Muskies Canada’s Biggest Project
The Lake Simcoe Muskie Restoration Project (LSMRP) commenced in 2004. Before it started, there were several years of feasibility studies, which determined that restocking of Lake Simcoe was viable. Muskies Canada Executive asked the Toronto Chapter to lead the project for the club. Dave Boxall headed the LSMRP Team in the early years, with Steve […]
The Lake Simcoe Muskie Restoration Project
By Ian Young, Jim Kelly, and Dave Boxall 2018 marked the 14th year of the Lake Simcoe Muskie Restoration Program (LSMRP). The epitome of a true partnership, the LSMRP involves Muskies Canada, Orillia Fish and Game, Fleming College, the Becker Foundation, OFAH, Toronto Spring Fishing and Boat Show and MNRF’s Aurora and Midhurst Districts. This […]
2017 Lake Simcoe Muskie Restoration Program
The following weekly updates were sent to Muskies Canada and Orillia Fish and Game Club reps as well as some key MNRF staff, each week during the five week trapnetting program. Periodically additional information was provided (and included in the updates) by hatchery staff after the trapnetting and our egg collections efforts were finished. Thank […]
Egg Collection – Week 7 Update
Week Seven Update: (June 6-10) Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 The first full week of no trap netting on Gloucester Pool in search of muskies for an egg collection is now behind us and crews from Midhurst and Aurora went back to their busy […]
Egg Collection – Week 6
Week Six Update: (May 22-May 27) Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 Hi Everyone, Another whirl-wind week on the wild and wonderful trapnetting circuit for the wily egg collection crew on G Pool. It began on the beautiful Sunday morning of the Victoria Day […]
Egg Collection – Week 5
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 20, 2016 Week Five Update: Hi Everyone, A very rainy day one began early Saturday May 14, when MNRF staff Kate, Brent and Wil checked the nets to fish the by-catch. Not wanting to lose the opportunity to […]
Egg Collection – Week 4
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 13, 2016 Slowly but surely the 2016 trapnetting crews on Gloucester Pool are gaining confidence that they will reach their goals of capturing muskie and collecting 3 families worth of eggs for the hatcheries. This confidence however has […]
Egg Collection – Week 3
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 6 2016 Ok … Sometimes Mother Nature throws us a curve and I swear wants to test our fortitude … and that’s exactly what continued week 3 of our muskie trapnetting/egg collection program on G Pool! As outlined […]
Egg Collection – Week 2
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 April 29th Oh my! Another rather uneventful week on the Pool. Much to our dismay, the weather continues to play havoc with our efforts to not only collect muskie eggs, but to even capture any muskie in our nets. […]
Spring Egg Collection – Week 1
Every year the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conducts a spring egg collection in and around the Gloucester pool. Trap nets are set to capture ripe females and males to provide eggs and milt. The fertilized eggs then go to Fleming College and two Ministry hatcheries to provide the fingerlings that will be […]