On The Bay

Out fishing in a single seat kayak with a audience of swans looking on.

Salmon Run

Archives 2015. Salmon runs occur in all of Ontario's Great Lakes and take place in early September to November.

Fishing In Port Hope

Photo taken last September 9th. In the fall, between late August and early October, you can watch the chinook and silvery coho salmon migration in the Ganaraska River. Mixed in with the fall run, you may also see migratory brown trout.

Fill The Frame

Overhead shot into the baby koi vat. If they see you standing there they go in to a feeding frenzy.

This Is Not A Piranha

Winter kill in Frenchman's Bay. I think someone found this guy dead and threw him up on the bank. The Burbot has the distinction of being the sole representative of the codfish family in fresh water. All its relatives live in the sea. It is also commonly called ling, lawyer, and eelpout. The burbot is found throughout Ontario from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. From the eastern portion of Hudson Bay drainage, it ranges to Connecticut, Delaware and Susquehanna systems and all the Great Lakes basins; in the Missouri River system, south to Missouri, Kansas and Wyoming; in the Mississippi River and tributaries, throughout Minnesota and northwest to Alaska. The same species occurs in the waters of northern Europe and Asia.

The Swim To Death

It's that time of year again when the salmon head upstream for their annual mating spree... then they die.
These fish have spent their entire life in the fresh waters of The Great Lakes system.

Goldfish

The weather has been so bad for outdoor photography that I decided to stop by the local garden nursery for some indoor shots. This one is an over head shot of the holding tank for the water garden fish.

Salmon Run

Every fall the salmon get the urge to mate. These ones have made their way up the Bowmanville Creek from Lake Ontario to the dam.

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The fish ladder makes it possible for the fish to move up past the dam. Notice the fish to the right of the ladder. They jumped to the wrong spot and ended up dying.

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They look like an easy catch but not so. Of course if you do it the illegal way (snagging or scooping) they don't stand a chance.