Fishing Report #4 a.k.a Rideau River = Awesome!

[NorthernGuy]

Hi folks!

Me and my brother in-law attacked the Rideau river down in the Kars area for the first time this Saturday! Had one of my best fishing days down here ever! We fished a long long stretch & caught fish consistently, We got crappies & lots of bass. We tried for walleye for a while but got nothing. Asked around and nobody was catching any so we decided to go for a big musky or pike and ended up with quite a bit of bass! To bad the season ain't open yet! We woulda had our limits! I got one huge pike or musky with a frog... (quite the "fishermen" story actually haha) : rod was bent almost tapping on the boat, I screamed to my bro, GET THE NET i have a huge one! And then, well, obviously, after about 10 seconds of fight BAM, his darn teeths ripped threw my braided line... Lets just say I didn't digest that one very well! Kept thinking about it the rest of the day! Yep, lesson learned! I will use a leader next time we fish specifically for pike/musky. We tried over and over in the same area & obviously he didn't bite again the big bugger! hehe So overall awesome fishing on the Rideau, I was very pleased! It was a change of scenery & it was a very nice day! Saw lots of boats! How was your day on the water this weekend!???

Cheers!

[ShawnD]

Got out on the Ottawa river, caught a Catfish,Pike, Perch, bluegill, no OOS fish and soaked in the sun.

[Oneeleven]

Your fishing report is gonna make Lvace cry when he sees it! We decided to try the Ottawa for a change and it was really tough fishing. We toyed with making a game-time decision and heading somewhere else (once we saw that the OR was a turky gravy colour), but didn't.

Congrats on your great day! And congrats for it being on the Rideau. It's not exactly the easiest BOW (IMO) and CONGRATS.... (me so jealous!!!!!) on finding crappie!!

[Oneeleven]

Hi folks!

Lets just say I didn't digest that one very well! Kept thinking about it the rest of the day!

Cheers!

PS: It's so hard to shake off losing a lunker eh? I sing the Frozen song to myself for a few bars... seems to help (that after a good cry and analyzing what I did wrong and what I will do to make sure it never, ever happens again!!)