When I got there it was crowded, but eventually the fishermen took off because they weren't catching anything.
Luckily, I managed to Catch a handful of nice smallmouth bass from 1-3lbs, I also got about 15 tiny bites likely from panfish or little baby bass.
The weather was beautiful and the river was totally gorgeous, the fish were feeding right in the pools on the sides and below some of the rapids.....It was very relaxing....
As the sun set, I was reeling in my huge Garlic and Salt impregnated senko type worm (bought at Manotick Bait
) and within 20 seconds my line took off and I was in a fight with a very athletic fish.The fight was over quickly even though I was on ultralight equipment and the rod was bent over almost broke.
As I reeled in this monster, I couldn't make out what it was...All I saw was it's back sticking out of the water with it's back fin raised up
The water was shallow and I reeled him in, and got splashed in the face with a 9 foot jet of water shot out from his slapping tail.....
I thought maybe it was a carp because I see carp with exposed fins and back all the time but this was no carp.
IT was practically dark now and I made out that this was a MUSKIE approximately 3 or 3.5 ft long. I didn't want to measure, and just wanted to release the beast before I got sprayed again.
Muskie was quickly back on his way into the River to fight again.
All in all it was a nice night. I was there from 7:15pm-9:00pm..........
Of COURSE, whenever I catch a nice fish, I don't have my camera. I lent mine to my younger sister this weekend so she could use it at the Warped Tour in Montreal......
I noticed that the Muskie had lamprey bites all over it too.......I've never seen this in fish in a big stretch of rapids in the Rideau river that extends for quite a bit........Maybe this is more common than I know....Luckily there didn't appear to be any lampreys on the Muskie anymore so that was good...
I'm gonna throw in some pictures from other times of tiny fish just for fun and to give people SOMETHING to look at since text is so boring.....Hope I haven't posted these before..If I have tell me and i'll take them down.
WHAT TYPE OF SUNFISH IS THIS? I would love to know......I believe it's Pumpkinseed and I don't believe I've ever caught a Bluegill.....
Lac Grenouille, I call this Frog lake because the only thing alive in it was Frogs and Tadpoles......we didn't mark one single fish while on this lake for 2 hours.....We managed to pick one of the 2 lakes in the Area without any fish in it.....lol.....But it still was fun........my father is in the picture this is our porta boat with the 9.9 it goes like hell! Literally 100 huge tadpoles for every square meter. I even caught a Frog during our trip on the lake! Thats how filled with amphibians it was
Next is the "La Peche River" I think? Anyways, it's the one in Wakefield....Just a driveby pic, not very good. Not sure about the fishing in this one....it's probably okay in another spot.
A MONSTER FISH!
One of my favorite little brookie creeks, even though it produces fish that are Sardine sized...
And Last I really like this picture, even though the smallmouth was not even 1 lb, I just like the picture for some reason? Not sure why....Taken in Manotick....
