IMPORTANT NEWS! - Ontario Boater Exam - Pleasure Craft Operator Card
Boater Exam - Boaters License Now Required!
Are you licensed yet?
Canada boat regulations and Ontario boat laws now require all boaters driving a motorized watercraft to be licensed with a Pleasure Craft Operator Card.
Avoid fines when out on the water - complete the multiple choice Boater Course online, get your boat operator licence and improve your knowledge in boaters safety simultaneously by taking the test.
The online Boater Exam is easy and unlimited retries are free - in other words, don't pay until you pass!
You will be immediately issued a temporary Boaters Licence to go boating without worry. The official operator card will come in the mail within 3 weeks.
There is also an online study guide covering boating safety and boating regulations that is free.
Get your Pleasure Craft Operator Card now!
GET THE CARD!
Featured Article - Bobber Fishing For Big Pike In The Weeds
Nothing is easier and more exciting than fishing for trophy Pike in the weeds using a bobber. In the spring and fall, large Northern Pike cruise shallow weed beds looking for easy meals. Floating a large minnow under a bobber in 8-12 feet of water in thick cabbage weed beds is a "great recipe" for lunker Pike.
Look for pockets in the weeds and cast into them, suspending a bait fish about 3-4 feet under the surface. Make sure to hook the bait fish in the tail to replicate injured prey and maximize quality hook sets.
Top Fishing Spots In Ontario
- Lake Nipissing (North Bay, Ontario)
- Lake Simcoe (Keswick, Ontario)
- Georgian Bay (Parry Sound, Ontario)
- Lake Ontario (Toronto, Ontario)
- Niagara River (Niagara Falls, Ontario)
- Lake Scugog (Port Perry, Ontario)
- French River (Alban, Ontario)
- Lake Nipigon (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
- Lake of the Woods (Kenora, Ontario)
- Lake Couchiching (Orillia, Ontario)
- Rice Lake (Peterborough, Ontario)
- Bay of Quinte (Belleville, Ontario)
- Kesagami Lake (Cochrane, Ontario)
Stream Fishing - Great Lakes Tributaries
Salmon and Steelhead can be found throughout the winter months in Great Lakes tributaries. Rivers and streams along Lake Ontario are prime fishing locations in fall and spring (November and December and April and May).
Some of the best Trout and Salmon streams along Lake Ontario are only a short drive from the GTA / Toronto area. They include: the Credit River, Bronte Creek, Wilmot Creek, Duffin's Creek, Oshawa Creek, Bowmanville Creek, the Ganaraska River, the Humber River, the Rouge River, and the Niagara River. Fishing other small streams along with rivermouths right along Lake Ontario can also produce large Rainbow Trout and Salmon. Native Brook Trout and Brown Trout can be caught throughout the year in these tributaries.
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Custom Fishing Merchandise
Gone Fishing Ontario and Zazzle.ca are proud to team up to offer loads of custom fishing apparel and custom fishing merchandise that make great gifts!
At Zazzle.ca, you can choose from thousands of neat products, or request custom made fishing hats, fishing t-shirts, fishing clothing and other fishing merchandise.
