Springhills Fish
133241 Allan Park Road N4N 3B8 Hanover, ON, Canada

Springhills fish is now in a store near you! A huge shout-out to the 10 shops who are trialing our new 2lb packs this month. And another to all our new customers, because almost every shop has ordered more! Every 2lb pack has 3 - 4 single vac-packed and pin-boned fillets. They all come with our story and a picture of our whole team!... At The Movies (Durham) Bruce Wine Bar (Thornbury) De Boers Market (Caledon) Eat Local Grey Bruce (Grey & Bruce County) FreshSpoke (Delivery Service) Highland Grounds (Flesherton) Market In The Mills (Horning's Mills) The Market Shoppe (Markdale) Moore's Meats (Chatsworth) Simcoe Harvest (Delivery Service - Barrie) If you have a suggestion for a local shop that would be interested in selling tasty, local and sustainable fish... add a comment or send us a message! (We won't have these 2lb packs available for delivery, but you're more than welcome to stop in at any one of these stores!)

Remember all those beautiful breeders we were showing off a couple months ago, well now we are hot and heavy into all those eggs. Last year we decided to invest in some of the latest technology for picking eggs. This amazing machine let's us sort about 100,000 eggs an hour! Its so good that not only does it sort out the dead eggs but it sorts out the unfertilized eggs, and it takes 4 pictures of every egg to make sure that they have developed properly to make an informed dec...ision about whether we should keep them or not. We are beyond in love with what this machine allows us to accomplish. 300,000 eggs (a normal day of spawning) used to take 2 of us nearly 3 days to sort, and now with alittle help from our assistant we can have them happily in their new home within 4 hours! As always, we love to share and educate so hit us up with any and all of your questions! Ps all the eggs that don't make the cut are repurposed for fishing bait so no waste!

Mmmmm, tasty trout cakes with pickled beet aioli! This un-beet-able harvest idea comes from our friends at Shoreline Cooking Studio in Southampton. We're trying it at our (small) Thanksgiving gathering this weekend! They were kind enough to share the recipe, which you can find by clicking on the photo and looking in the caption!

We're excited to be on the menu for Eat Local Grey Bruce starting next week! Pictures is our farm manager Ken Purdy... but we call him "Papa Purdy". He's been at our farm south of Hanover for more than 30 years, and now he works there with his son Nich!

Say hello to one of our Arctic char! Arctic char thrive in the cold, so we raise them at two of our farms that have the coldest water. In the wild, they live farther north than any other freshwater fish (some within a few hundred kilometres of the north pole!). ... Arctic char tastes milder and sweeter than their cousins trout and salmon. They also have a thicker skin, which makes them perfect for the frying pan or barbecue! Why is this guy so red? He's what we call a "precocious" male, meaning he got a little excited and matured faster than the rest of his gang in the tank! (Thanks Chris Burrows for taking such a wonderful shot!!)

WE'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK! Here's a peek as we try out our new pinboning machine this week. There are 32 pinbones in every rainbow trout, and this machine gently rolls over the fillet and tries to grab every single one! ... We've been hearing from you folks that pinbones can be a challenge, so we've been searching for solutions since the spring. After a long Covid delay, our machine is finally here! It'll still be another month until we can officially say all Springhills fish is pinboned, but you'll be sure to hear when we do, because we're pretty excited!!! THANK YOU for being so patient with us and sharing your feedback. You help us know where to invest so we can keep improving and growing!

Yum, a new recipe for Springhills Trout Nicoise Salad from our friends at FreshSpoke! We'll be trying it out this weekend, but I promise our photos won't look this nice! You can find the recipe in the last photo and in the descriptions!... ( Thanks Three Wolves Studios for the amazing photos of our fish!) See more

What's YOUR favourite seasoning for fish? Bruce from St Marys loaded up every fillet in his sampler box with olive oil and the "Fish 10 Spice" blend from Troyer's Spices (also in St. Marys). Maybe we can all get invited next time he throws fish on the grill?

If you buy a fish from a major grocery store, chances are it started its life here. But now with COVID-19, Springhills Trout is starting to bring fish right to Dufferin County doorsteps.

