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THE HERALD Wednesday April Ontario Outdoors Herald This Is the time of year thai often plant trout In ponds and streams although ponds and lakes are the prime target Streams are usually stocked later but if conditions are and most flooding is over the Ministry will work the streams Private pond owners also slock ponds as I well know and this is done through the ice as long as il does not give way under you The ice 15 well melted at tills time but hate been catching off the ends of docks on Micro Jigs and the miniature Sassy Shad that is about one inch long But it seems thai I started this style of fishing and it is spreading Tr this fished very slowly off docks or through the ice if Is safe Try different depths starting off on bottom and working up slowly The accompanying photo with this column is of one half hour catch on micro Jigs and Sassj Shad The following da I took two rainbows that were three pounds each Remember these were out of private ponds with permission The season for trout does not open in general until April and must not even irv for them before this time stocks of brook trout are larger this in site at least This is due modifications in their pellet diet fed the fish and the effects of a mild winter hen getting stocked up with tackle for the opening of the trout season equipment and make sure that do not get hooks that are too large for the fish vou areafter Stocked ponds usuallv have inch for a and take fisherv Small hooks and lures are the order of the Sue number non no line attached hooks are the largest vou should use in this instance and size zero with the possible addition of a feu number one mepps in black fun mepps comet in silver or gold or belter vet the with a selection of six colours in number one and number zero For a catalogue of the mepps lures write and mention name and get it free to Sporting Goods Co Ltd O Box Sherbrooke Quebec It is w ell worth the time and a postage stomp as the catalogue is Tilled with mam hints and know ledge fisherman shave a wide selection of some of the best flies have seen anywhere and the keep broke are not called number one for nothing If stream fishing on opening dav conditions van from stream to stream and area to area I have fished high water nea- and low water near Georgetown in the same day All waters will produce fish if it right The next two columns will try to help you with this problem Had a visitor receitlj Dan Brown a former resident of and raised here in the local school system so I am sure the folks will remember him He has bought himself a partnership in Bob Canoes North out of Armstrong Ontario This is a fishing and canoeing outfit where can take pike up IS pounds regularly and Walleye Lake Trout and Speckled Trout the Albany system Hying Is done with DC3 or Cessna passenger planes and many outdoors persons take advantage of the wide variety of trips Write Dan at Canoes North Armstrong Ontario POT lAOor I brochures so call me Better get yourself in shape spring Is here and I havebcenseclngrobins well as red blackbirds for the last three weeks If you wish to get the most out of the coming season work at it in ONTARIO OUTDOORS Corner Pins no one TOWN OF HILLS NOTICE The Comer Pins have clinched Ihe number one spot in the Golden Age bowling league into Ihe final week pliv the learn which has led learn league most of this mil enter plavoffs aloni with the rest of teams but will not be eligible to win 131 points our fie season The other 10 teams will in final week to whether will be in the op or the bottom half of the playoffs of week teams Into post season play look like I his in aland 119 Blue Java 111 Sluggers Rolling Pins Hall and Half 101 Six Dolls Slow ind S3 Haiders 90 rolled up the of Ihe week in Her 03 in the triple with handicap pul her it Hit lop of the big Grant will in the single high single with and high Iriple flat had a second to Oliver Hunter in the high with handicap as well winning the gh Iriple Oil ill MM the High single then Hunter high single with pi onlinuing hid no running up SIM win over George Bird in high triple flat Hunter blocked Real a clean sweep by beating him in high triple flat Nicholson and Kay dominated the women s beet ion of pi this Nicholson was 5 points single flu for won around and pul four points in front of son toedehiroutof hid big um frier in he triple Hal She won WW I ryer had the highest store of the week with win over in the high triple with 5 Prints for only from Polaroid or Kodak instant photographs OFFER EXPIRES MAY TERRIFIC SAVINGS on 20x24 POSTERS from your prints slides or negatives