I'm a shore guy.

[cardkleener]

Hi folks:

I live in Port Credit (Mississauga, Ont.) I went for a walk today along Cooksville creek which ends in Lake Ontario. I saw so many fish in the creek I almost wet my pants. Problem is. I have no idea what type of fish they are. They were schooled together in a cpl feet of water. They were dark in colour with the exception of two that were white. I'm guessing 2 - 5 pounds. They were quite big. My thought was carp. They were barely moving. Kinda just hovering in the shadows.

I don't own a boat so most of my fishing. Well okay. ALL of my fishing is done from shore. I'm a catch and release guy.

This place is about a 5 min walk from my place. I want to go get some barbless hooks and have some fun!

Anybody have any idea what else might be in that creek?

Thanks.

[Gene Shenk]

You might be right about them being carp. try a can of corn and put a few kernnels on a size 6 hook under a float or above a sinker. If there not carp try a night crawler they maybe small mouths but I doubt it. I used to do a lot of carp fishing this time of the year during my youth it was a lot of fun we even had some recipes for dough balls if you look on the internet you should find a bunch of recipes for it. If they are carp dont be afraid to throw a few handfuls of corn out in the area you will be fishing this helps to get them going on it.

[cardkleener]

Thanks for the reply. I doubt it that they're small mouth. These things were pretty lazy. I had some bread with me and I threw small pieces of it in when I was feeding some ducklings. These things had no interest in anything I was throwing in. It's like they were too lazy to swim 1 foot to investigate. At first I thought the white fish was dead. It just floated in the same spot for a few minutes then barely moved. If I had to guess I'd say that they were about 15" long. I have to go and get my licence so I can drop a line in and open a can of corn.