just which parts of the bay will be the best bets to wet a line for walleye is the question.
From Trenton in the west to Picton in the east, it is a big playing field. Top early season spots are usually off Trenton, Belleville, Point Anne, Shannonvillle, Napanee, and Sherman's Point at the entrance to Hay Bay.
In a normal spring, walleye would have spawned weeks ago in the bay's inflowing rivers and the Trent Canal at Trenton, and from there started moving out into the bay and toward Lake Ontario. Scattered fish mean more opportunities to catch them over a broader area.
Water levels are still high in the Trent and other flows, though, so many walleye might still be hanging around these areas. Check them out first.
While Quinte anglers have to wait until the weekend to wet a line, walleye chasers in Georgian Bay (Zone 14) actually get a crack at them today. And, lucky Lakes Erie and St. Clair (Zone 19) anglers enjoy an all-year season for these tasty fish.
For most of southern Ontario, though, the walleye season does not open until the following weekend. And heading farther north, it kicks off on the third Saturday in May.
Watch for new walleye catch and size limits this year. They vary across the province.
The daily catch and possession limit in Lake Ontario/Quinte, for example, is four walleye, and you can only keep one longer than 24.8 inches (63 cm).
New for this year in most other southern zones, the daily limit for walleye has dropped from six to four, with only one fish over 18.1 inches (46 cm) being permitted in the count. But check the regulations summary for exceptions in some areas.
Lake Erie/St. Clair anglers still enjoy a six walleye daily limit, with no size restrictions.
BEAT THE BUGS
Well, I am going on "the patch." No, although I know I should, I am not trying to stop smoking.
The latest patch, marketed by Safety in Motion based out of Milton, is meant to thwart those nasty biting and stinging bugs that will soon be a plague in our woods and along waterways. Simply slap it on a hairless part of your body.
No insecticides or other chemicals like DEET are involved, just 75 mg of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), which many people have long-claimed helps make them distasteful to insects such as mosquitoes.
Another option to the patch is, of course, to bulk up on Vitamin B1 pills.
This has worked for many of my friends, but I have never bothered trying it because it takes time to work.
James Krane of Safety in Motion points out that you should start taking B1 pills weeks before bug exposure, while the patch soaks into your skin and starts working in about two hours and can last for up to 36 hours. If you're sweating, the patch works even better, says Krane.
More good news is that you can swim or take a shower when you are on the bug patch.
For now, it is only available at Home Hardware and Whole Foods stores, but Krane expects to have it in many other retail outlets later this year. For more info, go to www.safetyinmotion.net (http://www.safetyinmotion.net/)