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Hi all!

I am born and raised in the Peterborough area and this is my first post in Fish-Hawk! I have been a student in Ottawa for years now but never through the summer as my job is with the government in Peterborogh. This summer, however I may be shacking up in Ottawa all year round and hoping to nail some Walleye the first couple weeks of the opener.

Being from the Peterborough area I am an avid Walleye and Bass fisherman. Opening day for Walleye on the treat severn waterway is nuts! However, I am curious as to the Walleye opening weekend conditions in the Ottawa area, specifically the Rideau canal around the Carleton University area. Wondering if I should try my luck in the moving waters around Hog's back falls or the Bronson bridge? If I would have luck walking distance from Carleton that would be awesome!

What are the local's thoughts!?

Cheers.

I've caught many walleyes on the Rideau just east of where the O train bridge is now at Carleton U. But this was many years ago but i am sure that the walleyes are still around.

I'm a recent graduate from Carleton myself and I've fished the river under the otrain bridge with some success for them over the years. It takes some time but they are there

I used to fish from Hog's Back down to Billings Bridge constantly back in the '80s. Walleye were there for sure. Got some real beauts from under the Heron Road Bridge. Hog's Back and below the O-Train bridge always produced as well. .....I miss those days!

Beauty, great to hear!!

What time of year were you finding most success; Spring I would guess? And choice of lure for this area...?

- Nick

They are still around. My boy caught one at hogs back in the very late fall (when there should have been ice....

proulxnick wrote:What time of year were you finding most success; Spring I would guess? And choice of lure for this area...?

My best success was in the fall. I did have some in the spring, when water levels were low. When it's blasting through there, its a tough fish. I/4 oz. chartreuse jighead w/yellow twister did all the damage back then. I'd use a 3" GULP ALIVE smelt on the same jig if I went now......ALWAYS deadly!

The eyes love the scented grubs that's for sure! As for the water levels, I can probably get the plastic lower with maybe a half oz head on it!

Thanks again.

When the Rideau is high its usually muddy, very hard fish when its like that. For walleyes u should stick to the Ottawa, much more stable fishing. Rideau is GREAT for sb and big muskies

tbone1088 wrote:When the Rideau is high its usually muddy, very hard fish when its like that. For walleyes u should stick to the Ottawa, much more stable fishing. Rideau is GREAT for sb and big muskies

Yes I know the Ottawa is the better of the two choices for sure and I will be trying there in the opening weeks. I just wanted a more convenient location with less fishing traffic.

Other places on Rideau river to catch walleyes: long island locks in manotick, blacks rapids, brewer park, new Edinburgh park. Most luck I have had is at sundown,if ur lucky walleyes will roam in.