NOVEM-BRRR SCHEDULE Get over your cooking fatigue with fresh local fish that's now PINBONED, vac-packed and frozen for easy meals! Nov 4 - 6 Bayfield, Blyth, Clinton, Goderich, Kincardine, Lucknow, Port Elgin, Seaforth, Tara, Wingham Nov 12 - 13 Stayner (*NEW), Wasaga Beach (*NEW), Alliston (*NEW), Caledon (*NEW), Collingwood, Dundalk, Flesherton, Hanover, Harriston, Markdale, Meaford, Mildmay, Mulmur, Orangeville, Owen Sound, Shelburne, Thornbury... Nov 19 - 20 Arthur, Elmira, Elora, Erin, Fergus, Georgetown, Halton Hills, Guelph, Rockwood Nov 26 - 27 Woodstock (*NEW), Listowel, Milverton, Mitchell, New Hamburg, St. Marys, Stratford, Wellesley ON THE DOCKET Get a small 5lb box (8 - 10 fillets) or a large 10lb box! All humanely raised and eco-certified, and there are no taxes or delivery fees! Rainbow Trout Sm $50 or Lg $80 Arctic Char Sm $70 or Lg $115 Pickerel (Walleye) Sm $80 or Lg $145 SAMPLER of Three! Sm $68 or Lg $115 Half Trout / Char Sm $65 or Lg $100 Half Trout / Pickerel Sm $70 or Lg $110 Half Char / Pickerel Sm $75 or Lg $130 TO ORDER: Send us a message with your address, cell number and email. Or you can order on our website: https://www.springhillstrout.ca/

YOUR 'FISH' IS OUR COMMAND! Springhills fish is now pinboned, with boxes prices up $5! Since we started this wild idea of delivering fish, the number one thing you've requested is we remove the bones. ... We know those little buggers have been a struggle, so we spent months searching for a way to get rid of them. We eventually found a super 'so-fish-ticated' machine from Denmark that gently pulls the bones out. And even cooler, it works so fast that we can still harvest, fillet and freeze within a day... so all the fresh taste is still packed in! We need extra people to run the machine, and we lose some of the fillet, so our prices increased by $5/box. BUT NO FEAR, as we're still cheaper than the sale price at the grocery store for the freshest fish you can get! (And we'll honour our prices for those who already ordered!) We're so grateful for all of your praise and suggestions over the last six months. We keep reinvesting in the business to get better and better, and your feedback helps steer our way. And THANK YOU for your never-ending support. You're getting us through the dark days of Covid and making our dreams soar! We can't do ANY of this without you!! If you ever have suggestions for how we can keep improving, please send us a message! - Arlen & RJ (And yes, we're hugging the pinbone machine to welcome it to the family!)

From fish farmers to fish mongers... Covid brought a lot of hard days to our farms, but it also gave us a new opportunity to start bringing tasty and sustainable fish to door-steps throughout Ontario! It also meant we got to meet all of you... our local-supporting, compliment-flinging, fish-loving customers (that we are grateful for every darn day)! ... Our friends at Rogers TV stopped by to learn more about how Covid transformed our business... take a watch! (And thanks to Krista McKee and team for making this happen!)

What can we turn fish into??? We and our staff love to play a little bartering game, we've turned fish into maple syrup, sausages, beef, other fish, but never have we bartered something as cool as this amazing sandstone sculpture! This artist is a retired sculptor who just wanted to keep "a bit busy", he modeled this sculpture after one of our very own fish. We are in love!

Mmmmm, tasty trout cakes with pickled beet aioli! This un-beet-able harvest idea comes from our friends at Shoreline Cooking Studio in Southampton. We're trying it at our (small) Thanksgiving gathering this weekend! They were kind enough to share the recipe, which you can find by clicking on the photo and looking in the caption!

Our family is loving this jerk-style trout with apple-carrot relish... what a perfect recipe for fall! Plus it comes with a 2min how-to video! Apples hold a special place in our hearts. Our late grandmother had a huge apple orchard, and we spent a lot of our childhoods there! ... This dish can be also made in less than 20 minutes, which is great when we're working late spawning and delivering fish! RECIPE: https://www.ontariohoney.ca//jerk-style-trout-with-apple-c VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Qb88fObKvwg Thanks to our friends at Foodland Ontario and Chef Tawfik Shehata for this delicious idea!

WE'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK! Here's a peek as we try out our new pinboning machine this week. There are 32 pinbones in every rainbow trout, and this machine gently rolls over the fillet and tries to grab every single one! ... We've been hearing from you folks that pinbones can be a challenge, so we've been searching for solutions since the spring. After a long Covid delay, our machine is finally here! It'll still be another month until we can officially say all Springhills fish is pinboned, but you'll be sure to hear when we do, because we're pretty excited!!! THANK YOU for being so patient with us and sharing your feedback. You help us know where to invest so we can keep improving and growing!

