Ontario Steelheaders

March 16, 2018

Greetings Darryl,

I am responding on behalf of Shawn as he is on vacation.

As discussed previously, in effort to effectively manage the Beatty Saugeen River Fishery, the MNRF is encouraging the natural migration and selection of rainbow trout to the headwaters without the manual transferring of rainbow trout. Our position on this has not changed, as such MNRF is not approving the Steelheaders to transfer adults this spring. The goal of the 50 tagged fish is to support a very specific research project.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Cheers,
Tracy

Tracy Allison
Resources Management Supervisor
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Midhurst District- Owen Sound Field Office
Email: tracy.allison@ontario.ca

March 18, 2018

From: Darryl Choronzey

Very disappointing. Your folks ( one in particular) could only collect one fish last fall instead of 50. Great preparation and knowledge?

-Your office played with underwater cameras for two years which were a total bust.

-Your office installed a fishway that only works a very small percentage of the time.

-Your office decided to stock the Chatsworth steelhead above Maple Hill and were warned it was asinine. The turbines wasted them.

-Your office decided to count redds on the Beatty which is impossible to achiev.

-Your office only had to put one antenna on each of the two fishways at Maple Hill. Instead the powers to be were going to ‘rent’ an airplane and track the fish.

-Your office could still follow the 50 fish and still let the Steelheaders carry out an important transporting program at absolutely no cost to the MNR or the taxpayer. Approximately 4500 fish never saw the proper spawning grounds since the decision was made. Some experiment????

-I really believe the Owen Sound office cares little about the local fishery or the region’s economy and more about experiment and gaining a name on a study paper. There was absolutely no reason for cancelling or postponing this program which came to you free of charge.

-Like I’ve said in the past, I’m no longer doing any actual work with the Steelheaders, but this decision is nothing more than a wasteful joke and it will drastically affect the quality of this river and the anglers attempts to maintain and still improve the fishery.

-I’ve been around the Ontario sport fishery for more than 50 years and never witnessed anything like this problem.

-Pass this message on to Shawn that communications with the right people are still lacking in the Grey / Bruce region.

Thank you for your reply.

Darryl.

The Canadian Antique Fishing Tackle Association Spring Show & Sale event is taking place in St. Jacobs, Ontario on Saturday, March 31, 2018

A big thank from myself and the board of director to the volunteers who clipped fish this weekend at the Kincardine Hatchery. Approximately 45,000 little guys were clipped.

Karl Redin,
President, Ontario Steelheaders

The Kincardine Trout Hatchery are considering the weekend of February 10th to begin annual fin clipping of the Rainbow Trout. Anyone interested in helping are encouraged to contact:

Rachel Hasson, Volunteer Coordinator – Kincardine Hatchery
519-353-8896

The fin clipping can take quite a number of days and may spill over to the following weekend, please check with Rachel during this time to see if your services are needed. Volunteering is not limited to the LHFC and Ontario Steelheaders members – anyone can participate.

Winners of the Longest 2 Steelhead
Combined Length

1st Joe Sousa – 56 inches Total
2nd Chad Weir – 55.25 inches Total
3rd Max Courtier – 53.5 inches Total
4th Garrett Gardiner – 53.25 inches total
5th Douglas Keene – 53.25 inches total
6th John Kingshot – 53 inches total
7th Dan Coblentz – 52.5 inches total
8th Luca Opacic – 52 inches total


Photo Credits:
Arthur Jerico Reinoso
Instagram: @angling_art

Ontario Steelheaders hosted their 2017 Fall Derby on Saturday October 14th. There were 110 entrants and 5 Juniors.

1st place, Brad Privatt 8.6 lbs
2nd place, Doug Swan 8.1 lbs
3rd place, Lorenzo P. 7.14 lbs

Live release Lorenzo P. 26 inches. The rain held off during the derby, but made its grand arrival for dinner.

Thank you to all the entrants, sponsors and volunteers that helped make the day a success for everyone. We hope to see you back for the 2018 spring derby May 5th.

KOTD Donations requested.

Denny’s Damn Park and The Ontario Steelheaders welcome back “King of the Drift Derby.“

The 2017 Fall event will be taking place October 28th.  OS extend our gratitude to KOTD;  and their continued support by requesting donations of salads and/or deserts from park and OS members for the event.

Hope to see you there & tight lines.

Just a reminder: Night fishing above the south side of the bridge abutments up to Denny’s Dam is closed for the entire month of October for salmon spawning in accordance with the Ministry of Natural Resources regulations.

Fisherman may begin targeting fish 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset.

For example: if sunrise is 7:00 am, fishing is not allowed before until 6:30am. And, if sun set is 7:00pm fishing is allowed until 7:30 pm. Please keep in mind, as winter approaches daylight hours quickly shorten. Please respect the regulations as they are put in place for protecting our fishery.