Thames River Walleye question

[Josh Roelofsen]

Highly unlikely that any eyes would get over the Thamesford dam.

Nowhere did I say Walleye make it above Thamesford dam. They dont make it past Labatts.

And FYI the transfers into Fanshawe never seemed to do much good. The population finally took hold as a result of large plants of hatchery raised fingerlings.


Josh

 

[Woodsman]

Josh I thought I corrected that part.
Edit didn't take.
It was meant to be any fish.

 

[Derkd9]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/gizzard-shad-london-ontario-1.5871983

 

[Wave Runner]

Hey @Derkd9 they all came up for a visit to "Londontown" to say hi to @stomp.

 

[stomp]

@Wave Runner and @Derkd9 ... I walked right by that spot a couple of weeks ago and noticed some people there with a rod and net. I thought they may have been...

There were also people stopped on the bridge gawking, so we didn't stop to check it out due to social distancing recommendations. Maybe we will get some exercise down there soon to see if the fish are still in Londontown.

 

[Twister]

Yep I have caught pickerel both above an below Fanshaw dam. Also some small mouth sunfish but no large mouth sunfish. And a few silver bass.

 

[stomp]

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Ok... the shad are still in @ Londontown. The ditch draining into the Thames that is holding them is just upstream from Blackfriars Bridge. The water level is lower now and most fish are between the TVP walkway bridge and the river. Some old fart (@packrat ?) was fishing the mouth. I did not have a meat thermometer with me to check the thermocline.

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[packrat]

not me, nossir, was locked up in seniors building, have high paid witnesses too

btw cool vids there Stomp

 

[Tyler0420]

Would be fun to fly fish for them on a light setup.

 

[Red Hering]

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Ok... the shad are still in @ Londontown. The ditch draining into the Thames that is holding them is just upstream from Blackfriars Bridge. The water level is lower now and most fish are between the TVP walkway bridge and the river. Some old fart (@packrat ?) was fishing the mouth. I did not have a meat thermometer with me to check the thermocline.

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Here’s hoping @stomp that the Thames River walleye run will look this good as well!! lol

 

[stomp]

Here’s hoping @stomp that the Thames River walleye run will look this good as well!! lol

Yeah @Red Hering , I would love to see walleye stacked up like that. I only saw the one guy at this spot fishing. I saw no one else fishing from Western University down to Blackfriars.

Need to brush up on my skillz...

Ask The Pros: How Do You Approach Early Season River Walleyes?

Professional walleye fishermen from across the US share their tips for catching river walleyes just after ice-out in spring. Their tactics are second to none, so listen up! ;)

anglingbuzz.com

 

[Red Hering]

Yeah @Red Hering , I would love to see walleye stacked up like that. I only saw the one guy at this spot fishing. I saw no one else fishing from Western University down to Blackfriars.

Need to brush up on my skillz...

Ask The Pros: How Do You Approach Early Season River Walleyes?

Professional walleye fishermen from across the US share their tips for catching river walleyes just after ice-out in spring. Their tactics are second to none, so listen up! ;)

anglingbuzz.com

Thanks @stomp for sharing this article from the Angling Buzz. I wonder if the shads taste like walleye’s?? Likely NOT!! LoL

 

[Extra Virgin]

I am doubtful we will get on any safe ice at Fanshawe this year @Red Hering since it has been mild like last year. It was March of 19 when we last fished the dam together...... on a positive note, there are a few inland ponds with almost safe ice so it looks like with the new covid traveling rules, we will have to fish the bay of empty

 

[Red Hering]

I am doubtful we will get on any safe ice at Fanshawe this year @Red Hering since it has been mild like last year. It was March of 19 when we last fished the dam together...... on a positive note, there are a few inland ponds with almost safe ice so it looks like with the new covid traveling rules, we will have to fish the bay of empty

Great photo’s & memories from that day @Extra Virgin with you and @Dmanwithnoname on Fanshawe Lake behind Fanshawe Dam back in March,2019.Yes,it looks like that the inland pond’s might be the way to go this winter for ice fishing.In the meantime,I will keep on fishing the Thames River for walleye’s,since the river has remained wide open as of now,due to the mild winter that we are having so far.Tight lines & hopefully inland ice fishing coming up once the ice becomes safe.

 

[Lvj]

Don't think shad are tasty. In November 2016 the waves were washing them on the pier in Goderich and the seagulls wouldn't even eat them

 

[TMAN]

@Wave Runner i wonder if he tastes good lol
Funny tho when I said Pickerel I don’t think that’s what he was thinking of!

The pickerel do taste good. Caught many of them on the French river. ( grass pickerel that look like small pike)

 

[stomp]

Shad die-off in Londontown...

 

[G.Mech]

Shad die-off in Londontown...

Shad die off.....it's just what they do. Every year people get wound up about it but it's quite normal.

 

[hvyhaul]

Shad die off.....it's just what they do. Every year people get wound up about it but it's quite normal.

Yup, I can remember being down at Ashbridges Bay for some OVA Beach Volleyball and the West parking lot smelled absolutely vile. It was a massive Shad die off and the resulting decay in the heat.