FALLIN' FOR FISH THIS OCTOBER? HERE'S OUR SCHEDULE! OCT 8 & 9 Bayfield, Blyth, Clinton, Goderich, Kincardine, Lucknow, Port Elgin, Seaforth, Tara, Wingham OCT 15 & 16 Collingwood, Dundalk, Flesherton, Hanover, Harriston, Markdale, Meaford, Mildmay, Mulmur, Orangeville, Owen Sound, Shelburne, Thornbury OCT 22 & 23 Arthur, Elmira, Elora, Erin, Fergus, Georgetown, Halton Hills, Guelph, Rockwood... OCT 29 & 30 Listowel, Milverton, Mitchell, New Hamburg, St. Marys, Stratford, Wellesley ON THE MENU THIS MONTH Get a small 5lb box (8 - 10 fillets) or a large 10lb box! All humanely raised, harvested and eco-certified, and there are no taxes or delivery fees! Rainbow Trout Sm $48 or Lg $75 Arctic Char Sm $65 or Lg $110 Pickerel (Walleye) Sm $75 or Lg $140 Half Trout / Char Sm $60 or Lg $95 Half Trout / Pickerel Sm $65 or Lg $105 Half Char / Pickerel Sm $70 or Lg $125 Sampler of Three! Sm $65 or Lg $110 TO ORDER: Send us a message with your address, cell number and email. Or you can order on our website: https://www.springhillstrout.ca/

FOUR 5-STAR REVIEWS IN ONE DAY?! How are we so lucky to have awesome customers like you?? First you try this wild idea of buying fish on Facebook, and then you share such positive praise! ... THANK YOU for so many glowing reviews, for sending us energizing messages, for sharing photos of your fish, for all the love notes on door-steps, and for telling so many of your friends! As we wade into new waters, Facebook Reviews help others know they can trust us (and they also keep us motivated on some very long days!). If you'd like to leave your own review, just head to our page, click 'Reviews', then click 'yes' where it says 'Do you recommend Springhills?'!

What's YOUR favourite seasoning for fish? Bruce from St Marys loaded up every fillet in his sampler box with olive oil and the "Fish 10 Spice" blend from Troyer's Spices (also in St. Marys). Maybe we can all get invited next time he throws fish on the grill?

What's better on the barbecue: Arctic char or rainbow trout? Mike Hoskin from Stratford seems partial to trout, which is why be barbecued them this week on maple-wood boards with fresh lemon juice and a rub-on lemon/herb spice! YUM!

SNACK TIME! At three months, these little trout are hand-fed every hour. We float their feed on the surface so they can get it before it sinks (plus we like to think they're saying "hello!" when they peek their heads up! ) We used to use automatic machine feeders, but we found it was too easy to lose touch and stop spending time with the fish. Feeding them is a good chance to observe their behaviour, which helps you solve any potential issues with their water, feed and he...alth before they start! The feed is packed with protein, vitamins and antioxidants to help build their little immune systems (plus it's carefully crafted so it's good for the fish, and good for the environment too!)

WHERE WILL YOU 'SEA' US IN SEPTEMBER? Sept 3 & 4 Goderich, Wingham, Lucknow, Seaforth, Clinton, Bayfield, Kincardine, Port Elgin, Paisley, Southampton Sept 10 & 11 Orangeville, Collingwood *NEW*, Thornbury, Meaford, Mulmur, Owen Sound, Hanover, Walkerton, Harriston, Dundalk, Priceville Sept 17 & 18 Georgetown *NEW*, Halton Hills, Acton, Erin, Fergus, Elora, Mount Forest, Arthur, Elmira... Sept 24 & 25 Guelph *NEW*, Rockwood, Wellesley, Listowel, Mitchell, Stratford, New Hamburg, St. Marys, Drayton, Milverton ON THE MENU THIS MONTH Get a small 5lb box (8 - 10 fillets) or a large 10lb box! All humanely raised, harvested and eco-certified, and there are no taxes or delivery fees! Rainbow Trout Sm $48 or Lg $75 Arctic Char Sm $65 or Lg $110 Pickerel (Walleye) Sm $75 or Lg $140 Half Trout / Char Sm $60 or Lg $95 Half Trout / Pickerel Sm $65 or Lg $105 Half Char / Pickerel Sm $70 or Lg $125 Sampler of Three! Sm $65 or Lg $110 TO ORDER: Send us a message with your address, cell number and email. Or you can order on our website: https://www.springhillstrout.ca/ Thanks to our incredible customers (and future customers) for telling your friends about your local fish 'hook' up!

FOUR 5-STAR REVIEWS IN ONE DAY?! How are we so lucky to have awesome customers like you?? First you try this wild idea of buying fish on Facebook, and then you share such positive praise! ... THANK YOU for so many glowing reviews, for sending us energizing messages, for sharing photos of your fish, for all the love notes on door-steps, and for telling so many of your friends! As we wade into new waters, Facebook Reviews help others know they can trust us (and they also keep us motivated on some very long days!). If you'd like to leave your own review, just head to our page, click 'Reviews', then click 'yes' where it says 'Do you recommend Springhills?'!

