I’ve signed up for trip with a large group fishing on Balsam Lake near Peterborough, Ontario. This is a new lake for me and as such, requires a bit of research beforehand to help ensure some success. Some of the things I’ve checked on include: 1) Regulations This is probably…
I recently came across the results from an interesting volunteer program called the Lake Partners Program, sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment for Ontario. This program engages volunteers to measure Secchi Depth (water transparency) and total phosphorus (TP) in lakes and rivers across the province. The results are tabulated…
Having a general understanding of the different trophic states of lakes is useful for a number of reasons. In an unknown water body, it can be a good indicator, along with geographic location, of what species are likely to be present. It can give also an indication as to the…
