Canal Walleye..

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Canal Walleye..

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Been a while since we posted but I wanted to let our shore bound fishing friends know that there is more volume of water currently in the Canal & Dows lake. :D
This has really turned out to be the year we find WALLEYE in & around the Canal, first for me & now Junior as he gets a PB. plus size fish! :shock:
He is seriously working on his bait caster & distance, timing & water patterns.Spinners & crank baits have produced fish, but he is taking a liking to my collection of square bill crankbaits.

Below is just a few from the last 4 days.
first walleye -ever and in the rideau canal!
first walleye -ever and in the rideau canal!
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Junior's first walleye....
Junior's first walleye....
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And Junior beats  this with a PB. walleye,  5+ lbs..!
And Junior beats this with a PB. walleye, 5+ lbs..!
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Dusk is best , with crank baits like white,(Big O) & a citrus shad square bill ( Xcalibur Xcs200), or lime / charts square bill ( River 2Sea ), but the bite was less aggressive last night , missed 2 fish...
BTW. It was nice to meet fellow fishhawker JP Robson, who reported a soft bite too, but he did manage to get a LMB .

Thigh lines, and take a kid fishing, you never know what you will get ! :lol:

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very nice walleye and great pics, they are a great fish and I am a walleye junkie.
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Great to see you guys taking advantage of some great urban fishing!

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Who would have thought that there would be walleye in the canal? Where would these fish overwinter? Are they a resident population, or just coming through the locks with the boat traffic?
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Nice fish! Nice to know they are in the canal.
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Piker,

Unless someone else knows better than I, your questions are up for debate.

I have been told there is about a hole near Pig Island that is deep enough for fish to over winter. Grant Hopkins, an Ontario Out of Doors magazine contributor, told me of this Pig Island spot. I don't know if he has ever proven the theory.

Perhaps some others out there have some evidence.
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About 20 years ago (good lord time flies) in spring before the locks were open, there were about 9 carp trapped in the lock at Carleton U. Swimming in endless circles. So I suppose they had been there all winter and survived.

Coincidentally, I'm going to try my hand at carp fishing this weekend near Dow's Lake. Hair rigs and corn...
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I've heard the same thing about the island having a deep spot.

Also this is anot interesting read. Although it doesn't give a lot of specifics it shows that some fish must winter in the canal.

http://www3.carleton.ca/fecpl/Rideau.html
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Canal walleye... that's just great dude! Thanks for sharing with us!
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Yeah I have caught a couple walleye in the Canal as well this year. Seems to be a good year for it too.

I caught one on a chartreuse chatterbait and the other on a white 8-10 foot jerkbait
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BackwoodsFishing wrote:I've heard the same thing about the island having a deep spot.

Also this is anot interesting read. Although it doesn't give a lot of specifics it shows that some fish must winter in the canal.

http://www3.carleton.ca/fecpl/Rideau.html
Very interesting read, thanks for sharing the link!
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ipjrobson wrote:Yeah I have caught a couple walleye in the Canal as well this year. Seems to be a good year for it too.

I caught one on a chartreuse chatterbait and the other on a white 8-10 foot jerkbait

Hi JP,
Congrats on the fine catch! I will let Junior know you had similar success on the chartreuse colour selection. 8)
Q: What kind of chatter bait was used? Z-Man or booyah ?
We recently got some Rapala raps in olive green & white /Chartruse belly & will try out after the storms pass by..

https://rapala.ca/products/shadow-rap

Tight lines & Post your catch, no matter what size , it all counts in our books..... :D

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