WE'RE ON INSTAGRAM! Hey fishy folks, we're finally on the 'gram... and pretty excited to share lots more photos and videos from our small-scale and sustainable fish farms!! https://www.instagram.com/springhillsfish/... If you have any questions about how we raise, harvest and delivery fish... we'd love to answer them in future posts! (And thanks to the three... yes, 3!... customers who in the last 24 hours suggested we get an Instagram going. We're so grateful for all your ideas and encouragement as we grow!!!)

What's better on the barbecue: Arctic char or rainbow trout? Mike Hoskin from Stratford seems partial to trout, which is why be barbecued them this week on maple-wood boards with fresh lemon juice and a rub-on lemon/herb spice! YUM!

WE'RE GOING URBAN We're excited to announce our first urban expansion to GUELPH this week! So many folks in Guelph have been placing orders that we couldn't stay away if we tried! ... We keep growing because so many of you INCREDIBLE customers keep buying again and again.... and then telling your friends about your fish 'hook up' too! Thank you from the bottom of our oh-so-fishy hearts! If you know somebody in Guelph, let them know we're coming to town! And if you don't know anybody in Guelph, do us a favour and leave a Facebook review (go to our page and click 'Reviews') so that those Guelphites can enjoy the same fresh, local, tasty fish you do!!!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO MAKE BABIES These gorgeous mamas and papas shown will be 6 years old on September 15. They weigh around 20lbs and the girls will produce about 8000 eggs each this year. We have breeding lines that date back as far as 1953 with all of the fish you've come to enjoy being taken care of us from day 1 and their parents day 1, and their grandparents day 1 and on and on (I think you get the picture). We have 9 different strains that we breed from, some m...aturing at 3 years of age and other maturing at 4 years. Each strain has been carefully selected for its genetic lineage and the time of year they will spawn. We use no light periods or hormones but instead trust in nature and the genetics that have been passed on for generations from pioneers of our industry like our dad. Our spawning season starts in August each year and will finish the following year in May. Rainbow Trout have a 10 day ovulation so as a family comes into season we carefully check them each week to see if its their turn. We use a light anesthetic and we manually massage out the eggs and milt to create the next generations. Afterwards the parents are put into a recovery tank until they wake up and can be returned to their respective tank. Each one of our girls and boys has an identity tag so we know exactly who they are, all of their genetic history, stats on their performance as fish and parents, and we use that for complete traceability so we know where each and every one of our fish come from. We are enjoying the sunshine today and we hope you are too! Always feel free to ask any and all questions you may have! See more

SNACK TIME! At three months, these little trout are hand-fed every hour. We float their feed on the surface so they can get it before it sinks (plus we like to think they're saying "hello!" when they peek their heads up! ) We used to use automatic machine feeders, but we found it was too easy to lose touch and stop spending time with the fish. Feeding them is a good chance to observe their behaviour, which helps you solve any potential issues with their water, feed and he...alth before they start! The feed is packed with protein, vitamins and antioxidants to help build their little immune systems (plus it's carefully crafted so it's good for the fish, and good for the environment too!)

HITCH YOUR WAGON TO THIS 'CHAR Look at these delicious shots from our super stupendously AWESOME customers! We keep a catalog of these and many more cooking inspirations on our website: https://www.springhillstrout.ca/cook

WHERE ARE WE DELIVERING IN AUGUST? Tell yo' friends, tell yo' kids, tell yo' spouse! Aug 6 & 7 - Kincardine, Port Elgin, Wingham, Lucknow, Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Chesley... Aug 13 & 14 - Hanover, Walkerton, Owen Sound, Meaford, Orangeville, Dundalk, Shelburne, Thornbury, Priceville Aug 20 & 21 - Fergus, Elora, Erin, Mount Forest, Arthur, Elmira Aug 27 & 28 - Stratford, New Hamburg, St. Marys, Wellesley, Mitchell, Drayton And we always have fish available for pick-up at the farm! UP FOR GRABS THIS MONTH: Rainbow Trout (10lb) - $75 Arctic Char (10lb) - $110 Pickerel / Walleye (11lb) - $140 Half Trout / Char (10lb) - $95 Half Trout / Pickerel (10lb) - $105 Half Char/ Pickerel (10lb) - $125 All Three In One! (10lb) - $110 Thanks to all of you that tell your friends about our healthy, delicious, and sustainable fish from right here in Ontario!