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Some of the comments made on here at different times sound more like antis than anglers or hunters maybe it's the way i'm reading them. Ontario is different than a lot of provinces in many ways , why shouldn't live bait be any different . When the government shut down the bear hunt did the other provinces , no in fact they made money from stupidity of Ontario. This could put some people out of business , they have no idea how this is going to work or the out come will be. Things like killing your bait or hanging on to a receipt is ludicrous and way past stupidity.

Most predation is on the young, of course. It's not a boxing match. Walleye eat their own young just as pike do. It's one of my personal principles for sport fishing and hunting: Kill only animals which don't seem to mourn the loss of their young or their partners. Kill only if it's a matter of my own personal survival. Never kill just because I think I am doing the environment a favour -- unless it's an invasive species that is outlawed according to the conservation authorities. Respect the rights of hunters and trappers who feel differently than I do. A big lake trout will engulf a 2 lb jack no problem. All three of these predators feed on whitefish who also occasionally feed on the young of the others. Discover where the young northern pike are lurking and what time of year and you will figure out what is causing the greatest predation on them. Walleye eating them in the river (my guess for Dog Lake)? Bass eating them in the shallows and rockpiles? Big pike eating juveniles in the spawning bays? Lakers feasting on them as they go deep? There are also environmental stressors on these fish besides other fish devouring them, as mentioned above.

This is true climate change does have an affect. Take lake trout and smallies as climate change warms the water , and water levels drop trout have to go deeper to find their comfort zone hence making their house smaller were as smallies thrive in the warmer water. This could apply in other areas and species as well as the food source. oooppps wrong quote.

Well I didn't make it down to current river today because I decided to take my niece to the mountdale boat launch. It was a proud moment when she caught and reeled in her first fish all by herself and yes I got out fished by a 3 year old. She ended up landing 2 perch. The best part was she wanted to let them go to grow bigger. Oh yeah that's my brand new rod and reel for specks. She caught the first fish with it too

Tell Cole thats a beaut!