I hiked in for a couple of kilometres yesterday,(March 2/22),to one of my favourite fishing hole’s,that I personally named the “deer 
stand hole,” due to a deer hunters deer stand,(first photo),being erected there by that area of the thames river that I like to fish,especially for walleye’s. Well,no walleye’s or even carp were willing to do battle 
with me yesterday,after me trying for a couple of hour’s of fishing , tossing every twister tail colour that I had brought with me. I realize that the “walleye run” is still quite early yet on the thames river,because the water temperature is still quite cold 
yet at around 38 degrees fahrenheit,(4 degrees celcius). The walleye’s like to spawn in somewhere around the early & mid 40ths degree fahrenheit,and we need longer warmer sunnier day’s to warm up the river’s first where they like to spawn before that happens.I ended up seeing a bald eagle 
and a tundra 
swan while I was river fishing,and sorry,no photo’s of the wildlife this time,because they were too far away. All in all another fantastic day of hiking & fishing & perhaps my first walleye will be caught on my next walleye fishing trip out,likely coming up soon. Be safe & tight lines to All!! 
stand hole,” due to a deer hunters deer stand,(first photo),being erected there by that area of the thames river that I like to fish,especially for walleye’s. Well,no walleye’s or even carp were willing to do battle with me yesterday,after me trying for a couple of hour’s of fishing , tossing every twister tail colour that I had brought with me. I realize that the “walleye run” is still quite early yet on the thames river,because the water temperature is still quite cold yet at around 38 degrees fahrenheit,(4 degrees celcius). The walleye’s like to spawn in somewhere around the early & mid 40ths degree fahrenheit,and we need longer warmer sunnier day’s to warm up the river’s first where they like to spawn before that happens.I ended up seeing a bald eagle and a tundra swan while I was river fishing,and sorry,no photo’s of the wildlife this time,because they were too far away. All in all another fantastic day of hiking & fishing & perhaps my first walleye will be caught on my next walleye fishing trip out,likely coming up soon. Be safe & tight lines to All!! 
just because the 
it doesn’t mean that you won’t!! 
Therefore I will walleye fish,etc., whenever possible,and basically just to get outdoor’s!! lol 
Once the walleye season opens up again this side of the Kiel Bridge in Chatham in the middle of May,there is still some good walleye fishing around still from the spring walleye run. I have caught them some year’s till the end of May & sometimes into June,depending on how fast the water temperature in the thames river rises.Once the thames river gets too warm,most walleye’s will drop back down to Lake St.Clair & Lake Erie,etc. Then I will catch them out of my boat somewhere on Lake Erie. 
Definitely the fresh air & also getting away from the city to get away from the maddening crowds,which you had mentioned,to go on long kilometres to get to my fishing spot’s,wether it is for walleye’s or rainbow’s,etc. I get my Vitamin D the natural way by being outdoors as much as possible. Today, I did a extremely long hike on long point bay to do some ice fishing. My ice fishing post I will put on 