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I love fishing because it is fun to reel in a fish, and it is exciting waiting for the fish. I like seeing the different species and I like watching the fish swim away after releasing them. Filleting the fish is interesting and eating them smoked, fried or baked is delicious. One of my favorite fishing trips ever was when my mom, my sister, 2 of my mom’s friends and I went perch fishing at black bay. We rented a shack on Lake Superior. When we got to the lake Gary drove us out to the shack. It took 45 minutes to get to the shack on the sled. When we got to the shack Gary lit the fire for us. I was sure glad to have the fire because it was -20 outside but inside it was toasty warm. We drilled the holes with my mom’s friend’s auger. After 5 minutes my mom’s rod got a tug but my mom was busy unpacking so I jumped over and pulled it up. It was an 8-9 inch perch. 10 seconds later my rod got a tug so I leaped over to my rod and pulled that one up too. It was a 6-7 inch perch. The whole day we were catching fish about every 5 minutes except for 12-12:30 the fish weren’t biting so we cooked some grilled cheese and soup on the wood stove. About an hour after lunch we caught the biggest fish of the day. It was 13.5”. For the rest of the day we were catching bigger fish than we were in the morning. At the end of the day we had 28 perch in our bucket. Gary came and picked us up and we went back to the truck and got pictures and entered one in the ice fishing photo contest and Mom’s friend Ally won with a picture of us at the Hurkett dock. I think that I should win the fishing rod because I love fishing so much and I don’t know how kids could stay inside and play video games when they have an opportunity to go fishing. By Calvin Age 10

I remember fishing there when the hatchery was still there. Back then there were lots of walleye, rainbow, pike and atlantic salmon. Oh and tons of smelts. Used to ride our bikes down Grenville hill. Needed a spotter at the bottom as most of us didn't have brakes. Those were the days.

The latest version of the Fish Eating Guide is now available online: https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/eating-ontario-fish Apparently if you want a hard copy now, you have to order it...they're free, but the link I was given doesn't work. If I figure it out, I'll post that information too...