Dunnville
Mudcat won’t let you down!!
If
you are Asian immigrants like me, camping isn’t in your book! But then after
discovering it, I would say I missed out a lot of not trying such amazing
activities. And I don’t want you to miss out as much as I did. Here is my story
Last
July, my family decided to take a first camping trip to Dunnville where my
friend’s relative lives there. There aren’t many people knowing about this new
Ontario attraction Dunnville MudCat where Muddy, the giant mudcat , is 50- foot
long, 27-foot high statue’s permanent home at Centennial Park at the western
entrance to Dunnville. The importance is the camping price is very affordable
compared to other places.
At
first I didn’t give a thought as I had a gut feeling that I wouldn’t enjoy. But
then when I arrived in Dunnville, the new horizon was in front of me. It has
many camping sites and lakes all around. Also it’s minutes from the beaches of
Lake Erie, close to the Niagara and Hamilton regions and only an hour away from
the U.S border. We decided to land in Byng Island where it has the Grand River
and Lake Erie.
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Let
me tell you a little more of Byng island Conservative Park. It features one of
Canada's biggest fish ladders, allowing lake fish to migrate past the Dunnville
Dam to prime spawning and nursery habitats upstream. Moreover, it also boasts
one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in Ontario that accommodates more
than 1,000 people and diving board.
Few
hours passed by, some of my friends got ready with his variety of fishing knots
and walked us to a bridge close by to go fishing as this area is famous for Cat
fish, and more than 20 species. Dunnville is also well know for Prime Fishing
area where when it comes to particular seasons or holidays, people from all
around near by provinces come to take sport fishing.
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The
interesting fact that I was told sometimes they can catch constantly hundreds
of fishes a day thrilled me totally. Then I started learning how to take this
so - called sport fishing and the fun thing is it took me 2 hours sitting still
to wait for the catch time. None of them was baited. I gave up and looked around if anyone could
get a catch. I found out many locals there who baited so many fishes while I
had nothing! I got back to our campsites and start joining grilling food there.
It wasn’t bad fishing experience because I was told that in order to bait a
fish, it requires a lot of skills and experience in where to bait the fish such
as below the bridge or around the rock in the river. However, it turned out a
great experience as I learnt how to camp, how to bat and fishing guide lesson!
Dunnville
has left me a peaceful impression with blue water river, large pools and the
beauty sky with cool breeze. I would
love to recommend Dunnville a next stop for your summer activities or during
long holidays.
What
do you think of Dunnville and Byng island? Is it a good one in your list?
Also
you can take a look at my post about up coming festivals and my holiday
calendar planner to start planning on from now.